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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1918
Page
3
Nelsonville community events center on Easter services at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches with special cantata Victory Divine and Easter sermons. War Chest pledges reached 39939.67, and a busy church week includes annual meetings and presbytery plans.
The church schedules Palm Sunday services led by Pastor Arthur M. Mann with a morning sermon on The Triumphal Mastry and Its Significance and an evening sermon by Rev. F. M. Evans. Also listed is a six room house for sale at 628 Walnut Street in Nelsonville Ohio. Names of local residents appear in a closing note dated March 21 1918.
The Ohio defense council announced a plan to create county committees as local branches of a central state body. Governor Cox, as chair, will appoint a special committee to map county organization to coordinate war activities with federal government central to the effort.
By 1 30 this afternoon patrols reported thrift stamp sales with Buffalo at Preston's $25 Wolf at Court House $77 Bear at Emmett Cottons $80 and Eagle at Zenner's $195 totaling $387 in all.
The Plains March 22 The Bob White Patrol of The Plains boy scouts answered the call to support the war effort. Hal B Fullerton Chief Scout writes in Scouting February 15 urging troop gardens to grow vegetable food for families and for non food neighbors and even for overseas aid. The patrol votes to secure ground and do their bit, each boy planning to work after school to meet thrift goals.
Mr J R Wilson hosted the Loyal Workers Sunday School class teachers choir and guests at the M E church social rooms on Thursday. W L Hudson Rev L G Matheny and Miss Williams spoke. The choir sang two pieces. A social hour followed with a two course luncheon served by the host and class members. Fifty guests attended.
Philadelphia March 22 two enemy aliens and one naturalized American were arrested and held in heavy bail on conspiracy to defraud the government by furnishing defective gauges for torpedoes used on warships. Fritz Bieret William Heindricks and George Schubert are named with a fourth man to be arrested. The case alleges secret taps and pumps defeated tests leaving gauges defective while tests were unobserved by inspectors.
Koltchak formerly commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet is reported to be organizing an army to cooperate with General Semenoff leader of the anti Bolshevik movement in Siberia England accepting men of 19 to 41 inclusive has 3 000 000 soldiers in the field Germany accepting men of 18 to 45 inclusive has 5 500 000 Germany's permanent disablements are said to be 3 500 000 or at the rate of 1 000 000 a year
A saloon keeper near Buchtel, intoxicated, entered the clerk of the courts office and demanded a divorce. He insisted, “I want divorsh,” while his wife, present and willing, confirmed the request. A county official noted it as a virtual certificate of his good character.
Cone School students under teacher Floyd Overholzer held a spring carnival on Saturday evening March 16 to benefit the War Chest Fund. A full house enjoyed an entertaining program with high participation and refreshments sold out quickly, netting ten dollars for the cause. A Kansas City girl received an engraved invitation to a birthday party but cried when she realized the hours read 3 to 6 because she is six.
Rudy Hulswicht, ex National veteran and former Columbus A A leader, returns to baseball as manager of the Joplin club in the Western league this season. He previously quit managing when Joe Tinker led the Senators.
A 60 foot American motor boat the Agassiz sailing from a Mexican port with Germans German flags rifles and pistols aboard has been seized by an American warship and towed to a Pacific port for investigation to determine if she planned a commerce raiding voyage.
The annual dinner at Coach Banks' home honored the team with Watkins Trone Grover Krieger Hendershott Newman Chubb and Warfield in attendance. Three ballots were cast for next year's captain with Trone and Newman as candidates. no winner emerged and voting will resume after vacation.
Athens County leaders predict strong finish for the War Chest Drive led by chairman James Ginnan. Reports from Nelsonville York township Buchtel Trimble Waterloo Dover Chauncey Amesville and other districts show substantial progress toward quotas. A meeting of precinct captains at the Chamber of Commerce aims to push Athens over the top by tonight.
The Ohio State baseball squad at Ohio Field trains nightly with about thirty men vying for seventeen spots on the trip to Morgantown on April 3. Captains and key players named include Chapman as pitcher and Watkins at second base, with Grover infielding and Ifrons likely catching. Manager Parks plans a ten to twelve game schedule, opening at home against Capital on April 20 and Ohio Wesleyan on April 37.
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