Presbyterian canvass at Nelsonville raises large budget
In Nelsonville on Sunday afternoon the every member canvass for next year’s budget of 5400 raised 3000 in pledges. Church officers hope remaining members will sign on. The Easter service marks the organ dedication and funds exceed 1750 already paid into the organ fund. Flowers in memory of departed members will be arranged, with names due to Reverend Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Evans
Haster
Evans
Mrs Cliff Wallace Rushed to Columbus Illness
Mrs. Cliff Wallace, ill with erysipelas, was taken from her Columbus home Tuesday by Stouts ambulance to the home of her sister Mrs. Frank Anderson on Myers Street in Nelsonville. Mrs. Anderson traveled to Columbus to accompany her sister home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Cliff Wallace
Columbus
Stout
Frank Anderson
Myers Street
Anderson
Bridge Club Hosts Evening At Monroe Street Home
Mrs L E Butt hosted three tables of bridge with Miss Oril Smith winning high score and Mrs Miller Wilson taking second. A late evening luncheon followed. Also announced Class Meeting for Mrs Thomas Spencer's Methodist Sunday School class Thursday at 7 in church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Butt
Monroe Street
Oril Smith
Miller Wilson
Thomas Spencer
Methodist Sunday School
Grange to Meet at Oak Grove School March 22
York Grange No 2436 will hold a special meeting Friday evening March 22 at 7 30 at Oak Grove School. Work in the first and second degrees will be given and a business session will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Grange No. 2436
Oak Grove School
Plan Initiation for Daughters of America Initiation
The Daughters of America will hold an initiation Friday evening March 22. All officers and guards are asked to wear white. A pot luck dinner will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of America
Wedding Supper Honors Brooks Couple at Canal Street Home
A Monday night wedding supper was hosted at Mr and Mrs Joe Lehman on Canal Street in honor of Mr and Mrs John Brooks who will reside in Blacklick Ohio. Attendees included the Lehman family Dora Blackburn Delphia Wolfe and others and the Brooks couple joined by James Lehman Elzy Edd and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lehman
Canal Street
John Brooks
Blacklick
Ohio
Charles
Helen
Dora Blackburn
Erma Mae
James Lee
Bobby
Delphia Wolfe
Edward
Leona Lehman
Hn Brooks
James Lehman
Hn Fiske
Elzy Edd
Local social notes from Columbus and surrounding areas
Charles E. Poston and Isaac Warner visited Columbus on business Wednesday. Mrs. C. A. Hooper of Athens stayed with her sister Mrs. R. M. Henry. Mrs. W. H. Grady returned to Louisville. Mrs. T. E. Wells ended a weeks visit with family. Mrs. William Jacobs and Teresa spent the week in Lancaster. Dr. A. L. Pritchard and family were in Columbus for Mrs. Pritchard's brother Vincent Fern's illness. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Richards and children planned to move to Wilmington to settle there.
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Charles E. Poston
Columbus
C. A. Hooper
Athens
R. M. Henry
Isaac Warner
W. H. Grady
Louisville
Kentucky
T. E. Wells
William Jacobs
Teresa
Lanaster
A. L. Pritchard
Wolfe Sues For Divorce Custody Of Daughter Margaret
Fred H. Wolfe files in Athene County Common Pleas asking divorce from Blanche Wolfe and seeks custody of their two year old daughter Margaret. He accuses her of an abusive temper and neglect of duties, staying in bed till noon and failing to provide meals. He states he earns good wages but has turned income over to cover household bills and requests a decree granting custody to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Fred H. Wolfe
Blanche Wolfe
Athéns County Common Pleas Court
Wolfe
Kings Daughters Meet at First Methodist Church
Regular meeting of the Kings Daughters Sunday School class will be held Thursday night at 7 30 o clock at the home of Miss Helen Roush 3 West Union street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Daughters
First Methodist Church
Helen Roush
West Union Street
Nelsonville Rotary nominations for directors announced
Nelsonville Rotary Club nominated twelve candidates for the upcoming director terms, with the election set for April. Guest speaker Rev Sunny Sunberg of Springfield will address members and women guests on May 28, and on May 29 he is slated to speak at the Nelsonville High School Alumni Association meeting. President Warren Badger summarized the book The Romance of Power and discussed electricity driven growth and global automation trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School Alumni Association
Warren Badger
New York City
Great Britain
Chicago
France
Mrs Cranmer Hosts G E G Club at Madison Street
Mrs Claude Cranmer and her daughter Mary hosted the G E G Club at 169 Madison Street Monday evening. Ten members attended a two course luncheon after a pleasant sewing session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Cranmer
Mary
G. E. G. Club
Madison Street
Club
Faithful Martha Class Meets at Vita Whitmore Home
The Faithful Martha Class of the Methodist Sunday School met at Mrs. Vita Whitmore's home on Monday evening March 18. Thirty members and two guests attended. A business session preceded a program by the church women's quartet. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Methodist Sunday School
Vita Whitmore
The
Methodist Church
Woman's Missionary Society to Meet at Mrs Crouse Home
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will gather Thursday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Ed Crouse on East Columbus Street. Assisting hostesses are Mrs. Lafe Hawkins and Mrs. Paul Nancan. Devo tional led by Mrs. T. J. Davis and program by Mrs. Carl Coakley. Also notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. James Patton and son from Zanesville to Mrs. Fatton, and Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Ed Crouse
