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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1929
Page
3
Nelsonville seniors prepare a Monday gathering with a dinner and program as scheduled per the meeting. Details indicate Lavrelville is the venue and the event is part of the senior group’s calendar.
The Chancellors' Association of Knights of Pythias meets at Cast Hall Laurelville Thursday evening May 7. Supper at 7 15 pm election of officers and speakers F G Sparks and J E Jenkinen. Open to all Knights and Rebekah Sisters. Also Nelsonville High stages The Mummy and the Mumps May 13 at 8 pm in the Senior High School Auditorium.
The hey Father Owens announced he will be abroad three months this summer as part of the Charles Poston party. He plans to tour Scotland England France Italy Germany Switzerland and The Ligium visiting Ireland en route to relatives.
Buchtel May 5 Baccalaureate services at Buchtel M. E. Church drew one of the largest congregations yet. Rev Householder led the service with special music by the Buchtel choir and solos by Katherine Cayton of Ohio Northern University and Albert Shively Jr of Haydenville. The altar bore abundant ferns and flowers as the senior class members Ida Richardson Gerald Kimble Roy Hrookman Victor Andrews and Margaret Schenz met graduation requirements.
Plans for the Festival of Lanterns on May 15 end senior day activities. Women from all campus groups will parade with lanterns and sing university songs. New officers were installed for the Women's League YWCA and the Women’s Athletic Association.
Salvation Army workers from Ohio and Kentucky convened in Athens for a one day conference at the Presbyterian Church. Leaders planned a February divisional meeting in Athens at the new Salvation Army Home on West Union Street. Ensign Edward McMahon led the morning session on youth work while Captain William Desberry and S S Hepburn spoke on relief services and case treatment.
About sixteen boys meet Fridays at the YMCA as a lodge of the national Boy Rangers of America prepares to organize in Nelsonville for ages eight to twelve. Leaders and merchants support the venture, and parents may be contacted about joining.
Mr and Mrs Carl Smith of Carbon Hill announce the arrival of a son born May 4. He is named Perry Wayne and is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Charles Devol and Mr and Mrs Edward Smith of Carbon Hill.
Mary Johnson of Raleigh North Carolina was chosen May Day queen at Salem College and named the campus most beautiful. Mary Marvin of White Hall South Carolina was crowned May Queen at Winthrop College with a garland of orange blossoms.
Carl Leo Heilman son of Mr and Mrs Howard Heilman will be ordained a Catholic priest by Bishop James J Hartley in Columbus on Thursday May 9 or 10 The Rev Father Heilman will celebrate his first mass Sunday May 12 at Hols Rosary Church Columbus The Rev Father Owens plans to attend and a reception at the Heilman home will follow
Collected notes show numerous residents visiting relatives and friends across Columbus, Athens, Logan, McConnelsville, Bridgeport, Wellston, and other Ohio towns. Names include Gibson, Clementa, Bennett, Ervin, Hill, Baker, Parry, Hartley, Parry, Cranm er, and Dwinell with events from Sunday visits to weekend trips.
The Pepples Bank of Nelsonville will award prizes on Friday May 24 at 1 30 pm in the Senior High auditorium for the best all around student in Bessier High School and in Junior High School with amounts to 325 and 33. A committee of teachers and the superintendent will select winners based on scholarship conduct home activities and extra curriculars. The Central school paper drive raised 35 for PTA funds with Elizabeth Linton's room first and India Johnson's room close second. proceeds fund electric lights for the Central School Building.
Joh Huenefeld Jr celebrated his sixteenth birthday at home on Poplar Street with members of the Soaphomore Cara from Nelsonville High School. Guests included Maxine Hall Evelyn Calvin Edith Beagle and many others. prizes were awarded in contests and a two course luncheon was served by Mrs Hunefeld and helpers from Mhonceland Kentucky and nearby hosts.
Miss Corinne Kreppel entertained Miss Catherine Emish of Columbus as a weekend guest.
