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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1930
Page
5
Classified notice directs readers to telephone Mrs Ince at 4 Evans for classified inquiries. The short line presents contact method and location with a local exchange style.
Nelsonville July 31 Doc tor Walker's Old Timers defeated the Logan Clowns 8 to 6 on Murray City grounds. Joe Tayl ors and Fen Wagner homered for the veterans in a game that featured six innings by Garner before Chesser finished. The series will continue with three more games as both clubs seek top opponents.
Albert Inman of Nelsonville was found guilty of quarreling and fighting at a hearing before Mayor Bill Hickman. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment. Inman received a $10 fine with costs and the fine was suspended.
Miss Katherine Spencer entertained her bridge club on Wednesday at her Fayette Street home. Miss Rosemary Acker Miss Dorothy Vorkes and Miss Phyliss Mills attended a dinner at six then four tables of bridge. Miss Mills won the guest prize while Mrs. Lillian Ruble took first high score and Mrs. W. H. Hyde second high.
Miss Julia Burnelle hosted the bridge club on Wednesday evening at West Washington Street. Mrs. Raymond Raine served as substitute player and held second high score, while Miss Helen Devol received the first honors.
Longstreth and Carbon Hill clashed in a 12 inning duel with Carbon Hill winning 8 to 4, Smathers stealing second third and home for the decisive run as Garner and Smith collected 12 Longstreth hits. Carbon Hill then won the second game 5 to 0 in seven. Miss Lillian Stover visiting Mrs Ed Keyes in Columbus.
Nelsonville officials clarified rules after confusion over water restrictions. Mayor Bill Hickman said sprinkling of streets and sidewalks is to stop during drought while lawns and gardens may be watered nightly. Pressure remains adequate and harsher measures unlikely if residents conserve water.
Ray Allen of Nelsonville escaped with a few lacerations after his large sedan overturned on Mason City Hill between 9 and 10 last night. The car’s steering gear locked as he headed downhill toward Nelsonville, leaving the vehicle wrecked after striking a telephone pole.
Nelsonville July 31. Mr and Mrs Victor Oakley announce the birth of a son at their home in Buchtel on Wednesday July 30.
Grange No. 2436 of York will meet at Oak Grove School Friday evening August 1 at 8 30 for its regular business session.
The Past Grands of Faithful Rebekah Lodge will meet at Mrs Beatrice Henshaw’s home on Jackson Street this evening at 7 30 o clock. All members are urged to attend.
The King's Men prayer gathering takes place at 184 West Columbus Street on Friday evening August 1 at 7 30. Rev Charles Webber of Athens will deliver a brief address and John Bowman will chair the meeting.
No 2 well on the Lick Run lease drilled by Frank O Mara will be shot Friday it is expected.
Complaints reach city officials about trash being burned on graves and paths worn across plots at Fort Street Cemetery in Nelsonville. Mayor Hickman issued a warning yesterday that such practices must stop, noting the burial ground still serves many former residents and that grave desecration carries penalties.
Mr and Mrs John Courtney and other Columbus visitors are noted. Mrs Steve Holland and family return from two weeks with relatives in Columbus and Delaware. Several Columbus visitors include Miss Gretchen Pidcock Miss Hazel Taylor and Mrs Isaac Emerick. Families travel between Atlasburg Pittsburgh Cincinnati Batavia N Y and West Virginia communities for visits.
Fire destroyed the Hillside Barbecue and Roseroom Palace Hall on the National Pike near Zanesville Ohio early today causing an estimated loss of 30000 dollars.
The Connett Commander Boys' 4-H Club held a regular meeting at the Connett Schoolhouse Tuesday evening with several new members enrolled. Plans were made for a baseball game with the Boy Scouts of Nelsonville on the Kimberly diamond Thursday evening. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August.
Martial law took effect at 6 p m lasting 48 hours in Shanghai to quell possible Communistic disturbances following the Changsha sacking. Five American sailors aboard the gunboat Palos were wounded as Communists near Changsha fired on the vessel, with Chinese casualties reported at 30.
Two Columbus constables Sherman Chrysler and William Cannata and a woman were questioned by police today in the Homer Griffith case. Griffith, a taxicab driver, was found shot on Old Smoky Road south of Columbus on July 28. officers will recount how they discovered the body shortly after the crime.
A new tong war over opium flared in Chinatown New York with Ling Nott killed at 4 Mott Street and Bock in Soo mortally wounded nearby. Police link reports of another tong killing with Boston and fear hostilities may spread nationwide amid spectacle as tourists shelter behind buses.
Steubenville dispatch reports three bandits evaded a 100 man posse and a formal hearing is set for taxi driver William Dugan who says he was kidnapped Tuesday. An attempted bank robbery at Tri Nant was thwarted when employees fired two guns. the bandits abandoned a taxi nearby.
In Youngstown on July 31 a roadhouse host known as Mac at the Four Aces confessed to being Mary Ryrock while booked on a violation charge. Officers say she wore a worn men’s attire for five years and identified as Mary.
One child died after being rescued from a burning house at Scotts Crossing near Delphos. Three others were saved by their father who collapsed before returning for the child. The dead girl is Julia Ann Redd, 6, daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Redd.
William Barnes died at his home in Creeds Virginia on Tuesday July 29. He will be buried there. Barnes was raised on Dowler Ridge Athena County and spent most of his life in the Hecking Valley. He remained a member of the New Straitaville Masonic Lodge.
Weathery scarcity along the Ohio River is not hindering navigation as federal engineer John E. Carpenter reports the river will stay at navigation stage for 295 miles from Wheeling to Cairo despite a month of drought. He notes Pittsburgh area tributaries suffer but the Monongahela and Allegheny retain pool stages allowing packets to stay on schedule.
Mrs. Elia P Roach is the first invalid in Athens County to receive an absent voters ballot under the new rule. David Johnson, county elections clerk, says 47 ballots have been mailed to invalids who signed physician verified applications. Ballots have traveled as far as Yellowstone National Park with others sent to Wisconsin and Washington D C.
At Roosevelt Field L T July 31 2506 hours Reichers and Black flew at 634 am in an attempt to break Hunter Crothers endurance record. Sponsor John B Donaldson was arrested for allegedly stealing a plane but aided Reichers and Black with fuel oil and supplies before surrendering. Donaldson claimed the plane was loaned to him.
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