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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
3
William Vanbibber aged 25 dies at his parents home on Laurel Run following a prolonged tuberculosis illness. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 10 a.m. at Laurel Run Church with burial at Clarks Chapel. The article notes the death occurred in Nelsonville.
Mrs. FE. B. Acomb hosted her bridge club Thursday evening at Columbus Street home with guest Mrs. Oscar Bingman. Yellow tulips served as centerpieces for a prettily appointed three-table dinner and play. Mrs. C. H. Ruble won high score with Mrs. John Zeller second.
The Reverend Father Shafer and the Reverend Father Owens spent Friday with the Reverend Father Dunn in Dresden. Miss Mary Owens of Long Island visits her uncle Reverend Father Owens. Mrs Harry Gates of Akron and children visited Rev. L. G. Matheny Friday. The Reverend Father Shafer and other clergy were dinner guests of Reverend Father Owens in Dresden Thursday. Leah Reynolds spent Friday in Columbus. Mrs H D Krieg visited Columbus Friday.
Carrie June Gillilan five weeks old, daughter of Mr and Mrs R M Gillilan, died Thursday at Mason City Hill home. Funeral by Rev C P Pridgen Pilgrim Holiness Church Saturday at 2 PM at residence. Burial at Greenlawn Cemetery.
The women of St. Andrews Church hosted a benefit bridge and euchre party on Thursday at Parish Hall. Eleven Ti Rosser and Wallace Glenn won the bridge high scores while Mrs. Harry Kourt and Tom Murphy earned euchre high scores. Refreshments were provided by the ladies.
Carl Stratton was guest of honor at a Stratton home bridge party on Fayette Street Thursday night celebrating his birthday anniversary. Hosts Mrs. Carl Stratton Mrs Don Lowden and Miss Freda Smith served a two course luncheon as four tables of bridge were played. Miss Freda Smith and Donald Lowden won high score trophies amid a guest list including Mr and Mrs Lee Pritchard Mr and Mrs Donald Lowden Mr and Mrs Harry Galvin Mrs Frank Mellinger Mrs Miller Wilson Miss Oril Smith Ralph Patton Raymond Cook Baird Stuart Ralph Orr of Athens A gift was presented to Mr Stratton.
In Athens County Probate Court a decision will determine if mother Va Martin Weartsbaugh of Columbus must take custody of four year old twins. Weartsbaugh, now jailed in Athens, faces a warrant. the children have been state or county wards since birth with one twin in the Athens County Children’s Home for four years. Additional warrants issued for four men charged with non support as officers round them up.
Mrs Eva Martin Weartsbaugh was arrested yesterday in Columbus by Sheriff William Williams and held in the county jail here on a charge of failing to provide for her daughter Ruth Dell Martin. Officers stated this morning the affidavit claims the mother is able to care for the child.
Nelsonville May 10. City League managers met at the Y and ironed out details. Opening game set for Tuesday May 21 with four strong teams. Season tickets to be issued next week. grounds to be prepared by playground committee. Exhibitions slated for Tuesday and Thursday next week.
Past Chancellors Association of Knights of Pythias held a semi annual meeting at Castile Hall Laurelville with 118 attendees. Rev. Cott welcomed guests, Charles Root spoke, and F G Sparks and J E Jenkins addressed the gathering. Logan K of P Band performed as officers were elected: W D Wolf president Clarence Monks secretary Albert Barber treasurer. Meeting set to meet Murray City Lodge October 17.
In Nelsonville on May 10 Mother's Day will be marked at the Church of Christ with a Sunday school program and solos by W. J. Davis of New Straitsville Scott Bowers and Mrs Glenn Alten. The morning sermon hallmarks the theme Mother while the choir performs God Bless you Mother. Evening service features Mrs Stanley Mechem and the choir with Tell Motherll Be There an the anthem. A 12 minute pageant Mother directed by Miss Verna Hand will be presented by the Junior Intermediate Department. The sermon topic is Rejected Royalty.
Fifty Amesville High School alumni gathered for the annual alumni banquet at the Masonic Hall after commencement exercises. The event marked Amesville High's last banquet under the present first grade charter with possible changes tied to a school bond vote. Distinguishing honors went to Alyce L. Wilson of the Class of 1929 and Mrs. Charles Gardner, noted as a mother of a graduate, with toasts from Clyde O. Gibson and former teachers.
