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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1935
Page
2
A partial newspaper item notes Nelsonville sidewalk improvements are being pursued with unidentified federal funding. The fragment mentions district updates and mine or bond details but lacks full specifics. The report appears from The Athens Messenger in Ohio and references Monday operations and local district mentions.
Nelsonville residents may see expanded sidewalks as a federal works project requests 40000 feet of cement sidewalk sent to Washington. Mayor Holland notes recent sidewalk work on Fay ette Street and Mocking Street boosts property appearance and pedestrian safety. Cost records show seven cents per square foot charged to property owners, with FERA labor used and proper specifications followed. Sewer plans for High and Jackson Streets also sent to Washington.
Local notes list visits by residents and relatives. Trank Courtney and Corning guests of Joe Hardy. Leonard and Maria Powell with Pontiac relatives visit. Maria Powell stays longer. J W Scott guests of son Shelton Scott in Steubenville. Mary Selby of Columbus visits siblings James and Mary Cole. Mary Coleman returns from Buckeye Lake and Columbus with the Rowley family. Jane Sarick and Harold Spencer return to Akron from visit with Thomas Spencer's family. Forrest Brandenburg hosts cousins Will Churchill in New York City, Herbert Swingle in Union Furnace, and T Withers of Port Clinton.
Miss Rose Shay and Misses Charlotte and Monica Ucher entertained a group at the former home on Columbus Street for Mrs. Peter L. Lee Tillian Coleman. Lunch followed a bridge evening with Mrs. Durward North posting the high score. Guests brought gifts for the bride-to-be.
Out of town persons attended the funeral and burial of Mrs. Cornelia L. Stage. Attendees included Bernice Lysie and Mercedes Leneer of Columbus, Nelson Loney, Vernon, and Mr. and Mrs. Rheldon Scott with children Donald and Dorothy from Steubenville Ohio.
Nelsonville couple Mr. and Mrs. James Coleman announce the marriage of their daughter Lilian to Mr. Peter L. Lee set for Saturday June 29 in Greenup Kentucky. The bride, a Nelsonville and Ohio University graduate, has worked in Columbus with Dr. William D. Heintz. the groom, in the family real estate business in Cashton Wisconsin. They will reside in Cashton after the wedding and are visiting the bride’s parents amid planned social events.
Nelsonville news notes a joint picnic of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and the Woman's Home Missionary Society on the Nelsonville Logan Road at Mrs John Herolds country home. A 6 oclock dinner will be served and Grace Pack missionary to Korea will speak.
In Nelsonville a family dinner honoring Mrs L A Sanner of Columbus included a marriage announcement by Mr and Mrs Marion Campbell. They disclosed their June 26 marriage in Marysville Virginia, naming the groom as the second son of the Campbells and the bride as daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Howard of Nelsonville. The gathering featured relatives from Columbus Logan Baltimore and local residents.
Mr and Mrs B M Coakley hosted a Sunday dinner in Nelsonville honoring the birthday anniversaries of Mrs John Hoodsett and Ruth Coakley and the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Leo Hans of Akron. Ten guests attended with covers set.
Nelsonville reports Rev. REF Strickler left Sunday for Cuyahoga Falls with family and they will spend a month in Cadillac, Michigan for an extended outing.
Nelsonville hosts a benefit bingo night at Red Men's Hall to support the Degree of Pocahontas. The event runs Wednesday with the play set to start at 8 18 p m.
Guy Young a local grocer in Nelsonville has shown improvement while under treatment at Mt Carmel Moepial. His family plans to bring him home soon in Nelsonville.
Allison Barber Carbondale was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor G Holland on his plea of guilty to intoxication. Barber was arrested by Constable Pearl Altman on Monday.
Mrs. W. H. Cox, long ill at her home on W Columbus Street, was moved to University Hospital Columbus for treatment on Monday. She was assisted by her son Merrill W. Cox and Mrs Kathryn Smith.
S. M. Easler of Trimble died of a heart attack on Monday. The article lists numerous Fourth of July gatherings and visits across Murray City, Buckeye Lake, Columbus, Detroit, and nearby towns, naming multiple families and residents who hosted or joined celebrations.
Berea Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church at Union Furnace hosted its annual picnic at Mrs. FR. B. Longstreth’s home. After lunch, attendees sang in honor of the hosts. The 2 PM program featured devotionals by president Mrs. Hugh Connor, talks on Southern Mountains and China, and guests Miss Cornelia Taylor and Miss Funice Taylor of Ashville, plus Miss Delia O'Connor of Gallipolis. A vocal solo by Pauline Iles and a recitation by Loretta Iles followed.
