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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
3
Nelsonville endured one of the season's heaviest downpours causing storm sewers to overflow and streets to flood from curb to curb in multiple areas. Gardens in hillside and lowland sections were reported damaged by the torrent.
Local sports recounts a hard fought loss as the Redbirds drop a Thursday matchup to the Gophers. Details focus on team performance and key moments shaping the defeat.
Sayre Specials defeated Longstreth Nine in a close game as Buchtel teams extend their winning streak with decisive wins.
Nelsonville reports the city water supply will be turned off Sunday morning June 19 around 7 o clock for the day to allow the removal of a main in the Stend area due to highway work. Unknown duration. Also noted a Nelsonville honor student Mary Ruth Lehman graduated from Anderson High School on June 9.
Kenneth Kinneer of Nelsonville high school faculty returned from Columbus where he underwent tonsil removal at Dr. A. W. Prout's office.
Local staff correspondent H Bartlett notes telephone service for society and locals with ad-taker line 412 W. Readers are urged to use the contact for classified ads and circulation assistance.
Dr. Walker's Old Timers fell 11 to 9 at Jacksonville Tuesday. Six regulars were absent. White of the veterans is in a Nelsonville hospital, Sohn injured, White and Taylor away on business, Mohney and Campbell not reporting. Walker expects the Old Timers to regroup soon.
Mr and Mrs Leslie Cavanaugh hosted a six o'clock dinner Tuesday in honor of Miss Carter Miss Kennett and Miss Gay Ervin. Carter and Kennett were former classmates of Mrs Cavanaugh at Grant Hospital Columbus.
Philadorian Lodge No. 157 announces a regular meeting at the Masonic Temple on Monday night June 20. The Entered Apprentice degree will be conferred.
Jacksonville citizens at a mass meeting adopt resolutions urging support for coal workers forming a union and bargaining collectively under the Norris Bill. They call on public officials to cease dealings with foes of labor and to fund only union-friendly parties.
Miss Mae Linton Miss Geneva Geers and Miss Helen Devol entertained I H T Club members and two guests Miss Bernice Backus and Miss Rachel Wilson at a Madison Street home Thursday night. A 6 o'clock dinner preceded three tables of bridge. Mrs Wilbur Martin of Athens won first prize and Miss Wilson second in the game.
In Ironton Ohio Judge Dan Jones named attorney E L Riley to assist Prosecutor L D Andrews in the investigation of Luke Murray a Black man from Atlanta believed lynched after being taken from South Point jail June 14 The body was found in the Ohio River June 11 exhumed for exam showing neck dislocation and skull injuries Six white men from South Point were held on murder charges for the jail removal Murray had been jailed after a fight with a white man Ben Hall
Alfred Bolin and John Maybe, guards for the Ohio Collieries Company, were fined 100 and 80 dollars respectively after pleading guilty to intoxication charges in Glouster. They were imprisoned at Athens county jail until transfer, with a crowd gathering as officers escorted them away.
Rapid progress on the High Street paving project in Glouster is noted as a double shift tears up brick from the ice plant to the railroad crossing near James Restaurant. Work aims to lift most of the street from the crossing to the High Street Bridge by quitting time tonight.
The project will stay as is until about July 10 when the new streets are expected to be completed. contractors and city officials estimate progress resumes next month and alert residents to plan around the work.
Decoration Day will be observed at the Cary Cemetery a few miles east of Trimble next Sunday and those having relatives or friends buried in this cemetery are requested to take part All are requested to meet at the church near Trimble for the exercises and program.
The Ferndale church will hold a 3 o'clock service followed by a procession to the cemetery. Parishioners will walk from the church to the adjacent cemetery for the burial rites.
The Daughters of Pocahontas will meet at the Red Men hall tonight to discuss important business. In Glouster Ferndale church holds services Sunday at 2 PM inviting all in the vicinity to attend.
In Columbus on June 17 three children from the Worley family were admitted to Chil dren's Hospital with ptomaine poisoning. Charles Donald Worley seven and his sisters Willa Mae five and Paseicia Ann three were affected after a meal of canned tomatoes canned pork and beans hamburg steak butter milk and apple butter. The mother Agnes Worley also poisoned but not hospitalized. Officials suspect tainted food from the meal.
Carlos G. Davila, former Chilean ambassador to Washington, is restored to government in Santiago after a peaceful uprising toppled Col Marmaduke Grove’s two week rule. Grove surrendered as carabineros refused to fire. Grove arrested and likely deported to Argentina.
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