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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1940
Page
2
Fragmentary text references Elsonville with an NDA and a venture or event. Details are unclear but imply a formal agreement or protection of information related to a local occurrence. Further readable facts are not available in the snippet.
Nelsonville Troop 66, Boy Scouts, will hold its annual Charter Dinner at the Knights of Pythias dining room Thursday night at 6 15. Scoutmaster Wilbur D Mender and the Mothers Committee urge all troop members and parents to attend as the 1940 charter is presented and registration certificates issued. Patrol awards and attendance prizes will be announced with brief troop program talks and demonstrations by Scout teams.
Nelsonville West Parent Teacher Association members met at the West School Friday afternoon to celebrate a birthday. Fourth graders sang, Jimmy Cope and Jane Hickman played piano, and Mrs Nelle Dowler announced welfare benefits for March 15. First grade, led by Miss Florence Cook, won the room count. Tea was served by several named ladies.
Mrs James Beard hosts the Martha Class meeting Tuesday evening March 5 with Miss Nixon and Mrs Harry Jackson assisting. Members to attend 8 PM church services then return to the Beard home for the program. Athens Shrine No 6 Nelsonville members plan 6 PM chicken dinner and annual meeting in Athens Tuesday evening. Bertha Howard hosts Past Chiefs Association Pythian Sisters Wednesday 6 30 PM at her home. Loyal Women's Class Church of Christ meets Tuesday 7 PM at Mrs Asa Hammonds Chestnut Street with a potluck lunch.
The Y. M. F. Club gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nelsons on February 29 with many members present. Attendance included multiple couples and families. planning notes mention the next meeting at Mr. and Mrs. Max Faughts and a quilting party hosted by Mrs. Kathleen Ragan on March 7 with a pot luck dinner.
Stuart Speel of Nelsonville plead guilty to an intoxication complaint arraigned Saturday in Mayor C G Dew court. He was fined five dollars plus costs.
Three weeks of Crown City M E Church services led by Rev. A L Clary were well attended. Music directed by Mr McClure of Huntington featured a Huntington sextet and the Crown City Men's Quartet. Several accessions joined the church as ill and bereavement notices pass. Mrs Delbert Fleur traveled to Chesapeake for a brother’s illness and death. Neighboring visitors and parish events fill the weekend. Raleigh Hineman has recovered from illness and spent Sunday with relatives.
Nelsonville notes the McKinley Club will meet tonight at 7 30 at the Legion Building to discuss plans for the coming election and invite candidates to attend.
Revival services at the Church of God in The Plains continue with nightly meetings at 7 30 o clock Reverend McClanahan was greeted by a large Sunday crowd Future topics include Signs of Christ s Coming Some Things to Think About Sanctification Judgment Eternity Pure Religion The Supreme Question The Unpardonable Sin.
Carbondale social notes list multiple weekend visits across towns including Dayton Athens Columbus and Nelsonville. Names include Mildred Barber Olan Carpenter Carlin Logan George Barber and many relatives visiting family members and hosting gatherings.
Nelsonville retail clerks plan a meeting this evening at the K of P Hall at 7 30 to discuss important business in a local event described in the notice. The snippet notes a contrast about New Zealand with the north side being sunny and a house.
Gabriels Filling Station in Nelsonville West City limits was burglarized after midnight Saturday. The front window was broken and five quarts of oil were stolen, police reported.
Mr and Mrs Herman McMannis and daughter drive to New Straitsville Sunday evening. Ralph Saulers’ auto accident last week left him injured but improves. PTA met Thursday with a program featuring Miriam Ringiser, Betty McMannis, Wanda Arnett and others. Home Workers Class to meet Thursday at church basement with potluck. Girls basketball team played in New Straitsville with various local adults present.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union plans a meeting at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Jennie Wallace. Members are invited to attend and discuss upcoming activities.
Twenty one members and guests met at Bonnie Deer's home to begin the 4 H Club year on Friday. Three new members Flora Dearth Catherine Patton and Helen Keplar joined. Plans were made to attend the Royal Achievement meeting at Logan High School on March 29.
Amesville communities share updates from the Presbyterian Sunday School class at the home of Mrs. Gifford with a Lincoln assassination page from 1865. Meth odist classes, Grange events, Clio Reading Club and Young Farmers Club schedule meetings and hostesses, with members visiting relatives and attending district Eastern Star events.
