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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1933
Page
3
The board reports the opening date set for September 18 with plans to begin promptly on the first day. Repairs at the senior high and East building are near completion by Sept 18 supported by relief labor. Textbooks will be available Sept 4 at Gem Pharmacy with no major changes expected.
Nelsonville reports A. C. Kontner completes remodeling of his Adams Street grocery store and announces a formal opening on Saturday September 9. Two vendors will demonstrate nationally advertised products as the green and cream interior, new refrigerator display, updated shelves, window boxes, a cake rack, and a partitioned meat cutting area debut.
Miss Betty Gullum of Athens guests Miss Mary Elizabeth Kessinger and returns home. Miss Ethel Wade to Broad Acre Ohio next Tuesday. Rev. A. M. Lamb visits Pittsburgh after a stay with sister Mrs J M Hyde. Betsy Baldwin, Mrs Frank Knox visit Columbus on business. Pete Shough, Columbus business visitor. Mr and Mrs J P Rice of Columbus visit kin in Athens. Mrs W H Parks spends day in Columbus. Mrs Ethel Kelly returns to Toledo after week with her parents in Athens.
Murray City officials announced that the Murray City schools will resume classes on Tuesday, September 5, marking the start of the new academic year.
Holy communion service set for Sunday at 10 30 at First Methodist Church Nelsonville. It marks the final Communion of the current conference year with the Senior Choir directed by Prof C E Poston providing special music and chanting responses.
Nelsonville reports the funeral service for Mrs Henry Eichinger at Middleport and later for Rev and Mrs C H Eichinger in Syracuse both linked to an automobile accident near Circleville on Tuesday. Rev Sayre led the local service.
Nelsonville September 1 Mrs Sarah Elizabeth McCloy aged 87 died at her Murray City home Her husband Eli McCloy died three years ago She leaves six children Funeral services Sunday at 1 pm at granddaughter Mrs Alva Smiths Murray City residence with burial at New Straitsville
The W. B. A. Club will meet tonight with Mrs. Ruth Krider on Chestnut Street for a planned gathering.
Frank Bonifield resumed his duties as coach at Car micheal High School. Mrs Bonifield and their daughter Bonnie Lu will join him soon, returning to the city in the near future.
Murray City hosts the Drakes on Sunday at 2 30 oclock with a large crowd expected to attend the local matchup.
A postal card to Dr. C. W. Super of 44 West Union Street reports his two sons Frank Super and Professor Ralph Super of Hamilton College are touring the Southwest and will cross into Mexico today. The card mailed from San Antonio notes they have used 7 gallons of gas to date.
The Past Noble Grands Club met at the I O O F Hall with hostesses Mrs J H Rice Mrs Fred Stauffer and Mrs I N McHarg. Miss Carolyn McKinstry led the meeting and guest Mrs Earick won the mystery box. A picnic is planned for Sept 13 at Mrs McHarg's home. Fifteen members and four guests attended.
Miss Helen Lowry of Athens was guest of honor at a bridge party hosted by Mrs. L. B. Nagel in Columbus Thursday evening. Miss Catherine McLean held a bridge luncheon for Lowry, and Mrs. Carl O. Boucher hosted a dinner and bridge. Lowry will stay in Columbus to resume teaching at Heyl Avenue School.
Mrs. Lowell Lewis of Piqua Ohio and Miss Mamie Dickson of Youngstown Ohio were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Brooks Russell of Albany Wednesday evening Mrs Lewis will return to Piqua next week where her husband is instructor in the Piqua Schools Miss Dickson has gone back to Youngstown where she is commercial teacher in the Y M C A Preparatory School of Youngstown
Gallipolis reports Major O G Lyle and Colonel Serge Androb of Gallipolis with Mayor Clyde M Blake of Crown City returned from Fort Knox Kentucky where the annual army training camp featured motorized field pieces of the first cavalry and a new method of ground communication with airplanes in the air during a battle.
Washington District Supreme Court Justice Daniel W. O’Donoghue upheld the Agricultural Adjustment Administration as constitutional. The ruling states that the national emergency transcends vested rights of contract and property.
Logan Ohio dispatch reports Arthur Robison was arrested for out of season squirrel hunting in Hocking County. He was fined 25 dollars and costs and his gun was confiscated. The confiscation is now standard procedure in illegal hunting arrests.
Falls through a window injuring Junior Chasteen son of Noah Chasteen of Vinton at home in Holzer Hospital for treatment after Thursday morning mishap. He suffers from loss of blood and is weakened by injuries.
