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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1936
Page
2
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Organized at Nelsonville
Nelsonville forms a new VFW post with C N Ervin named commander. W F Gray and Gerald Nelson named senior and junior vice commanders, Ben F Brady as quartermaster. The charter remains open for charter members as organizers plan a membership push and an institution date will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing. C N. Ervin
Madison St
W. F. Gray
Gerald Nelson
Ben F. Brady
Kirwin
Adis
James E. Mahoney
Pomeroy
Ninth Zone
Mahoney
C. B. Chick
Jackson
Ohio
Robert &. Spann
Jackson Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Union
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Sunday School Clase Hosts Saturday Night
Dorothy Ann Lowden hosted her Methodist Church Sunday School class at her Route 81 country home. Eleven members attended an evening of games followed by a refreshment course for the teacher Miss Ruth Rothrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Dorothy Ann Lowden
Clase
Methodist Church
Route
Ruth Rothrock
Dinner guests visit Miss Lulu Poston in Athens
Mr and Mrs Julius Fischer and Miss Bertha Nix were Sunday dinner guests of Miss Lulu Poston in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Julius Fischer
Bertha Nixon
Lulu Poston
Athens
Circle of Ruth hosts gathering at new home
Mrs Roy Snackenburg and Mrs Frank Lowry hosted the Circle of Ruth Sunday School class at the former Monroes home in Nelsonville. Mrs Lowry spoke on Genesis chapters 1 and 2, followed by discussion. Thirteen members attended and a refreshment course was served late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Roy Snackenburg
Frank Lowry
Circle of Ruth
Presbyterian Church
Monroes1
Women of California Attend Athens District Meeting
Miss Ellen Burnel and a long list of attendees from California joined the district meeting of the Business and Professional Woman's Club at Hotel Berry in Athens on a Sunday. The gathering included several prominent women such as Mrs C H Bartlett and Mrs Ruth Hale among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ellen Burnel
Freda Smith
Clara Key
Verna Hand
Regina White
Adaline Ray
Louise Skinner
Frances Bennett
Blanche Moorehead
Margaret Johnson
Ruth Reich
Jo Porter
Rose Shay
Maxine Hall
Catharine Newman
Helen Verity
Lucile Verity
C. H. Bartlett
Jo Kelly
William Gray
Ruth Hale
Mable Haffner
James Kourt
California
Sun Gay
Family visits nurse recovering from broken hip
Mrs. Ide Whitlatch is recovering at Marietta Osteopathic Hospital after a broken hip. Her children Mrs. Georgia Foughty and the families of William Schaefer and Elmer Whitlatch visited on Sunday and she was moved to her daughter’s home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Georgia Foughty
William Schaefer
Elmer Whitlatch
Ide Whitlatch
Marietta Osteopathic Hospital
Mrs. Foughty
Doanville Girls Club Stages Amateur Hour
The Doanville Girls Club sponsors an Amateur Hour at Doanville School House at 7 30 pm on Wednesday. Local talent will perform an hour of music with Major Bowes Ruth Nixon and the gang appearing for a real show. Prizes will be awarded to winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Doanville Girls Club
Doanville
Major Bowes
Ruth Nixon
Local Families Visit In Columbus Area
Mr and Mrs J L Jack return to their Columbus home after staying with their son Clarence and family. Oral Daugherty and Mrs Fanny Gibson spent the end of the week at Akron. Mr and Mrs J L Lowden and daughter and Mrs Anna Lowden of Lancaster spent Sunday here with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Jack
Columbus
Clarence
Oral Daugherty
Fanny Gibson
Akron
J. L. Lowden
Anna Lowden
Lancaster
Mrs Bayliss to Host Methodist Guild Meeting
Mrs Chas Bayliss assisted by Miss Geneva Gears and Mrs Clarence Kelly will host the Methodist Guild gathering Tuesday night at the Bayliss home on Myers Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Chas
Bayliss
Geneva Gears
Clarence Kelly
Methodist Guild
Myers 8&T
Woman's Benefit Association Meeting Notice
Nelsonville report: the Woman's Benefit Association will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the Red Men's Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Woman's Benefit Association
