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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1930
Page
3
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A Friday evening show titled Listen Ladies at Nelsonville High drew a good sized crowd. Under Miss Linine Cittote the cast presented a lively program with acts including Bubbleland Kiddies Pep Cito the Dates Cringtiy dias and the Gyply Quartet. The Baby we ds and Paul dors il plogue were noted highlights with strong audience response and the Dates was among the top numbers.
Nelsonville May services are set for Jones Hagan, who died Thursday at his Columbus home. The service will be Sunday at 2 pm at the Methodist Church, with Rev H A Saat presiding, the G A R and American Legion posts contributing, and burial to follow in Greenlaw Cemetery. He is survived by a son, D. R. Hagin, and other relatives.
District meeting of the W B A was held at Methoul Church with 15 new members represented. Leaders and local officials attended to discuss church work and community outreach during the event.
Wade Shows, owner R H Wade and wife, will bring a carnival to Athens from Murray City arriving Sunday. The midway will feature a ferris wheel and a sky ride, with rides and animals, set up at Richland Avenue tourist camp, opening Monday for a week of amusement.
The Order of Eastern Star will hold a plans inspection Tuesday at the Masonic temple with Aul-Tingér as worthy grand matron in charge. A dinner for members and guests is planned at 6 pm at the Methodist Church. Several grand officers will attend as guests of the local F.F.A. chapter. The Parent-Teacher Association met Friday at 3 pm at the East Building. the program featured a dialogue and a piano solo by Carma Heffner, with officers elected and ten dollars donated to the supervised playground fund. Nellin Hammer's pupils awarded traveling picture for largest mothers' attendance.
Ardie Bleving and Liza Patrick of Ashland Kentucky faced preliminary exam in Athens County Common Pleas Court after arraignment on larceny charges tied to copper wire stolen Wednesday from Beaumont Mining Company. Bail set at 1000 each. they denied the theft, cited finding the wire as not theirs. Authorities traced 350 pounds of stolen wire through Ironton junk dealers to the pair. both were jailed when bonds could not be posted.
Obscure report from Nelsonville details an elaborate May Day program and a police incident. A woman, reportedly deranged, was taken into custody after a missing baby was reported and the event disrupted by a call to the city police. The fragment mentions a visit to Athens for examination in court and a public scandal surrounding the figures named Neil and Johnson among others.
Nepsontville residents gather for a liquor permit case and a busy program of community activities. Clubs host a bridge evening at Mrs Lincoln Afursbs home on Fast Broad Street Columbus with a luncheon, awards, and a queen crowned for May Day. The day also features a school ceremony plan for May Day at the municipal playground, a track meet practice and a Willing Workers class meeting at the Christian building, plus notices of probate, hospital updates, and local government meetings.
Harry Hughes of Oxbon will appear as witness in a whilenac on Friday in Muray City. Paul Fisher will attend a field inspection Thursday evening at Mina field where he conducted an inspection of Council Masonry. This was the twelfth Council inspected this year.
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