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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1934
Page
2
Nelsonville and York Township report total funds across departments rose from $5,520.17 on Aug 31 to $6,714.79 by Sept 30. Sept receipts totaled $826.17 with expenditures of $5,001.55. notable gains occurred in the general fund, waterworks, and electric light funds amid tax and rental incomes.
Mrs. Garrett Hoch hosted a surprise party for Irene Hoch in Nelsonville marking her twelfth birthday. The event ran 4 to 6 with games and contests won by Katherine Barron and Dorothy Lowden, and a pink and white refreshment theme. Attendees included Philly Rae Davis, Charlotte Smith, many Barrons, Baylies, Evans, Koch, Hoch family, and other local guests.
Miss Catherine Warehime will host Wednesday night at 7 30 to the members of the Past Chiefs Association of the Pythian Sisters at her home on the Nelsonville Athens Road.
The Buchtel Parent Teacher Association will meet Thursday at 7 30 pm in the school building. Members are urged to attend this first meeting as important matters are to be considered including electing a new president to replace Mrs Wagner who has resigned. Miss Johnson directs the program.
Twenty six members and seventeen guests attended the Eather Class of the Christian Church in Nelsonville for a monthly business session led by Mrs. Loren North. A 6 o'clock dinner preceded devotionals by Mrs. Shaner and a nominating committee was named by President Mrs. Sam Gillham. Plans were set for a Halloween party. next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Sam Gillham.
Nelsonville church business meeting of the Christian Church Class of the Business Girls elected officers led by president Franc ee Bennett and vice president Kether Verity. Genevieve Beagle will serve as secretary and treasurer with Mrs Steenrod as teacher. After the session a two course lunch for 19 members and five guests.
Nelsonville R F D No 8 residents Mr and Mrs Bob Mackey and others from Logan visited Mr and Mrs L C Eckies and Mr and Mrs Ed Heft on Sunday. Heft and daughter Lois Ann and Mrs Ed Heft visited friends in Carbondale Sunday evening. Charles Marestiller, recently ill, is reported to be recovering.
Mrs. Fred Coakley of 328 Adams Street reports a red dahlia nine feet tall in her garden. The plant currently has four blooms and twenty buds, with color and condition unchanged for three years and the plant remains in the ground.
Mrs Donald Betts entertained the Nelsonville bridge club last night with a 6 o clock dinner for three tables of players. High scores were held by Mrs Ear Linscott and Mrs Estell Crabtree at the close of play.
The Athens Ohio Community Welfare Association votes to dissolve by January 1 1935 and wind down activities after completing 1934 funding. Judge Johnson dissents arguing continued local fundraising preserves a unified welfare effort and preserves essential hospital and youth programs.
X ray pictures at Grant Hospital Columbus show Emory Dump Lantz Trimble injured in an automobile accident in this city Saturday afternoon has a fractured skull. The fracture is lower on the back of the head than the earlier cut. It will be several days before the extent of injuries can be determined. Lantz seemed to be improving Saturday night but his condition worsened Sunday and he was placed in the hospital by local ambulance.
A regular Progressive Study Club meeting led by president Mrs Hazel Janchius was held at Mrs Mary Bryson's Spring Street residence with 17 members. A paper on Gibraltar Pillar of Hercules was read by Mrs Garnet Drury and the group sang America the Beautiful. The next meeting is set for Oct 22 at Mrs Ora Kittle's home. Art news mentions the Hodgson family birth of a nine pound son Billy Hubert with grandparents and great grandparents named.
William James Jr attended the funeral of Michael Collins Sr. in Athens on Monday morning. James and Collins were 50 year friends who worked together in old Mine No. 7 between Corning and Rendville during the early history of coal mining in Sunday Creek Valley.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M and Church will hold a meeting at Mrs. M. M. Bryson's home on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Glouster Lodge No. 607 F and A M will confer the entered apprentice degree at a special communication on Wednesday night.
A faulty flue in the kitchen of Mrs. Edith Mills apartment in the D. J. Morgan Building on South High Street caused a fire department run at 10:15 Monday morning. The blaze was extinguished with minor damages and city water need was not required. 0. FE. Ss. TO MEET GLOUSTER A regular meeting of Thea Chapter O B S will be held tonight.
Nelsonville residents host relatives and friends during weekend visits. Funeral services for Homer McManaway were held at Stouts Funeral Home with ministers from Lancaster and Carbondale officiating. Lucile Conner and Lawrence Dixon plan to marry at Point Pleasant West Virginia with Rev Shiplet conducting the ceremony.
Miss Betty Figgins entertained her bridge club at West Washington Street Saturday night. Refreshments followed the game and Betty Verity and Martha Sheppard shared high scores.
Max Bennett of this city pleaded guilty to reckless driving before Mayor Holland yesterday. He was fined $10 and the affidavit was filed by the State Highway Patrol.
