Edmund W. Roberts Dies at 80. Inventor and Engineer
Edmund W. Roberts, 80, notable inventor of motors and consulting engineer, died yesterday in Cincinnati.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1947
Page
2
Edmund W. Roberts, 80, notable inventor of motors and consulting engineer, died yesterday in Cincinnati.
Bible School at the Christian Church will meet at 9 30 Sunday morning The morn Shine service at 10 30 a m includes the Lord s Supper anthem by the choir directed by Carl Huprich and accompanied by Miss Sigrid Love and sermon by the pastor the Rev L E Evans on the subject Other Things Christian Youth Fellowship will meet at 6 p m and the Evening Service at 7 p m
Morning Prayer with the Litany and a sermon will be read at the Church of the Epiphany in Nelsonville at 9 30 a m Dr James Wilson leads the service Margaret Warren presents organ music of early sacred chants The Sunday School meets at the same hour
The second Cracker Barrel session at the Legion building in Nelsonville covered delinquency in city and county. Judge Francis D. White attended to answer questions and aid discussion. A third meeting is planned to organize a Community Council and adopt a recreation and study program.
During John H. Saltz illness the Nelsonville Home and Savings Association will be managed by Earl Soliday Logan and James Sharp Nelsonville. Soliday, formerly of the state building and loan department, and Sharp, longtime board member, will handle operations with regular hours and duties shared with assistant secretary Jean Boling.
Nelsonville Nazarene Church Adams Street schedules Sunday School at 9 30 a m morning worship at 10 30 a m NYPS at 6 45 p m and preaching at 7 30 p m by Pastor Rev T H Arnott Prayer meeting on Thursday at 7 30 p m.
The women of St. Patrick's Church Buchtel will serve lunch at the annual St Patrick's Day party. The event is scheduled for Sunday starting at 7 PM in the Parish Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rus sell of Dexter hosted a dinner March 9 in Dexter to honor their son Gerald Rus sell turning 21. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Barnes Mrs. Elsie Frazee Glenn S. Homer Howard Grosstuck Homer Russell Peggy Tracy Ralph Rus sell and others from Columbus Pomeroy and surrounding areas.
NELSONVILLE The high school assembly featured music titled Songs of America. Beatrice Barber and the seventh grade English class organized with help from the glee club and band. Basil Collison from The Plains performed a special number.
Silas Campbell, in town six months building a loading area at West Columbia, has moved to Yaukee. Other construction workers stay in a trailer camp near Powell Service Station on N Second Ave. Mrs Campbell went with him to Wisconsin.
Meigs Probate Court issued licenses to Victor D. Bryan 32 Hobson and Donna Loury 21 Hobson. Darrell Barnes 24 Parkersburg West Virginia and Dorothy Warren 21 Middleport. Channing R. Rice 27 Long Bottom and Virginia P. Wilson 22 Long Bottom. Owen Bratton 20 Rutland Ohio and Jean Lyman 19 Middleport. Henry Bob 39 Racine and Lucille Stinson 31 Racine.
Garnet Verona Roush filed for divorce from Roy Wright Roush in Meigs Common Pleas Court on March 4. She cites extreme cruelty and gross neglect and seeks custody of two minor children.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lee, 89, will be held at the Adam Pardlow home in Pomeroy Sunday at 2 p m. Burial will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Kent Cooper, executive director and general manager of the Associated Press, is appointed chairman of the world freedom of the press committee of Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalistic fraternity.
Nelsonville notices list Bible School at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 with Rev William M George preaching The Sovereignty of Service The youth fellowships meet in the afternoon and evening service at 7 with a sermon by the minister on My Fathers Business
Mrs Adda Hawk Stella Roberts Mrs Eliz beth Murphy Mrs Helena McCune Mrs Phyliss McDaniel and Joe Hardy hosted a dinner meeting for the Past Matrons and Patrons Association of Eudora Chapter at the Masonic Temple. Twenty one members were served at tables decorated in St Patricks appointments for the 6 p.m. dinner.
Mr and Mrs Harold Boling announce the birth of an 8 1 4 pound son Walter Rodney at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan on March 8 Grandparents are Mrs Nellie Wilson Nelsonville and Mr and Mrs Robert E Boling Nelsonville Route One
The Poston Ladies Club met March 7 at the school house and discussed a carnival planned for March 21. Members listed include Mary Adams, Ollie Hillyer, Helen Hart, Evelyn Smathers, Leona North, Effie Conkey, Flossie Douglas, Gladys Davis, Clarice Shields, Susan South, and visitor Ida Bietelschiel. News covers illness, visits, and a surprise party for Helen Hart.
A city police affidavit says Charles E. Pearce of Flora pleaded guilty on arraignment in Mayor Oral Daugherty’s court and paid 10 dollars and costs after passing another car at an intersection. William H. Caldwell of Crown City was cited to appear March 17 for failing to stop at a stop sign. Four intoxication arraignments Friday ended in guilty pleas with fines of 25 dollars and costs for Woodrow Bennett, Gilbert Cavanaugh, Henry Anderson, and John Elliott Jr., all of Nelsonville.
George Alfred Kilkenny seven months old died Thursday morning at his parents home on Asbury Ridge. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at his grandmother Mrs Vera Kilkenny in Coonville with Rev Dickerson officiating. Burial is in Connett Cemetery. He is survived by his parents three brothers Robert Ray and Jerry and his maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Stevenson of Union Furnace.
The Rev. William M. George will lead worship at the Concord Union Church three miles east of Jacksonville Sunday at 2 30 p m. The sermon topic is Watch.
NEW STRAITSVILLE The Nazarene Church schedule lists Sunday School at 2 p m and preaching at 3 p m followed by a Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 p m.
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