Three Chauncey residents received the Rebekah degree at a regular Marcellite Rebekah Lodge meeting Saturday night. Many Chauncey attendees were present for the ceremony and celebration.
Dr Claude F Love of Athens has opened an office in the Lamborn Building. He takes over rooms previously used by Dr J G W Schafer who has moved to Parkersburg West Virginia.
TRIMBLE S M Kasiler 57 died of a heart attack Monday night at his home He had lived in Trimble for about 45 years He served one term as Trimble Township trustee He is survived by his second wife son Edsel two brothers and two sisters Funeral services set for Thursday at 3 pm at Trimble Church of Christ with Rev G B Courtney Chauncey and burial in West Union Cemetery Athens
Mrs. Sarah Tippie Stanley at 87 died at her daughter Delia Stanley’s home in Glouster after a long illness. She was born November 2, 1847 in Morgen County and moved to Athens County as a girl, married David Tippie 62 years ago, then Frank Stanley whom she outlived. Survived by three daughters Anna Stedman Nora Milhoan Della Stanley and two sons Edward Tippie and Albert Engle. Funeral Wednesday at 1 30 pm at Beech Grove Church with Rev Stella Kimrey officiating. Burial Beech Grove Cemetery.
The Bishopville Sunshine Class will host a lawn social at the town house steps starting at 7 o clock Thursday night. Proceeds will fund volleyball equipment purchases for the class.
Friends of Melvin Sheppard hosted a birthday anniversary dinner at his Jackson Street home in Nelsonville Ohio on Sunday July 7. Attendees included Mr. Sheppard and numerous relatives from nearby towns and states such as Sharpsburg Carbondale New Marshfield Wheeling and Eldon Young along with several couples and families.
First Baptist Church Class No 2 presented a Sunday program including scripture reading by Mrs Gladys Viney a prayer by Wiley Harris a talk Why We Go to Sabbath School by Mrs Mary Straughter recitations and readings by Emma Viney and others with songs and piano solos. A class meeting followed at Clifford Johnsons Morgan Street with refreshments and plans for the next meeting on July 16 at Mrs Beulah Morriss home Morgan Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nye entertained at their High Street home in Chauncey with a Friday night three course dinner for guests from Easton Pennsylvania. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clark Naomi Clark Dr and Mrs J M Higgins and Mrs Edith Cullums Mr and Mrs Guy Brookins and daughter Thelma Jean and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Nye and the hosts.
Chauncey district youths with approved CCC applications passed examinations and were sent to Ohio camps this week. The list includes Lewis Adkins Thomas Cruikshank Earl Heavener Joseph King Ralph Matheny Charles Pettit Harry Phillips Sylvester Reeves Elmer Showalter Fritz Smith and Merne Pence.
ARCH Week ley area saw a fire Saturday afternoon that wiped out the Green dale mall store and filling station. Loss was estimated at 2000 dollars. In local life news, Mr and Mrs Dale Primmer announce the birth of a son. Various local families shared weekend visits and travels across Haydenville Jackson County and nearby towns.
The Zion Baptist Church Mothers' Bible Class met in Chauncey at the home of Mrs. Clarence Langel for July. Devotions were led by Mrs. Oliver Gary and Mrs. Langer with readings by Mrs. Ella Michael and Mrs. Grace Burchfield. A new member, Mrs. Sybil Gabriel, was welcomed. An August meeting will be with Mrs. Dessie Sickles.
Chauncey residents and visitors are listed with travels and stays. Chauncey-Thomas Cruikshank of Camp Zaleski with the CCC spent Sunday with his parents. Several relatives from Millfield, Sugar Creek, Coshonton, Fairport Harbor, and Akror visited local families over the weekend.
The Chauncey Men’s Class softball team meets Greens Run at Chauncey community playground tonight at 6 30 PM. Chauncey defeated Greens Run in the rematch at the same site last week.
The Harvey Courtney family held a picnic dinner on Sunday on the lawn at Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Courtney's Chauncey home. Attendees included Paul Courtney and Lois of Springfield along with multiple Chauncey relatives and contemporaries.
Nelsonville reports the Ellicottville Oil Company drilled a small producer on the Young farm in Hamley Found district last week. The Berea sand well was completed and shot last Thursday and is rated as a five barr producer.
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