Howard V. Gillogly of Pataskala will exhibit draft horses at the Lancaster Fair this week. M. Gillogly, a former Athens County resident, will show Percheron and Belgian stallions.
October gathering of the Willing Workers Class opened with a song and the Lord’s Prayer. Mrs Ferne Johnson led the business session and a dinner and supper was planned for Wednesday. Iris Pettit and Connie Brown won contests. 27 members and one visitor attended.
The first Shade P T A meeting of the school year was held in the High School Auditorium on Sept. 25. Supt. Miller and local teachers spoke. Rev. Earl Cowen offered financial aid through the P T A. A nominating committee was chosen to select officers for the coming year. Several local residents are mentioned in the social notes.
Mrs Cynthia Lanning of Chauncey and Sylvester Hammond of Trimble were married in Athens Saturday at 3 pm in the First Christian Church parsonage with Rev R J Downs officiating. They dined at Mrs Florence Keeton's home in Pomeroy and plan to live in Chauncey.
Chauncey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chalfan announce the birth of an eight pound daughter Arvella Mae at home Monday. Mother formerly Florence Williams of Wellston. Grandparents: Mrs. Lydia Chalfan of Chauncey and Mr. and Mrs. Holly Williams of Wellston. Also notes Mrs. Dave M. Sawyer of Dover Township is suffering a serious foot infection.
Clover Farm Stores officials from 12 counties gathered at Hotel Berry for a sales meeting led by Lester H Lipton Cleveland VP operations and Charlies H Freer Cleveland HQ. The session covered distribution plans store service and delivery. A speaking picture and new fruit and vegetable display equipment were shown.
Woodrow Jeffers of Radcliff Vinton County pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated at arraignment before Mayor Len B. McCune. He is held to the grand jury under a $300 bond after a Friday arrest following a collision with a truck on Court Street. Frank Robinson and David Bobo of Sugar Creek were fined $5 and costs each after pleading guilty to intoxication charges.
E. C. Shively secretary treasurer of the Ohio Railroad Association spoke to the Athens Kiwanis at the Berry Hotel covering all transportation modes including bus truck waterway airplane and railroad. Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins Ironton attended as a guest. Tickets were handed out for the Kiwanis Home-Coming Ball on November 9 to benefit the underprivileged child fund.
Chauncey Ohio October 9 sixteen mines listed for work the largest daily district total in weeks. Poston No 6 Millfield idle Chauncey No 25 and Hocking on the list active mines include 219 158 69 15 68 10X Ohio 1 Chauncey No 25 Hocking Kimberly Salem Hollow Black Diamond Coonville Cardondale Lunrig Lick Run
Telegraph operators Chauncey Mayor W D Hines Chauncey A R Woodyard Jackson ville R E B Hines Burr Oak and E S Bingman E A Andrews Glouster attended the funeral of Lee Brown Rutland operator who died in Holzer Hospital Services were held Sunday at 3:30 in the Rutland Church of Christ conducted by Rev O Williams
Visitors from York Grange and Canaan Grange attended the Trimble Grange No. 1830 inspection Saturday night. Degree work and juvenile program were presented along with a lecture hour led by Mrs. Fred Fisher. Refreshments followed the subordinate Grange event. Chauncey Men’s Bible Class to meet Thursday night at Chauncy Church of Christ with Dan E. Johnson presiding and church orchestra providing music.
Mr and Mrs Edward Courtney of Chauncey announce the marriage of their daughter Alice to Virgil Hamilton of Chauncey. The ceremony was held September 25 at Point Pleasant West Virginia with the bride’s parents in attendance.
Chauncey mayor vows to curb Halloween pranks including soaping windows and salt throwing on homes. He warns arrests will follow complaints and guilty parties will be charged. the initiative aims to stop pranks during Halloween season.
Chauncey Friendship Class of the Church of Ching meets Wednesday night with Rev and Mrs G ney in charge. A busy social session follows with masked members. Mrs Joe King leads gram and entertainment while Rankin presides over business. Mrs Gladys Pick handles devotionals. Social committee includes Mrs Helen Courtney, My Smith, and Mrs Roena Si.
Fragmentary notes show a county commission meeting with resolutions mourning the deaths of L Wood and H Blackwood. The record mentions funeral dates and adjournment actions, including requests to county officers to close offices at noon. Names include F F Kittle, Mr Biddy, and Frank.
Union A held a business meeting Tuesday night with Rev. Ray Huff in charge and officers were elected. Mrs. Lester Cooper left Tuesday to visit relatives in Barberton Ohio. Dave Jones has a new furnace installed at home. Charles Dailey was injured Thursday in the Ash Pit at The Plains and was taken to Athens for treatment in serious condition. Charles Hollands suffered severe hand lacerations last Friday when his car went over a bank into the John Withers barn lot.
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