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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1922
Page
3
Mrs. Joe Humphrey of New Straitsville visited sister Mrs. Gene Shater as the Nelsonville women met. President Mrs. Hyde thanked Mrs. Rannells for her address and information as members asked questions on the work. The Woman's Community Club hopes to help establish a rest room for Nelsonville and York township.
Frank Spray hosted a farewell gathering at his Fayette street home Tuesday evening with a social time and a fine lunch enjoyed by many friends in attendance.
The local order of Rebekahs schedules a Saturday evening event at the IOOF hall featuring a minstrel show and a home talent play titled How the Story Grew. The program highlights community entertainment and a local performance lineup.
Stanley Pomiccinsky aged two died at his parents home in Deanville on Tuesday. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 9 a.m. at St Andrew's church conducted by Father Rex Byrne. Burial will be at Greenlawn.
Mrs. James Knight hosted the Tatting club Tuesday evening with thirteen members present. After sewing, the hostess served an elegant luncheon for guests including Mrs. Leighton Aumiller of Columbus and Mrs. Joe Humphrey of New Straitsville.
East school Parent-Teacher Association will meet Friday March 10 at 2 o clock. The event is billed as one of the year's most important gatherings and invites every mother seeking information on East school affairs.
Mrs Charles Monks led The Hustlers M S church Sunday school class in social hour at Mrs James Matheny’s Pleasant View avenue home. Gladys Nelson sang several solos as the group formed a club named The Hustlers and guests enjoyed refreshments afterward.
Oscar Webb pleaded guilty to failing to send his child to school when arraigned before Justice Donley Tuesday. The charge was brought by the truant officer. Webb was fined five dollars plus costs.
Mrs. B. F. Gibbs and Lew Gandee of Nelsonville report J. S. Gandee, injured at work in Akron five weeks ago and whose right arm was amputated, is now getting along nicely. He has a brother C. F. Gandee in Athens and extends thanks to friends for their kindness.
The executive board met before the main session and launched a cleanup campaign with the slogan We Prefer to Shop in Nelsonville. Ten dollars was donated to local charity with work credits allowed to participants as streets are cleaned. Mrs. Rannells of Logan spoke on Logan’s rest room project and its success in Hocking County.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church hosted Mrs E T Spray in the church parlors last evening. A 5 o'clock picnic dinner for 20 honored the departing secretary who will move to Petersburg Indiana, with a Bible presented as a token of appreciation.
At the regular monthly meeting the grand chief will be present tomorrow night. A 6 o'clock dinner and initiation are planned and every member is urged to attend.
Mrs Charles Tedrow is spending a few days in Columbus. Mrs Will Burnelle left today to spend some time in Akron. Mrs G Sheppard is visiting her father at Mt Carmel hospital in Columbus.
The article urges a city wide spring clean up movement funded by residents. Mayor McCune will designate a clean up day and citizens are urged to prepare rakes shovels and brooms. The Woman's Community Club discussed plans for the campaign.
News reached friends of Mrs. Hanna Sheffield Bradford who died at her Coffeeville Kansas home on December 6. She was a former resident and will be remembered by many old residents.
The program grants high school pupils one half unit toward graduation. Other pupils receive a special certificate, and those who pass Remington and Underwood tests earn typewriting certificates. Negotiations with a Columbus company aim to place typewriters in pupils homes at low rental. Supt. Ferree and the board of education are credited for making the course possible.
The remains of Benjamin Deal of Jacksonville were brought to this city Tuesday afternoon and interred in the Chauncey cemetery. He was over 60 years old and died of pneumonia. He is survived by two sons and a daughter, with several relatives in the area.
Dr R E Nye of Cincinnati was called to Chauncey this week to officiate the funeral for Mrs D W Saw. The brief notice cites medical and religious figures aiding the service and records the local response to the bereavement.
Miss Hazel Linscott of Athens was the over Sunday guest of her parents Mr and Mrs D H Linscott of Mill street.
The Women’s Bible class of the First Christian Church met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. J. L. H. Pendergrass’s home on High Street for an entertain.
FE L Laffell and family from Bucyrus have been guests of Mr and Mrs J A Drake during their visit and shared time at their home.
Miss Royal Linscott of Columbus was a Sunday guest of her mother, Mrs. Maggie Linscott, during a family visit.
Mr and Mrs A E Watkins Mrs Brandon Grover L A Sprague Mrs James Day and Mrs Neal Hessel all of Athens attended the funeral of Mrs D D Law in town Monday.
Miss Elsie Worden has returned from Columbus where she recently underwent an operation at a hospital.
Mrs L W Spayd returns to her home after several weeks visiting her daughter near Pittsburg.
