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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1933
Page
3
A local incident description mentions a player suffering a fractured skull from a stone strike above the eye during a game. Reports reference Hocking County and Sam Williams with unclear surrounding details. The fragmentary text includes scattered phrases about rest and attention.
The American Legion expresses renewed focus on education as prime citizenship. The national convention urges expanded school involvement and supportive programs, noting education as essential during troubled times and calling for economy to fund educational efforts.
In a brief note, a product labeled 66 Salve Nose Drops is cited as a past remedy for headaches and malaria like symptoms. The text references tonic and medicinal uses but offers no verifiable medical claim or certification.
The Rev R F Strickler of Cuyahoga Falls will conduct a two week evangelistic revival at the Christian Church in Nelsonville starting Sunday morning November 5 with services at 10 30 am and evening meetings at 7 00 pm no meetings on Saturdays The pastor is about 50 and notable within the Disciples of Christ church group The Sunday topic is The Church in Action and the public is invited.
Nelsonville Nov 3. Band Boosters Club presents home coming concert at 8 15 pm in the high school auditorium. Conductor Ward Hamm accompanists Margaret Howe and Clara Galvin. Featured groups include Girls and Boys Glee Clubs and the Nelsonville High School Chorus with soloists Rosemary Smith and Herbert Woody.
Nelsonville announces the engagement of Miss Mable Dilcher daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Dilcher to Dr William D Heintz a Columbus dentist. The couple plan to marry in December after Miss Dilcher completes education at Ohio State University and Dr Heintz finishes his dentistry practice on South High Street Columbus.
Mrs. Ethel Frances Thomas 31 died after a brief illness at her Buchtel home. Funeral services will be Saturday at 7 PM with burial in Mason City West Virginia. She is survived by her husband Ervin Thomas and one son.
Connett notes list T H Johnson county agent delaying the annual institute until January and surrounding social visits at York Grange Hall. Gravel road work nears completion and Halloween programs entertain local schools. Nelsonville choir to sing The World’s Prayer by Cadman at 10 30 Armistice Day service with soloist Alfield Johnson and speaker Rev. Lloyd Evans.
In Nelsonville Troop 1 marks Girl Scout Week with a sequence of daily activities from Sunday School to Community Day. Troop 2 hosted a kindergarten party at Central School with a sand box attraction and games.
Voters in the first precinct of Nelsonville second ward will vote next Tuesday at the W L Cooley home Fort Street, replacing the Y M C A as the polling site. Other ward voting places remain unchanged. Doanville residents hold soup suppers at Irene McDowell's home about twice yearly, with Saturday night gatherings usually well attended.
Murray City residents issue an invitation to fox hunters in Athens Hocking and Perry counties to meet Wednesday night November 8 in Murray City to form a fox hunters club. A rabbit supper and fox chase are planned after the rabbit season opens.
In New York the world light heavyweight title bout at Madison Square Garden pits Maxie Rosenbloom against Mickey Walker amid odds Rosenbloom favored 9 to 5. Walker, 32, fights for a possible third world crown with about 10 000 fans expected.
In Jefferson Ohio on November 3, Alleda Fleming, 55, and his wife, 28, received life sentences after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the death of their infant son Mortis Jr. They were arraigned in Ashtabula County court and had earlier been indicted for first degree murder. Mrs. Fleming had confessed to killing another son in 1932, saying she did so because the husband neglected them.
Mr and Mrs Harold Hawk of Glouster file suit in McConnelsville common pleas court seeking 11000 for Mrs Hawks injuries after the Aug 11 bridge collapse on the Mountville Elliott highway across Federal Creek He seeks 1000 for his own injuries and truck damage Negligence in construction and maintenance is alleged plus the courthouse filing includes a community program segment with a song and talk.
The Willing Workers Class of the M. E. Church met at Mrs. John Wallace's Madison Street home with hostess assistance from Mrs. William James Mrs. Web Norris and Mrs. Nettie Lewis. Halloween decorations adorned the residence as the meeting led by vice president Mrs. A M Bennett opened with song and prayer.