Gallipolis firefighters extinguished a small blaze in a camping tent behind H. B. Pierson's home at 610 Fourth Avenue. Fire started in bed clothing in the tent and threatened Pierson's garage Thursday night.
David C. Warner, executive secretary of the Ohio Water Conservation Board, told Glouster audiences that Sunday Creek Valley’s future prosperity depends on a dam backed water system. A 50 foot high dam near East Branch mouth could create a seven mile lake, aid flood control, supply water for domestic and industrial use, and generate cheap electricity, with flood control benefits to the Ohio River watershed.
Mrs. T. J. Wallace celebrated her eighty third birthday and son W. W. Wallace theirs sixtieth with a family dinner at the home of E. E. Mc Coy in Newark. Attendees included relatives from Maplewood Cambridge Huntington and Akron among others and telegrams and flowers conveyed good wishes. In Glouster local government and schools plan evening meetings at the city building and high school respectively.
GLOUSTER Sept 1 The all colored Armco baseball team of Zanesville will play Glouster All-Stars on the local grounds Sunday at 2 30 p m In Thursday nights Twilight League action Elachs Restaurant team defeated Sayres Specials 9 4
Congress man Robert Secrist of Senecaville joins the Glouster Labor Day program to discuss the NRA and mining issues in Ohio. The event includes a 9:30 a.m. parade with seven bands four orchestras and three drum corps and ends with three dances at night.
Gallia County exhibitors take part in state fair activities as booths and displays align with the event. Recent signers with the NRA at the Federal Building include Gallipolis Oil and Gas Co Clarence Hammonds Restaurant C R Niday Oil Co American Telephone and Telegraph and Oscar Woods Garage. Judge J S Clark names Sarah E Hesson administratrix of the estate of John C Hesson who died October 5 1918 at Camp Sherman.
In Gallipolis many locals stand out from Sheriff Elmer Hatfield to Ed Myers the new county treasurer and Chauncey Fife the surveyor. The piece revels in colorful anecdotes from Red Cross gifts to a pink dressing gown, a white mustache, and glimpses of local businesses, showboats, and crafts, painting a lively portrait of community life.
Gallia County Future Farmers of America group and William Houck won prizes at the State Fair in Columbus. Vinton FFA won second in farming ability with apples, pullets, and poultry pens. Houck won fifth among 25 entries with Barred Plymouth Rock chickens. The winners may enter the Gallia County Fair September 12 to 14.
Mrs Ella Poole, once critically ill at Holzer Hospital, shows improvement and is now at the home of her sister Mrs Bert Gillingham on Fourth Avenue. Miss Helen Lyons leaves Tuesday for New Lexington to attend St Aloysious High School. Eight guests were entertained by Miss Lyons at a farewell party for Mrs Carrie C Walker with bridge and high scores by Paul Healy and Mae Epling.
Admissions to Holzer Hospital Thursday include Baron Martin of Arlee West Virginia for possible operation James F Falkner Gallipolis for treatment Carl Wayne Fife son of W E Fife Raccoon Island for treatment J M Burchfield Pt Pleasant West Virginia for treatment for injuries at Marietta Manufacturing Company plant Betty Bradbury Ryger daughter of Wymond Bradbury for tonsil operation Dismissals include Mrs Ella Poole Gallipolis after treatment and Mrs W W Jones Pt Pleasant after an operation.
Workers in Gallipolis water works completed several yards of service lines on Third Avenue this week advancing city infrastructure projects and improving local water service.
Rev BE L. Miller of Clay Chapel will address the Gallipolis Mission tonight. A program of special music will accompany the event, per director J M Ripley.
Gallipolis notices Sunday plan events at multiple churches. Baptist Church marks fifth pastorate anniversary with talks at morning service and Dr T F Chambers to speak at 7 30 pm. Grace Methodist Evangelical holds morning topics and a nurse graduates baccalaureate sermon. First Presbyterian features Satan's Greatest Defeat and nurse graduates remarks. Taxis Club resumes Sept 10 with airplane contest for attendance and new members.
Municipal Court in Gallipolis collected fines totaling 505 during the past month. City and county receive 403 while the state gets 51, according to Mayor A. J. Stormont.
Giants defeated Greenfield 5 to 4 after twelve innings at Gallia Academy Athletic Field. Gilmore scored the winning run on R Mitchell's double to left in the bottom of extras.
Gallipolis reports two weekend dances at the LaFayette Hotel with one Saturday and one Labor Day show. Ray Claar, manager of the hotel dance operations, says special acts are booked for the floor shows on both nights.
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