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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1939
Page
2
The Nelsonville school board announced fall term begins September 11 with teachers reporting September 8. The budget for 1940 was approved in tentative form and will go to the county auditor, with a public hearing July 28.
A library board member was designated to fill the unexpired term of his sister Miss Fanny Mulligan. The term ends this year. The board approved morning access to the athletic field playground for a county wide Boy Scout Jamboree planned for late August.
A district assembly at Portsmouth Monday was reported by Nelsonville Rotary Club President Victory Oakley and Secretary Homer Harding. The annual session of new district club executives drew representation from all clubs and outlined plans for the year. Visitor T B McDivitt of Alamasa Colorado attended the Nelsonville session.
Attendance at the regular Eagles meeting reached 141. The picnic committee proposed Aug 20 or 27 for the annual stag picnic with final date and venue to be decided. Captain Chesher announced progress of a new degree team and plans to exemplify it in August. Four new applications were reported, bringing monthly total to 17. Ray Walker leads Team No. 1.
Regular midweek prayer service of the Church of Christ will be held in the sanctuary tonight at 7 30 o clock. Following this meeting at 8 15 the church committee of evangelism and worship will meet. The lake above Boulder Dam contains enough water when full to cover New York state to a depth of one foot.
Nelsonville Veterans of Foreign Wars and local residents plan a 10 day trip for 20 children from the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Xenia Ohio. The Aug 11 to Aug 25 window will see host families required to treat each child as a family member, with eight already placed and further activities planned including picnics and theater outings.
Priscilla Class of the Methodist Church met at Mrs Mayme Mavin home for their monthly business and social session with Mrs Sanders Mrs Bailey and Mrs Marshall assisting. A nominating committee of Mrs Elias Mrs Banfield and Mrs Rankin was named for officers. prizes went to Mrs Hines and Mrs Irene Sharlike for the comic hat. August meeting venue to be announced. The Figleys returned from an 8200 mile West trip highlighting sites from Tennessee to Glacier National Park with Superintendent Figley calling it wonderful.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Mount served as hostess for the Hollister A. B. Church Dorcas Sunday School class with Mrs. Alta McGee assisting. Readings were given by Mrs. Mary Dew and Mrs. Anna Hodgson. the mystery box went to Mrs. Florence Hodgson. Thirteen members attended and home made ice cream and cake were served. next meeting place to be announced.
Mr and Mrs John Sisson announce the birth of a daughter. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Sisson and Mr and Mrs Clarence Might. A July 21 church ice cream social is planned. Bible School attendance was 91. Mrs Cora Russell visited. Mrs Jennie Goble of Akron is visiting her niece Mrs Jennie Goble. Brian Dayton area family welcomed a 12 pound son born to Mr and Mrs Andrew Martin. Mr Chambers of Long Bottom spoke at Bradford Church.
Lancaster residents Mrs H J Nolte and daughter Miss Sue visit Mr and Mrs C H Bartlett. Willard New York residents D W Sweatman and Miss Lillian Reynolds visit Vernon Cagg. Keplar reunion held July 16 at Arthur Ingram home with basket dinner and games. Officers elected: Mayme Keplar president Elizabeth Pyle vice president Maude Evans secretary treasurer. Next reunion set for July 16 1940 at the Ingram Home.
Members of the Past Matrons and Patrons Association of Eudora Chapter plan their annual picnic at Hope Hollow. Charles Walker arranges transportation and coordinates riders. Mary Lines chairs the menu committee and handles unsolicitated member calls.
Mr and Mrs Harley Worden announce the marriage of their daughter Louise to Mr Walter Hooker in Lancaster. The couple will reside in Nelsonville where Mr Hooker works at the Brooks shoe factory.
Miss Daisy Miller spends week in Parkersburg to care for sister Mariel whose condition is not improved. Mr and Mrs Kermit Thomas of Willkinsburg Pa visit grandmother Rosa Barnes. Audry Arbaugh and Clarice Miller spend Sunday with Dayton Russell family. Robert Miller of Delaware Ohio visits W A Miller and Mabel Miller. John Braley of Orient visits relatives here. Frank Braley family of Orient spend Saturday night with W A Miller and take Ethel Miller and sister to Parkersburg. Eva Brown of Middleport visits relatives here.
Kenton Ohio man Joe Van Nater aged 70, who voted in every election since 1898, learns pension officials deemed him an alien. Records show he was born July 31 1868 in Georgetown Ontario and moved to the United States at 17. He first voted in Smithville Arkansas and had voted in Kenton since 1904.
On this day major lunar events suggest swift transits with sudden influence on life and destiny. Expect agitation and drama, prompting plan and circle changes. Birthday readers may see a whirlwind year with romantic denouements. handle opportunity with finesse. A birth child may be creative and adventurous but excitable.
A notice from the Athens Messenger Service Bureau promotes a booklet Lily Pools Rock Gardens and Hedges. Send a dime for postage and provide name and address to receive the guide featuring design construction and maintenance tips. The appeal is directed to readers of The Messenger.
Sixty friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Nicholson home Saturday to mark Mrs. Nicholson's forty eighth birthday. She received many presents as refreshments of Co. C and ice cream were served. Illness reported for Mrs. George Wood Miss Ella Stewart and Mrs. John Nicholson. Rev Ernest Higgenbotham to preach July 30 morning and evening.
Notice announces Rev W S Witherspoon of Columbus returning from the Holy Land will preach at the Nelsonville Apostolic Gospel Church 82 W Washington St Thursday night at 8 oclock. Mabel Baird named Administratrix of the Estate of Robert F Baird of Athens County. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated July 18 1939 Francis D White 30th Probate Judge of said County.
Schedule excerpt lists BALTIMORE & OHIO east and west bound trains with numbers and times, CHESAPEAKE & OHIO daily schedules, NEW YORK CENTRAL south and north routes, and ATHENS AIRWAYS connecting Columbus and Marietta with daytime charter options and daily flight windows.
Legal notice of an order of sale in the Moler et al case. Sheriff Charles W. Bayless will auction 45.81 acres near Athens, with 1.44 acres excluded, appraised at 8800 dollars, minimum two thirds needed, at the courthouse door on August 21, 1939 at 1:30 PM. Venue in Athens County, Ohio with easements and prior deeds referenced. Deputy Esther B. Gross, attorney Foster Cornwell.
John Dance Kimberly loses control about midnight at Chestnut and 4th Street and crashes into an electric light pole. The pole is knocked down and police report. The driver agrees to pay for the damage.
Local society notes record Thursday dinners hosted by Miss Nelia Parr and visits by multiple families and friends from Tuppers Plains Wellston Pittsburgh Albany Cincinnati and Zaleski. Highlights include birthday observances for Bruce Nickison and Waldo Buck along with travels to Columbus and Moundsville for community events and family gatherings.
Martena Dee McDaniel, daughter of Mr and Mrs D V McDaniel, marked age three with a party at her grandparents home. Eighteen attended as ice cream cake and a large white birthday cake decorated with three candles were served.
Advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a fast relief for piles with a cooling astringent formula. Claims quick itching relief and 30 years of use, priced at 60 cents per tube or 356 box with applicator, money back if not satisfied.
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