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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1928
Page
3
The Athens Presbytery ministers and elders met in the Athens Presbyterian Church to discuss Visitation Evangelism led by speaker visittors from Pittsburgh. R. Zahniser and local pastors outlined campaign launch and lay roles with sessions at 10, 11, and 2 guided by Rev. Wilcox and others.
Nelsonville October 9 staff special. Open shop mines in the Hocking Sub-District report a record total employed today at 2512 with 2405 at work. Coonville Briar Hill and York Clay idle with 107. Sunday Creek Coal Co Mine No.5 Murray City has resumed loading coal, now employing about 75, with increases at most properties today.
Convicts trapped as flames swept the building with guards unable to unlock doors. Prisoner OMalley from Cleveland helped break a jam and saved many lives while another inmate perished with a dog. Recovery hampered by heat. services planned at New Lexington.
A pie and candy social is set for October 12 1928 at the Pleasanton School House to raise funds for the school. Teachers Helen Kenney and Laura McClain announce the event as a school benefit.
Mrs Elizabeth Brown aged 78 dies Monday at her daughter Mrs John Rittemeyers home in Nelsonville after nearly six decades in the town. Her husband a bandmaster and music teacher died about 17 years ago. A son Dick Brown died in a gasoline explosion about 10 years ago. Survived by daughter, son Frank, 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Wednesday at 9 from St Andrews Church officiated by Rev Eugene Owens. Burial at Logan.
Hiler Steenrod, a former Nelsonville resident now employed at Philo power station, fell ten feet at work and fractured his right ankle. He was taken to Bethesda Hospital, Zanesville, and is reported resting satisfactorily this morning.
Miss Helen McCarty of Nelsonville married Dr D G Candy of Tioga West Virginia in Zanesville on October 6. The bride, a Nelsonville High School graduate, trained as a nurse at Grant Hospital and worked at Mech em's dry goods. They will reside in Tioga after November 1.
During the Sunday evening service at the Nelsonville Christian Church audience saw projected pictures of faithful members and officers. Featured were A. G. Mechem longtime member and elder. Miss Sigrid Love longtime organist. Walter Morrison decade as Sunday School superintendent. and Reverend K. H. McCorkle the church minister.
Ohio University freshmen were led through school songs by David Todd as part of a singing school convocation. Songs taught included Sing Ohio Be Loved Ohio and the Alma Mater. Dean Irma Voigt urged freshmen women to join Y W C A projects and register for Girl Reserve and scout leadership. A bus meeting announced for Thursday in Ewing Auditorium to prep for the Ohio Wittenberg game.
Seventy eight children were quarantined for infantile paralysis in the New Floodwood district beginning September 30 after Ernest Lanning, three, was found paralyzed. Several have been released and the rest will be freed tomorrow. the Lanning child remains unable to speak and unable to move his right forearm.
A sedan with a Michigan plate was dragged from Court Street in front of Hotel Berry after being left overnight. Night Patrolman James Lewis explained city ordinance prohibits overnight street parking. The owner complained of damage to the car, including broken emergency brake and damaged tires as the wheels did not turn during the pull.
Nelsonville set for a Wednesday afternoon football showdown as 22 alumni prepare to meet the High School Varsity. Coach Harris Wood drills the old grads who seek a win against Marshall’s Greyhounds amid Homecoming crowds and a crowding program. Red Longley to referee with Frank Johnson as linesman.
The first fatal hunting accident of the season in the area occurred when William Maloney 21 accidentally discharged a shotgun. He slipped on a log causing the weapon to fire through his neck severing the main artery. He died en route or at Stouts mortuary and funeral services are planned for Asbury Church Thursday at 10 30 AM. He is survived by his father Fred Maloney and several siblings.
A first aid program features deputies and instructors led by P. W. Moore, with attendees including Frank P. Corey, Andrew Mullen, Noah Andrews, and others from multiple towns. Windows at National Guard Headquarters display German war apparatus and modern American equipment, including a French 75 M gun, Browning weapons, gas masks, and tents. Colonel Shetler notes the Ohio state flag on display. A separate Farmer's Day exhibit by H. W. Shafer shows a rural scene. Democratic Rally Day programs are set on West Columbus Street this afternoon and tonight.
Nelsonville becomes a carnival town as Old Home Week opens with a midway on Public Square. Ferris wheel and merry go round dominate the square while merchants exhibit in a large Fort Street tent and mining display is planned for Wednesday Miners' Day under Jerome Watson.
Nelsonville news reports the creation of a Hoover Club by Black women at 356 Adams Street under the Western Division, Republican National Committee. Delia Lewis serves as chair with Grace Chapman secretary and Pearl Fall treasurer. other members listed include Josie Saunders Priscilla Christian Mary Davis Anna Harding Rachel Thompson and several others.
Nelsonville October 9 all members of Elizabeth Zane Dew chapter Daughters of American Revolution are asked to meet Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Central School Grounds.
Friends of Paul Kemper Jr former Ohio Wesleyan student son of Rev and Mrs Paul Kemper learn he has recovered enough from a recent accident to be moved from Findlay Hospital to White Cross Hospital Columbus. The update notes his condition after several weeks in hospital.
At the Vendemias festival in Southern California Senorita Amapolo del Vando, 18, a Spanish belle from San Gabriel, is named queen. The piece notes the festival in a light tone, suggesting the tale of sour grapes is not relevant to this celebration.
A man returning home from Canada was injured in a automobile collision and is now confined in Columbus Hospital. Doctors expect he will remain hospitalized for another month.
Grace Hopkins age 20 died at home of her parents Mr and Mrs John Hopkins Murray City after a long illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 30 PM at the Murray City M E Church conducted by Rev Householder with burial at Greenlawn. She is survived by her parents a brother and a sister.
Nelsonville Oct 9 Homer Tucker 27 of Chauncey was trapped by a coal fall at Mine No 26 Floodwood yesterday. He sustained severe bruises to his left shoulder and foot but no bones were broken. He was removed to his home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Houston and Mr. and Mrs. J. F Fitzgerald of Columbus were end of the week guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan.
Mae Bnarr joined her bridge club for a Saturday evening session. Three tables competed after dinner with Mrs. Donald Shafer as hostess. Mrs. Stacy Sharp won high and Mrs. E. B. McCune had the low score.
Multiple families from Chillicothe Lancaster and Columbus visited in town for a Presbyterian Church home coming. Mrs. Kelch hosted L. R. Kelch and family and Stan Jones with Marion Tomlinson and Paul Hamm also in attendance. Parkingville visitors Anna Dowley and Florence Dowler left for Parkersburg after a short stay.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt urged all Christians to rally on election day to defeat Governor Alfred E. Smith the Democratic presidential nominee. She warned that Smith’s victory would be used to kill prohibition and urged Catholics and Protestants to unite in opposition.
A vintage advertisement explains that unhappy children become bilious and irritable, but a dose of California Wig Syrup quickly relieves constipation and liver congestion. It promises a clear system, bright spirits, and better growth, urging buyers to seek genuine California Fig Syrup endorsed for 60 years with the California label.
Nelsonville on October 9 announces a welding demonstration for October 10 on Public Square. Special focus on the Thermit process melting steel without fire in 30 seconds, three times hotter than molten iron. Alfred Richardson of Nelsonville organizes the event for the home-coming celebration and the Hocking Valley engineering fraternity.
In Mellonville on October 9 local Democrats established campaign headquarters in the Buckeye Building occupying rooms once used by the Keystone Coal Company.
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