Queen Esthers Meet At Vera Coakley Home
Nelsonville notices a Queen Esthers regular meeting set for Wednesday night at 338 Elizabeth Street with Miss Vera Coakley hosting and Miss De Marius Sanders assisting. All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Vera Coakley
Elizabeth St
de Marius Sanders
Death of Mrs Val Davis Revered DAR member in Nelsonville
Mrs E E Bell received word of the death of her cousin Mrs Val Davis at St Vincent Hospital Long Island. Davis had lived there about a year with her daughter Mrs Monroe Brown and was a well known Nelsonville resident and member of the Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter DAR. The local chapter honors her ancestry and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
E. E. Bell
Val Davis
St. Vincent Hospital
Long Island
Junior Order Bingo Night at I O O F Hall
Nelsonville report says the Junior Order sponsors its weekly benefit bingo party Tuesday night at the I O O F Hall. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
I. O. O. F. Hall
Salvation Army conducts regular services in Nelsonville
The Athens Salvation Army under commander Adj. W. W. Hinshaw with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reif conducts regular services at 9 W. Washington St Nelsonville every Tuesday and Saturday night, authorities announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Athens Salvation Army
Washington St
Fred Reif
W. W. Hinshaw
Nelsonville resident Charlie Newton dies at 45
Charlie Newton of Dayton Ohio died at his home on Tuesday March 10 at age 45. He was well known locally. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p m in Dayton with burial in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Charlie Newton
Dayton
Ohio
Haydenville Couple Welcome Daughter Born March 12
Mr and Mrs Freddie Spence of Haydenville announce the birth of a daughter on March 12. Grandparents are Mrs John Oliver of this city and Mrs Nancy Spence of Haydenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Freddie Spence
Haydenville
John Oliver
City
Nancy Spence
Nelsonville Elks to Elect Officers Tuesday Evening
Nelsonville Lodge No. 543 BPO Elks will hold its annual officer election on Tuesday night March 17 at 7 80 o clock. A luncheon will be served following the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Lodge
BPO Elks
Funeral services for John Wukinson Tuesday
Funeral services for John Wukinson will be held Tuesday at 2 o clock at the family residence in The Plains. Burial will be at Greenlawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John Wukinson
the Plains
Greenlawn
Two arraignments on intoxication complaints heard
Walter Carsner Orbiston and Dave Christian faced arraignments in Mayor Holland's court Friday night and Monday. Each pleaded guilty and was fined $5 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
G. Holand
Walter Carsner
Orbiston
Dave Christian
Vendor relief claims in Athens Pharmacy advertisement
A testimonial from Mrs. Gaye Withem of Route One Athens touts Vendor as relieving dizziness, constipation, and digestive distress. The ad promotes Vendor’s roots and herbs, claims quick gas relief, and urges readers to ask for the Vendor Man at the Athens Pharmacy while noting its sale by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaye Withem
Athene Pharmacy
Athens
Ady
Buchtel High Seniors to Stage Sunbonnet Girl Operetta
Buchtel high school seniors will perform The Sunbonnett Girl at the Buchtel opera house on Tuesday. Ruth Mingus stars as Sunbonnett Sue with Don Shively as Bob Coleman and Vivian Vice as Mrs. Coleman. The cast includes John Vice, Margaret Savage, Theresa Culp, and others with a Harmony Aces music contest and a Husking Bee special feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel High
Buchtel
Buchtel High School
Sunbonnett Sue
Susan Clifton
Ruth Mingus
Bob Coleman
Don Shively
Miranda
Margaret Savage
Reuban McSpavin
Pleads Not Guilty Before Mayor Sunday
Eugene Ward of Nelsonville pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Mayor G Holland on a March 19 hearing related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated after a Saturday collision in front of the City Building. Three intoxication arraignments heard. Gilbraith Sewards Jones pleaded guilty with $5 fines and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Eugene Ward
