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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1938
Page
2
Nelsonville City Council met briefly and passed two emergency acts. May licenses and fines totaled 212.18, with the mayor’s report accepted. An ordinance set the clerk’s bond at 5000, and Peoples Bank Co. was named municipal funds depository for 1938–40.
In a tense studio confrontation Adele Barrison confronts Dicky about secret papers hidden amongJunior’s drawings. He detains her at the balcony door demanding a clear explanation. The scene ends with an unresolved clash as the story continues tomorrow.
The Nelsonville unit of the Worker's Alliance has received its charter from national headquarters and will hold a public meeting Thursday June 9 at 7 p m in the 40 and 8 hall to welcome new members and discuss upcoming activities.
Brooks Shoemen defeated the Nelsonville Greys 7 to 3 in a City Twilight League game in Nelsonville on Monday. Four-run fourth inning sparked the Shoemen who tied the league lead with Carbondale. Patton homered for the Greys in the fifth as the Shoemen added two more runs in the sixth and held on for the win.
In Nelsonville last evening Miss Adaline Ray installed Tri Psi Sorority officers at the sorority home on W Washington St. New officers are President Mrs. Helen Devore Vice President Miss Wilma Scott Secretary Evelyn Skinner and Treasurer Margery Hickman. Plans are set for the fifth birthday party Monday night with dinner at the Peasant Pantry and guest speaker Mrs. T M Wolfe of Athens. Mothersingers meet Wednesday June 8 at 2 pm in the Methodist Church social rooms. all current and prospective members are urged to attend.
Nelsonville area residents report weekend visits with family and friends. The WCTU announces a Friday 7 30 p m meeting at Mrs Thomas Spencer home with guest speaker Mrs Kate L Blake of Columbus. the public is invited.
Past Matrons and Patrons of Eudora Chapter OES plan Guest Night on Wednesday evening with a menu dinner at 6 30 in the Masonic Temple. Mrs Nell Dowler and Mrs Margaret Galvin plan the dinner.
Choir of the Church of Christ will rehearse tonight in the Beginners Primary Department rooms at 7 o'clock. Dr. and Mrs. J L Webb left for Chicago to join a group of Ohio physicians on a three week tour to San Francisco for the American Medical Association. William Schaefer and relatives visited Mrs. Schaefer in Grant Hospital where her condition showed slight improvement.
Wanda North, valedictorian of Nelsonville High School Class of 1938, inherits a year's free Reader's Digest subscription from the Reader's Digest Association. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl North and led 58 graduates.
The Degree of Pocahontas sponsors a weekly benefit party at the Red Men’s Hall on Wednesday evening at the regular time to support its charitable work.
The Lad ies' Aid of the Bidwell M. E. Church hosts an all day meeting at Mrs. Nannie Glassburn's home with potluck lunch. Gallia County Pomona Grange will confer the Degree of Pomona on June 15 at Rio Grande community hall with named officers and substitutes. Regular Pomona and Bidwell-Vinton Ladies Aids activities, memorial services planning, and local social events fill a busy June in Bidwell and Porter area.
District gathering of the M. E. Epworth League was held at the Letart Falls church Sunday afternoon. The event featured community members, guests from Jackson and Circleville, and various local families noted in attendance.
Nelsonville aged 89 James Terrell died Monday night at his Sand Run home. Survived by children Mrs Clara North Mrs Friend Love Ed Terrell Athens Dave Terrell The Plains Mrs Florence Kennedy Cumberland Md Mrs Mae Wilson Huntington W Va Ambrose Terrell Akron James Terrell Lansing Mich and many grandchildren. Funeral services have not been completed.
Nelsonville reports 18 month old Willa Rose Mary Andrews daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Andrews died Monday at the family home near Connett after a short illness Funeral services were held at 10 this morning at the residence Burial followed at Connett She is survived by her parents three brothers and two grandparents and two aunts in the area.
Four bouts head a boxing card sponsored by the Glouster Athletic Club with Frank Buhla in charge. Main event features heavyweights Tickle Hogue of Glouster and Chet Windle of Nelsonville in an eight round bout.
The Glouster Board of Education rehired all teachers for the new term. Janitors rehired include Mrs Sophia Nayles and Lewis Steadman for the high school, Mrs Blanch Strohmeyer for the Madison Building, and Lewis Creachbaum for the Monroe Building.
The Glouster brief notes the May 28 wedding of Mrs. Charlotte Wolfe to Arthur K. Harrison with Rev. Frank Lawrence Brown officiating at the Wolfe home. Attending were families and a few friends. Merle Danford of Trimble is a guest. Also listed are weekend and Sunday visits to the Brown and Leach households by relatives and friends from Columbus Rendville and Trimble.
Yreka California resident C L Barnum mailed three small gold nuggets valued at about 3.25 dollars to renew the Siskion News subscription. In Crystal Bay Minnesota a song sparrow was captured in a bird-banding trap over 200 times in a year.
Cars driven by James Phillips of Trimble and Harold Moody of Glouster collided on the Bishopville Road three miles east of Bishopville Monday afternoon. The Phillips and Moody parties were en route to Glouster and Bishopville respectively. Both vehicles were taken to a local service station. No serious injuries were reported Moody’s daughter suffered a small leg cut and Mrs Phillips sustained a badly bruised nose, initially thought to be broken.
Logan city officials experiment with the traffic signal at Main and Depot Streets. The light is off during summer vacation and sits at an intersection used by children in the school year.
Two Glouster service stations were entered and robbed early Monday. The West Gulf Station and Zimmer station on High Street were broken into, ransacked, and cash from a peanut machine stolen. Flashlights, bulbs, candy, and cigars were taken, with prior robberies nearby noted.
Mrs James Couzens wife of the late Senator Couzens of Pontiac Michigan donated 76 late works by noted authors to the Glouster library. The books will be circulated after placement at the home of Mr and Mrs J V Yaw in Glouster. The Yaws’ daughter Mrs W R Yaw of Detroit visits Glouster often. Approximately 2000 carloads of potatoes are used daily in the United States.
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