Practice for the Easter Cantata began Sunday at the First Baptist Church. Mrs Ethel Riley will direct the play with assistance from Helen Goodman Arvonia Johnson Ethel Morris Mrs Mattie Fultz and Mrs Gladys Viney. Miss Morris will be the pianist and Mr Riley the assistant.
John Monks of Nelsonville sustained a serious leg laceration from a slate fall in Athena Brick Corp's clay mine. He was moved to White Cross Hospital in Columbus for treatment Saturday.
The Junior Order plans a benefit party at LOC C F Hall in Nelsonville on Tuesday evening March 5 at 8 o clock. Proceeds support the group’s activities and community programs.
Nelsonville notices that near relatives of workers who died in covered employment may qualify for monthly or other benefits under the old-age survivors insurance program. A new folder, Circular No 24, explains eligibility and is available free from Edward S. Broughton, manager, in the Hickman Building, Nelsonville.
Dr R L Morton of Ohio University addressed the Hyperion Club Saturday with an informal talk on his travels in South America. The gathering, hosted by Mrs Julius Fischer, included a group discussion and display of articles from the Blind Commission.
A four room Molisky cottage on Fairlawn Ave in Glouster was destroyed by fire reported at 4:00 AM. Firemen laid two long hoselines but could not save the interior. the owner was later confirmed out of the city. Investigators suspect a hot blast coal heater and rusted stove pipe as the cause.
Jack Hammond and his ten piece orchestra will perform at the Firemen's Ball in the high school gymnasium on Saturday March 16. Proceeds will fund rubber coats and hats for fire department members.
Minersville news notes family visits from Columbus and Gallipolis. Roush and Woods families are seen visiting relatives while Norman McCallum hears of his aunt Tillie Mitch ill in Indiana. Local church services, a Sunday School gathering, garden club event, and residents’ small-care updates are reported with several short trips and illnesses mentioned.
Glouster area Local Union No. 5096 appeals to the United Mine Workers for relief for destitute miners amid long unemployment in the Hocking Valley. The resolutions urge immediate aid, request use of assessment funds for relief, and send copies to national officers Thomas Kennedy John L. Lewis and The Miners Journal.
Glouster church notes report eight members at the Trimble Christian Church class meeting with plans to move sessions to members’ homes after this month. A potluck followed with attendees and one guest. Upcoming gatherings include a Methodist Missionary Society meeting at Mrs. Carson Vernon’s home and a Garden Club session hosted by Mrs. W. A. Craft and Mrs. Ralph Hines, rescheduled from this week.
Mr and Mrs M M Murphy and three children John Mac and Helen of Charleston WV spent the week end visiting friends in Glouster Jack Mundew of Columbus was a week end visitor at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs E E Mundew Mr and Mrs William Wolf Miss Margaret Ann McCune and Jimmie Wolf were Columbus visitors Mrs Robert Miller Lakewood Ohio was a last weeks guest of her uncle and aunt Dr and Mrs H G Gibson Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Marvin Pidcock were Mr and Mrs Wallace Pidcock of New Marshfield Mr and Mrs Clarence Kayser and daughter Toledo Mrs Marian Tarmalee Cleveland and Tex Myers London were called here last week by the death of their grandfather Mr M J Gardner of Chauncey All were guests of Mrs Grace Myers and daughter Pauline Glouster people attending the funeral of Mr M J Gardner in Chauncey Friday afternoon were Mrs Grace Myers Miss Pauline Myers Mrs F D Kinney Mr Grant Wallace Mr Zern Cunningham Mrs Charles Clayberger Mrs Kate Vaughn Mrs Elizabeth McKee Mrs Mary Johnston Mrs Elsie Stahl Mrs Dwight Post Corning Mrs Jennie Wallace and Miss Esta Cunningham were callers at the Gardner home Friday
Revival services began Sunday at the Methodist Church in Glouster with Rev. F. G. Boroff leading. Tonight the theme is The Enemy of Our Souls followed by Standing in Need of Prayer and Steps to Salvation on subsequent evenings.
The Daughters of Union Veterans will hold a meeting Tuesday evening in the I.O.C.F. Hall. A social hour will follow with refreshments overseen by Mrs. Edna Embrey's committee.
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