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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1921
Page
3
The Women’s Community Club offered 45 cash prizes for the contest. Seventy students over 12 years entered, and officials will announce the winners tonight.
Pastor L Johnson leads Bible school at 9 30 A M with all members urged to attend. Communion at 10 30 A M. No evening service due to the pastor's absence, he returns July 17. Mid week prayer meeting Wednesday night.
Glouster Calvary Baptist Church announces Sunday School at 9 15 A M and services at 9 15 A M and 7 P M with a union service planned for Sunday evenings. Beatrice Stewart and Reiner of Moxahala win the street paving contract and plan to begin work Monday after sewer work starts first.
Preaching services at 10 30 A M and 6 30 P M include sermons Elijah on Mount Carmel and Danger signals of our day Sunday school at 9 30 featuring Saul the Pharisee.
Pastor J. C. Brillhart leads Sunday school at 9 30 a m and sermon at 10 30 a m with 2 30 class meeting, long service at 7 p m and evangelistic sermon Text Matt 9 21 Rev E E Shelhamer of Leech parc Pa engaged evangelist Wednesday prayer meeting and Friday cottage revival begins July 22.
Born to Mr and Mrs Walte a daughter July 4 named Janie Viola. Mrs Frank Wallace and daughters Doris and Maralite visit kindergarten training schools in Athens with Mrs Clara Caldwell and daughters Louise and Mrs Clara Cox and Miss Zelena Pedigo. Mr and Mrs Ed Mills host as guests Mrs Isabell Hart and daughter Lillian of Lancaster.
Judges Gibson Whitmore Tedrow and Johnson report after inspecting back yards and gardens of contestants. Cash prizes are ready for presentation tonight.
Pastor C. P. Munsqgo conducts Sunday School at 9 30, preaching at 10 30 and 7 39. Lord's Supper in morning service, river baptism at 2 30, Peoples Meeting 6 45, outdoor square meeting Saturday 7 80. Cordial invitation extended to all.
Freddy Powell son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Powell recovers nicely after an operation for appendicitis at a Columbus hospital.
Sunday School at 9:80. Morning service at 10:30 led by the pastor. Class meeting at 6 PM followed by the regular evening service at 6:30.
Mr. Ed C. Evans Mr. Chas W Evans and wife Miss Clara Evans Mrs Maria Creighton Mr Will Raybould and Mr Ben Raybould traveled to New Straitsville Friday to attend the funeral of their cousin William Evans of Cleveland Ohio, who was brought back to New Straitsville for burial.
The Public Square grass plot was improved through the efforts of the A T A O Club girls and local business men. Drinking cups at the fountain were repainted and flowers planted attracting many favorable remarks from visitors.
News reaches Logan of the death of Mr. Sherrard at his Akron home on Thursday evening. He formerly lived in this city and was well known here. The remains will be brought to Logan for burial. Sid Sherrard of Athens is a son of the deceased.
Harry Kittle was taken to the county jail Friday. He will be tried before the November grand jury on a charge of raping a 14 year old girl.
The Ford coupe belonging to Carl Pettit stolen Wednesday night from his garage was found yesterday. It had been ditched five miles this side of Pomeroy and was only slightly damaged.
Chautauqua opened in Nelsonville at Central school grounds with a strong crowd. The American Troubadours of five members performed saxophone trombone clarinet and piano readings to delight attendees. Elwood T Bailey of California was a highlight with a humorous and pointed lecture All Aboard. A sacred concert by Lillian Johnson Company is planned for Sunday with a dramatic lecture by Thomas Brooks Fletcher in the evening.
Subpoenas were prepared for every member of the White Sox and Cincinnati Red teams from the 1919 World Series to testify in the baseball scandal trial in Chicago. Umpires and others connected with the games will also be summoned. The defense will try to show the eight White Sox players on trial believed they played their best rather than threw the games.