G. Holland
Ward
Richard Gilbraith
Carbondale
Reno Sewards
Coonville
Clarence Jones
Costa
Gas Drillers Expect To Strike Sand Soon
Ohio Fuel Gas Company crews drilling on Sunday Creek Coal lease in the Bailey Run field plan to hit the sand by Tuesday. The Grover Young Farm site at Hamley Run will bedeepened to the shale by K. Martin. A Johnson Hill test on the Jake Keplar lease will be conducted by Charleston Gas Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Bailey Run
Grover Young
Hamley Run
K. Martin
Johnson Hill
Jake Keplar
Charleston Gas Company
Scotland Records Peak Marriage Rate in 1983
Scotland posted the highest marriage rate in a decade in 1983 while recording its lowest birth rate on record for that year. The trends reflect shifting family patterns and demographic changes across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Prairie dog banquet may be scrapped in Duncan
County Agent Nolan Young may drop the prairie dog banquet idea aimed at proving a point to critics. Poison baits for prairie dogs have reduced live sightings, and Young has yet to secure a live specimen to showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Okla
Nolan Young
Young
Unsettled Weather Forecast For Ohio Week
The weather outlook for Ohio for the week beginning March 16 predicts unsettled conditions near the lake with intermittent rain or snow and frequent temperature changes. Central and southern areas expect occasional rain early in the week and again Friday or Saturday with mild temperatures on Monday and Tuesday, cooler midweek, then warmer by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Mob lynching near Casseta heightens racial tension
A 35 year old Black man named Philip Beger accused of attacking two white women was seized from Chattohoochee County officers by an armed masked mob near Casseta Georgia. He was found fatally wounded with a rope around his neck near a swampland lake hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casseta
Chattahoochee County
Philip Beger
J. T. van Horn
Executor files suit over 81 acres in Harrison Township
Lot tie Hively sues Heber and Ruby Saunders and Joseph M Saunders executor of John S Saunders estate in Gallipolis Common Pleas seeking money or foreclosure on 81 acres. Plaintiff alleges a $1500 note with mortgage as security and that Heber and Ruby signed the note while Joseph M Saunders claims an interest in the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harrison Township
Common Pleas Court
Lottie Hively
Heber
Ruby Saunders
Joseph M. Saunders
John S. Saunders
Guyan Township Wife Faces Non-Support Charge
In Gallia County Chester Nash of Guyan Township is named defendant in a common pleas action for failure to provide by his wife Maude Nash. Nash is bound over to the grand jury on a $200 bond. Marvin Deckard also bound $200 faces grand jury for reckless driving per Elza Deed’s complaint in Justice Fred Millisor’s court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chester Nash
Guyan Township
Maude Nash
Common Pleas Court
J. R. Burcham
Crown City
Nash
Marvin Deckard
Elza Deed
Court of Justice
Fred Millisor
Gallia Honor Graduate Serves as Poultry Show Judge
John Hamilton of Lecta Gallia County, an honor graduate of Gallia Academy High School last year, judged the poultry show at the Little International Stock Show in Columbus hosted by Ohio State University's Animal Husbandry Department where he is a student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Hamilton
Lecta
Gallia County
Gallia Academy High School
Animal Husbandry Department
Ohio State University
Columbus
Hamilton
Birthday Party Honors June Carter in Nelsonville
Mrs. Edward Carter hosted a Friday night celebration for her daughter June's 14th birthday in Nelsonville. Guests included Elois Badger Esther Barron Evelyn Jo Fiske Ruth Bayless Ruth Duskey Gertrude Dearth Jeanette Davis Londa Lee Pollock Anna Warner Anita Thompson Wanda Runton Bob Thompson Robert Bernard Billy Maxine and Joan Carter with games and ice cream and cake served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Edward Carter
June
Elois Badger
Esther Barron
Evelyn Jo Fiske
Ruth Bayless
Ruth Duskey
Gertrude Dearth
Jeanette Davis
Londa Lee Pollock
Anna Warner
Anita Thompson
Wanda Runton
Bob Thompson
Robert Bernard
Billy
Maxine
Joan Carter
Eighth grade mothers to host refreshments after PTA meeting
