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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1931
Page
3
Local staff correspondent H Bartlett invites readers to share society notes and locals items. Classified ads and circulation are handled from 412 W street and a request for an experienced representative is noted.
Nelsonville officials report a likely large turnout for the High School Alumni Association reunion Friday night. Tickets stop at noon Thursday, with dinner at 6:30 at the M E Church. Dr. W H Hyde to welcome graduates. Frank Shay to respond. Noah Beilharz to perform in a humorous program. Dance to follow at the Elks Home at 9. Several classes plan special reunions during the day.
About 125 eighth grade students heard Dr. E A Hansen of Ohio University discuss the World War and its relevance to life. He urged peaceful conduct, stressed service and citizenship, and advised students to choose a practical education and consider college preparatory versus non preparatory paths.
Nelsonville High School will graduate 15 outstanding boy athletes this Wednesday. Notables include Joe Evans, guard on basketball and football halfback, and Ed Howe who earned All Southeastern honors in basketball and pitched in baseball. Others include Clyde Fisher, Tom Shafer, Porky Davis, Frank Shay, and Gordon Campbell, among the multi-sport seniors who starred across football basketball and baseball.
Frank McCann Post American Legion schedules a Decoration Day service with gravestone decorating across Glouster Maplewood Yew Burr Oak Hollister Calvary Taylor Ridge Sands Russell and Millfield cemeteries. Two squads visit multiple cemeteries with cars provided for veterans and volunteers.
Thomas H. McLain of Homer Township will be buried in Maplewood Cemetery after funeral services Wednesday at 10:30 AM in Bishopville Church. The service is conducted by Rev. Paul E. Kemper following his death Sunday at Grant Hospital Columbus after two weeks of treatment.
Several hundred Perry County American Legion members will gather in Corning for a social at the American Legion rooms on Main Street and a banquet at the Pythian Hall dining room. State Legion officers are expected, with music by the McConnelsville Band, Bremen Band, and a Crooksville drum corps.
Glouster American Legion baseball split two games over the weekend. Saturday they fell 11 to 9 to Whitehall amid fielding woes from cold weather. Sunday at Rutland they won 8 to 2 in a pitchers’ duel led by Hawkins for Rutland and Butsko for the Legion. Snedden hit the longest extra base hit, a threebagger, for Glouster.
Mr and Mrs J L Mandt of Dunkirk returned home Monday after a visit with Mr and Mrs William Heiser. They attended Glouster commencement where their niece Miss Theresa Heiser was a graduate. They were accompanied home by Harry Welsch of Glouster and plan to visit Wyandotte Michigan with Hubert Welsch once home.
Charles E. Williams Glouster rural mail carrier and Frank McCann Post American Legion member reports his hat was mistakenly taken from the Church of Christ after Sunday memorial services. The only remaining hat then found was too large and rested on his ears.
Glouster Lodge No. 607 F and A M. calls a special meeting Wednesday at 7 pm with work planned in Fellowcraft and Master Mason Degrees. Refreshments will be served. Local fraternal notice in Glouster.
Frank McCann Post of the American Legion will lead the funeral at 2 p m Thursday at the Church of Christ. The Rev F Roberts of Linden, former pastor, will deliver the sermon. Burial follows at Maplewood Cemetery.
Miss Elizabeth Shepard surprised her mother Mrs. M Q Shepard on Sunday May 24 by hosting a 6 o clock dinner at the Shepard home for a group of friends. Invited were Mrs W H Weirc and Misses Ella Patton Belle Herrold Lulu and Nona Lanz.
Class No 19 of the Methodist Sunday School will meet at 7 30 this evening with Mrs J A Lightfoot on Poplar Street Assisting hostesses are Mrs Nellie Linscott and Mrs Beatrice Sommers.
The Parent-Teacher Association of the East School meets Wednesday at 2 PM to elect officers. Members are to gather in the school building for the annual vote and consideration of leadership roles.
Members of the W B A will gather at the Junior Order Hall on Wednesday evening at 7 50 for a regular lodge meeting and birthday dinner.
Nelsonville May 38 local post office urges all fraternal groups churches clubs and societies to file the names of presiding officers and secretaries. Postmaster F R Jackson notes mail often arrives without officer names delaying delivery. Corrected lists should be kept at the post office and updated as elections occur.
Mrs Margaret Murphy 71 of 366 Oak Street Nelsonville died this morning at 7:30. Her husband Thomas Murphy preceded her in death eight years. Survived by children Miss Mary Murphy Cincinnati Misses Ella Anna Elizabeth Murphy Nelsonville James Marysville Tom Columbus William and Frank Murphy. Member of St Andrew's Catholic Church. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
The fourth annual Memorial Day home-coming invites all former parishioners to St Patrick s Parish Hall in Buchtel on Saturday May 30. A chicken dinner will be served at noon and at 5 p.m. A progressive euchre party begins at 8 15 p m and a lunch will follow. The public is invited.
Carl Andrews and Connett pleaded not guilty to a statutory charge and had a preliminary hearing before Mayor Bil Hickman. Andrews held to Common Pleas Court under $200 bond. Frank Williams fined for intoxication. Carrie Linton fined for disturbing the peace. Marguerite Breese filed the complaint.
Mrs Bartels was guest of honor at a 6 pm dinner in the Dew Hotel hosted by Circle of Ruth Class Presbyter ian Sunday School. 29 members attended with guests from Athens Columbus and local families as gifts were exchanged before a brief business session led by Miss Freda Smith.
Mrs H Ruble entertained at dinner Sunday at her home on West Columbus Street. Guests included Mrs Otto Kaelin Mrs B Mccune from Cleveland Mrs Emmett Preston and Mrs Charles Lowden from Columbus and Mrs Arthur Burgess from Lancaster.
Nei gonville Buckeyes lost 10 to 4 to Longstreth in front of the year’s largest crowd at Longstreth. The field and team impressed fans who expect several exciting games this season. Longstreth to host Old Timers at Bechtel. contact George Galentin in Nelsonville Ohio for future games.
Mrs. George Beagle and daughter Edith visited Columbus today. Mary Adeline Wilson visited Athens Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Curry and son from Columbus stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson. Asa Hammond visited Columbus and his daughter, Mrs. Tom Johnson, and family. W. L. Powell was in Columbus on business Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Moler and son Gilbert visited Crooksville Sunday. Mrs. L Keplar moved from Mercy Hospital Columbus to Canal Street. Mrs. R F Jerles and Bobby La Marr of Auburn visited Miss Bertha Nixon. Mr. and Mrs Molet and son Charles spent Sunday with relatives in Zanesville. Mrs. Ralph Ellett visiting Flint and Saginaw Michigan. Mrs. B Beard and Mrs. Ken Smith of Lancaster were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Beard. John North spent today in Columbus.
Bun at Grant Hospital receives care for a long standing left arm injury. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Johnson of Lawrenceville visit Mrs. Margaret Johnsen and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hannan. Mrs. BE McCune of Cleveland visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pensy and stays with sister Mrs Arthur Burgess in Lanewater. Mr. and Mrs. James Knight return from Columbus where they spent the weekend at beach resort.
An affidavit will charge Frank Hoel of New Straitsville with liquor possession after a raid by Prohibition Officer H F Teal and Sheriff Clifford Wilson. Five 10-gallon kegs were found in Mose Green Plummer Hill area, claimed to be owned by Hood but Green held as a possible front.
Marietta residents report a land turtle found in a dooryard, bearing initials and a 1911 date scratched on its shell. The same turtle had been released decades earlier near Vincent and appeared to have traveled less than 50 yards in the intervening years.
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