County Engineer Fred R. Baker says contractor Fred Beckler is advancing the state brick road out of Nelsonville with most brickwork done. Materials are on site for the remaining work and the road should open within a few weeks at the latest.
In Oxford England clergy debate luring men by filling front rows with pretty girls. A vestry discussant cites a London minister who tried using attractive women to boost attendance, but the plan drew men to the exits and shortened services.
Brussels reports remarkable progress in Belgian railway restoration after German destruction. Bridges and tunnels damaged, stations and stores ruined. 1,400 miles of track relaid, 57 stations rebuilt, locomotives up from 279 to 5,171. Daily freight trucks rose to 16,754, passenger and freight trains now run about 1,800 and 1,950 respectively. Fares tripled, railways lose thousands weekly.
In Athens County, inmates conduct a mock court inside the jail, with a judge prosecutor defense attorney sheriff and jurors. The condemned jail is called unhealthy yet the ritual persists as newer prisoners are fined for infractions like spitting. The fines are paid if funds exist, and one inmate notes bed bugs plague the facility.
The Montreal district, after sweltering since June 23, was cooled today by a heavy rain. Temperatures dropped to 67 degrees after a spell where the thermometer hovered near 80.
United Press reports a nationwide push by major employers against bobbed hair, excemporaneously blondes, and outfits revealing transparent waists, low necklines, knee length skirts, rolled stockings, and drug store complexions. Alice Leary notes Aetna and others enforce strict standards to keep morale and efficiency high.
The funeral for the late Dr. George W. Hixson occurs this evening at his Cambridge residence. A motor cortege departs at 3:00 A M Sunday for Athens to reach Union Street Cemetery where Masons conduct brief rites. Burial follows in the family lot.
Ford Motor Company across Detroit factories and 22 assembly plants produced 108,962 cars and trucks in June, a monthly high. The second quarter output reached 301,796, up 80,918 from last year, while demand remains stronger than production.
The Republican Publicity Association led by Jonathan Bourne Jr says the league shows utter uselessness by remaining supine in the Greco Turkish dispute. It cites Article 11 and 17 to argue the league does not act, while noting Britain France Italy and Greece ignore it and urging the United States to stay out.
Leavenworth Kansas July 9 former world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson was released from federal prison after his wife paid a $1000 fine tied to the Mann Act sentence. Johnson, clad in style with cash in hand, said his goal is to fight Jack Dempsey and planned a Kansas City portrait session before future Chicago and New York bouts.
Asa Fawcett, 81, a Civil War veteran, died at his home this morning at 1 45. He suffered paralysis after a stroke about eight years ago and later fractured his hip, leaving him bedbound. He and his wife lived in Trimble before moving to this city over three years ago. Survived by his widow and five children: Mrs J B Elliott, Mrs G B May, Mrs L R B Stanton, Co F Fawcett, and C B Fawcett. Funeral time to be announced after word from Colorado relatives. Short services at home, then city cemetery interment.
Mrs D Radcliff of Athens visited yesterday as guest of her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs M M LeFavor.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stahl returned yesterday from Newark where they were hosted for several days by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Clegg.
Mrs B W Hawk spent several days this week in Nelsonville visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harold Mechem.
A motorcycle owned by John Thomas collided with a car driven by W. J. Williams of Corning on Republic avenue yesterday. The motorcycle front wheel was demolished and Thomas was thrown into the street, but he escaped injury.
William Fouts of Hartleyville a driller on the Denman lease fell from a derrick platform yesterday morning fracturing the small bone in his left ankle. The fall covered about four or five feet but caused a fractured ankle requiring medical attention.
LeFavor's Five-Piece Orchestra will provide music for the Eagle Dance at the Lamborn Pavilion tonight. The engaging performance will accompany the traditional ceremony in the pavilion venue.
Jeremiah Mullans who died recently in New York City was one of three men who crossed the Atlantic on a 22 foot raft in 1867. The voyage lasted forty three days.
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