Mrs Mildred Simpson of Xenia is in this city visiting her son N. Simpson and family.
Mrs G H Nye comes back to her home after visiting her daughter Mrs J A Long and family in Wilmington during the past week.
President Harding informed the United States Senate that the 1917 Lans ing Ishii agreement recognizing Japan's special interests in China has been entirely superseded by the China treaties written during the Washington arms conference.
Illinois union miners threaten independent negotiations with coal operators if an interstate conference is not arranged by April 1. The Zionis miners' union meeting indicates a breach with the United Mine Workers and a possible strike in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The UMW hopes to avert a walkout by April but warns no conference means no agreement and a strike may follow. The board also ratified a wartime alliance with sixteen major railroad unions.
A joint Trimble and Jacksonville meeting with Athens and Glouster chamber reps and E. W. Davis outlined a four way cooperative plan to improve a mile of road on the Athens-New Lexington route to Columbus. State Highway Commissioner Herrick offered 85000 toward costs. total estimates range from 20000 for tar-bound macadam to 40000 for brick pavement.
New York report from Captain Hans Jorgensen recounts the sinking of the Norwegian freighter Grontoft in a Atlantic hurricane. Thirty five lives are lost as Esthonia searched for wreckage seven hundred miles east of Cape Race after picking up a distressed radio call. The last transmission described sinking stern first as the operator stayed at his post.
Pratts Fork residents and neighboring families spent Saturday night and Sunday with relatives and friends including Wilbur Colburn, Ralph Colburn, Wayne and Dorothy Orr, Ray Ramsey, Harlan Byerley, Leo Williams, Delbert King, Flossie Williams, Ethel Steinmetz, Edna Douglass, Fannie Orr, Dorothy Orr, Frank Cain, and others. Preaching is announced for Sunday evening March 12 with all invited. Alfred Williams visited relatives near Coolville Saturday and Sunday.
The Plains Mozelle Stephans of Athens spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Liz Guess. Jake Anderson suffered a foot injury with two broken toes from a coal fall at mine 210 Sugar Creek. Mr and Mrs Elza McGranor of Athens were guests of Mr and Mrs Zine Courtney Saturday night and Sunday. A son weighing ten pounds was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Roy Gabriel Ollie South. Mrs Ed Micheals and son Grant visited relatives in Athens Monday. Mr and Mrs Orla Ashcraft and baby of near Trimble visiting Mr and Mrs Rey Gabriel.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dukeman were Athens shoppers on Tuesday. Mrs. Harl Guseman and her children returned to Carbondale the same day after spending the winter with her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Bell. She was accompanied home by Miss Dot Dickens who will stay awhile.
A fire in Cheboygan Michigan on Main Street destroyed the Frost Kessler block and spread through the business district. Two fatalities are reported Frank Hosler a baker and a boy Pete Laway. Miss Jeanette McDonald escaped from the Bell telephone exchange by leaping three stories. Damages estimated at 1 000 000 dollars. Firefighters abandoned active suppression to save surrounding property.
L. C. Thornburg representing the Huntington Chamber of Commerce told the Public Service Commission in Charleston that West Virginia freight rates should be reduced to at least the level of the central freight association territory.
More than 175 residents attended a Community club meeting in Amesville to demand urgent improvements on the Athens Amesville Marietta road and nearby routes. Speakers including Engineer W Davis and others outlined road conditions, proposed paving options, and state action to fund and carry out the work.
The Hebbardsville column notes Pheodore Wingett teaching at the local school and lists numerous family visits across Athens. It reports a quartery meeting at the M E church on March 12 and a business meeting March 11 with reports to be shared. A Marietta telegram announces the death of Mrs Adaline Bean at 88 from pneumonia.
Dr Walter F Prince investigator reports no paranormal activity at the haunted Caledonia Hills house after a night of high jinks. No further report or evidence found.
Maritime traffic in the English Channel was suspended today as a 107 mile per hour gale battered the area. Numerous ships were wrecked and recovery operations were underway.
Dr C E Welch Nelsonville reported thyroid extract successfully aids underdeveloped children in Athens County. The Athens County Medical Society met at Dr T A Copeland’s office with over 20 physicians present. The group voted to add Dr Zeimer Haydenville as an associate member.
Denison defeated Ohio University 29 to 25 before a large Granville crowd. Bell scored five early field goals for Ohio, then Denison surged back led by O Daffer and Rettig with five baskets. Granville visits Athens for a return game Saturday.
Rebuilt machines offered with factory trained expert repair by A. D. Farrow based in Nelsonville Ohio. Harley Davidson motorcycles and sidecars advertised with in house service and parts support.
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