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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1930
Page
3
H B Bartlett reports local society and residents seek a telephone service collaboration at Nelsonville York Township. The piece highlights requests for community access and notes callers urged to share info with staff correspondent.
Nelsonville Vile High Greyhounds host Ironton High Tigers in a historic first on Nelsonville field. Ironton aims to minimize scoring by Greyhounds while seeking a tight contest. coaches Hannahs and Yantis work week to shore up weaknesses. Game kicks off at 2 o clock with lineup adjustments including Don Harper at end replacing Bob Hall.
Mrs Della MacMasters and Mrs Della Pidcock spent Wednesday in Athens with friends and relatives. Miss Helen Sargent vacationing with friends in Columbus. Louis Seidenfeld leaves for a business trip to Boston Mass. Mrs John Horton visits Walbridge. Patrick in Grant Hospital.
John and Hubert Sanner spent last weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs J M Sanner. Opal Raden visited Miss Pauline Johnson. Lucille and Marie White visited at Rockbridge Sunday. Joe Wolfe spent time with his parents Lafe Wolfe. Wilbur Levering visited Mrs Killa Mount. Grace Stevenson spent Sunday evening with Mrs Homer Johnson. Everett McClain made a business trip to Logan on Saturday. Clarence and Emanuel Skivers hosted guests from Haydenville Diamond East Clayton and shared Sunday visits with the Skivers family.
Nelsonville and York Township Republican women are urged to meet at the Y M C A in Nelsonville Monday at 7 pm to organize a township Republican Club and discuss plans for an active campaign.
The Superion Club will meet at the home of Mrs. W H Badger at 616 Pleasantview Ave Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The W. B. A. Club will meet this evening at 7 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Clarence Tucker on Monroe Street.
Nelsonville reports class groups at Senior Junior High naming officers for each grade. Officers include presidents, vice presidents, secretary treasurers, and advisors across seventh to twelfth grades with named students and staff.
An 11 year old boy died and two other children were seriously hurt in a sequence of traffic accidents on Thursday night in Akron.
Nelsonville reports Porter Brothers shot their oil well on Lick Run yesterday afternoon. The well is described as a small producer based on initial results.
The Rt. Rev. Henry Wise Hobson bishop co adjutor of Southern Ohio with Archdeacon Bartel Reinheimer will hold service at two acroad October 5 1930 at the Church of the Epiphany Nelsonville.
Mrs. Chester Reeves hosted a bridge gathering on Walnut Street on Wednesday evening. Miss Mary Louise Pritchard and Miss Helen Devel won first and second high scores, while Mrs. Malvern Wilson earned the low score prize.
Forty five members of the Junior Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church held a picnic and marshmallow toast Wednesday afternoon on Lick Run hill. Chaperons included Mrs Edward Sharp Mrs Fred Edington and the Reverend Lloyd Evans.
Mrs R H Sayre hosted her bridge club on Thursday evening at Poplar Street. Two tables played with high score prizes captured by Mrs Roy Davis first and Mrs Shelby Barber second. A luncheon followed the games.
Congress faces special session to suspend constitutional guarantees in Havana granting President Gerardo Machado powers to suppress press, speech, assembly and enforce the law by military means. Havana unrest follows university clash. one student died, others injured. Fed Reserve Bank of Atlanta shipped about 20 million dollars in gold to stabilize banking conditions.
The Court of Appeals upheld Charles Cramer of Hamilton and Cincinnati, sentenced to die for the murder of Robert Clemmons, a 70 year old Georgetown farmer, during a robbery. Cramer joins John Zellar of Cincinnati on death row. two other suspects remain to be tried.
Logan October 8 Staff Special Friends of 63 year old Grant McGhee retired farmer warned Logan drug stores not to sell poison after threats. He was found dead in Hill Street home, death by own action, having purchased strychnine. Coroner J P Miller ruled death by own action. funeral arrangements pending.
John Fellen, of Nelsonville, has the contract to install concrete curb for the Jackson Street improvement, awarded by the property owners. Work began yesterday on about 1150 feet of curb. After curbing, the City Service Department will improve the roadway. a crew is also paving Cable's Alley between Washington and Columbus.
Patch ing of State Route 31 through Nelsonville using limestone and tar began yesterday. Harold Brown of Athens supervises. Work starts at the East corporation line below the Foundry and runs to the West line along the established route.
Former Governor Vic Donahey will campaign for George White at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds, urging voters to return control of the state to the Democrats. White assails Governor Cooper’s administration as extravagant and pledges a referendum on the next tax bill if elected.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on October 3 17 year old boxer Leonard Vanderwalle of East Motine was held in custody pending a coroner inquest into the death of welterweight Battling Nelson a 27 year old Waterloo Iowa fighter and father of four who collapsed at the end of the fifth round of an eight round bout during the Mandell Myers semi windup.
Burgess Patton aged 76 died at his home near Haydenville this morning. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 PM at the Diamond Church near Haydenville, with burial in Green Lawn Cemetery mausoleum. His wife died last May, and his sister is Mrs. Charles Hanning of Nelsonville.
Mrs. Sarah Rebecca Adams Barnhouse aged 82, lifelong Albany resident, died at her son L H Barnhouse’s home from heart trouble. She leaves two daughters Mrs. Simmons of Oklahoma and Florida and Mrs. Anna Robinette of McArthur, four sons L H Barnhouse Andrew Barnhouse G C Barnhouse A T Barnhouse, a brother John Adams, 38 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral at Temple Church at 10 Saturday. burial in church cemetery.
A Colorado tornado swept a rural area killing three people and injuring two. G W Lackey Collie Noble and Mrs J B Downing died when a house they sought shelter in collapsed under the wind.
Forty one automobile licenses were sold in Athens County during the last half of September. David Johnson, registrar of automobile vehicles, reports total revenue of 275.25 dollars. Thirty licenses were issued for passenger cars, nine for trucks, one for trailer and one for a motorcycle.
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