East Columbus Street
Lafe Hawkins
Paul Nancan
T. J. Davis
Carl Coakley
St Patrick Party Hosted by Methodist Class No 21
Mrs. Frank O Mara and Mrs. Robert Green hosted Class No 21 of the Methodist Sunday School at the O Mara home Monday evening for a St Patrick s party. A two course luncheon was served with cut flowers on the tables and small green basket favors filled with candy. A playlette by Mrs. Gerald Nelson, Mrs. Gladys Bayless and Mrs. Beatrice Lines highlighted the program. Guests included Mrs. Cecil Adkins, Mrs. Neva Bryan, Mrs. Arthur Wilson and Miss Virginia Green. members listed include Mrs. Gladys Bayless, Mrs. Earl Weiss, Mrs. Jo Kelly, Mrs. Merle Simon ton, Mrs. Mabel Jones, Mrs. Walter Dresher, Mrs. Beatrice Sines, Mrs. Mary Lines, Ma Telena Tigno r, Mrs. Walter Dresher, Mrs. Bernard Ervin, Mrs. C. C. Figley, Mrs. Merle Green, Mrs. Gerald Nelson, Mrs. Ruth Call, Miss Forrest Brandenburg, Miss Erma Wilson, the teacher, Mrs. Carl Coakley and the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank O'Mara
Robert Green
Methodist Sunday School
St. Patrick's
O'Mara
Gerald Nelson
Gladys Bayless
Beatrice Lines
Cecil Adkins
Neva Bryan
Arthur Wilson
Virginia Green
Earl Weiss
Jo Kelly
Merle Simonton
Mabel Jones
Walter Dresher
Beatrice Sines
Mary Lines
Telena Tignor
Bernard Ervin
C. C. Figley
Merle Green
Ruth Call
Forrest Brandenburg
Erma Wilson
Carl Coakley
Ithe
Oil Tank Explodes At Marcus Hook Plant
An oil tank explosion at the Sun Oil Company plant in Marcus Hook Delaware left two dead, about a score burned or injured, and property damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Hook
Del
Sun Oil Company
Vice-President Presents Sister in Formal Inauguration Ball
The article notes an unprecedented moment as the vice-president, a widower, presents his sister for a ceremonial honor. The new picture shows the vice-president and his sister at formal affairs and highlights their prominent roles at the inaugural charity ball held on inauguration night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fore
Curtis
Changes Plea in Liquor Case Fines Local Man
Phil Delong of New Floodwood pleaded guilty to furnishing liquor to his mother in law in Nelsonville court. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs. Katherine Welling of Nelsonville married Raymond E. Taylor of Toledo in Toledo on March 9 1929, and will reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Delong
New Floodwood
Nelsonville
L. J. Eberle
Maud Perrey
Katherine Welling
Oliver Welling
Raymond E. Taylor
Toledo
Trial Set Against Athens County Commissioners on Damages Claim
The first of seven damage suits against the Athens County commissioners starts at 9 am in the Athens County Common Pleas Court. Dewey Garrison seeks 1000 dollars for injuries from alleged rioting on the Modoc Buchtel highway amid miner labor tensions. A Morgan County jury will be drawn from 20 summoned residents to hear the case, with three witnesses for the defense and ten for the plaintiff.
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Athens County Commissioners
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Dewey Garrison
Modoc-Buchtel
Morgan County
Morgan County Common Pleas Court
A. B. Wells
R. D. Williams
Ohio
Money requests flood Junction City for oil family ties
Mail to Charles Brandon swells as townsfolk seek loans and aid. Brandon, an oil man, was left 27 500 yearly for life by late Ellsworth Smathers, a New York oil and gas broker. On Smathers death, 27 500 yearly is to be shared among his children for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Charles Brandon
Brandon
Ellsworth Smathers
New York
Favorite Poem Poll Names Longfellow Winner
The Athens Messenger readers vote 121 ballots in a national poll to pick America's favorite poem. Henry W. Longfellow's A Psalm of Life tops with 15 votes, followed by Sam Walter Foss The House by the Side of the Road with 12 and William Cullen Bryant Thanatopsis with 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Athens Messenger
Henry W. Longfellow
The
Messenger
America
Longfellow
Sam Walter Foss
William Cullen Bryant
Webb to Address Farmers Here on Fertilizers
8 D Webb of Columbus, former Albany schools superintendent, will speak Friday night at 7 80 o clock in the county farm agent office. The conference, open to all interested, will discuss commercial fertilizers. Webb heads the fertilizer department for the Ohio Farm Bureau Service Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Webb
Columbus
Albany
T. A. Johnson
Webb
Ohio Farm Bureau Service Company
Colum
Fertilizer expert to speak to Washington County farmers
Mr Webb will discuss the technical and practical uses of fertilizers for spring crops. The talk will emphasize plant growth and practical applications for farmers in Washington County. The audience is invited to gather at the Marietta courthouse Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Washington County
Marietta
Rebels Loot Banks in Mexican Offensive Report
Three federal columns massed at Torreon as government says Rebels stole about 3,500,000 pesos from private banks and the Bank of Mexico branches in Monterrey Saltillo Durango and Torreon. Col. Jose Maria Tampla, chief of the presidential staff, calls the Rebels immoral and infamous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
WUP
Torreon
Chilabhua
Jose Maria Tampla
Monterrey Saltillo
Durango
Bank of
Mrs. Lorenzo Lovell Dies at Home in Athens County
Mrs. Lorenzo Lovell age eight dollars? lifelong Athens County resident dies at her Sharpsburg home at 1 o clock Monday night due to illness complications. Survived by husband and children W. O. Baum Carlos Lovell Clifford Lovell and siblings Frank Hummell Charles Hummel Mrs Glendenny Mrs John Gregg and Mrs. Laur a Alderman. Funeral at 2 o'clock Thursday with Rev Elsa of Circleville presiding.
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Lorenzo Lovell
Athens County
Sharpsburg
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