Glouster Lodge No. 607 F and A M elected officers for 1934. Theodore Stiff named worshipful master along with Carson Vernon senior warden Ernest Jones junior warden E K Bryson treasurer Robert H Bulloch secretary Harold Kittrell senior deacon R C Gathel junior deacon Clarence Lewis tyler W H Stahl re elected to the board of trustees for a three year term Installation date pending likely late December or early January.
GLOUSTER November 3 Hunterdon Mine 267 of the Ohio Collieries Co. dumped 2 048 tons of coal into railroad cars breaking production records. The No 6 vein coal is high grade clean fuel with a modern tipple for efficient cleaning and dumping to market.
The Glouster council holds the first meeting of the month at the city building this evening. Mayor Andrew Allen, who was off duty last month due to illness, is expected to preside.
The Dover Town ship Board of Trustees will hold a meeting Saturday at 7 o'clock in the Town Hall office Chauncey. Members include F. E. Boudinot Millfield Charlie Bradfield Chauncey Harvey Courtney Beaumont and clerk Guy E. Osborne Chauncey.
Glouster records the lowest per pupil property valuation in Ohio at 1954, while South Euclid tops at 14275. The state's average valuation per pupil fell from 94 to 4736, and the average school tax rate rose from 9.88 to 10.40 mills, per a report to Prof. T Holy of Ohio State University.
Promotion Day will be observed in the Bible School of Trimble Church of Christ Sunday at 9 30 in the morning. A program of music has been arranged. The pastor Rev G B Courtney will speak on The Relation of the Bible School to the Church. The public is invited.
State Relief Supervisor E. O. Braught said a federal relief census now under way in Ohio should be finished by November 7. All county reports go to Cincinnati as the regional center for Indiana Kentucky and Ohio. The census will form the basis for proposed federal tax regulations and provides the first complete statistical picture of unemployed relief in the United States.
Ohio welfare officials sought an abatement of commodity processing taxes in Washington to save about 50000 dollars annually on state food purchases. The request excludes food for penal institutions and relates to welfare department needs for non penal state institutions as food costs rise above 944000 dollars last year and likely exceed 1000000 dollars this year.
The Athens District ends the third day of November under cloudy skies as a warm wave pushes temperatures to around 80 degrees each afternoon. Nighttime lows remain high for early November with a 55 degree low reported, and this morning light rain fell as thermometers reached 57.
Mrs Dean Linscott hosted a bridge gathering with two tables in use. After the game she served a refreshment course. High scores were earned by Mrs Glen Allen and Mrs Paul Allen.
Chauncey High School football players from the classes of 1930 31 and 32 will meet Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock instead of Tuesday at the same time in Chauncey.
Mrs. Frank Montgomery of Newark and Mrs. John Jones of Toledo spend the week with their brother Mr. Frank Johnson and family on Jackson Street. Miss Ethel Johnson visits with sister Mrs. Jon Scheide in Logan. Mrs. John Meredith of Gloucester visits mother Mrs. Elizabeth McDowell in Doanville.
Albert De Weese a 35 year old Middleport resident was admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured left heel from a Tuesday incident at the Marietta Manufacturing Plant Pt Pleasant. He works as an electric welder. Mrs Robert Kimbel of Jackson was admitted for observation.
Hal Mettler, a lawyer in Athens, has been appointed attorney for the Athens County division of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. He will handle title abstracting and disbursements. Office in Worstell Building on Court Street. Appointment approved this week by the state HO L C office in Columbus under Supervisor Henry G. Brunner.
Gallipolis November 3 192? Dr Shaver Pearl Shaver and Ellis Bunce of Bulaville were arrested by Patrolman Leaper at 1 o clock Friday morning for possession of intoxicating liquor. The report notes the men were taken into custody and charged.
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