Eagles invite the public to memorial services Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ Nelsonville. Rev. Mc Corkie will deliver the memorial address. Dean C. Throckmerton of Columbus speaks for the order. Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scout Troop No. 45 participate.
A car driven by Miss Hidith PF Reecher a associate professor of education at Ohio University collided with a machine operated by Miss Florence Brewer a teacher at State and Carpenter Streets Thursday morning at 7 o clock. Both cars were damaged but no one was seriously injured. Wallace Pratt reported damage to the axle of his automobile when his car collided with another machine at Court and Union Streets at 8 o clock this morning.
The pattern 6462 features a flare skirt with an underbody and two sleeve options bishop or fitted. Surplice waist fronts draped at the hips, large sash bow at one hip, and sizes 34 to 44. Yardage for 88 inch size listed with fabric and lining requirements. Pattern mailed for payment in silver or stamps.
A special program at First Methodist Episcopal Church aims to attract at least 200 men for Class Six next Sunday morning. Dr. H. S. Bing will speak on a day appropriate topic, and a musical program led by the class chorus and Young Married People’s class will be presented.
A dog tied in quarantine since nine days under Dr J M Higgins Athens County Health Commissioner was shot by its owner Mr Young of Broadwell after going mad. The animal had been rabid after contact with a dog owned by Mrs E L P P Clark of Coolville and isolation extended from Antesville to Coolville. The incident followed new bite cases caused by the quarantined dog.
Athens County election board members appointed for terms beginning May will serve three years instead of two. The new election code effective January 1 provides four year terms and appointments in even years. Two members will be appointed next year for four year terms. current appointees hold over until 1932 for an extra year.
William Hines, 70, died at his home 13 North Lancaster Street after a decade long illness expressed as terminal. Born in Meigs County, he moved to Athens 15 years ago and was retired. He leaves a widow. Funeral service set for Sunday morning at 19 o'clock at his home with Rev. M F Charley of the Athens Christian Church officiating. Burial will follow in West Union Street Cemetery.
A. H. Kale, son of the late Mr and Mrs John Kale of Athens, died suddenly in California on Wednesday. Burial will take place in California. Kale's former home was in Chicago and he had lived in Rialto, California for the last three years, though Athens was his longtime home.
Fiamonn Te Valera, Irish Nationalist leader, was suspended from the Daily Fire ann today after he refused to withdraw an allegation of unfair conduct against the chair.
The New York Daily News reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Miss Anne Spencer Morrow will marry at 4 p.m. on June 15 at the Morrow home in Englewood New Jersey. A close Morrow family friend provided the date and venue after a May 23 date was changed due to Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow’s duties in Mexico City.
One of Rutland’s oldest residents, Mrs. Mary Barton born December 28 1844, lived on the same farm since birth. She married Andrew Barton in 1861. he died in 1925. Eight children born to the couple include Tom Elza Burrell A T Myrtle Barrett Hazel Shepherd and Howard Pond. Mrs Barton and daughter Minnie share the Rutland home and she enjoys good health and neighborly visits.
Ohio State University plant pathologists report Brooks fruit spot fungus prevalent in southern Ohio with heavy spore maturity. They recommend Bordeaux mixture or copper lime dust sprays and arsenate of lead additions for codling moth control, with timing based on moth emergence in Trenton and other stations.
Ohio University sponsors a Recreation Institute on Ohio Field and Ewing Auditorium attracting many teachers from southeastern schools. Events include performances by local pupils, a cage ball game, and a Putnam School pageant, with discussions on play as citizenship led by faculty and a closing session led by Clifford Krownell.
Early in the summer the station WELW Cincinnati will air disease and pest information for fruit and truck crops. Transmission is planned around 9:60 a.m. and will cover seasonal crop health advisories for growers.
Four Pennsville men R. J. Newman Glen Newton Arthur R. Dugan and Dean Dugan were seriously injured Tuesday when a drip on a new gas well on the Dugan farm drilled by Dover interests of McConnelsville exploded at 5 PM. Gas pressure reached 929 pounds as steel and sand fragments were hurled into workers. All were knocked unconscious.
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