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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
3
A day mare eight years old gentle and kind good driver weighing 1050 pounds offered for bargain. See this horse if you want a bargain. Be Sipple 615 Chestnut Street Nelsonville Ohio July 29 1936 listing ready for purchase.
Nelsonville Lodge No. 543 B P O Elks will host an entertainment and social session at the club rooms on Tuesday evening August 13. The event replaces the annual picnic which is abandoned due to war and many Elks being in military service. Tickets available at Shafer's News Stand with proceeds to Red Cross.
Mrs. Clifford Barber Miss Harriette Barber and Roy Sayers motored to Camp Sherman Sunday and were guests of Clifford Barber.
John S. West resigns from the post of superintendent at Hocking Power Co in Nelsonville Ohio. He will begin work in the electric burner industry in Columbus.
A compiled list of names including George Rosser Harry Kelly Harry Kelly Jr Emma Kelly Walter McNaughton Wilma Patton Patton Wm Patton Geo J Shively Edward Fluke Mary Chute Charles Monks A E Gibson Charles Kimble Rhoda Haines Mrs Nora Hammond E R Lama Mrs E R Lama Emma Wilson Eph Stratton Fred Mulligan John Crum Robert Day John Klotz Cc G Dew Florence Johnson G W Adams Frank Chute H F Dillinger Cc C Graham
A readable section lists individuals including Frank Bartoe Geo Badnette Chas Myers Joshua Clark Joseph Slater Lucy Slater Thomas Colbert Elizabeth Bean Homer Warechime M M Kasler Velma Kasler Miss Fredericka Kasler Miss Gretchen Kasler Cora Wade Winifred Shively James Pierre Mrs Ada Wicks Mrs Wm Powell J L Jack Helen Collins Chris Pvans a te Murphy Mrs Mayme Myers S E Patton Mrs Ida Staley as part of an incomplete community record segment.
A Friday evening moonlight auto ride honored Lawrence McBride and Wilbur Hutchins of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The group then returned to Miss Elizabeth Zellar’s home for lunch with attendees including Mary Pensyle Harriet Pensyle Margaret Spencer Mildred Vorhes Ruth Vorhes Gretchen Kasier Lilian Barren Elizabeth Zellar Mary Lane Ruth Love Lawrence McBride Wilbur Hutchins Wilbur Martin Fred Johnson Carnes Hickman Edward Sharp Raymond Krepple Elton Smith Robert Kinney Bob Smitt and others.
Mrs J C Beverage returned Monday evening from Camp Sherman where she spent the day. Miss Avalon Hick of Bliss College Columbus is spending the week with his parents Mr and Mrs Wm Hick. Mark Hick was a Columbus business visitor Saturday. Mr and Mrs Wm Hick had Sunday guests the former's sister Mrs Sam McNeal of Salem and Clarence McNeal wife and baby of Marshfield.
Arrangements to erect markers bearing the names of all York Township boys in the nation's service are nearly finished. Readers are urged to report any family member in service to Dr. C. W. Cable of Nelonville, or to obtain inducted names from the local draft board.
Miss Forest Brandenburg welcomed her Sunday guest Miss Hazel Wilson of Lancaster for an afternoon visit at her home.
A list of Red Cross workers scheduled by day last week includes Mesdames Rosser Martin Bertha Barker Geo Wallace Anna Huddy Isadora Cox Mary Oaks Cleo Williams Bertha Six J C Pickett on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday afternoon features Mesdames Stedani Warner Blanche Starkey William Bartoe Bertha Six and J C Pickett with Sadie Steenrod. Thursday afternoon lists Mesdames D B Linton Frank O Mara Robt Oakley Buchtel William Oakley Cumins Miliard Bartoe Waldo Chute L R Powell Ruth Powell I Warner. Friday evening shows Mesdames D W Gibson Charles Tedrew Hanning Sadie Steenrod Will Bland I E B Hellyer Hill Blanche Starkey Jennie Powell.
Matilda FE Martin Carrie Crace Gladys Starkey Tom Mulligan Abner Juniper Maggie Linscott Bertha Six M L Rosser and Cloe Williams appear in a sequence of social notices and community names. The unnamed item lists residents and possible event roles in a town society column.
One hundred women or more are needed to sew every afternoon and evening at the Red Cross headquarters. Materials have arrived and about 250 garments remain to be finished by September 1. Apply at once.