The Circle of Ruth met Monday evening in the church social rooms with 24 members responding to roll call. Hostesses served dinner at 6 with orchid and white decor and baskets of spring flowers, as Devotions led by Mrs Edward Juniper and papers read by Mrs HK Acomb and Miss Freda Smith on Tebasco and Bolivar.
Current Events was the roll call response as Hyperion Club members gathered Saturday afternoon at Mrs James Sharp’s Fort Street home. A large attendance heard reports on the recent Women's Federated clubs convention in Dayton by Mrs Hyde and Mrs Whitlatch.
The Pollyanna Class of the Christian Sunday School held a kitchen shower Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barrows to honor Mrs. Ralph Smith, the former Miss Kathleen Barrows. Refreshments circulated to Mrs. Claude Cranmer, Mrs. Peter Barrows, Miss Mary Cranmer, Miss Velma White, Miss Mildred Bryan, Miss Elsie Coakley, Miss Amelia Shafer, Miss Viola Woods, Miss Pearl Barrows, and Mrs. Walter Linse Octt.
Athens Common Pleas Court receives petition from the Athens County Savings and Loan Company seeking settlement of a $490 note. Five minors William Robert, Walter Edward, James Arthur, Dora May, and Mary Birtcher, children of Frank and Sarah Birtcher, are named. the plan calls for sale of Doanville real estate used as security and applying proceeds to the unpaid debt.
Frum and Breinig of Athens won the contract for the Salvation Army Home on West Union Street. The tile structure, 28 by 38 feet with basement, is to be completed by September 1 at a cost of about 8 997 dollars financed by a 5 060 loan plus another 5 060 from Salvation Army Headquarters. The building will include a recreation room, a 28 by 38 foot auditorium, six rooms and bath for Captain and Mrs Richard Benton, and will lack furnace lights and some fittings.
The Athens County Grand Jury considered 22 cases on opening day of the May term with 73 witnesses testifying. Among the counts, two assault charges involve Sinrse Bartlett of Deanville and Gerald Duntevy of Glouster, both jailed on intoxication-related charges.
Carl Whitemore of Columbia Avenue faced a noon accident when a faulty starter and reverse gear sent his car rolling backward about 175 feet along the street. The vehicle veered off, toppled down a steep bank, and stopped against a tree causing about $200 in damage. Courtney Ehili was nearby as the incident occurred.
The passage names a building committee consisting of Mr. Roach, L. W. Roberta, and Cart H. Beasley. It states the plan will be paid off at a rate of $459 per month.
Gov. Myers Y. Cooper will not speak at Coolville High School tonight due to a relative’s funeral in Blanchester. J. N. Clifton, state director of education, will deliver the address. County Superintendent H. R. McVay received the news Monday night.
A Communist writer active at the Gas tonia North Carolina and Elizabethton Tennessee strikes predicted wholesale deaths from the textile labor conflict. He cited General John J. Pershing in a framing that tied the men to the violence.
Charlies F Clark a Yale mines professor and former Connecticut legislator is appointed dean of the Yale Law School. He succeeds Dean Robert M Hutchins who has been elected president of the University of Chicago. Clark will be among the youngest deans in the country and has directed wide study of courts administration at Yale.
Mr and Mrs Jack Tinkham of the Plains report a busy week with farm births. A calf born last Saturday, a hatch of chicks on Sunday, and on Monday ripleta births include a daughter and two sons. The couple has year old twins and two other children. Mr Tinkham is a veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars and a former regular Army man. His father, Hiram Tinkham of 7 Ptau lita, was a Civil War veteran whose portrait recently appeared in the Athens Messenger.
Torch town forms boys and girls farm clubs led by T Johneos nnfty farm agent and J I Natly principal. The girls include Thelma Goodwin Donna Crandall Virginie Crandall and others. Meeting planned at Katherine Bailey home. Jimner Gorrell elected president. other officers and members listed.
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