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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
11
Staff correspondent C H Bartlett urges readers to use the Telephone Your News Your Society and Locals service at 42 W to share notices and society items. He invites contributions via the classified and circulation desk at 412 W.
Nelsonville High School will be represented for the first time in the All-Southeastern Ohio High School Orchestra in Portsmouth this Friday. The students travel by motor with Ward Hamm in charge. Musicians include Joy Barnicut Marjorie Hickman Helen Keating and Elwood McCreary.
Beionville High’s football team expects a heavy defeat as Middleport New Jackets visit Gro unds Friday. The Yellow Jackets aim for a second Southeastern Bio League title with a string of strong performances. Finsterwald, Greyhounds guard, is out with a cold.
Nelsonville residents and visitors from neighboring towns will attend a Christian Citizenship mass meeting at the Christian Church Friday at 7 39 pm. Rev Paul Emper of Glouster will speak, Logan women present a laylet, and the high school band will perform.
Betty and Jane Verity hosted a Tuesday evening masquerade for school friends at 43 Madison Street. Helen Stratton won best costume. Betty Hicks took second prize. Frances Hall and Hel Steenrod led in games. a large list of attendees included Jane Powell, Korie Holland, Jane Galvin, and Esther Dorst among others.
Misses Margaret and Ethel Johnson hosted the Girls’ Class at their Jackson Street home for a Sunday School event. Twenty members and guests attended a Halloween masquerade with prizes for Ilsie Grammer, Mrs. Clayton, Mrs. Huffman, Miss Lurity, and Barbara Steenrod. A course luncheon followed.
Margaret Bland hosted a Halloween party for nine guests at her Fort Street home on Wednesday from 6 30 to 8 30 in masquerade costumes. Prizes were awarded by Jane Fisher and Virgie. Refreshments were provided by Mrs James Bland.
The group known as G's Men will gather at the residence of William Siddle on Friday evening at seven for their regular prayer meeting.
Army engineers test the Sixty-Third Coast Artillery outside Los Angeles during Southern California War maneuvers. Capt A L Parmellee and Sgt G E Brunson hear aircraft hum via microphones and relay positions to HQ while Col Willis Peace directs the defense in the exercise.
Twenty eight local merchants contributed prizes for the annual Nelsonville community Halloween party sponsored by the Y M C A. Prizes go to best costume girl and boy, best musical number, best parade float, oldest and youngest in costume, oddest makeup, and cutest pet. Contestants register at the Y M C A for numbers and lineup at 6 30 pm with a parade starting at 7 pm in the Public Square.
Mrs Bernard Powell entertained 55 guests at a masquerade party Monday evening at her Adams Street home. Music dancing games and refreshments were enjoyed by attendees.
Col Ralph D. Cole told a small Republican meeting in Nelsonville that ten billion dollars of American capital funded a thousand European factories over two years, boosting foreign employment while U.S. factories lay idle. He urged a protective tariff to equalize costs and protect high wages, praising GOP leaders for keeping the United States from signing the Versailles Treaty as wars loom. Mayor Bill Hickman chaired the event.
Mrs. Etta Knight returned from a several days visit with friends and relatives in Columbus. Walter Keplar spent Wednesday with friends in Columbus. Mrs. Grover Douglas returned to Akron after weeks with her sister Letha Hartley. Mrs. C. A. Stover spends today and Friday in Columbus with relatives. Miss Treva Shaw came home from Columbus where she spent a week with her mother in Grant Hospital recovering from surgery. Mrs. Shaw's condition is reported favorable. John Stocklinton left today for Cleveland to meet his counterpart.
Dr. Joe Stocklin plans a stay in New York to begin interne work at Raybreck Hospital with his board. The Reverend Charles K. Granmer visited Columbus on Thursday, and Mr. and Mrs. Purward North with Bob and Mrs. Loren North were guests of relatives in Columbus.
Glen ford Dugan Post of the American Legion plans a Christmas drive to collect and distribute children's items and clothes. James Hall was named chair of the collection and distribution committee, with citizens urged to begin saving toys for needy kids. The post also thanked Dr. C. C. Cable and D. C. Cable for Civil War relics gifted by their father, Capt. Charles A. Cable.
Donors support a membership campaign during National American Legion Week in November. Ex-service members are urged to join by November 11, the campaign deadline.
Miss Pauline Whitlatch and her Methodist Church Sunday School Class held a Halloween party Tuesday evening at Miss Lucile Scott's Madison Street home. Thirty five members and guests attended with games contests and refreshments.
The body of 75 year old Frank Watkins formerly of Athens County died at his Cleveland home. It will be brought to Athena Friday morning then to his son Frank Watling Jr at 84 North Cemetery Street. Funeral services set for 2 o clock Saturday at Athens Christian Church with burial in West Union Street Cemetery officiated by Rev. M. E. Chatley.
The East Side School Student Council for grades four to six hosted a Halloween morning party with a costume parade around the grounds. Balloons colored variably. then class rooms held parties. An assembly featured Halloween tales and a playlet Moon Maggie with listed student roles.
Two bandits stopped Fred Gell a 41 year old driver for The City Ice and Fuel Co in Columbus October 11. They held him up and escaped with Zell's track and seven dollars.
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