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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1935
Page
6
Following complaints about premature celebrations, Mayor F. Wallace issues an order prohibiting fireworks except on July 4 and restricts explosive use to private premises. Marshal Fred Meck is instructed to enforce the curbs, with High Street explicitly banned for fireworks at all times.
The June meeting of White Rose Temple Pythian Sisters Past Chiefs Club was hosted by Mrs. Elizabeth Clark on South High Street with President Mrs. BE Weaver in charge. Members read poems and a recitation by Twila Mae Williams followed, and refreshments were served. July’s meeting is set for Mrs William James on Front Street.
The body of Mrs. Bertha Hughes, 48, who died in Mobile Alabama after an operation, was brought to Glouster. She will be taken to Norwalk Saturday morning for funeral services at 2 PM and burial in Norwalk Cemetery.
Officers will be nominated and elected at a regular meeting of Local Union 1205 at Sun Day Creek Mine No 6 on Saturday afternoon at 1 o clock.
A surprise birthday party for Virgil Eddy of Urbancrest was held at his home with grandmother Mrs EB Eddy of Westerville arranging the event. Guests included numerous relatives from Westerville Marengo Amesville Hooper Ridge Dutch Creek and Athens, sharing a social time and buffet lunch.
Funeral services for Walter M. Cubbison were held Thursday at 4 p m in the Ireland Church near Coolville. Rev Gilbert Courtney Chauncey officiated. Burial followed in Ireland Cemetery. The body arrived in the city at noon and was kept at a local mortuary until the service.
A reunion of the Dawson Shell families will be held at the East Branch Church on Sunday. A basket dinner at noon will feature the event. All relatives of the two families are cordially invited to attend.
In a twilight game at Kimberly, Ohio Collieries of Glouster defeated Kimberly by a 6 2 score. Reverend Charles Crawford of Byesville will preach at Hooper Ridge Church Sunday morning and evening, inviting all within reach to attend the services.
Glouster meets Bridges Glouster as Silver Bridge baseball team from the Ohio River comes to town Sunday at 2 30 for a game with Ohio Collieries on local grounds. Silver Bridge defeated the locals 6 to 1 last Sunday with H Grim on the mound setting the pace.
Chauncey resident Bobby Nelson 14 was stung repeatedly by a swarm near his home on Wednesday. He suffered swelling about the head face and body and had throat and tongue swelling. A physician attended him. by Thursday morning he showed improvement though rest was difficult. Father mr Dr Nelson away on a fishing trip in Michigan.
Mrs. Mary Louise Fiske Newell left Chauncey on Thursday by motor to return to Holyoke Massachusetts after a two week visit with her father Charles Fiske and relatives. She was accompanied by her brother in law James Danner and his wife of Gallipolis and Ruth Fiske who plan a two week stay in Holyoke.
Mrs. Jessie Fiske entertained her bridge club with a picnic supper at Nice's Tourist Camp on Wednesday evening. Three tables of bridge followed the meal, with Frankie Howard winning high score, Edith Friedberg taking second, and Mary Guerra receiving the guest prize. Present were Dan and Edith Friedberg, Paul and Jessie Fiske, Christine Brown, Gladys Pickering, Ruth Bridgewater, Sarah Thomas, Frankie Howard, Ruth Fiske, Mary Louise Newell and Mary Guerra.
Six mines in the Chauncey district were reported working on Friday including No. 9 No. 15 No. 267 No. 219 Coonville and Kimberly. Mine No. 25 and several others have not operated for two weeks.
Chauncey pipes up for a Sunday June 30 program at 7 30 p m by the Church of Christ Bible School. An old fashioned children’s program with songs dialogues exercises and recitations. Christine Brown Rowena Simpkins Betty Jane Courtney Eva Ferrer head the committee. Ruth Fiske’s girls prepare floral decorations. Nell Ogg Grace Goldsberry of Athens provide special music and Elizabeth Close presents a vocal solo.
Chauncey high school class from Chauncey Church of Christ Bible School taught by Mrs. Christine Brown held a wiener roast marshmallow toast and steak fry at the Jackson Caves Tuesday night. Present were teacher Mrs. Brown and classmates Erle Bridgewater Jr Richard Osborne Dix Pickering Frank Johnson Ray Johnson Paul Tippett Charles Sweeney Jr Charles Pendergrass Jack Smith Fritz Smith Ralph Walters Margaret Tippett Ruth Shafer Helen Ferrer Helen Keasey Julia Johnson Betty Jane Courtney Alice Johnson Martha Nye Ruth Leiber and Bessie Baughman.
Chauncey churches announce preaching by Rev. Guss Graham at Zion Baptist Church Sunday night at 7 30. Sunday School begins at 9 30 with praise service at 10 30 a m.
Mrs. Alice Dean of Vincent Ohio is in Chauncey for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tippie and family.
Thursday visitors included Mrs Clara Hohaus Wiper and Mr George Hohaus of Eugene Oregon and Clell Wiper with Sylvia Margaret of Grand Island Nebraska. The group came to see Mrs Margaret Southard who is critically ill, with four generations represented in the gathering.
Everett Eddy, formerly of Glouster and now with Western and Southern Life Insurance, has been transferred from Parkersburg to Marietta. Henry Clay served in the United States Senate at age 20.
A man died and a companion was critically injured in a traffic collision near Newark. The party involved included a Cambridge resident and an Englishwoman described with measurements and a small dog, along with a milk ration reference.
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