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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1934
Page
3
Sept 20 reports Chauncey High School prepares for a decisive Friday game at 3 30 against Murray City with Nelsonville seen as the tougher opponent on paper. Hamden 43 to 0 result noted. close contest expected with strong fan interest and prior practice sessions mentioned.
The Elks building site at Nelsonville received approval to stay at the same location for a 30 year addition. The project, reported by Elks trustees, includes equipment improvements and interior refinishing, with plans for new desks, carpentry work, and updated toilet facilities. The current quarters expire in July and were moved from the W Columbus site after three bidders submitted bids.
Members of a bridge club enjoyed a progression at their meeting, beginning at 7 o'clock at a home and continuing with refreshments. Miss Genevieve im and Donald Betts were among those noted, with hats worn and escorted to the dining and bridge areas.
An advertisement touts pre and patent medicines claiming rapid improvement with first applications. It promises full refund if customers are not satisfied, urging continued use for better results and noting convenient access at a cut rate store.
Nelsonsville High School held its first assembly of the year featuring football as the theme. Bob Stalter served as master of ceremonies with talks by students on football, flags carried by Don Martin and Bill Wetlzheimer, and singing of America led by Charles Evans.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Nelsonville elected new officers for the coming year led by President Mrs Sam Starkey. Other officers include Mrs Anna Allen vice president Mrs Charles Monks recording secretary Mrs Fanny Williams corresponding secretary Mrs Thomas Spencer treasurer Mrs Gertrude Allen. The group met at Mrs John Williams home on Poplar Street with devotional by Mrs Thomas Spencer and a county convention report from Athens.
Ira Conkey, 79, died yesterday at his home on the Carbondale New Marshfield Road. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 PM with burial at New Marshfield. He is survived by his wife and three sons Arthur Austin and Everett living nearby.
Dropping or slipping false teeth is unlikely with Fas teeth sprinkled on plates each morning. Provides all day comfort and tight hold, deodorizes, no gummy or pasty taste or feel. Available from your druggist in three sizes.
Chauncey September 20 Mr and Mrs Amos Fluehart celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a chicken dinner prepared by daughter Myrtle Lamier from Columbus and a cake baked by daughter Mrs Dawson. About 20 called and 16 attended the dinner as gifts and greetings were exchanged. Mines 25 Chauncey and 6 Millfield idle. eight mines in district reported work including 255 107 15 Luhrig Black Diamond Kimberly Coonville and Hocking.
Gallia Academy High School will host Rutland at 3 30 Friday as lighting work remains incomplete. Principal Higgins and Coach Myers attended the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League meeting in Wellston which approved extending courtesy tickets to 15. Referee Hal Lutz Huntington, Umpire Lloyd Rio Grande, Head Linesman Diggins Vinton. Five regulars from the 1933 squad will start. The team averages under 150 pounds and faces a tough outlook. The league opener vs Middleport Oct 12 will crown the dedication of the new lighted field.
Rainbow Class of the Christian Church will meet Friday night with Mrs. Nelle Johnson on Franklin Street. Mrs. Bernice Johnson will assist as hostess. Miss Jeanette Cramner, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Cramner, returned from Grant Hospital Columbus after an appendicitis operation.
A D of A meeting in Nelsonville announces officers will practice for inspection Friday night. Band Boosters Carnival runs Friday through Saturday with a refreshment stand serving sandwiches and drinks, volunteers urged to help. Sylvia Matney, chief operator at Bell Telephone, is taken for operation at St Anthonys Hospital Columbus. Tom Shafer, class of ’31, Nelsonville High, enters Ohio University. James Barrows 20th birthday party with Bridge and euchre. prizes to Bill Raybould and Jack Wilson. Central P T A opens its first meeting of the year Friday at 3 pm. Parents invited.
Robert Norman, 22, colored, of Porter, was bound over to the grand jury on a robbery charge after a preliminary hearing in Municipal Judge A. J. Stormont's court. He allegedly robbed the cash drawer of Mort Stevens' filling station.
Advertises a prescription called RINEX that claims to stop sneezing, wheezing, itching eyes, and runny nose within 24 hours or money back. Describes convenient capsules with no taste, safe and not habit forming, sold at druggists.
Drury Drug Store in Glouster designated as Agency No. 704 a branch state liquor store. A shipment of 44.5 cases of liquor arrived and an instructor will oversee opening and training. Sales will mirror Athens state store operations. The agency is expected to open tomorrow or Saturday.
Sunday Creek Elders defeated Glouster Old Timers 16 to 8 on the local grounds Wednesday evening. The Glouster squad featured George Rasp Linzey Morrison and Ernest Swindel. Glouster travels to Murray City Friday night with Dr Walker's Old Timers from Murray City and Buchtel to follow Saturday at 2 30 p m for a reenactment of the tie game.
Two candidates will be given the second degree at a regular meeting of Magic City Lodge I O O F to be held Friday night.
John Fisher died Tuesday night at his country home near Burr Oak. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 PM at Spencer Ridge Church. Burial will follow in Greenlawn cemetery near Nelsonville.
Glouster Marecellite Rebekah Lodge marks its anniversary with a Saturday night meeting at Odd Fellows Hall. A special program will be presented and refreshments served. The affair welcomes lodge members their families and Odd Fellows members and families.
E. H. Taylor of Glouster endures a series of injuries in 1934. He dislocated his shoulder and suffered a bone splinter when he fell from a roof near Paris. An X-ray showed a slivered bone. he will stay in Logan Hospital for several days. Earlier he survived a Columbus auto crash and later tore his left wrist, needing a sling for weeks.
Mrs Isabelle Horton state publicity chairman for Ladies of the Moose spoke at Glouster Chapter No 280 on Mooseheart and Moosehaven service and welfare work. Chapter heads appointed include Publicity Myrl Morgan Social service Zella Brown Homemaking Weiltha Williams Child care and training Mary Kinsell Library Leta Westfall Emblem Lucile Joseph Recreation and entertainment Tillie Hinton Mooseheart and Moosehaven Margaret McHarg Ritual Emma McClellan. Refreshments followed.
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil as a supreme diuretic to flush waste from kidneys and stop nightly urges. It claims relief from backache leg cramps moist palms and scanty urine with a harmless stimulant and a 35 cent price, urging readers to ask their druggist for GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil.
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