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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1930
Page
3
Classifieds and social notes from Nelsonville and vicinity compiled by Bartlett staff correspondent. Advertising contact and service details appear for an experienced representative at 412 W. Call for information.
Mrs Kings of High Street sustained a broken left hand and Mr Hitchings suffered facial cuts from flying glass when their car hit a loaded coal truck on the state highway Sunday night. Police report the truck lacked a tail light and two of the couple’s children were also injured.
The Figgins family from Nelsonville will headline a four act musical program at Han Church Auditorium on Nov. 21. The Junior Intermediate division of the Sunday School will present the show featuring Mr and Mrs Ed Figgins and their children June, Joy, and Max, all noted musicians.
Mrs Clarence McMillen and Norma visit sister Miss Margaret in Athens. G Ridenour plans a Columbus business trip Tuesday. Cc Sharp attends Dr S S Palmer funeral in Columbus. H J Frazee from Pittsburgh visits Conrad Wein and Mrs Gus Frazee in Murray City. Dr W Hyde attends Ohio State Health Commissioners convention in Columbus. Mrs Goldie Robo and family visit Grant Hospital patient Mrs Hitchings. Mr and Mrs H R Sands host guests at sister Potts home. Hick family guests include Anton and Lillian Hick and James Grant. Fanny Shields and granddaughters Mary Catherine and Eva Jane join Columbus gatherings.
Mrs. M. B. Pedigo entertained at a six o'clock dinner honoring Miss Margaret Pedigo. Other guests included Mr. Clarence McMillen and Norma, Haydenville, Clara Caldwell, this city.
Nelsonville reports seven year old Gail Finn of Floodwood was removed to Mercy Hospital Columbus after a dynamite cap exploded while he played at home. The accident occurred Sunday and the child reportedly lost his left hand thumb and three fingers.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will meet Wednesday evening at 147 Fort Street with Mrs James Sharp hosting. Assisting hostesses are Mrs Anna Nelson and Mrs Retta Howe. Mrs L D Johnson leads the devotional service and Mrs Shafer oversees the program. The yearly devotional offering will be taken. Members are urged to attend.
A Hawaiian entertainment by Miss Lottie Tittletson of Hawaii will be hosted by the Senior Junior High School Parent-Teacher Association at Nelsonville School Auditorium on Wednesday November 12. She will present ancient folklore and mythology with a travelogue and music in Hawaiian costumes.
Miss Hornbeck of Columbus will speak at Buchtel High School on Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Parents and patrons are urged to attend as she discusses school district parent teacher group activities in the county.
The Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter of the D A R held its November meeting at the American Legion Home with Mrs. P. W. Hickman and Mrs. Gay Aumiller hosting. A National Defense program arranged by chairwoman Mrs. J. M. Hyde featured patriotic roll call quotes and instruction.
Mrs W F Patton hosted the Esther Class of the Christian Sunday School Monday evening at her home with Mrs James Coleman and Mrs Frank Johnson helping. Games and contests provided entertainment. Prizes went to Mrs Emma Cook and Miss Beth Verity. A luncheon for 25 members and guests.
A large crowd attended the Buchtel Parent-Teacher Association meeting. Miss Mary King Mrs Harley Worden and Mrs Freda Wright presented the program. Supt Rice of The Plains school outlined the bazaar plans for Thursday December 11. The fifth and eighth grades tied for attendance. A social hour followed.
Nelsonville reports the death of 18 day old Robert FE Bols son of Mr and Mrs Edward Bols in Denanville The funeral will be held at the family residence on Wednesday at 10 30 AM with the Rev Charles K Grammer of the Christian Church officiating Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery
Nelsonville reports that all participants in the musical comedy Pattie sponsored by Glenford Dugan Post American Legion are asked to meet this evening at 7 o'clock at the Legion Home.
Faithful Rebekah Lodge No 48 will hold their regular meeting Tuesday evening November 18. Important business will be trans acted. Every member is requested to be present.
The Sunday School Class of the Methodist Church taught by Mrs. Thomas Spencer will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Will Burneye on West Washington Street. Attendance of all members is requested.
