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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1932
Page
3
Nelsonville city schools present a music festival at the Nelsonville High School Auditorium tonight at 8. The program features a mixed lineup with marches, classical selections, student vocal and band performances, and soloists.
Classified ads and circulation details offer the contact number 412-W for ad-taker assistance. The piece also notes telephone service for readers, locals, and society items supervised by H. Bartlett, staff correspondent.
The article lists members in the Senior Orchestra with 23, the Boys Glee Club with 14, the Freshman Chorus with 35, the Junior Band with 31, the Senior Band with 38, and the Girls Glee Club with 22.
The 54th annual Nelsonville High School Alumni Association reunion and banquet will be Friday May 27. Dinner at 6 30 p m at the Christian Church hosted by the Esther Class with toastmaster Cable M Gibson of Columbus. A 9 o'clock dance follows at the Elks hall with Walt Sears and his orchestra.
It has been announced that tickets may be secured at the Colonial or at Shafer's Newsstand.
Nelsonville High School representatives traveled to Athens on Saturday to take the District State scholarship test. About 900 students from 18 counties attended. The honor roll includes Fannie Glenn second in English and Naoma Lehman tied for eighth. Anita Hall seventh. Virginia Green tenth. Wilma Scott third in General Science. Robert White ninth. Mary Adeline Wilson second in Algebra I. Mary Frances North ninth. Warren Badger third in Geometry. Mildred Tomlinson tenth in American History.
Funeral services for Charles Figgins 48 who died of a heart attack Wednesday evening at his West Washington Street home will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the Christian Church. Rev John J Scott will officiate with burial at Greenlawn. He leaves his wife and children Paul Alonzo Betty Jane and John two sisters Mildred Pendegrass and Gall Johnson and five brothers Joe Ed Willis Donald and Rolland all of Columbus.
Nelsonville residents Earl Washburn Mac Bartlett Mrs Harry Kelly Mrs C H Bartlett Nelson ville and Mrs T N Hoover of Athens leave for Wooster for Color Day at Wooster College with Mrs Herbert Hoover as guest of honor Mr and Mrs John Saltz and Miss Irene McDowell join weekend trip Miss McDowell to speak at Ashland Sunday
G E G Club entertained at the Barrows home on West Columbus Street with Miss Louise Ray the guest of honor. The group planned a miscellaneous shower for her upcoming marriage to Nelson Carr of Piqua Ohio with gifts and bingo prizes to several members. Twelve members attended.
Mrs Frank Thomas of Barberton Ohio stays with Mr and Mrs Willard Simonton for Murray City high school commencement where she has a nephew among graduates. Mr and Mrs Hyler Steenrod on route Pekin Illinois to Cabin Creek West Virginia visit relatives en route. T S Bush visited Columbus today and I V Kinney Rock Island Illinois stayed Thursday night with his brother Robert Kinney and family.
In New Orleans on May 15 Wilmer Allison of Texas faced Ricardo Tapia of Mexico in the first singles as the United States Mexico Davis Cup tie opened. Ellsworth Vines, the American champion, then faced Alfonso Unda, Mexico’s No. 2 player in the second singles.
Nelsonville residents heard a garden lecture by Mr. Fischer at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Fischer on East Franklin Street. He urged studying soil and plants, choosing sun loving varieties, keeping weeds down, and replanting bulbs for fall, with tips on perennials and mid summer flowering.
A special meeting of Nelsonville Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles will be held at their rooms on West Washington Street on Saturday at 1 o'clock to attend the funeral of the late Charlies Figgins.
Official returns nearly complete for the Republican primary show Fred Kittle of Athens leading by 47 votes for the second commissioner position. Three runners up to Frank Biddle gained minor votes, but none alter the top standings as the official count nears completion.
The annual poppy sale by the American Legion will take place in Athens on May 20 and 21. Poppies, made by disabled veterans in hospitals, will be sold on streets and in public buildings. Fred Williams chairs the local committee with Raymond Sherman and R. H. White as members.
In South Duclid two union men died after a confrontation with James Ianni a 47 year old lathing contractor. John Farrar Jr 26 of East Cleveland and Oliver Bissier 40 business agent of Lathers Union No 2 were shot. Ianni admitted shooting both men claiming self defense as he was held for the county grand jury on second degree murder charges.
Burgoo King E R Bradleys Kentucky Derby winner arrived from Belmont Park and is a near certainty to start in the 350000 added Preakness at Pimlico. Tick On and Brandon Mint also in field with Curacao Proteus Semaphore Boatswain Daisaburo Mad Pursuit Penny Wise Barcelona Pete Lucky Tom War Hero and Gusto among probable runners.
A reflective note recalls Harman Blennerhasset and the Blennerhasset Island stay, hinting at a tragedy along Route 30 and the metal marker as a memory trigger. The brief piece evokes historical memory tied to Ohio’s past.
Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Al Simmons Hack Wilson and Bill Terry were idle as the big five players did not see action in the day's menu.
Harman Blennerhasset, Irish graduate of Trinity College, built a fortune and a grand Marietta estate on the Ohio River. He backed Burr’s empire scheme, financed boats and troops, fled as authorities closed in, and died poor in England. His wife Margaret Agnew died in New York tenements. the mansion burned in 1811 amid family tragedies.
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