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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
3
A prominent miner argued the Mine No. 211 gas explosion exposed the urgent need for a miners hospital in Athens. He said ambulance response, treatment, and trained nurses would reduce costs and support families, proposing a twenty cent monthly assessment. The project failed at the sub district convention but supporters vow to continue pushing the hospital plan in Athens.
The death of Parker Rigg recalls a veteran of Co C 36th Regiment O V L who enlisted August 14 1861 and rose to first lieutenant before resigning August 9 1863 due to ill health. He fought at Lewisburg Second Bull Run Chintilla South Mountain and Antietam.
Rev Wood leads revival at M E church with help from Rev Needham of the Plains. Miss May Williams and Miss Lucile Burson visit family. J E Williams of Athens visits. Eldon Kinney and wife from Pleasanton visit Newman family. Much corn plowing done. Miss Hattie Chambers resigns as home switch operator. Isaac Cullums is very ill with grip. H B Ruth ill at church then hospitalized in Columbus for operation.
Mrs. William Bobo visited Athens sister who is very ill with typhoid fever. Mrs. Samuel Frost spent time with her ailing mother. Miss Goldie Tedrow from Lysander visited Mrs. Herbert Hawk. Isaac Frost and family visited the Frost parents. Mrs. Lewis Hawk spent Sunday with her in laws at Willow Creek.
The Relief Committee continues aid though its Day property station is largely abandoned. It cares for illness caused by exposure, boards homeless families, and plans a distribution day to give away remaining clothing and household items. The committee expects to operate about another month.
The usual Holy Week services are noted at St. Pauls church. Thursday marks the Feast Day of the Lord's Supper with Mass at 8 30 am. Good Friday includes the Stations of the Passion. On Saturday the Baptismal Font blessing and altar decorating occur. Easter Sunday services proceed as usual.
Weather over the past two days fuels a rise in baseball fever as college players begin gym prep and field work. University aims for a strong spring schedule under Dr Jones influence, with fresh material and a town team planned for summer games.
The university board will grant a special appropriation to repair the athletic field badly damaged by flood. Repairs aim to have the baseball diamond and track ready early in the spring term. Dr. Jones leads a committee to recover fencing and posts and suggests enlarging the park to include multiple games and courts.
In Hocking on March 26 two local citizens Thomas Taylor and John Harrison built a John boat in about two and a half hours and rescued the night operator and John Woods from a flooded station. They also saved three calves and aided others in the rising flood.
Miss Helen Linnell and Mr Albert Hibbard wed Thursday night at the bride’s mother’s home in Jacksonville. The ceremony, performed by Rev Carroll of the M E church, was attended only by immediate friends due to the bride’s mother’s illness. The couple will live on Morris Avenue after a stay in Jacksonville.
Crowds enjoyed a sunny Sunday as hundreds visited the flooded district. People walked and drove through Court Street and hills and railroad tracks. Some found hepaticas and spring beauties on sunny hillsides while anglers along the river noted a few catches.
Mrs Ellen Wood aged 62 died at Athens State Hospital Sunday night. The body was shipped to Chillicothe for burial at noon Monday.
The 10th annual session of the Ohio State Association of School Board Members will be held in Columbus at the Great Southern hotel Thursday and Friday. Mayor Badger will give the address of welcome and Rev Washington Gladden will deliver the invocation. Speakers include Attorney General Wade H Ellis Ohio State University President W O Thompson Judge Samuel L Black State Commissioner E A Jones and Dean Henry G Williams. Athens township representative J B Clayton is expected to attend Thursday and Friday.
A young English romance unfolds when Amy Hastings shelters Clarence Paget from debt collectors. She disguises him, causing a highwayman to be mistaken for the robber of a bishop. Paget is jailed, but an owner’s alibi note leads to a retrial and acquittal. The bishop later marries the true couple.
Funeral services for Frank Driggs former Ohio University student who died in Columbus will be held Saturday morning in Hamden Local Delta Tau Delta chapter members will attend as Mr Driggs was a fraternity member during college here
Ralph Connell a 25 year old miner of Murray City and Mary E Gulley a 22 year old of Nelsonville obtained a permit to wed. The notice identifies their ages and residences.
The Albany community contributed a $90 relief purse to Athens flood sufferers. A resident from Albany explained they were uncertain if the Athens committee would accept outside aid after earlier notices suggested Athens could handle its destitute. He praised Athenians for their independence.
A bay horse pulling a Central Meat Market delivery cart roared down South Court Street around 3 30 pm causing chaos. The animal veered toward Dr Elza Bell and his wife injuring him and bruising her while bystanders avoided collisions and the cart escaped unscathed.
County commissioners awarded a contract to The Capital Construction Company of Columbus for a sixty six foot bridge over Sunday Creek at Glouster with a twenty foot roadway and two ten foot walks. The price is 2700 dollars and foundations must be in by May 26 with abutments by May 20. A separate bid of 153.20 was let to David Blackburn for Sugar Creek culverts.
George Hibbard, once a resident here, remains hospitalized in Pasadena after severe electrical burns. Skin grafts were performed on his arms and hands, and he cannot move his arms or hands or aid himself in any way.
Marietta College signs coach H E B Van Surdam to lead next season. He plans spring training in May and a training table, aiming for the strongest team in school history. The schedule features Ohio State, Penn State, West Virginia, Cincinnati, and Miami with most of last year’s players returning.
The B and O line resumes east bound service as crews drive piles for a new bridge at Stewart replacing the washed away structure. Trains from the west have reached Athens and Parkersburg is expected by Wednesday within a few days.
Fishermen report many fish stranded in shrinking lowland ponds as floods recede. A mud cat weighing 22 pounds was hauled from a pond near Hudson's factory on Saturday, indicating large catches by hand, spear, or shot.
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