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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1929
Page
8
Evangelistic meetings at the M E Church continue for another week with daily 7 30 p m services. Easter Sunday features 9 30 a m Sunday School 10 30 a m worship and the sermon Easter the Festival of Joy with choir anthem.
Funeral plans set for Sunday at 1 p m in Celina for Grover C Howick who died after injuries from a car lifting jack mishap three weeks earlier. He had worked as a bank cashier in Lima and Celina, with a musical teaching stint in Glouster. A son was born to the couple a year ago.
Red Men from Athens Nelsonville Marietta and Glouster attended a zone meeting in Glouster on Thursday night. The event featured trail exercises from Odd Fellows to a bonfire in effigy and a chief's degree demonstration by the Nelsonville team. GLOUSTER March 30 Red Men, including J W Downing of Piketon Great Sachem of Ohio, were present and gave remarks.
Glouster Ohio March 30 Magle City Lodge I O F will be well represented at a meeting of Valley Lodge to be held at McConnelsville Tuesday night Grand Master Gladhill of Ohio Odd Fellows will attend and several neighboring lodges are invited Glouster Odd Fellows depart at 6 pm from the building on High Street for a 7 pm dinner and meeting start
Glouster on March 30 saw Tress Smith and Cutter Russell settle fines in Mayor Gaskalla's court for drunkenness. Smith was arrested by Marshal Williams. Russell by Marshal and Constable Blower. Each faced a $5 fine plus costs. Smith paid $10 now and will pay the remaining balance on pay day, while Russell paid in full.
Chauncey Pythian Sisters will honor Mrs. Bess Cunningham of Pleasant View Temple as most excellent chief at the district convention to be held in Middleport next Tuesday. Chauncey Temple members travel to the event with Lena Cunningham as official delegate and Ruth Smith as alternate.
Relatives from several towns gathered in Chauncey for the funeral of William Watkins. Attendees included Sam Cunningham and wife, Grant Wallace, Esta Cunningham, Miss Agnes Cunningham from Columbus, and many others from Glouster Millefield Steubenville and nearby areas.
A Logan Run Oland Gas Company well in Knox Township Vinton County has begun producing gas at about 1.5 cubic feet daily from a 1050 foot depth on the D A Houston farm. It is the fourth well drilled by the Athens based company and all wells so far have been good producers.
Funeral services for John Welsh will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o clock at the Presbyterian Church in Harrisonville with Dr A Y Wilcox officiating. Burial will follow in the Wella Cemetery. Attendees are urged to take nearby county roads and routes for access.
A vintage dress pattern description outlines a daytime frock with diagonal shaping under the V neck and tower outline, a long waist with joined plaited skirt sections, close fitting sleeve, and voile or tub silk options. Sizes range bust 23 to 54 inches with yardage listed for 36 inch material. pattern mailed for 15 cents.
The Naomi Bible Class of The Plains met at Miss Gertrude Johnson’s home for a semi monthly session. Mrs. Graves led the program and free-tide devotional. Lela Hardy taught the lesson. Thelma Linscott and Virgene Porter sang. Edith Barrows read. a quartet and another song followed.
Special assessments for Pom erone Athens I. C. H. Read were adjusted per a court entry copy, and the revised amounts were sent to taxpayers. County Treasurer Rafael Johnson will collect the adjusted totals, with payment due before noon on April 6.
A I Whaley newly elected president outlines aims to build the South East Ohio Motor Club into a vital local organization to attract tourists and promote automobile service. He cites international use of auto clubs and urges cooperation. The report also notes an automobile collision near Monroe resulting in a death.
End of Liberty Chauncey reports the chickens and dogs problem ends with April. Garden making time begins and Mayor W D Hines asks residents to remove or control all chickens and dogs by April 1 as required by ordinance.
