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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1922
Page
3
The Atlantic Division of the American Red Cross announced by chairman Midge John Barton Payne that the action aims to reduce expenses. An average of 2,173 persons per day join various churches in the United States.
Herbert C Harris Orbiston postmaster was arrested on charges by post office inspector George F Ciech and taken to Columbus for federal arraignment. The Orbiston money order fund is said to be over $3000 short. Harris had served as acting postmaster since last June after being appointed in January.
William Watters aged 55 died yesterday at his home at Myers Crossing. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 o'clock at the Nelsonville Methodist church with burial at Logan. He is survived by a wife four daughters and two sons.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Columbus street residence for Ted Mathews conducted by Reverend Johnson and the I O O F lodge. Classmates from the 1917 graduating class attended in a body and music was provided by Mrs. North and Miss Verity and Hall. Burial followed at Hebbardsville on the family lot.
All ex service men interested in forming a baseball team are asked to meet the Athletic Committee Friday evening March at 7 30 PM at Glenford Dugan post headquarters.
Children are urged to attend a 1 30 pm program at the Christian church auditorium featuring Cho Cho the health clown. The three city parent teacher associations are financing his visit.
The Presbyterian church hosts the last group social Friday evening in the social rooms. All members of the congregation are invited. Chas Poston has arrived from away to tend to his ill father W W Poston.
The W B A holds its regular meeting tomorrow night with initiation and refreshments. Attendees are asked to bring a pie or sandwiches.
The mayor calls for public cooperation to clean and paint the city, aiming for a safer, healthier urban space. He stresses high ambition and dreams turned real through collective action and civic effort.
Clarence Welch a Nelsonville High School junior and friends heard parts of two concerts last evening on a radio station recently equipped by Welch. One concert was in Washington and the other in New York. They distinctly heard Miss Thomas sing in the New York concert.
Local high school girls fell to N H S alumni 10 to 6 at the YMCA. Alumni boys defeated Nelsonville 23 to 1 in a close, exciting game.
We express sincere gratitude to neighbors and friends for their tireless devotion during illness and after the death of our wife and mother Mrs W Charles Cornell. We also thank those who assisted at the funeral including Rev Wilcox Miss Grace F Spring Miss Laura Bailey and Mrs Thomas for music and many floral tributes.
Mothers urged to use Hollis Tea Rock Mountain Tea to clean blood stomach and bowels drive away winter germs. Claims better color appetite sleep and happiness for the whole family with McKee Drug Company promotion.
Sixty three applicants for American citizenship will take the final naturalization examination in June at the Athens county common pleas court. Clerk T L Morgan listed the candidates and provided a long address list including three England natives tied to Grayson Manufacturing Co. and many residents of Glouster The Plains Nelsonville Millfield and Murray City among others.
Harry Leon Wilson famed author and Theodore M. Criley landscape painter dueled on a cliff above the sea in Carmel after a feud over a community play. The fight ended with Criley scoring four knockdowns, both men exhausted and battered, seconds officiating.
Mr Zion Raymond Wolfe and others visited Nelsonville on Saturday including Miss Margaret Mitchell Mrs Alberta McDaniel and several McDaniel family members. A Zion Sunday school crowd attended Asbury to see a junior contests results. Rev Ewing will preach at Mt Zion on April 1 and 2 with a warm invitation for all.
Edith Clark and Colene Norval two freshmen from Marietta walked from Athens to Parkersburg starting at 4:30 am after spring vacation. They reached Parkersburg at 7:30 pm and then rode traction home due to bad roads. They resided with L. J. Cowan family on University Terrace.
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