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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1925
Page
3
Nelsonville report: fire department answers alarm at the Ridenour garage on Sunday morning. Pearl Graham’s Ford coupe interior damaged after a cigar lit during gasoline filling caused an explosion and blaze.
The Hi Y club held a six o'clock dinner at Ralph Fleck’s home Friday evening to celebrate his seventeenth birthday. Attendees included Converse Crawford William Sharp Carl Campbell Coach Stotz Paul Hudson Charles Cook Robert Ohlinger Rev Lloyd Evans Supt A Crawford Walter L Hudson and the host Ralph Fleck.
Nelsonville May 23 The Wilberforce University quartet will perform Tuesday evening at the high school auditorium. The group known as one of the best traveling Negro troupes in America will sing and appear on radio broadcasts. The show starts at 8 o'clock at the Wyle chapel AME church venue.
Mr and Mrs D F Simms and their children spent Sunday in Columbus enjoying time together and sightseeing in the city.
Nelsonville group H. H. Iller Baird Stuart R. O. Davis and Tom Lax traveled Sunday to Columbus to join Shriners for a voyage to the coast.
Mrs. Howe and Mrs. Salyer from Columbus and Mrs. Murphy of Columbus were among guests over Sunday. Mary Lowry and Mrs. Graham of Gahanna visited relatives, while Mrs. Stella Cappel stayed with her mother. A group of Hocking Valley shopmen from Columbus spent the weekend with local families. Other visitors included Mrs. Burgess of Lancaster and Mrs. Dick Brown and children from Columbus.
The Pythian Sisters of Nelsonville will initiate a new class of candidates at their regular meeting Thursday evening. Each member should bring her favorite dish, and drill team members are urged to wear white.
The name of H. D. Krieg was omitted from the stockholders list of Lick Run Coal Co. He will be a heavy loser in the matter.
Pocahontas May hosts a birthday party at their hall this evening. All attendees are asked to bring fifteen cents, except guests.
Mr and Mrs Steve Thomas of Athens visited friends here Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Charles Pensyle spent the weekend at Leesburg with Dr Mary Allen and W R Buck. Mr and Mrs Lawrence McBride of Chicago Illinois were guests and a little daughter has returned.
Kevy and Mrs. C. J. Howearti left for Newark to attend the state convention of Christian churches in Nelsonville on May 23.
The Columbus Dispatch reports Miss Ann Morgan will wed Blain Cope on May 29 in Nelsonville Ohio. The bride to be has lived in Nelsonville since December after moving from 58 North Park Avenue Columbus and is a 1923 graduate of East High School. She resides with her aunt Mrs Elmer Traugh on Adams Street. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs George Cop.
On May 25 at the Nelsonville Methodist Church Reverend Morrell delivered the second sermon in the series on The Sermon on the Mount titled Subjects of the Kingdom and their Influence. The evening sermon addressed the theme Making the Decision.
Pr and Mrs E B Acomb and two children and Mrs Mable Heffner spent the weekend at Caldwell visiting Mrs Acomb's parents.
In Nelsonville on May 25 Civil War and World War veterans and Woman's Relief Corps members gathered at the Presbyterian church for memorial services. Only two Civil War veterans attended Eli Johnson and L. G. Matheny, each receiving a bouquet as the choir sang. Rev. Lloyd Evans preached on Patriotism.
Nelsonville reports Miss Naomi Steenrod Mrs Little Steenrod and Mrs Laura Spencer began a motor trip Saturday to several points in Indiana leaving from Nelsonville in good spirits and travel plans.
A Sunday evening demonstration by students in religious education at the Christian Church drew a large crowd. The children sang class songs recited Psalms and scripture, but the highlight was their own tellings of Bible stories.
Nelsonville notices the death of Mrs Mollie Bumgardner wife of William Bumgardner after an operation at Grant hospital Columbus. She was born in Nelsonville a Methodist church member and is survived by her husband five daughters two sons and several siblings. Burial at Greenlawn follows funeral at the local Methodist church with services conducted by Reverend Morrell.
Tickets are now available at Prestons Clothing Colonial and Shafers News Saund or from Ralph Betts Mrs Charles Bartels Fred Johnson or Mrs Claudine Zellar. Members urged to buy early. Banquet at 6 30 Friday June 5 at the Christian church followed by a dance at the Elks home.
The National Geographic Society backed MackMillan Arctic expedition plans two aircraft and radio aided voyages from Etah Greenland to Ellesmere Island and Grant Land. The Bowdoin will carry crews over the Greenland ice and aim to map Ellesmere and Labrador. Cape Hubbard will host a flying base with Etah as ship base. The venture recalls Leif Erikson and 19th century Arctic tragedies as it seeks new geography and communication links.
The Columbus Golden Post No. 49 of the Grand Army of the Republic, formed forty four years ago with 276 members, now lists 48 veterans. The post met regularly and held reunions with members including J. L. Pickering and many Civil War veterans tied to Ohio units and battles.
A reflective note observes that many individuals neglect simple pleasures, choosing passivity over exploration, rest, and meaningful moments. It suggests a shift toward embracing small joys and purposeful activity.
An advertisement targets parents of thin children urging use of McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets to add weight and vitality. It claims fast gains and labels drugstores like Cline Pharmacy Co and McKee Drug Co as sellers.
Holstein cow Athens Fayne Korndyke at Athens state hospital freshened at six years five months eight days. In 365 milking days she produced 25,748.8 pounds of milk with 1,086 pounds of butterfat while milked three times daily. This extraordinary yield surpasses prior records.
A London statistician reports that about two tons of babies were born at a local hospital last year and that if all the infants were laid end to end the line would stretch 960 feet.
An ad touts camphor based Lavoptik eye wash with ingredients like hydras and witch hazel to relieve sore or strained eyes. A small bottle is claimed sufficient for any case and includes a free aluminum eye cup from Gibson's Pharmacy.
In Vienna the dog population rose from 46 000 in 1919 to 96 000 in 1924 while 30 to 100 people daily visit the Pasteur Institute for examinations of dog bites.
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