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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1918
Page
8
A town council session is set for 7 30 tonight to discuss a proposed sewer culvert along Sugar Run. Residents fear recurring sewage pools between Butternut Avenue and Mechanic Street and urge decisive action for public health.
The Pomeroy tent of Maccabees offers an open air entertainment for members and families at the Airdome Tuesday evening. The program features music recitations addresses by prominent speakers and ice cream and cake.
The Fourth of July passed off very quietly in Chauncey with no excitement. Many residents visited Glouster for the day while others went to Murray City where celebrations were reported fitting.
Mrs E D Rivers died after a brief illness at her Chauncey home aged 70. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev B F Timmons of Chauncey Church of God officiating. Burial followed in Athens Cemetery. She was well known in Chauncey for years and leaves a son John of Mill Street Chauncey and a daughter Mrs Lou of Chauncey who died two years ago.
Mr and Mrs Carl Shafer and children of Nelsonville were guests this week of Mrs Shafer's parents Mr and George Wilson in Chauncey. Mrs Sarah Stalder returned to Chauncey after an extended visit with her daughter Mrs Cos Fierce in Trimble. Mrs Fierce visited her sister Mrs Bhafer at Rock Bridge. Mrs Otto Russell of Athens was guest Wednesday of her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Hixon in Chauncey.
The text ponders who will take the small voyage and prove he is not a distant relative of the Maccabee family. It questions who would bear a grudge if he succeeds in getting by under the canvas.
Off duty after breaking his right arm in a Saturday morning accident at the Forrest Run Mine. While at work his head struck a trolley wire and his arm hit a water pipe, causing a bad fracture between the wrist and elbow.
The remains of Mrs. Sarah A. Hood formerly of Pomeroy were brought from Ashland Kentucky for a Sunday funeral service led by Rev L L Cherrington. Interment followed at Carleton Cemetery Rock Spring. She was the daughter of the late Captain Edward Williamson and sister of Mrs. B C Nye. A daughter Mrs Zoe Singers of Ashland survives.
Lloyd Pendergrass and children of Chauncey, Mr and Mrs Ray Gardner and children and Josephine Moore of Coolville, Mr and Mrs Clark Spring and daughter Harriett of Nelsonville are noted in community social notes.
Mrs Abby Schoonover, long time Chauncey resident, is critically ill at her daughter Mrs C P D Jackson’s home. Yesterday her condition showed some improvement. Ruth Lahugh visits Albany with aunt Mrs George Johnson and family. Walter Headley, a recent Camp Sherman selectee, has returned home to Chauncey. Mayor W Walker and son John drove to Logan and Lancaster. Ed M Daugherty hosts dinner in High Street home with guests from Athens.
The clipping lists residents in multiple towns including Logan Nelsonville Millfield Columbus and Willow Springs with named individuals Mrs Anna Woodruff and son George Myra Grace Hilda Mr and Mrs B F Smith Hilda C C Conant family Joe Allen Homer Knight J B Katzenbach C S Chute and Allie Swart families.
Rev B F Timmons conducted Mrs Rivers funeral in Chauncey on Wednesday and then returned to Gillespieville to visit parents and lead a short meeting. J L Ferguson family and Lucy Law drove to Stewart on Thursday while Wm Shields family visited Chauncey friends. Mrs George Swart and children left for Willow Springs Mo after visiting Chauncey relatives. Ben Fielder Chauncey party spent Fourth at San Toy visiting brother William Conrad. Sol and Abe Wilson spent Thursday in Murray City. Mary Dawson Chauncey spent Fourth in Murray City. Stimp Merry's new Chauncey home is nearly finished.
Mr and Mrs Louis Dudash welcome daughter Esther. Rural Route carrier Harley Hambel resigns to join the service. Dean Pedicord of Bishopville becomes the new carrier. Community attendance at Glouster celebration noted with wartime speeches. Miss Marguerite McMenamy visits Miss Freda Daniels in Jacksonville. Mrs Wade Fox of Lancaster visits relatives. Mrs Dolph Hipscher travels to Columbus for ill father in Grant hospital. William Maynard relocates family to Corning to work as railroad fireman. Fred Leake family and George Daft host Circle Hill guests Friday.
A Sunday rain boosts crop growth while wheat cutting nears completion. Local youths travelled to Athens to buy War Stamps, lamenting cost and travel, and others share family visits. Mrs. Dickson reports Howard in camp in Iowa, with cheer sparse.
Meetings in every township under the Work or Fight order set up how draftees sell stamps. Lieutenants will report weekly totals to captains, with each draftee responsible for a $400 sale. A new direct order card replaces pledge cards to streamline delivery and credit. Athens township lieutenants named include Luhrig, Nichols, Coon, Lyons, and others.
The Food Administration bans large varied threshing dinners urging housewives to cut meat portions substitute cottage cheese eggs and beans for protein use corn breads and limit pies and cakes to save sugar and fat. Edna N White notes earlier excesses and rivalry in past feasts.
Washington reports the American Defense Society launching a boycott of German made articles with a July 4 pledge. Twenty million to join across the United States Canada and Latin America. Honorary leaders include Theodore Roosevelt and David Jayne Hill. Society has 276 branches and seeks wider cooperation.
National Geographic Society notes the Piave’s rise to fame during Austrian invasion. The river runs 125 miles from the Carnic Alps to the Adriatic, with Dolomites and Venetian Alps framing its valley. Key peaks like Monte Grappa and Montello define Italian resistance. Cortellazzo and Feltre are notable towns. Titian’s birthplace at Pieve di Cadore adds cultural touch amid war’s tide.
Put Away Hay J P Wood Sr Judge E D Sayre Chief Carl Porter Deputy Sheriff Herb Parker Court Stenographer T L Morgan George Earhart and Clerk M B Copeland visited Fred Linscott farm near Athens Saturday morning to stack about six tons of hay for Ed Bolin. Bolin supplied labor earlier and the group finished by noon. a dinner for the volunteers was served but not part of any bargain.
Athens county families gain change to the War Risk Insurance Law approved May 20. The amendment lowers attorney or claim agent fees to 3.00 per case and bans fees in claims presentations except in U. S. District Court where judgment is rendered. Penalties include fines up to 500 or up to two years hard labor.
Ranswell Ward aged 45 died yesterday at Athens State hospital where he had been a patient for some time. Undertaker Baugaman shipped the body to Marietta this evening.
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