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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1933
Page
3
In Nelsonville on Page 1 a relief session reviewed aid to 600 families and discussed how Reconstruction Finance Corporation acts affect state and county funding. A letter from Adjutant General Henderson and notes from Congressman Jenkins explained seed distribution and federal grant deductions. A conference with the adjutant general in Columbus was planned.
The following pupils had no absences or tardies in the past month: First Grade Betty Jane Ca Clarence ONeil Naomi Tipton. Second Grade Ida Mae Cole man Charles Delong Eugene Hammond. Third Grade Jean Delong Stanley Delong Merle Simmons Eula Ward. Fourth Grade Dock Branham Chester Call Jack Perry. Fifth Grade Belford Hammond Helen Hammond Kenneth Harvey John Lanning Alvin Lattimer Verta Miller Helen Perry. Sixth Grade John Kovaleski Robert Tipton. Seventh Grade Madeline Delong Pearl Delong Margaret Reynolds Roberta Ward. Highth Grade Ruth O Nails. Teachers are Gaye Ervin and Margaret Anders.
Mrs Minnie McDonald died in Lima last night at age two. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Hawk, former Nelsonville residents. Funeral services are expected Sunday afternoon. Surviving are her parents and three small children.
William Evans will address the Epworth League of the Methodist Church next Sunday evening at six. The talk titled What I Owe the Church will be followed by a discussion led by Miss Vivian Coakley. Special musical numbers are planned and Miss Helen Shaw, the league president, will supervise the devotional period.
Home Missionary Society members gathered at Mrs. KH. J. Arnold's home with Mrs. T. Bush assisting. Special guests included leader Mrs. Elda Patton and Queen Bet her Circle members who led devotions assisted by the Queen Esther Girls.
The Nelsonville High School band schedules a bake sale for Saturday in the Chocolate Shop room on the Square. The sale opens at 10 o clock to raise funds to purchase music for the band.
The Berean Class plans a 9 30 Sunday morning meeting at the Christian Church with teacher W B Evans giving the lesson. Mrs Bernard Inman and Mrs John Farre will sing a duet.
In Nelsonville the Rev H A Sayre selects Hid With God as the Sunday morning sermon topic at 10 30 in the First Methodist Church. The senior choir and Misses Galvin with Mr Parker present a special offertory. Evening service themes Wise Action with evangelistic emphasis and a duet by Mrs Whitlatch and Miss Whitlatch. Attendance at Bible School last Sunday was 484 and expected to reach 5300 this Sunday. classes start at 9 30.
Mr and Mrs William Smith of 134 Grove Nor Street announce the marriage of their daughter Virgene to William Linley son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Linley of Albany Ohio. The ceremony held in Martinsville Virginia on March 10 was read by Rev J E Brown Methodist Church. The bride graduates from N H 8 class of 32 and the groom from Albany and attended Ohio University two years.
Gross receipts from the Glouster High School play Arizona totaled 71.10 with expenses of 9.80, leaving a net 61.30. Funds go to the general fund for incidental costs and debt payments after two successful showings at the high school auditorium under Thomas W. Figley.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the U M W of A will host a charity dance at Lamborn pavilion on Saturday night. Proceeds go entirely to assist families in dire need in the community.
L C Dodson, 21 years with Ohio Fuel Gas Co. in Glouster, is succeeded by Fred Coleman of Athens. Coleman takes over earlier than planned, moving the transition up a couple weeks from April. Dodson has no definite plans yet.
The charity dance scheduled for Saturday night at the Lamborn pavilion has been postponed, a morning announcement reports.
Henry Shonborn 16 son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Shonborn Sr died Wednesday night at St Francis Hospital Columbus from stomach sarcoma. He was a Hollister High sophomore and played on this season basketball team. Funeral at Hollister Church Sunday 2 PM Rev Harvey Smith. Burial Hollister Cemetery. Survived by parents one sister Elizabeth 14 and brothers Ernest Jr 13 Guy 11 Herbert 10.
Robert Jones stays in Cleveland with his siblings Mr and Mrs Ralph Phillips. Mrs W S Clegg of Newark visits her father J L Stahl and relatives here. Mrs Raymond Hines returns to Charleston W V after a Burr Oak visit with Mr and Mrs A P Hines. Mr and Mrs George Morris of Columbus and Mr and Mrs A J Hinton of Senecaville were guests this week.
Glouster Ohio on March 17 votes to extend the Christian Endeavor contest for two weeks. Evangelistic services continue with morning and evening sermons and weekly prayer meetings. The Sunday program lists M E Parish sites in Glouster Millfield Trimble Pisgah Bishopville and Maplewood plans with Sunday schools and Epworth Leagues. The Maplewood trio will sing at the evening service.
Ernest Jones, clerk at the local post office, scored 100 in a case examination held at the Columbus Post Office on Wednesday. The test, conducted by railway mail clerk R. C. Gatchell, required rapid card distribution without error. Gatchell, the other clerk, will travel to Columbus.
Trimble Township officials from Trimble, York, Dover and Waterloo met county commissioners in Athens to urge applying for Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds for relief. Commissioner Blackwood opposed new funds until existing money is spent. Kittle’s motion lacked support. Athens County officials plan to meet Adjutant General Henderson in Columbus regarding the funds. Also, S. B. Slick and family travel to Indiana after the death of 12-year-old Ray Slick in Newcastle. Funeral planned for Saturday at 2 p.m. and return home Sunday.
Clerks in this district are being called to Columbus to take the examinations this year. Previously tests were administered at the local post office by an official brought in specifically for the purpose.
Worrying folks often have kidney trouble and never suspect it. Do this when kidneys and bladder trouble start. Make a home stimulant diuretic, take a table spoonful four times daily. Bu-Cu-Mint sold at Cline's Drug Store or other pharmacies. mix with hot water and sugar. Guarantee offered.
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