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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1936
Page
2
In Nelsonville the St Andrews Catholic Church on Jefferson Street completed a summer remodeling project costing about 1600. Congregation and friends redecorated the interior and exterior, added new memorial windows, refinished woodwork, and updated flooring with marbleized linoleum along the central aisle.
Carbon Hill schedules a community home coming for September 20 in the Carbon Hill Gymnasium. Sunday School at 9 30 a Morning service at 10 4 A basket dinner at noon followed by an afternoon musical program. All former residents are urged to attend with about 200 expected.
The church refurbished its sanctuary using a new iron altar rail and repurposed auditorium space as a covering for the sanctuary. Father William Kelly led the project with congregation support, plans include new cross stations and two side altars later. The building was dedicated November 30 1893 by Rt Rev J A Watterson.
The body of Harold J. Hunter 19 of Doanville was returned to Nelsonville from a CCC Camp in Pocatello Indiana after dying Friday night from a brain tumor. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Hunter two sisters Mrs Frank Smith and Mrs Hunter and a brother Bobby. Funeral services set at the Hunter home Wednesday at 4 pm officiated by Rev Evans.
Nelsonville couple Mr. and Mrs. Henry Todd mark their 80th wedding anniversary with a Friday observance at their Route 2 home. Attending will include Mr. and Mrs. Worth Cox, 10 children all plan to return for a 5 o'clock basket dinner, plus two grandchildren.
Nelsonville report notes York Township Grange members will host a bingo party at York Grange hall Wednesday at 8 o clock.
Nelsonville reports the third annual Pyle reunion at Sam and. Mrs. Pyle's Millfield residence with buffet for 70 relatives. The 1937 reunion is planned for Labor Day at the same location and lists attendees from several towns including Detroit Newark Chauncey Murray City Mineral City Mansfield Dover Wheeling with many Pyle family members and spouses.
The Phi Club staged a Saturday stag party for 35 members and two guests Dick Humphrey of Columbus and Carl Brockman of Detroit at their W Washington Street residence. The event tops a slate of social gatherings planned for the fall and winter including an upcoming public Halloween dance.
Twenty two members and one guest Mrs Orland Gandee attended the Esther Class gathering at the Christian Church. After the business session bingo followed and a late two course refreshment was served by Mrs Loren North aided by several helpers.
NELSONVILLE The first fall meeting of the Methodist Guild will be held Thursday night at Miss Florence Cook s home with Miss Blanche Moorehead and Miss Iva Murphy assisting. Mrs. Nelson Dow yer will read the study book discussion. NELSONVILLE The Degree of Pocahontas will hold a weekly benefit bingo party Wednesday evening at the Red Men s Hall with a special registration prize. NELSONVILLE The Jr. O U A M is giving its weekly benefit bingo party Tuesday evening at 8 o clock in the I O O F Hall. NELSONVILLE The Mizpah Class meeting has been postponed to Wednesday Sept 23 with Mrs. Bertha Barker host, Mrs. Sadie Barker assisting, Miss Pearce leading devotions and Miss Howard social program. NELSONVILLE James Sharp and Julius Fischer are spending the week at Indian Lake fishing. NELSONVILLE Charged with intoxication, Hubert Klotz pleaded guilty in Mayor Holland s court. He was fined 5 dollars and costs. NELSONVILLE R C Cook and Harry H Jackson represented Haybrow Council RAM and St Bernard Chapter at grand council and grand chapter sessions in Columbus.
Miss Effie McKee of Dayton visits relatives in the area and stays with Mrs. Vernon Cagg. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson of Riverside California and Mrs. H. D. House of Delaware with local families. Several families share Sunday visits and CCC Camp gatherings among Whitmore Birtcher and Hulmes households.
Twenty six members and four guests attended the Circle of Ruth first fall meeting in Nelsonville. Hostesses Mrs. Fred Edington Mrs. C H Ruble Miss Ada Scheeler Dorothy Vorhes Ruth Eberle arranged a table of fall blooms. Miss Luchaber led devotions and Mrs. Krieg used the Year Book of Prayer. Members presented papers on National and Foreign Topics.
When brides select a monogram for silverware they may use either their maiden name initials or combined initials of her first and last names with the groom’s last initial. A revived custom places the groom’s large initial above smaller initials of her first and his first names joined by a plus sign.
Visit in Columbus family Lamborn Richards and daughter La Vern return home after hospital appendicitis surgery in Columbus on Sept 2. Pythian Sisters meet at Southern Hotel with 30 initiates and 300 sisters. A New Straitsville man charged with intoxication after clubbing by city marshal. Trimble Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs John Wolfe home. Glouster Lodge to perform BE degree. FuneraI for George Williams attended by Dr and Mrs James Park and Mr and Mrs John Park at the Park home.
Roanoke Virginia resident Mrs Elisabeth Thomas with her son Jimmie visits her parents Mr and Mrs Wes Collins in Glouster and her sister Mrs Cora Auer in Trimble.
A Fremont resident reported a blinking attic light prompting power company workers to inspect. Electricians concluded a firefly became stuck in a cobweb causing the faint glow and mistaken fire alarm readings.
Carl McNutt demonstrated an electric washer when lightning struck his Toledo area home. His beard was singed but he escaped unharmed, and no major structural damage was reported.
Actors John Arledge and Louise Latimer star in a program titled Border Patrol Man. George O Brien and Shirley Temple with June Lang and Slim Summerville headline Captain January.
Miss Gloria Hodgson of Hollister married Marshall Buckner of Columbus at a August 4 ceremony in Marys, West Virginia. The bride, a Hollister High School graduate, has worked in Columbus, and the couple now reside there. A bridal shower honored Mrs Buckner at the Hodgson home with many gifts and games featuring prizes for several attendees.
Several Hungarian families from this vicinity attended the annual home coming at the Hungarian Church in Drakes Sunday. A noon dinner, speakers from Cleveland, Chillicothe, Columbus Greens Run and Millfield, and dancing on a large platform marked the event. Attendees from this district included Mr and Mrs Alex Ross and son Norman Mr and Mrs Steve Toth and son Steve Jr Miss Esther Murvey Bert Andrew and Lewis Murvey and Walter Zukowski all of Greens Run and Mr and Mrs Herman Theisen of Millfield.
Water shortages force Mine 267 in Hunterdon County to cease operations last Friday. No active water supply for the big reservoir hampers mining, and hauling water may be needed if business resumes.
The Rothwell Club held its first meeting of the season at Mrs. Mary Hawk's Spring Street home with a two course dinner on the porch. President Mrs. C. A. Bingman led the business session as members sang the club creed and shared updates since spring. Four guests attended and many members listed events since the last meeting. The next gathering is set for September 24 at Mrs. C. A. Bingman's Madison Street home.
Mr and Mrs Pear Loomis announce the birth of an eight pound son born Sunday.
The First Baptist Church Missionary Society met with president Mrs. Ethel Riley presiding. The session opened with Work for the Night is Coming, scripture from Psalm 136 read by Mrs. Carey, and prayer by Mrs. Williams. Reports on the association were given by Mrs. Anna Mayle and Mrs. Effie Brown. A short program featured solos by Mrs. Anna Mayle and Miss Annetta Bland with musical selections by Miss Ethel Morris.
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