Mrs. William Morgan entertained guests at dinner Sunday including Mr. and Mrs. William Edgell of Bexley and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gibson of this city at East Franklin Street residence.
Mrs. Henry Nutter of Elizabeth Street entertained at dinner Thursday with guests including Mrs. James Bland, Mrs. Carl Coakley, Mrs. T. R. Potts, Mrs. Louis Nutter and her daughters Betty Lou and Martha Jane.
Edwin A. Todd Republican from Springfield was sworn in as state treasurer in Columbus succeeding H. Ross Ake Canton whose term ended. Todd was elected to complete Bert B. Buckley Dayton’s term after Buckley’s 1928 re election conviction. Todd serves until January when Harry S. Day Fremont assumes the new long term.
Kentucky man Ivan Cook was arrested in Athens on an affidavit by Grace Leslie Stewart alleging embezzlement of 1750 dollars from his employer. Cook pleaded not guilty, waived preliminary hearing, and was bound over to the grand jury under a 1500 dollar bond by Magistrate Carl H. Porter. Arrest was by Chief of Police E. Finsterwald.
Columbus reports former Lt. Gov. William G. Pickrel Democrat of Dayton defeats Lt. Gov. John T. Brown Republican of Mechanicsburg by 271 votes in the Nov 4 election. Official totals show Pickrel 16 705 votes and Brown 16 434 with possible rechecks unlikely to alter the result.
William McNeer, 25, was arrested in Portsmouth on a charge of stealing 80,000 cigarets from a box car. Police found 25,000 cigarets at his home as the investigation continued.
Rose Davis a New York night club hostess once cleared of an officers charge has offered evidence and testimony officials hope will expose ties between police vice rings and magistrates courts aiding investigations into police involvement in vice.
In Barcelona on November 18 rioting flared anew with clashes between strikers and civil guards. Two people were killed in the latest outbreak, raising two day deaths to three, with yesterday’s injured person also dying.
Arthur Lepley 13 died from a broken neck suffered Sunday while playing football with companions in Mount Vernon Ohio. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Howard Lepley and one brother.
About 50 members attended a rabbit dinner at the Masonic Temple in Nelsonville on November 18. The ceremony followed the installation of officers with R. H. Sayers named the new master of Philodorian Lodge.
The Athens Messenger offers a new booklet The Fifteenth Census containing state totals country totals and rankings for large cities compared with 1920 figures. It highlights population figures useful to teachers and students updating geography based data.
Information Bureau under Director Prederte J Haskin in Washington DC encloses ten cents for a copy of the booklet on THE FIFTEENTH CENSUS. Name street city Rinfe?
USA Freddy Will Portamouth boxer fought Cowboy Martin of Columbus to a six round draw in the Knights of Columbus boxing card main event. Jimmie Logue of Lancaster defeated Dude Tope of Columbus in a six round 130 pound preliminary.
Irma KB Voight dean of women at Ohio University and president of the Ohio State Federation of the American Association of University Women will travel with a national committee to Londonwood College St Charles Missouri on Friday to study establishing the A A U W on that campus.
UR Conrad W. Troll, a billionaire Cleveland and St Clairsville mine operator, dies at home after a three week heart disease illness. Troll led Troll Coal Mining Co. of St Clairsville and held chairman roles at Belmont Casket Co. and Belmont Stamping Enameling Co., with interests in multiple firms, including C. L. Ayres Co. and a bank.
May or Robert Wood fined two Athens residents after guilty findings. Lesliee Mansfield and Albert Huftehine each paid five dollars and costs for intoxication. Harry Russell was fined ten dollars and costs for assault, with the charge brought by Mrs. Russell.
An advertisement endorses Phillips Milk of Magnesia for babies and children with colic gas sour belching and vomiting. It claims quick relief within five minutes and recommends dosing in morning bottles or water for older kids. The copy urges requesting the free booklet Useful Information and notes the product has been prescribed for over 60 years.
An urgent call to Athens County residents urging support for the Salvation Army and Red Cross. Each group seeks to underwrite fixed expenses and fund current and future needs. This year the appeal asks donors to give once for all to sustain distress relief and benevolent programs.
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