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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1931
Page
8
Labor Day will be generally observed in Glouster on Monday with most businesses closed and mail not delivered. The post office will follow holiday hours, and no celebration is planned though two family reunions are set for Bishopville and Oakdale.
Samuel Craig 12 son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Craig died at home after a weeks long illness. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens for observation before returning home. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 PM at Adventist Church with burial in Glouster Cemetery.
Pearl Eileen Russell seven months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Marlow Russell of Millfield, was buried Thursday afternoon in Maplewood Cemetery near Glouster after dying Tuesday night at 9 45 oclock following a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the family home at two oclock conducted by Harvey Smith of near Bishopville.
The city council will hold a regular meeting at the City Building tonight at 7 oclock. Reports from department heads are expected during the session.
Mrs. A O Wolfe learns Thursday evening that her sister in law Mrs I W Brown died Saturday in Akron at 3 PM. Mr Brown, once a Gloucester resident, has lived in Akron for several years.
Ferne Tucker of Glouster will broadcast a musical program from Station WLAR in Zanesville next Sunday afternoon between 3 and 4 o clock and again Friday at the same hour. A fifth annual Smith Wogan family reunion will be at the McConnelsville Fair grounds Sunday with a basket dinner at noon. relatives urged to attend per Miss Mabel Tignor.
Sept 4 officials report the Trimble Township Board of Education has changed the meeting time from the last Saturday evening in each month to a new schedule pending notice.
The board sets monthly meetings on the first Tuesday evening at the Township Building in the city. Members gather at the Township Building to conduct official business and address community issues.
In Glouster on September 3 a Trimble baseball game with the American Legion was canceled when Trimble did not appear. To avoid disappointing fans two local teams formed and played a game in place of the advertised matchup.
Slick's Band of Glouster will perform at the Jones Phillips family reunion in the Bishopville grove next Monday. If rain, the event moves to the Bishopville Town House. A large attendance is anticipated from distant family members.
Louis Cejas a 27 year old Mexican who killed a Chinese man in a feud over an ex German countess was executed by lethal gas at Nevada State Prison. Witnesses watched through windows as 15 cyanide eggs were dropped into the chamber. He requested whisky and tomato juice before death.
The Ohio District of the Nazarene Church reports a record increase with 1 028 new members in the past year and seven new churches starting with 300 members combined. Rev C A Gibson was re elected as superintendent at the assembly held at the Nazarene Camp Grounds on Mock Road in Columbus Ohio.
A condemned prisoner faced execution by chemical fumes produced from a bucket of water and sulphuric acid. He could survive while holding his breath, but a single inhaled breath of the fumes proved fatal. Guards would not disclose if his request for whisky and tomato juice was granted.
Delaware O Sept 4 Up Intimate study of the minor planet Eros will be conducted by about 100 leading astronomers at the 46th meeting of the American Astronomical Society at Perkins Observatory Ohio Wesleyan University. Papers will cover Eros observations construction of a 69 inch telescope eclipses radiation absorption land tides meridian shifts and origins of minor planets.
John H. Barney Dempsey 49 older brother of Jack Dempsey died yesterday after a sudden asthma attack. He had battled asthma for years and his death followed hospital admission. Barney helped start the Dempsey boxing line in Colorado and Utah and later managed his brother during his rise.
Summit Grange No. 1728 will hold a regular meeting in Marshfield on Saturday night September 5 at 7 30. Members are expected to bring pie or sandwiches.
Kilgore Texas Sept 4 The East Texas oil field will open at 7 am tomorrow for production on a basis of 225 barrels of oil per well daily. The field will remain under martial law though some of the 709 troops now in the field will be sent home. Announcement followed the arrival of Adjutant General W W Sterling here with officers from Gov Ross Sterling.
The Lake Region disturbance keeps the area slightly unsettled for 36 hours with light showers tonight. Saturday brings fair skies and a modest warming trend after the showers. Highs earlier were Abilene 98 Boise 100 Phoenix 96 with lows today in Flagstaff 46 Duluth 46 Yellowstone 40.
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