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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1931
Page
3
Local society page highlights community events and society news in Nelsonville and surrounding area. Includes updates on residents, gatherings, and service notices from the Bartlet staff correspondent.
NELESONVILLE June 25. Local report says East End Drilling near completion in the field east of Fram Patter. Pet & Pata Lester expect to conclude today as the engine moves from a recent position. The lease to Reelaid was traced to the railroad property with a new note about prior erections on site.
Many local residents attended the funeral for Betty Putnam Harris held yesterday afternoon at Bodlock in Athens. Burial followed at Tulsa Street Cemetery with out of town relatives and friends present. services conducted by Rev A Wilcox and Rev Lloyd Evans.
WELSONVILLE June 2 More than 200 friends and relatives celebrated Mr and Mrs Maurice Conners 78 North Parkview Avenue Columbus on their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a high mass at St Joseph Cathedral Their son John couldn't attend as he is in Wakefield England in charge of the Jeffrey Diamond Company Daughters Mrs Yaward Murphy Johnson Parry Henry Druga Mrs Mildred Blake and Martha Connors attended Mr Connors began as a rail road waterboy at 13 and rose to aide to vice president George T H Brooke of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway He later led the Hocking Valley Railway and held positions with the Ohio State Savings Association First Citizens Trust Company Knights of Columbus and Athletic Club
Funeral services for Gevare Howegen were held at the Mason City home with the Pilgrim Holiness Church conductor. Burial at Greenlawn followed. Attendees included relatives from Chicago Cleveland Willoughby and Logantown plus numerous local Hayden family members. Another notice covers a drowning death of Milton Brooks aged seven with services scheduled Wednesday after a Monday Creek incident near his home.
A funeral service will be conducted at the UB Church at noon on Monday with burial to follow at Buchtel.
Doanville defeats Floodwood 11 to 5 in a Sunday baseball game at Doanville. Battery: Lanning and Bartles for Floodwood. Williams and Hoover for Doanville. The match featured a notable running one hand cart by Bhirkert of Doanville. Numerous local residents are mentioned with visits and family updates across Columbus and Buckeye Lake.
A massive fire in Atlantic City’s boardwalk area left a night club bathhouse and about a dozen other buildings in ruins. Seven people were injured as flames threatened to wipe out a block. damage was estimated at 3.5 million dollars.
Mrs Maude Lowther of Asata Hula was found guilty of murdering Mrs Clara Smith, the wife of her paramour. Judge James C Dglevee of Carroll County sentenced Lowther to die October 2, ruling any lighter sentence would be a great injustice.
Paris reports that France is ready to accept the Hoover plan with reservations. The cabinet will frame the government reply and may submit a counterproposal while largely backing the moratorium. France likely demands Germany continue payments under the Young plan.
Three Ohio Penitentiary guards were fired on from an automobile at the main entrance. Guards believe the two assailants in the car were the same men seen driving by the prison recently, hurling taunts and abuse.
In Vienna on June 23 rioting erupted after the Austrian Constitutional Court voided a university rule denying Jewish students access to safe university affairs. Ten Jewish students were seriously injured in the clashes.
Local classified notice invites readers to call for advertising space and rates. The snippet lists care stipend details and a phone contact 02838, positioning Chauncey Millfield in The Plains for forthcoming ad placement.
Sunday events across The Plains featured recitations and guest speakers at Green Run Church of Christ and Christ Nazarene Church. The celebration included performances by Miss Cartie Fimbaugh and others with a busy program and community attendance.
Sanders Maligele and Mr and Mrs George Willamaoit with children Je Ann and George Chauncey spent a weekend with Mr and Mrs Charles Bradfield and family. They fished on Saturday and visited relatives Sunday in Plantaville Bharpeburs and nearby towns. The group were guests of Mie denes father HOA Reete and family at Chauncey.
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