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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1921
Page
3
An informal reception at Mrs J M Hyde's home in Nelsonville Wednesday from 4 to 5 pm welcomes Mrs Adah Dodd Poince of Dayton. She will address the public at Stuart Opera House Wednesday at 8 pm on city manager form of government. Officers and directors of the Women's Community Club will greet guests.
Dr W. 8. Rhodes reports a singular accident to the little daughter of Joe Brown colored. While playing with a pet rabbit it bit the child's right index finger completely off at the first joint. This is one of a very few cases in which rabbits have been known to bite.
The city considers adopting a city manager plan via June 21 vote. If approved, five councilmen elected in November determine four and two year terms, with one manager appointment and a civil service panel. The plan promises less politics and red tape, likened to a business model and supported by a public publicity committee.
William Reynolds drew two fines yesterday before Mayor McCune. One fine was five dollars plus costs for being drunk, the other one hundred dollars plus costs for having whiskey in his possession. All retail stores in Nelsonville will be closed all day Thursday on account of Ellis' celebration. Retail Merchants' Assn.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness after the death of husband and father and for flowers and words from Rev. Johnson and singers. Mrs Robt Evans and family announce the arrival of a fine baby daughter born Saturday June 11 with Mr and Mrs Fred Craig.
Final plans for the Elks celebration set for Thursday include Dr. C. G. Dew as marshal. The parade forms at 12 30 on Fayette street and proceeds along Jefferson and Washington to Madison, Columbus, to St arts opera house for initiation. It will be headed by Parkersburg band and features Athens Elks Newark Elks Nelsonville entries with a Nelsonville float. The goat will bring up the rear with members in white hats and purple bands. Autos will be parked on East Columbus and East Washington streets.
Nelsonville faces a pivotal vote on the manager form of government. Mrs. Poince of Dayton, noted for unusual qualifications, will address both men and women at Stuart's Opera House at eight o'clock Wednesday, followed by a question-and-answer session. The piece urges civic participation as the town debates reform and improvement ideas, including whitewashing as a quick visual upgrade and broader town improvements planned for fall.
Mr and Mrs Victor Hough announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday June 9 the baby weighing eight and three quarters pounds named Pauline Mrs Earl Campbell and soen Gordon were weekend guests of the former s parents at Logan Mrs Joshua Spencer is in Athens for O U commencement exercises where her daughter Catherine graduates Mr and Mrs EB J Cable Mr and Mrs Ed Dean Mrs W I Jones and Misses Ruth and Louise Jones of Columbus left for Manhattan Kansas to visit Mr and Mrs J W Rannels weekend guests Mr and Mrs P P Potts and two children of Oak Hill Ohio and Miss Marie Jackson of Lexington Kentucky were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs B I Martin
Misses Bessie Stevenson Loretta Mooney Ruth Powell and Ruth Wolfe attend the Epworth League convention in Middleport with local church society.
Arrangements made for Camp Pickett a fine boys camp running June 20 to 28 named for Frank Pickett who allowed last year and again this year. Camp drawn from junior and intermediate classes with some dwarfism guests to join older boys for final two days. C A Dilcher and two or three leaders will oversee all. Boys to register and receive packing list.
The chamber meets this Friday at 6 15 PM at the usual place with attorney Frederick W Howell of Dayton as guest. He will speak briefly to the chamber and later address a mass meeting on the square. The event promises to be very interesting.
Citizens are urged to hear two talks on the city manager plan. Mrs Prince speaks at the opera house Wednesday and Attorney Frederick W Howell at the square Friday evening. Both will explain the plan’s seven years in operation without urging a vote.
The Hast building hosts a volleyball cult activity with a purchased outfit and nightly play. Deanville schools also report strong attendance each evening as part of the circuit.
The Chau tauqua advance man visited Monday and stated that the five day program planned for us is the best Redpath company has ever furnished.
Washington dispatches report Cyrus Wood of Pennsylvania will be named minister to Spain shortly. The announcement came from official quarters and confirms ongoing U.S. diplomatic appointments.
Victor Jonas about 20, of Trimble, drowned near the Coolville dam while fishing. It is believed he slipped from a board and struck his head on a rock abutment, the body found in four feet of water. He was alone except for companions who had gone downstream. Funeral services set for Trimble Methodist church. Also notes a Trimble wedding and upcoming Jacksonville chautauqua event.
France moves ahead with a new radio station near Paris aimed at commercial use. The facility is expected to handle about 100000 words per hour, signaling a high capacity service for business broadcasting.
Washington dispatches report that cave houses are reappearing due to housing shortages in districts around Lakes Maggiore and Como. The National Geographic Society notes widespread cave living from Asia to the Americas, including Easter Island, northern Africa near Guermesa, Matmata and Medinine in Tunisia, and desert valleys with olive and fig plantations.
There were cave dwellers in Asia Minor long before Xenophon, living in underground houses near Mount Argaeus in Cappadocia. The stone chambers reach multiple stories with stair tunnels, housing goats and crops. Petra, the cliff city along the Damascus-Mecca route, remains unoccupied today but bears inscriptions and carvings by Edomites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, and Romans.
The article surveys cave living from Tours France to Spain and Gran Canaria detailing cave homes used as storage and living spaces. It notes Aquitanic and Caesar era ruins adapted as dwellings, Gypsy use in Spain, Canary Island mountain communities with terraces, and American Indians in cliff dwellings such as Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde. Columbus noted cave dwellers in parts of the West Indies and Eskimo fishermen on King Island in the Aleutians live in cliffside settlements.
A local note from Coolville reports mutual interest in a Sunday game with Broadwell. The piece urges readiness and practice, and suggests Broadwell should confirm by Thursday while Coolville prepares to travel or host if needed. It also mentions a Japanese patent medicine briefly in passing.
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