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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1937
Page
2
NELGONVILLE The Foreign Society of the Methodist will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 o clock at the home of Mrs Ben Stalter Fort St with Mrs H A Rothrock assisting hostess Nellie Dowler will be the leader
The Cotton Blossom Singers will perform at the Men's Auditorium on Wednesday April 7 at 7 30 PM instead of March 31. It is the fourth in a series of union meetings sponsored by local churches. A second notice says the Missionary Society of the Christian Church will meet on the second Thursday of April rather than the first.
Nelsonville and Glouster clerks to meet at KP Hall on March 30 to settle the contract terms for 887 and the Glouster Local. A committee of miners invited to review proposals, merchants support wage increases, and a public list of signatories to be released after the session.
Nelsonville report says Mrs. Flossie Crawford and her son Connie hosted 14 Presbyterian choir members for an Easter morning breakfast at 908 Poplar Street. Easter lily centerpieces, eggs, chicks and bunnies decorated the table, with candy filled bunny place cards. An egg hunt preceded the meal.
Jacksonville hosts the Home Makers Club gathering Wednesday afternoon at the high school. Members will bring guests as the group discusses sewing and home management problems.
A 110-year-old coffee mill and a 100-year-old walnut chest remain in use at Joseph Jones's Melbourne home. The chest has two compartments and was originally used for brown and white sugar.
Nelsonville residents welcomed multiple relatives and guests over Easter weekend. Lifelong visitors included Dr. e 4 Mrs. Henry Crawford of Cleveland and Miss Margaret Rettenmeyer of Columbus, while local families hosted relatives from Alliance Zanesville Columbus Athens Baltimore and Logan.
Nelonville S E Frits Lancaster pleaded guilty in Mayor Holland's court to operating a vehicle under the influence. Bound over to grand jury under $500 bond after arrest by Patrolman Charles Thompson. Tom Burley and Clem Keplar, both of this city, pleaded guilty to intoxication with fines of $5 and costs each.
Robert J. Griffith, 92, Civil War veteran, died at his Syracuse home Monday night at 6. Survived by daughters Mrs. Daisy Marr of Syracuse and Jessie Griffith at home. Funeral services Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the home. Burial in Lettart Falls cemetery.
York Grange No. 2436 will hold a regular session Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the Oak Grove hall. All members are requested to attend.
Nelsonville event set for Thursday at the Masonic Temple with dinner at 6 30. Tickets are sold by committee members Ralph Higgins Roy Davis Robert Smith Eugene Hankerson Arthur Kennedy and Elmer Siddle. Short talks by Rev. Lloyd Evans and Rev. H A Rothrock precede a program by John Geiger with help from Lewis Vaughn and Jack Pritchard.
Floyd North of Nelsonville has accepted a position in the County Engineer office and will assume duties on April 1, as announced today by County Engineer B. F. Beckler.
William E. Tracy age 73 died at 12 45 a m today at the home of his brother Dana E Tracy on Union Ave following several weeks illness He leaves four brothers James A O and Dana all of Pomeroy and Thomas of Warren and two sisters Mrs Clara Wildermuth Athens and Nell Tracy at home Burial is set for Thursday at 2 pm at Be g Grove Cemetery
In Crown City Stevers held a birthday gathering for Mr. and Mrs. Stevers at their home with about eighty five friends attending. Mrs. Stevers marked her 50th anniversary while Lester Stevers is five years younger. The couple, long married, have raised eleven children and invite parties when each child reaches 50. A 15 pound birthday cake was served at the Sunday event.
Dr Alvin Daie Boston, former head of science at Rio Grande College and business manager, becomes a member of the Antioch College faculty after serving a year as chemistry professor at Otterbein College.
Gallia County commissioners D Elmer Jones and Raymond K Luman will meet at the courthouse Thursday at 1 pm to publicly draw names from the jury wheel for Gallia residents to serve as jurors in the April term. Mrs Frank Swanson dies in Findlay. Julia Matthews Swanson, former Gallia/Wood County resident, leaves two sons and two daughters. Dick Levisay dies at Clifton Forge Virginia, a brother and uncle to local residents, with ties to Gallipolis.
Mrs. Cecil Evans files for divorce from Lester K. Evans. Married June 26, 1927, in Gallipolis and have an adopted son, Robert Milton Evans, age seven. Petition alleges neglect.
