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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1929
Page
6
C L Stout led a Rotary Club program in Nelsonville detailing the upcoming YMCA drive in October. Guests Vance Morgan of Columbus and Gus White of Athens attended the session.
Edward Johnson and Thomas Johnson along with James Johnson of Columbus are in Nelsonville to visit old friends. Thomas Johnson, owner of The Lorain Coal & Dock Company, has retired, while Edward Johnson serves as president of Lorain Coal & Dock and Laredo Coal & Mining Company. James Johnson is assistant general manager for both firms.
At the Nelsonville fair Grange tent a glass case displays a deep sea plant lookalike made from human hair. Crafted by Mrs. Nettie Young from hair of 30 families, the work belongs to Clifford Young of Hamsey Run and debuted in June 1876.
The W C T U gathered at Mrs Frank Johnson's Jackson Street home with Mrs Thomas Spencer presiding. Officers for the coming year include Mrs Sam Starkey as president and Mrs Ada James as recording secretary. The group heard plans for the county convention and a talk by Mrs H P D Van Kirk of Columbus.
Nelsonville Sept 11 Isem Chute arraigned yesterday before Mayor A J Eberle on a charge of malicious destruction of property filed by his wife. He entered a plea of not guilty, waived preliminary examination and was held to the grand jury under a $200 bond. Chute was night patrolman here several years ago. Mr and Mrs Frank Poston and son Frank Jr have returned from a motor trip through Virginia and Maryland.
In Nelsonville Old Home Week opens with strong crowds and pleasant weather. Floral display awards go to Mrs. Fred Coakley Mrs Isle Stephenson and others as 31 exhibitors enter the show. Home economics judging follows with Miss Miriam Slater and T H Johnson assessing canned goods baking and crafts.
The Athens County Medical Society held its first fall session at Dr. A. L. Pritchard’s Nelsonville office with broad attendance. Notables included Dr. Austin Dean of New York City and Dr. Morgan Davies of Columbus. Attendees listed prominent doctors from Athens, Coolville, Haydenville, Carbon Hill, and other areas.
In Nelsonville on Fayette Street H W Shafer's grocery showcases a unique Homecoming window. Visitors see a miniature world including a log cabin, a log grist mill, pastures, produce, a corduroy road, rail fences and grazing stock illustrating a quaint rural landscape.
Ed Zuber announces all children must be vaccinated before attending school next Monday. Several have ignored the Board of Education ruling and will face denial of admission if not vaccinated by week’s end.
JGLOUSTER Sept 11 A meeting of the Board of Public Affairs will be held tonight to consider installing a new water line from the waterworks Plant to the wells supplying the city. The wooden pipe system has lasted about 14 years and, under pump pressure, the lines fail to hold the strain, stressing the equipment. Sam Dennett and Worthy Parker, the two duly appointed board members, will participate in the deliberations and action is likely.
The Rev. Paul E. Kemper of Mt. Perry, formerly minister at Nelsonville and longtime supervisor in Arkansas, is appointed pastor of Glouster Methodist Episcopal Church and head of the Glouster congregation. Local pastor Browning praises his holistic ability and pleasant personality. he is expected to fill the pulpit next Sunday.
Not until they arrived on their wedding trip were friends of Miss Laura Hankin and Alfred Rothfuss of Marion aware of their marriage. The wedding took place in Marion on September 1. The bride, a Gloucester High School graduate class of 1925, soon after graduation took a job in Marion. The couple will reside in Marion where Mr Rothfuss has a good position.
Funeral services for Mrs. William Rollins of Jacksonville are set for Thursday at Salem Church three miles west of Wellston. The procession leaves Jacksonville at 10 AM and burial will be in the Satem Cemetery. She died Monday in a Columbus hospital at age 40, leaving her husband and eight children after a major operation 18 days earlier.
Detroit bank circles were stirred by news of a proposed merger that would form a bank and trust company from the Union, Commerce Corporation and Guardian Detroit Bank group. The combined resources exceed 100 million dollars.
More than 1,500,000 African Americans, about one seventh of the race, now live outside the southern states, reflecting a broad migration pattern across the country. The statistic highlights shifting demographics and the impact on regional populations and communities.
A high wire act by Rita & Dunn suffered a near disaster when a heavy cable broke loose from a skylight on top of the Hyde Building. A 10 year old boy, Robert Yates, was bruised by a 200 pound sandbag as it fell. he was treated by Dr. A Le Pritchard and sent home. A stronger mooring has been installed for the act.
Sunday School members taught by Mrs. Thomas Spencer serve meals to the public in the Kreppel building on West Columbus Street during Homecoming week. Mr and Mrs John Kessler of Carbon Hill were guests Tuesday of Mr and Mrs N W Gibson.
Miss Betty Mechem hosted a Tuesday bridge shower for Mrs. Robert Keynes of Logan. Four tables competed with Mrs John Zeller Jr winning high score and Mrs George Marshall taking the sow. Mrs Keynes received the guest prize and gifts, with Akron among the guests. A luncheon followed using garden flowers as centerpieces.
Miss Marie Stowe teaches in St. Clairsville after leaving Nelsonville High School. Mrs. W. S. Jones and daughter Louise return to Columbus after visiting Mrs. EE Cable and Mrs. S ik Dean. Mrs. Leslie Cox returns from Columbus visit with her son Charles Cox. Elmer Windle and Margaret Saxon announce the birth of a son, with Lewis Windle as grandparent. Various residents visit or travel to Lancaster Columbus Bellaire Logan Steubenville and Columbus for family and social visits.
The piece extols machine sheds as a strong investment for farmers noting sun and weather damage to binders. It promotes McCormick Deering Farmall and 15 30 for year round farming and highlights a minister and boy versus man exchange as a short joke about violence.
An agricultural advertisement touts McCormick Deering engines feed grinders and related equipment for farms. It promotes 1½ to 16 hp engines, grain and forage grinders, ensilage cutters, broadcast seeders, corn binders, tractors and wagons with easy credit. It also notes soil acidity tests and lime to improve yields.
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