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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1930
Page
3
Local society and newssheet items note service appreciation and classifed circulation details for Mrs Evans. Phone 824-W for circulation inquiries and further notices in the Nelsonville York Township area.
Nelsonville High School Hi Y Club elected Lowell Hickman president for the year at a dinner meeting at the Y M C A with 20 members present. Bob Hall was chosen vice president and Paul Huddy secretary treasurer. New members include Bob Hillary Paul Shearer Clifford Scott Charles Finsterwald Earl Zuber Bob Wend Elden Ingram and Ed J Murphy. Regular meetings are held Thursdays at noon under Rev. Lloyd Evans.
Don Shater reported an electric hoist weighing about 1,000 pounds stolen from his property near Wimberly between Friday night and Monday morning. Police were notified yesterday about the missing equipment in the Prong Mine area.
Miss Ruth Lowry entertained a few friends at her Maple Hill home for her twelfth birthday. Candy making and games filled the afternoon as ice cream and cake were served to Ruby Moore Vivian McCombs Helen Linton Vivian Linton Vera Linton Julia Rose Leo Mihalek Hubert Lowry and Ruth Lowry.
Mr and Mrs R M Henry entertained thirteen guests with a picnic dinner Sunday evening at Old Man's Cave in honor of Mr and Mrs George Benaman of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
The ladies of St Patrick's Catholic Church Buchtel sponsor a euchre party at the parish hall this evening at 8 o clock. The public is invited to attend.
George Rogers Clark sesqui centennial events at Springfield drew praise from Nelsonville High School students. Northwestern University’s Doctor James spoke on Clark, Governor Cooper addressed at the George Rogers Clark State Park dedication, and a Piqua Battlefield pageant closed the day with a 150 year glimpse of Piqua life.
Nelsonville Oct 14 The Buchtel M E Church will observe Home Coming Day Sunday with all day services. All former pastors are expected to attend. A basket dinner will be served at noon. The church has been redecorated.
Following members of York Grange attended the Pomona meeting at New Marshfield Friday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Bart White, Mr and Mrs Ed Howard, Thelma and Millard Howard, Mr and Mrs Vernon Cage, Helen Wolfe, Mr and Mrs Homer Warehime and daughters Katherine and Marie, and George Brady.
The Esther Class of the Christian Sunday School will be entertained Thursday at the home of Mrs. Harley Mitchell in Columbus. A special bus will leave the Public Square Thursday morning at 7 o'clock for Columbus. All class members are invited to attend.
Fire Department was called yesterday afternoon to Oak Street where burning grass and leaves sparked a hillside fire threatening nearby property. The blaze was brought under control and extinguished with no damage reported.
The regular meeting of Eudora Chapter No. 82, Order of Eastern Star, is scheduled for 7 o'clock this evening at the Masonic Temple.
Robert McCauley and Howard Baker of Norwood were injured Saturday evening when a Ford left the road near Tunnel station. McCauley suffered a fractured right arm while Baker was cut and bruised.
A load of cutback asphalt arrived for patching the state highway through Glouster with a surfacing crew to follow from Urbancrest toward Trimble. The project includes resurfacing the Glouster brick road to Trimble and continues to the new paving in Trimble. Senator LeFever and a supporter presented the precinct re establishment case to the secretary of state in Columbus, receiving a favorable decision.
October meeting of the Mothers' Club was hosted by Mrs Wahneta Exenkamper with Mrs Inez Ley assisting. The theme Companions of Pals prompted devotionals and a club song as 45 members answered roll. Three papers were read by Lena Nicholas Mrs von Scheele and Mrs Cox. November gathering set for Mrs Georgia Sayre in Trimble.
Plan benefit home talent play See You Later to be presented at the Pastime Theater Jacksonville by the Parent Teacher Association. A second performance follows at the Jacksonville Trimble High School Building Auditorium on Wednesday night. Proceeds fund local school programs.
F C Hoon, longtime resident of Columbus who had been in Denver Colorado for two and a half years, is back in Columbus and now located in the city He is a son of W H Hoon of Bishopville.
In Bishopville the precinct marks its return with a jubilation meeting at the town house. J M Watkins of Bishopville and Senator LeFever of the city receive credit for re establishing the precinct after a recent ruling.
Alfred Morris Jr of Under Knife Glouster underwent an emergency surgical operation for a stomach ulcer at Grant Hospital Columbus on Sunday. His condition was serious on arrival. an immediate operation was performed and he is not yet convalescent. He was taken to the hospital by the C F Wallace Ambulance with Mrs Morris and Dr A J Crawford. Mrs Morris stayed with him.
Glouster reports a Sayre case mix up says Vern Sayre of Trimble claimed an appeal bond, while Mayor Penman stated it was also a peace bond. Journal notes the bond may be better described as a combination peace appeal bond.
Earl Moore was fined 5 dollars plus costs by Mayor Penman for using profane language on the street carnival grounds. He paid the fine and costs and his trial was scheduled for a later date after entering a not guilty plea.
General Electric and Westinghouse urged the Federal Radio Commission to modify their experimental relay broadcasting licenses to permit selling commercial programs. They argue relay broadcasting of international programs is no longer experimental and should receive commercial licenses, enabling paid services and international advertising on shortwave.
The Democrat Women’s Club of Athens County met at Athens City Hall to map a campaign to boost Democratic turnout in November. New precinct workers attended and weekly Monday meetings were announced through election day. Plans include securing a woman speaker from state headquarters.
A French postal plane crashed in the mountains of Spanish Morocco killing the pilot and three passengers. Among the dead were Mr. and Mrs. Tennille Dix of South Orange New Jersey. Mrs. Dix was formerly Miss Monica Goebel of Cincinnati Ohio.
Dayton police and sheriff's officers conducted an intensive search after an unknown assailant shot and killed 41 year old Robert Scott a gas station operator and dumped his body in a ditch near Dayton.
A new French formula named MELLO-GLO Face Powder claims unparalleled smoothness and longer wear. It is described as the purest powder, tests color well, and does not irritate skin or enlarge pores, offering a youthful bloom. Distributed by D. Zenner Co.
About fifty members of Athens Cas No 78 Spanish American War Veterans and families attended a picnic at the Athens County Fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon. The next meeting of the group is scheduled for November 36 in the Odd Fellows rooms.
Rev T Brumbaugh, a Methodist worker in Japan and Anglo Japanese relations expert, spoke at Rally Day services and a later union service. He described Japan’s science driven rise, limited Christianity impact, compulsory schooling cutting literacy to two percent, and plans to return to Tokyo to lecture to Methodist student groups.
The Ohio University Art Gallery opens this Thursday under Prof. F J Roos with a fleet show of modern etchings lithographs and wood blocks loaned by the Print Center in Hingham Massachusetts. Lectures by Walter Bipte and others begin at 8 00 pm in Fine Arts lecture hall free to students faculty and residents.
Home rooms at Athena City High School appointed 16 representatives led by Allen Spaulding and Mary McCune to form the student council with the executive board and class officers. The council set October 24 as the fall festival gate date, and home rooms planned festival booths and an assembly the Friday before the Nelsonville game.
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