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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1938
Page
2
Nelsonville City Council approved a plan to earmark all funds from a 1.5 mill levy for street lighting if the measure passes on November 8 1938. The action ensures money from the levy goes to the light plant fund for street lighting and sets a $5 000 yearly expectation over five years.
The Degree of Pocahontas sponsors a weekly benefit party at the Red Men's Hall in Nelsonville, set for Wednesday night at 8 o clock. Local residents are invited to attend for the fundraiser.
A large audience welcomed Robert M. Zimmerman a deep sea diver in Nelsonville for a Garden Club and Business and Professional Women’s Clubs event. His display of ocean curios filled the stage and accompanied by narration on his work the talk delighted listeners before a post lecture viewing of the curios.
The York Township Democratic Club approved an aggressive campaign for the Democratic ticket at the Buckeye Building headquarters. Attendance was strong as new by laws were adopted. A second meeting is set for Monday at 7 pm with a public rally planned and a state speaker to be invited.
Funeral services for Mrs. Deliah Bruce who died Sunday were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Pilgrim Holiness Church on Chestnut Street conducted by Rev. Ben Awe. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery.
Professor William A. Lewis, president of Rio Grande College, is recognized in the new Who's Who in America. Friends say his long work at Rio Grande amid fire losses and other handicaps merits the honor.
Nelsonville PTA moves to renew the three mill school tax levy for November election. The meeting led by Mrs J D Knight reports funds from rummage and tag sales benefiting band uniforms, 62 new members joined, and room counts favor Miss Mary Sharp's room. District Eagles meeting in Corning drew attendees from Athens, Murray City and Logan.
At a Mc Kinley Bricker Club meeting in the Legion Building plans were set for an active campaign with weekly Monday gatherings. A rally in Athens is slated for Wednesday with transport arranged by Mechem's Shoe Store. a Friday rally in Buchtel features John Silbaugh and Judge O W Rowland, plus music and refreshments. A later Nelsonville rally on October 27 will feature Congressman Thomas A Jenkins and Republican candidate Thomas Herbert. final details to be decided at October 24 meeting.
Rev Brownie of Morristown leads evangelistic services at Pilgrim Holiness Church New Floodwood each evening at 7 o clock. Rev Charles Hook serves as the church pastor.
Carl McDonald, who had pled not guilty in Mayors court, appeared Sunday and changed his plea to guilty on an intoxication charge. He was fined $10 and costs by Mayor C. G. Dew.
Members met Monday night in Emer son Hall and secured a number of new enrollments. The club aims to broaden outreach and recruit more participants to its activities.
Masonic funeral for Jonathan Rainey held at his Barbour Street home then at Jacksonville Trimble High School Auditorium. Weston Dressel spoke. musicians from Trimble Lodge and Chauncey Church of Christ provided music. Interment at Maplewood followed a large funeral cortege. many out of town attendees listed.
Mrs Kathleen Boyd joined the Ohio University Mortar Board at Athens in a Saturday ceremony. Local social notes list numerous weekend guests from Charleston Manhattan Chicago and Columbus and report funeral attendance for Mrs Katherine Howard and plans by the Ladies Aid Society for a chicken dinner and a carpet fund paper drive.
Gallipolis districts Bulaville and Eno schools shut due to diphtheria cases, per county health director Dr F W Shane. no new cases reported as closing orders come from local boards of education. Weekend marriage licenses issued for Warren Dewees and Mary Knapp of Leon West Virginia and D G Thomas and Orla Burnham of Plymouth West Virginia.
Workmen repaint exterior woodwork on the Methodist Church in Gallipolis. The Sunday School auditorium on the first floor has been rehabilitated and all repairs are to be completed during the present month.
Maude Hardesty Berry of Lawrence County sues Donald Dunfee for failure to support a six year old illegitimate child. The case, transferred by Justice S D Halley from Guven Township to the Court of Common Pleas, names Dunfee a Gallia County resident.
Gasoline and oil dealers of the county will gather at 7 30 p m Wednesday in Chamber of Commerce rooms at the Lafayette Hotel to discuss problems affecting their business.
Wooden nickels once warned against are now souvenirs in Cincinnati selling for 5 cents each to help finance the Sesquicentennial celebration. The campaign turns a cautionary phrase into a fundraising novelty.
Gallipolis hosts a Republican caravan led by John W. Bricker and Robert A. Taft for a noon rally in City Park. The tour follows Jackson and Aid and heads to Ironton, with township delegates to lead campaigns and distribution from the courthouse area.
Finley Fry 42 of Gallia County was interred at Salem Cemetery Gage after being shot in bed by nephew Walter Hendricks 17. Walter held on first degree murder with brother Alvertus 19 as driver. Family and friends attended the Salem Church rites.
Gallia County tobacco growers are urged by County Agent E. G. Roger to file a marketing form at designated meeting places across the county to secure proper planting allotments. Meetings run Oct. 24 to Oct. 27 at various townships and halls, including Addison, Bulaville, Greenfield, Springfield, Perry, Raccoon, Gallipolis Green, Clay, Harrison, Walnut, and Guyan townships.
Gallipolis Ohio Charles H McCormick 68 a Green Township farm resident died at his home Monday afternoon after weeks of illness Surviving sons Hayden Columbus Halsey Akron Hollis and Merrill Gallipolis daughter Mrs Irene Reynolds Orrville Ohio Funeral services set for Alexandria Church at 2 pm Wednesday
Gallipolis Ohio Dr G G Kineon superintendent of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics has returned from a storm swept New England coast. He will address the Rotary Club tonight and describe the storm's impact. Next Tuesday R M Winegardner of the Ohio Tax Commission speaks on department activities at the invitation of Stanley M Evans.
Gallipolis reports Mrs. Diantha Kincade age 86 died Sunday in Columbus at her daughter Lena Glassburns home. Funeral services were held at Bidwell M. E. Church this afternoon with Rev. R. R. Denney. Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery. She was a longtime Bidwell resident and lived in Columbus for about ten years with her daughter. Surviving sons are Claude Kincade of Jackson and Hollis Kincade of King's Mills, Ohio. GO TO COLUMBUS school music supervisors and art teachers attended a annual educational conference Monday.
Preparations for dedicatory exercises for the Lafayette Post American Legion headquarters in the new municipal building are complete. The public can inspect the building from 2:30 p.m. with tea served by the Woman's Auxiliary and musical numbers. The dedication at 4:30 p.m. will feature Judge A J Stormont and Judge W R White with ritual by Legion officials.
Dr. C. R. Niday, a paralysis patient, was moved from Holzer Hospital to his Gallipolis home on Monday. His condition is reported improved since the transfer.
Guy Matheny, 30, is held in city jail on a embezzlement charge alleged by Athens Messenger representatives. He is accused of withholding $60 belonging to the publishing company.
William Moore sues Wayne Shaver for 5000 dollars over an incident at Poplar Ridge Church two years ago. A jury previously awarded Moore 1009 dollars, but the verdict was set aside and a second trial ordered after the first trial in March.
Funeral services for the late Dr. C. L. Guthrie were largely attended at the L. L. Maddy home in Gallipolis and at Swan Creek Cemetery. Rev. L. W. Gishler led religious rites with pallbearers Hobart Dillo Wil Sidney Lanier Dona Pollitt L. L. Maddy and Frank Mills Jr. participating.
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