At the Nelsonville high school PTA meeting this evening the eighth grade mothers will host and serve refreshments following the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Body of Gallia County Man Found After Auto Mishap Near Gallipolis
Floyd A. Lewis 32 of Thurman Route 2 was found hours after his car left Highway 11 and plunged 30 feet to railroad tracks near Gallipolis. A passerby discovered the body at 10 a.m. Sunday, after rainfall obscured the wreck. Sheriff E. E. Hatfield and Police Chief John Fraley investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia County
Gallipoli
Gallipolis
Floyd A. Lewis
Thurman
Rt. 2
Highway 11
Woodward Peck
William Boggs
E. E. Hatfield
John Fraley
Vendent Point
Lawrence K. Lewis
Lewis
Heath Teaches Farm Classes in Gallipolis
Dwight Heath, vocational agriculture instructor, runs three farm training classes in Gallipolis. Poultry production class welcomes both sexes at Bulaville town hall on Thursdays at 7:30 p m. Bethesda feeds class meets Fridays at 7:30 p m. Young Farmers Association grows with 17 members ages 16 to 26 led by Bruce McDonald president Roy Burger vice president and Sam Drummond secretary treasurer. Classes convene Mondays at 7:30 p m in the ag building near the high school with boxing as an opener for the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dwight Heath
Bulaville
Bethesda
Heath
Young Farmers Association
Bruce McDonald
Roy Burger
Sam Drummond
Vocational Agriculture
Audrey Davis Granted Divorce and Custody in Cruelty Case
Grace M. Higgins received 50 dollars for expenses in her divorce and alimony suit against Lawson B. Higgins before Judge W. R. White. Audrey Davis was granted a divorce from Lewin M. Davis and awarded custody of their minor child William Cecil Davis. The court found extreme cruelty and ordered Davis to pay 112.58 dollars immediately, 2 dollars weekly for child support, and 10.83 dollars in court costs, with some furniture awarded to Mrs. Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace M. Higgins
Lawson B. Higgins
W. R. White
Audrey Davis
Lewin M. Davis
William Cecil Davis
Plea Leads to Jail Time in Non-Support Case
Treasure Wilben, recently arrested in Charleston West Virginia and indicted by the last grand jury, pleaded guilty to non-support and was sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory on Saturday by Judge W R White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Treasure Wilben
Charleston
W. Va
Mansfield Reformatory
W. R. White
Deed From 1814 Shines In Old Document Contest
Jacob Rupe of Cheshire presented an 1814 deed from Jacob Roush to Paul Roush for a 60 acre Cheshire farm, bought from the U. S. Government in 1812. Witnesses were Nathaniel Gates and Phineas Matthews, George Swisher. The story notes Rupe as Gallia County’s oldest Mason with long lodge ties and details family lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jacob Rupe
Cheshire
Arthur Grover
Rupe
Jacob Roush
Paul Roush
Nathaniel Gates
Phineas Matthews
George Swisher
Cheshire Township
U. S
Roush
John Roush
Frank Boice
Lafayette Gaston
Gallia County
Eastern Star
Mystic Shrine
Washington Rupe
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Rothgeb
Religious Group Plans Canvass in Gallipolis
Three hundred Jehovah's Witnesses gathered in Gallipolis with meetings at Hotel Libby and Woodmen's Hall. The division leader, a Portsmouth doctor, announced a house to house canvass across 22 towns in Ohio and nearby areas, displaying literature, selling nothing, and accepting contributions only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jehovah's Witnesses
Libby
Woodmen’s Hall
Portsmouth
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Pomeroy
Middleport
Ohio
Dodrill Suit Settled and Proceeds Distribution
Judge W R White confirmed a sale and ordered $1 205 in proceeds distributed among Bessie C Dodrill D N Vance and co defendants. Taxes $8 32 go to county treasurer and $129 22 to court costs. Dodrill receives $177 92 while D N Vance gets $533 73 and $850 83 goes to Kathryn Ruth James Jr Garfield Edith Norma and Robert. Lee Dodrill listed among co defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. R. White
Bessie C. Dodrill
D. N. Vance
Kathryn
Ruth
James, Jr
Garfield
Edith
Norma
Robert
Lee Dodrill
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