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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1933
Page
3
Nelsonville will own the rails on city streets and trolley wires as part of an agreement with a company receiver. Completion of removal and replacement work is planned, with city officials expecting significant labor for reconstruction aid. Work on the tracks and streets will start as soon as tasks are finalized under the plan.
Last week the HIV club held a senior farewell with talks by Hannahs and Van Washburn and dinner for members. Members listed include Jack Haffner and Roland Pierce as pros, with officers such as Bob Stalter. A morning assembly featured dramatizations by the Virgel class under Miss Grace Roberts, with three dramatized segments and solo numbers by Florence Easterling and Audro Galvin.
Nelsonville High School presents the three act comedy Digging Up the Dirt on May 26 directed by Ruth Hyde Lucile Long and Earl Washburn. Cast includes Arlene Betts Charles Patton Bob Wend Mabel Malone Martina Geenter Gerald Thomas Mary Jo Haffner Ralph Parks Jr Helen Washburn Eugene Arnold and Roland Pierce in supporting roles.
Monday night May 5 the senior class held a dancing party in the high school gymnasium for the benefit of those seniors who could not dance Light refreshments followed the dancing All who attended had lots of fun and if several had sore toes well they have to learn sometime Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock the Girl Scouts of troops No 1 and 2 entertained their mothers with an informal tea The new scout room at the Y M C A was attractively decorated in green and white The Girl Scouts used new dishes from subscriptions to The American Girl the regu lar formal opening was used A trombone solo by Audrey Bean followed by poems read by Mariel Sayre Audrey Stanley Nancy Stapleton Mothers Mrs Elsie Merdlinski The meet ing closed with the girls forming a double horseshoe and singing Taps Audrey Bean played Taps softly.
Officers and guards must attend Py thian Hall Thursday 6 30 PM for practice. The annual inspection at the Temple follows at 7 30 PM with Eva Van Dyke Athens as inspecting officer. Temples plan to host district meeting in Nelsonville on June 18. Women’s Missionary Society hosts Thursday 7 30 PM with Miss Moorehead leading devotions and Jack Pritchard presenting the program. Mite box opening also set for the meeting.
Mrs. C. H. Hannas hosted the Methodist Guild meeting at her Columbus Street home with Mrs. Herman Sayre and Mrs. Lucile Long assisting. Carl Coakley presided, J. D. Adamson led a study chapter, and the M. M. Class presented the playlet Wanted, a Mother to a group of 28 guests and members.
Projections show Athens County and its townships municipal corporations will receive about $180,169 from gasoline taxes and auto licenses in 1935, down 10 percent from 1932 due to lower gasoline sales. Townships will get about $2,000 each totaling $28,403, while the county share and other counties total roughly $57,245.
Sunday School attendance noted with Rev Don Swinehart and M Cox from North Carolina visiting. Local school closes midweek and Oak Grove ball team wins 4-3 at Birch Hollow. Many residents visit relatives in Carbondale Athens Nelsonville Floodwood and Connett as plants flowers and illnesses are mentioned.
Members of Glenford Dugan Drum Corps were in New Lexington to assist at a county legion meeting last evening. The guest speaker was Paul M. Herbert past deputy commander. The local corps participated in the parade.
Nelsonville report notes Miss Mable Dalton to host a chain party at 7 30 Thursday evening on Adams Street. Separate item: E Davis of Coonville suffered a two place fracture above the knee and was taken by ambulance for X ray examination.
The Faithful Workers class of the Methodist Church will meet Friday night in the church parlors. A potluck dinner at 6 o'clock will open the gathering.
The Past Councilors Association of the Daughters of America will meet Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Evener. A potluck dinner will be served.
The East Side Echo final issue goes on sale this week as a sixth grade project. The mimeo run will feature school news athletics poetry and sample works from all English classes edited by the sixth grade staff under principal Henri Hess.
Five Ohio University fraternities compete in the Torch sing for the Blaine R. Golds berry Cup on Lindley Hall steps tonight at 8 30. Each group performs a fraternity song a school song and Boys of the Old Brigade as the contest number judged by Carl Liggett of Cleveland. Delta Tau Delta Phi Delta Theta Pi Kappa Alpha Sigma Pi and Tau Kappa Epsilon vie for the trophy which requires three wins for permanent possession.
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