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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1932
Page
3
Perry County observers report 30 pickets at the Dixie Coal Company mine near Bristol for a second straight morning. The site employs about 12 workers cleaning up, with 50 expected under a reduced operation. workers seek rotation among former employees as a dispute lingers.
The Missionary Society of the Church of Christ will meet Thursday night at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. John Love Short Street. Mrs S Lane group will serve as hostesses with Lane in charge of the program. Mrs Clarence White will lead the devotional service and a silver offering will be taken. Mr and Mrs Edward Ross announce the birth of a daughter Friday Sept 30 at their Columbus home. Mrs Ross formerly Miss Marie Courtney is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Courtney Franklin Street.
The Christian Sunday School Business Girls Class and teacher Mrs Frank Betts met Monday night with president Miss Helen Verity Madison Street for a business session. A social time followed, and a luncheon was served to 15 members and two guests Miss Sue Maze and Miss Esther Maze of Cleveland.
Mrs. Miles Howe hosted a Saturday afternoon 3 to 5 o clock birthday party for her son Raymond at her Elizabeth Street home. Twenty two children attended enjoying games and contests with a Halloween themed refreshment course and hats as favors. Gifts were given to the guest of honor. Visitors from Nelsonville including Virgil Young and daughter Mary Ellen and Dora Wilson and son Jimmie also visited Earl Davis and family in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Mrs. Charles Courtney and granddaughter Audrey Reinhart returned from Columbus after visiting her daughter Mrs. Ed Ross and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Mitchell of Columbus were here Sunday. Mrs. Frank Betts and the Coleman sisters spent Saturday in Columbus. Misses Sue and Esther Maze of Cleveland visit relatives here for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Butterman of Columbus visited the Ervin family on Walnut Street.
A. Ray Lyman Wilbur, secretary of the Interior, told Cincinnati Republicans that Hoover is the “great doctor” of a disordered world and that the coming election tests the citizens, not Hoover. He urged voters to use their wits in deciding.
Japanese troops pressed a wide front offensive against guerrillas. Reports say 300 insurgents attacked Hailu and 100 were killed, with seven Japanese casualties. In a separate skirmish south of Hailungfu a detachment defeated 500 long swords, killing 46.
Miss Viola Fell county health nurse will speak to the Athens Council for Childhood Education on Wednesday evening at the Colonial The meeting will be preceded by dinner at 5 30 o clock.
Maurice Maschke a veteran political leader was slated to testify today in his own defense in a case charging the embezzlement of $177 000 from the Cuyahoga County Treasury.
Columbus notes Governor George White and former governor Vic Donahey will speak at a celebration for the opening of State Route 16 in Frazersburg Ohio. The event is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Indictments charging the fraudulent publication of an advertisement have been handed down against three employees and one former employee of the Youngstown Telegram. The grand jury acted under County Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas amid ongoing political controversy between the newspaper and the prosecutor.
Margaret Lucilla Young four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond L Young Marion died at City Hospital from a blow on the head after a gas pipe used to knock hickory nuts from a tree fell on her. Her father who runs a filling station sped to the hospital burning out bearings on his car. She is survived by six brothers and sisters.
Los Angeles police questioned after a claim that Arthur Metcalf killed Milred Scheidler near Needles while hitch-hiking across the country. The 20-year-old La Porte, Indiana woman appeared alive to refute the tale of murder.
Cleveland city council approved a resolution to appoint a commission to determine compensation for Mrs. Florence M. Martin and her daughter Beverly who were injured when a gunman commandeered their car during a Saturday gun battle with police. The mother was wounded and the daughter suffered a fractured skull.
East Side, Central and Rufus Putnam schools host after school football practices with student captains leading lines. Rufus Putnam captain Johnny Marchinke expands his squad to include younger grades, while East Side captain Bob Drake and associate Bill Eddy oversee a growing roster. Central trains sixth and fifth graders with Perry Maniskas selecting lineups, and lists players such as Orin Mansfield, Richard Pierce, Daniel Bardin, and Bill Eddy among others.
The Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church will host a tea and social Thursday from 3 to 5 PM at Mrs. C. M. Coulter residence. It kicks off a series to promote sociability foster acquaintance and raise funds for the auxiliary.
Mrs William Morgan returned from Columbus where she visited Mr and Mrs Vance Morgan and Mr and Mrs C Fisher and family.
Nelsonville resident Mary A. Parry 87 says prohibition is a failure. She recalls more money in circulation and lively saloons in the past, notes men chose to enter bars, and presses for equal suffrage. Born in Ireland, she moved at 14 and lived near Nelsonville, with Civil War veteran husband and 11 children, now two living.
Reports detailing annual activity from all Athena County Welfare groups were delivered at the Chamber of Commerce room. Four trustees were elected for two year terms, with Treas. W. B. reporting cash in bank and disbursements across Salvation Army Red Cross Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and W C A. Final pledges total 14 266 28 with 8 101 07 unpaid.
William A. Alderman, 60, a filling station operator, was shot and killed by a robber at his station one mile east of Cambridge on the National Road Monday night. Belmont County dairymen weigh a proposal from Wheeling market to fix milk at 1.80 per 100 pounds.
Lima police arrested Orville Ambler M4 and Gerald Ambler 29 for allegedly manufacturing counterfeit 10 cent pieces in Lima. Authorities say the brothers were taken into custody today and await further legal action.
Raymond E. Smith, 33, files for divorce in Cincinnati claiming his wife did not drink enough for sociability. He says she sold home brew and solicited his friends to buy the brew.
Lima news reports Dr. Herman Turk is placed temporarily in charge of the Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane after the death of Dr. W. H. Vorbau on October 7. State Welfare Director John McSweeney expects a successor within about two weeks.
Richard Steffy aged 28, an insurance collector in Cincinnati, was shot and wounded by three robbers last Thursday night and died last night from his injuries. The assailants were described as three Negro men.
About 2000 Notre Dame University students will travel to Cleveland for the Notre Dame Navy football game on November 19 at Municipal Stadium. It marks their first trip to an Ohio city and the annual student travel game.
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