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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1920
Page
3
Beginning March 29 Arenday a special Committee Oliveniy will lead a booster week to handle collections repairs memberships and regular industry support. Noon lunches will be served daily and autos arranged to move members. The aim is a new way to support the boys and place the association on a sound financial basis.
The body of Ruth Walraven aged 77 was brought here Tuesday and buried at Greenlawn. She lived in Columbus and was a former resident of this city. Attending the DD of A carnival in Athens were Mrs Bessie Hicks Mrs Edesse Backus and son Eugene Mrs Bertha Ray Mrs Sylvia Fiske and Mrs E Shockley.
Mrs C H Bartlett will entertain the missionary society of the Presbyterian church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her residence 57 East Washington Street.
Mrs Samuel Treece dies at home in Murray City from heart trouble. Funeral services scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Murray City.
The council of women representing Girl Scouts will meet at Girl Scout rooms at o clock Thursday evening instead of 7 as previously announced. Mrs. L. K. Stape returned Tuesday to Columbus after a visit here with her sister Mrs. John Ccott. Mrs. Glen Stevenson of Akron was the weekend guest of Miss Gladys Phelps.
Merle Nelson entertained twenty boys from the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school class at his Franklin street home Tuesday evening. The group played games and haying contests and enjoyed a late hour lunch served to the guests and teacher Miss Ethel Gibbs. Mrs. J. D. Wilson and Mrs. Chas. Rinehart of Columbus attended Kitchens funeral here Tuesday.
A large gathering attended the funeral Tuesday afternoon at 3 for Mrs Lizzie Hutchens. Burial followed at Greenlawn. Relatives noted loving friends as they remembered her.
The International Holiness church will host a 7 p m sermon by Rev C C McNal district superintendent Thursday evening. The Wednesday prayer meeting is omitted to accommodate the special service.
At the regular meeting of Endora Chapter E S two candidates were initiated. The group planned an Easter market of homemade foods and colored eggs at A T P Scott's novelty store on Saturday before Easter. An annual inspection was set for Tuesday April 13 with Mrs. Mary E Bartlett to conduct the inspection.
Classified items offer sale of furniture and four Nelsonville dwellings with cash and installment terms. Also rides include a dance ad, phonograph sale, public sale notice, wanted firemen, ukulele attachments, and local notices on audits, Easter bazaar, grants, social events, and a partition suit in Lodi township.
Mrs L G Wright Prop hosts a dance on Friday night at FP hall with music by Hones Jazz Orchestra. Also available for rent a furnished room at 116 Myers Street, Nelsonville. cell phone available.
Mrs. Alice Zimmerton of Bovee South Dakota visiting sister Mrs. Frank Galbraith in the city for a week with relatives at Amesville. Miss Lola Carpenter of Athens spending a couple of weeks with her brother and sister in law Ralph and Mrs Carpenter. Ralph McCarty of PF D McCarty & Son was in Columbus on business yesterday.
Nancy Van Dyke petitions for divorce from George Van Dyke claiming willful abandonment for over three years and failure to provide common necessities. They have three daughters and one son including a minor child. She seeks custody of Vergene and a divorce decree.
Owing to the expressmen strike in Chicago shipments were delayed and the Athens public school art exhibit did not arrive. The exhibit is postponed until after the spring vacation. Superintendent Morgan said refunds would be issued to ticket holders or tickets would be valid for the exhibit after the vacation.
In Columbus on March 22, 1920, Annie Vines allegedly accused Mary Kocsis of jail status. Kocsis sues for $600 damages, seeking monetary relief for alleged defamation and emotional distress.
The ad urges readers feeling listless and blue to consult a doctor and consider Gude's Pepto-Mangan as a safe pleasant tonic for anemia. It promotes liquid or tablet forms, claiming genuine product distinct by the Gude's name on the package.
Charles McDonald files for divorce from Mildred McDonald claiming she has been willfully absent for over three years and ignored marital duties. He states she was living in Evansville when last heard from. The couple has a three year old child named Eugene.
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