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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1930
Page
10
Students from Chauncey-Dover High School sponsored a Funfest in the school gym last evening drawing a large attendance. The program included a radio show and a mock wedding among acts. Food sales raised a good sum for purposes stated.
Chauncey residents will hear the Rev. G. B. Courtney give a short Thanksgiving Day address at the Chauncey Church of Christ Thursday evening. The program includes other numbers and special music, and the community is invited to attend.
Three men namely Elmer Yates Virgil Yates and Carl Johnson appeared before Mayor W D Hines in Chauncey and pleaded guilty to intoxication charges. Each man received a five dollar fine plus costs. Elmer Yates and Virgil Yates hailed from Doanville and Carl Johnson from Beaumont.
Miss Donna Sanders of the Beaumont School lists November students with no absences or tardies. First Grade names Glennis Bowles Agnes Paulisin Ruth Yates Male Tittle. Second Grade Inez Bricker Junior Lopez Evelyn Tittie. Third Grade Lorraine Bricker Carl Hart John Paulisin Dellis Yates. Fifth Grade Delbert Adams Opal Tittle Mary Ward. Sixth Grade Glen Phelps Martha Smith Everett Ward.
Chauncey and Dover Township schools will close today for the annual Thanksgiving recess. There will be no school Friday, according to Supt. Wesley Walburn.
The Mill field Orchestra sponsors a Thanksgiving dance at Chauncey Knights of Pythias Hall on Thursday evening.
All mines in the Chauncey district are working today with pay day yesterday. Active mines include numbers 9, 255, 267, 10, 86, 24, Ohio 1, 28, 69, 119, Poston 6, Chauncey 25, L. D. Poston and Hocking.
Funeral services for Harvey Love of Greens Run were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Greens Run Church of Christ by Rev. F. E. Roberts of the Glouster Church of Christ. Burial followed in Maplewood Cemetery. The service drew a large crowd.
Grading on the Concord Road finished and a new Mason farm route to Concord Church opens. William Mason builds a two story house on the old homestead as Mason family pioneer. Sunday Creek Mine No 6 resumes work after repairs and many new miners arrive. PTA to host a Thanksgiving program at East Side School. Industrial commission workers complete service after the mine explosion and return to Columbus.
A string of weekend visits ties together rural households across Chesterhill Athens Parkersburg and Clarksburg. Family groups including Lottridge Allen Jamies B Allen and Richard Mann from Akron spent Thursday with Custer Allen. Other guests came from Little Hocking The Plains Carthage and Guysville as illness and travel shaped the weekend schedule.
A district meeting of the Women s Benefit Association was held Tuesday night in Athens with a banquet at the Athens Methodist Church. Mrs C V Treppert Akron supreme regional director and Miss Tou Hoover New Salem district deputy were guests of honor. Sixteen candidates were presented for membership at Moos Hall after the banquet with speeches, dances, a playlet The Old Ladies Home and a display drill by the Nelsonville Guard Team. Officers to be elected and candidates initiated at the next meeting December 2.
Several school clubs at Athens Senior High announced new officers. The High Club elected Paul Nichols president with Charlies Emish as VP, John Whoite secretary, Dwight Harvey treasurer. The History Club, led by Carl Roberts, named Bill Warren president and Mildred Edmundson secretary. Girl Reserve lunch group chose Mary Jones president and officers including Teresa Wooley, Betty Gulum, and Arabelle Chute. Student Council elected Arabelle Chute president, Paul Nichols vice president, and Margaret Haskins secretary treasurer.
Geneva November 26 Cuban government notified the League of Nations it accepted the Root Protocol enabling U S adherence to the World Court. Cuba’s objection withdrawal removes the last hurdle to American entry to the court.
W. W. Ankenbrand superintendent reports all Athens City Schools staff including teachers and janitors have subscribed to the Community Chest fund. He notes teachers are not the highest paid but contributed liberally and cheerfully, and other workers did their part as well.
A Plains Ohio correspondent recalls the November 5 Poston No 6 Mine explosion at Millfield in which 82 miners died. He notes ongoing routine in the mine contrasted with loss, the smell of blast, charred walls, and a lingering cloud of memory for those who mourn friends and loved ones.
Eighth grade girls in Athens Junior High under Miss Ruth Gieson display 12 pairs of pajamas. Noted workers include Ruth Williams Evelyn Hartman Virginia Quest Mary Davis Catherine Wilkes Catherine Haller Stella Carsey and Mary Winning.
Akron police report two neighborhood theaters bombed within minutes as a suspected new vandalism wave. Damage was about 3000 dollars. a watchman observed suspects driving away after the blasts at People's Theater and Spicer Theater in Akron.
Armed guards and deputy sheriffs hunted three inmates who escaped the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane after sawing bars and sliding down a bedsheet rope. The escape was detected near Lima on November 26.
A seven man and five woman jury examined the will of the late David Brown which left most of his estate to his former housekeeper Mrs Irene Ban aged 48 after seven days of testimony and argument in Cleveland.
A testimonial from Robert Phillips of New Salem Indiana praises Petersons Ointment for curing an 18 year fever sore on his ankle After one application soreness and discharge stop and itching eases The ad claims rapid relief from piles bruises insect bites and eczema and notes a $5 cent box is available at drugstores.
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