Mr and Mrs Don Davis announce the arrival of a nine pound son at their home last night Florence Martin is cited as part of the family. Tubby is said to wear a smile this morning indicating the joyful event.
C H Sisson spent Monday in Columbus on business. Mrs Walter Sanders was called to Bucyrus by the death of her nephew Paul Stevenson. Mrs Harrold Mechem visited Glouster with her mother Mrs B W Hawk. Mrs Everett Neff visits her mother-in-law in Albany this week. Harry Edington and John Edington joined their brother Thomas at Camp Sherman on Sunday. Ruth Eberle visits grandparents at Cedar Point. Blair Adams from Columbus visited here Sunday. Mr and Mrs James Johnson and Miss Meta Johnson returned to Huntington W Va after visiting Mrs W H Cann. Mr and Mrs L J Eberle attend a pharmacists convention in Cincinnati. Miss Hattie Cooley visits Columbus. Mr and Mrs Sid Sherrand of Athens were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs J D Ledle.
Martin Lutz hosted a Sunday dinner at his Chestnut Street home honoring Uncle Sam’s navy members Lawrence McBride Geo Haynes and Wilbur Hutchins visiting from duty. Other guests included Belford Hawk Everet Hite and Martin Lutz.
On Robbins Hill Monday the girls were chaperoned by their teacher Miss Higgins and Ma s Margaret Lewis and Nelle Rosser. About fifteen of the class enjoyed the outing.
The Press Minner family announces the birth of their daughter on Sunday. The baby has been named Mary Elizabeth.
A special Eastern Star meeting is scheduled for seven o'clock tonight to initiate a large class of candidates. The event aims to admit many new members in a formal initiation.
Frank Doudna of the Leviathan visited his sister Mrs Harrold Mechem here Thursday and Friday. He is a mechanist on the liner and has made seven trips to France and back safely.
Miss Avalyn Hick of Columbus visits her parents here while Mrs. Merrele Higgins stays with Mrs. Margaret Jones. Travel parties include Otto Kaelin and family at Buckeye Lake, Camp Sherman personnel with relatives in Columbus, and London Ohio hosts Mrs. T. P. Adelsberger. Frequent Sunday visits span Wellston Glouster Ashville and Gallia regions with several relatives named.
Washington reports the Food Department issued a rule prohibiting grain purchases for making beer before October 1 to curb excess brewing. The rule aims to prevent stockpiling beyond the January 1 consumption need while authorities decide interim requirements.
President Henry Churchill King of Oberlin College will depart for six months of special war service in France after notification from the state department. Dean F. E. I. Bosworth will act as president during his absence, and three of King's sons are already serving.
Dispatches from Amsterdam report Germany failed to meet voluntary donation aims. Government plans confiscation with penalties of 2500 dollars fine or imprisonment for disobedience. Civil servants in Ottawa will work daily to 5 PM this summer instead of 4 PM.
The Sunday School class of the Christian Church for girls enjoyed a picnic led by Miss Myra Higgins.
The German defense on new lines retreating forces fights bitterly around Beugneux where the French claim ejection. French advances also reported near Romigny as battle lines show little overall change and combat continues.
London dispatches claim 30,000 German prisoners taken in the Rheims-Soissons salient with total casualties near 250,000. Haig reports successful raids near Ayette in Picardy and Merie in Flanders, while German gas shells fell northwest of Albert.
Paris telegram reports the War Office stating there is nothing new to report north of the Marne as of noon on July 30.
In Japan near Shimonoseki a powder and light bomb blast aboard a loading ship killed thirty stevedores and five passengers and injured fifty, leaving the vessel wrecked and surrounding houses damaged. A passenger train nearby suffered heavy damage as well. Eight girls served as ushers at a Glen Ridge New Jersey wedding amid wartime manpower shortages.
A list of names includes Wm Barnhart Bessie Briggs Frances Bowman W L Burns Beulah Clark Mrs Lara Day Ethel Frey Sam Legg Rosena Letchforth Hiram McConaha E K McKee Alice F F Mc Ferren Mia J F Masten J E K Martin Ed Metcalf Mr Montgomery Helen L Parrett Mrs R C Spears Charles Van Dyke Gertrude Wertz. Persons calling for the above will please say they are advertised. The unclaimed will be sent to The Dead Letter Office August 13, 1918.
Washington says books and periodicals may be sent to American prisoners of war in Germany when ordered through publishers and dispatched from publisher offices. Censorship curbs remain strict due to risks of secret communications.
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