The Plains High School Senior Class organized the chapel program with speakers Prof E A Wallace Rev L A Donnally and Prof H Jh Mel Var.Silver pins recognized eight debaters Mas McCullough Maxine Howard Carlos Cowan Lawrence Bowe Frederica Nida Wendell Moore Kenneth Benedum and Tom Porter. Frederica Nida and Kenneth Benedum previously debated last year.
The February meeting of the Men’s Brotherhood at First Christian Church features Rev. Frank E. Roberts of Glouster with a short address on virtues essential to success and music by a two-quartet from Glouster Christian Church. Dinner by the Women’s Council precedes the program.
Forty eight former enlisted men of the Sith Division who earned the Distinguished Service Cross are eligible for a free trip to France and Belgium on September 4 as the 871st Division dedicates three Ohio battle memorials. From the group four will be color bearers and guards. among contenders are George E. Ackley Pomeroy Bryan Hamilton Portsmouth and William E. Moore New Boston.
Kimberly residents report the marriage of Denver Miron to Miss Rosie Hunter from New Floodwood last Saturday. A Sunday dinner hosted guests including the brides parents Mr and Mrs Eat Hunter and many locals. Community events include a York Grange social at the Kimberly schoolhouse and visits by residents to Oak Grove and Nelsonville. Multiple locals discussed visits, hospital notes, mumps cases, and a beauty contest with Margaret Hitchings winning candy.
A busy week with births and visits across Nelsonville Longstreet and Carbon Hill. Families including Reynolds Lovett Lockes Linegars and Wilkinsons attend parties visits and church events while a lodge of Beavers forms and pursues political reforms with a meeting planned for April 4.
Judson Adson and Henry Jauer spent a day with family. Lizzie Ball visited her brother in East Shade. Floyd Hartley called on the Black family. Burris Burley and Wartley kin called on Edward Wartley. Sam Webb's death saddened the community. Violet Bean stayed with Gladys McGrath. Charley McGrath aided Mrs. Webb. Gordon Ruth teaches at the local school but whooping cough hits pupils. Mulligan familyvisited Charley Hines in Bedford. Charley McGrath visited Opal in Columbus Children's Hospital. Fred Carsey dropped by his farm. Lizzie Ball spent time with Ross Acley in East Shade. Hartley family did Athens business. Emory Rogashi was taken to Parkersburg Hospital for an operation.
Rutland and Mrs J Conrad spent Sunday in Zanesville. Ladies Aid tea at Mrs cil O Chapman home March 25 with Mrs Hughes visiting relatives in East Virginia. Mr cc O Chapman has a new automobile. Howard Pond and family attended mother’s funeral near Star Hall. Reat Lineberger led services. Mrs Carrie Rutherford of Belleville visiting Rutland friends. Alpha Plummer moved to Harrisonville farm recently bought from Harry Bos s.
Burr Oak reports the birth of a son to Burr Oak and Mrs. William White born Monday March 25. Local residents attend events with the Hatfields Post families Ivers and McArtor visiters noted. A marriage announced for Margaret Post’s parents Jomer Wilson and marriage of O Dell White to Fred Carrigan on March 22 at Trimble. Community updates include illness of William Hogsett and Floyd Dawson, and school announcements at Pleasant Wnldga Church.
New Marshfield residents visited friends in Long streth and Luhrig last Sunday. Local families spent Sunday with relatives in Athens and Vigo. The Women's Home Missionary Society plans a Monday meeting at Mrs. Carl Russell's home on April 5. The high school basketball team held a banquet. The M P Church closed its two week partracted meeting last Sunday.
Jackville and surrounding towns report visits and gatherings at homes in Union and Glouster, with residents hosting relatives and attending church events. The Easter bunny visits Jackville school, as Elizabeth Potter notes students with perfect attendance for March 7 including Jimmie Romine and Margaret Pratt among others.
A former well known resident of New Lexington is confined to a home in Legion with serious injuries after a crowbar slipped from a trestle beam striking the leg while working for the Harmey Ford Coal Company.
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