Dr C E Holzer hires a Dravo steel derrick to repair river bank damage caused by a flood. Earth and trees washed away land and a log cabin, with a stone wall planned to hold back slopes. Restoration costs run to several thousand dollars and may prompt further riverbank work in Gallipolis.
Mrs. Anna Evans and Mrs. Oral Webb directed games and refreshments for Sunday School members at an Easter party. Guests included Richard and Norma Dean, Louise Piper, Irene Mitchell, Lelia Jacobs, Greta Bobo, Edith, Norma and Bobby Dodrill, Lois and Betty Point, Jeanie Oller, Janet Hull, Ronald Givens, Bruce Cornell, Jean and Betty George, Jack Brewster, David Ward, Everette George, Eleanor Treleaven, Nancy Woodley, Mary George, Anna Mae Painter, Brown Ewing, Bobby and Joan Freshcorn, Marjorie Piper, Erma Jacobs and Peggy Ward.
Will Be Director Mrs Paul Jones wife of the dentist at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics has been appointed to the staff as social worker in charge of recreation activities The post was formerly held by Mrs George Gardner whose husband was on the hospital staff The Gardners have resigned and moved to Lancaster.
Rio Grande hosts its first Eisteddfod under Centerville Masonic Lodge with a 9 30 AM program featuring America sung by the audience led by Willis Aleshire. Adjudicators include Prof W E Morgan Prof W H Ewing John T Davis D M Evans Mrs Parker and Roy Mathias.
Health Seal sales representatives from Wellston Jackson Trenton and Pomeroy plan a district meeting in Gallipolis on April 7 sessions start 9 30 a m and end after lunch at Lafayette Hotel. Delegation will be led by Mrs Maude Hauser secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.
Carl Webster a Pomeroy Negro will go on trial in Gallipolis for the August 10 shooting death of Okey Shepard a white man in East Gallipolis The case involves both whites and colored persons and stems from jealousy between the principals Trial of Ray Beaver for cutting with intent to kill is set for Friday Ed Phillips case on obstructing a public ditch was postponed as was the State versus Arnold Biffe indicted for manslaughter
Col. H. B. Ecker announces the annual community dance to be held in early April with Manley Brothers orchestra providing music. The event features round and square dances reels and jigs with top regional callers and free refreshments for the crowd of over 500 attendees.
Gallipolis high school students near halfway of a magazine drive aiming to raise 300 dollars for a sound equipped movie projector. Total cost 540 dollars, with the city board of education to cover the remaining difference.
A 25 year old memory of aiding a Chinese student named Jack Fee culminates as a $50 gift to the church building fund. Easter services drew over 1,200 attendees and the offering totaled $315 for local work missions and the new building fund.
Harold C. Hunt educator and former Kalamazoo Schools superintendent is the principal speaker at the Gallipolis Rotary Club meeting tonight. He will be joined by Marietta’s Tom Summers, governor of the 22nd Rotary District, as Gallipolis sends a large delegation to the district conference in Columbus on April 19 and 20 led by president elect Dr. W. Lewis Brown and secretary Morris Haskins.
Gallipolis doctors at Holzer Hospital recovered an open safety pin from the stomach of Gordon Kemper six months old son of Mr and Mrs George Kemper near Gallipolis Ohio Mrs Gertrude Bradshaw wife of George Bradshaw former OHE employee died at the family home in Ironton. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon.
Funeral services were held in Columbus for Ben M. Switzer 71, who died Sunday after a stroke at the Normandie Hotel. A Gallia County native, Switzer was a Kanawha & Michigan Railway conductor from 1890, married Jesta Eagle, lived in Athens and Columbus, and retired after 40 years. His brother R. M. Switzer attended along with Mrs. Switzer and their son Jack.
Vinton High School seniors stage their annual class play on Friday April 2 titled Me, Him and I. The cast features Wanda Walters Phyllis Welker Ermyl Hartsook Eleanor Hartsook Ruth Childers Arlene Scott Wm Matthews Ben Evans Harold Edmiston Pearl Mc Claskey and Jack Dowler.
The Gallipolis Lodge 8.P.C.E. will hold its Annual Charity Ball at the club rooms tonight with music by a local orchestra. The lodge has funded charity work, creating a fund used to purchase necessities for needy school children in recent years.
Glenford Dugan Post American Legion drum and bugle corps will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Legion Building for rehearsal announced by director John Geiger. New musicians have joined the corps and rehearsals show rising attendance and interest.
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