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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1931
Page
3
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Nelsonville September 26 Nelsonville P T A reports large turnout at the first meeting of the Central School Parent Teacher Association held Friday at the building. Miss Georgia Reynolds’s third and fourth grade pupils received the attendance banner with the largest mothers’ attendance. President Mrs Donald Shafer led a business session. Plans were made for a membership drive with weekly meetings each Thursday at the school where P T A groups will sew and finish clothing donated for needy children.
The Standard Natural Gas Company of Pittsburgh completed a 1,000,000 cubic feet producer on the T. L. Young farm, the largest of five wells in the Berea sand belt near Nelsonville. Combined output from the five wells is about 3,090,000 cubic feet daily, with Berea sand at roughly 1,000 feet. A pipeline to the new field will be installed soon.
Classified ad mentions an experienced representative needed for AWD circulation. Includes contact number 412 W for service inquiries.
Nelsonville reports Mr Charles H Richards, recently returned from South Africa with five reels of moving pictures, will present a live show at First Church of Christ on Sunday September 27 at 7:30 pm. He has journeyed around Africa, filmed wild life and native life, including diamond and gold mining, jungle life, and a war dance, and will speak during the screening about missionary work in Africa.
Mrs Carl Coakley hosted the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church at her Oak Street home on Thursday night. Mrs Ed Crouse led devotional with Matthew chapter six reading, prayers by Mrs J M Hyde, and the group sang God Will Take Care of You. Letters from conference treasurer Mrs L B Thomas were read. Papers included The Bitter Home and Jessie Lee Home. Missionary hymn closed the meeting and refreshments followed.
Descendants of the George Wolfe family will hold their annual reunion Sunday at the Athens County Fairgrounds. Invitations go to Christopher Wolfe’s descendants. Attendees furnish their own place settings for a noon basket dinner. Afternoon programs center on visiting, with officer elections for the coming year. Dr John Howard of Amesville is president and Mrs H L Atkinson is secretary-treasurer.
Miners and officials reach a proposed settlement to end the dispute over checkweighman elections at Sunday Creek coal mines. The plan limits candidates McNabb and Ramela, assigns foot jobs to both, and calls for a mass meeting at Millfield Schoolhouse to discuss and vote. Pickets withdrew after Columbus conference as governors and mine executives promise open shop operations and peaceful resolution.
Past State President J A Abel of Merion Ohio will be guest of Nelsonville Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles at the regular meeting Tuesday evening September 29 announced by secretary Joseph Bartowa. The entertainment committee set a special program and all members are urged to attend.
Mer vin Lowry of Nelsonville pleaded guilty to intoxication at the city court of Mayor Bill Hickman after being arraigned yesterday. He was fined $10 and costs. Lowry was arrested Thursday night by Patrolman James.
Attorney General Gilbert Bettman ruled that boards must use every available means to operate schools at least 32 weeks per year. If funds are unavailable, board members are not personally liable for debts absent fraud, provided they act in good faith within the law. The opinion stresses the essential role of public schools and notes variability by district circumstances.
Data from state motor vehicle reports show more than 45 000 children under five and over 170 000 under 15 killed or injured last year. Nearly 18 percent of under five victims rode in cars. 14 percent for ages five to fourteen. Most fatalities occurred as pedestrians or at streets crossings. autos, vehicle collisions and non collision events dominate. Peak fatal incidents occur 4 p m to 9 p m with broad patterns of left turns causing more deaths than right turns. Backing and skidding contribute notable death and injury counts, while pedestrians aged 15 to 54 account for large shares of injuries.
W B Southerton a 90 year old Athens veteran, spent eight months in the infamous Andersonville prison after a Florida raid. He endured meager rations of corn meal and occasional corn bread while guards confiscated Union pay, with a Georgia peddler selling food at high prices to prisoners. He was moved to Florence, N C before the war ended in April 1865.
Ohio University and Athens residents will attend vesper services tonight at Alumnor Memorial Auditorium at 7 30. Dr E B Bryan president will give the address. Miss Viola Fritz from the Lutheran group will provide. Pastora of Athens churches will assist with the invocation by Rev Arthur Kuhlman. Rev Reed J Downs will give the welcome. The Rev C M Coulter will lead the responsive reading. The Ohio University G irls Glee Club will sing several sacred numbers under Mrs Margaret Benedict Prot C.
D Giguque will lead the group singing at an Aymns Annformal reception from 6:30 to 7:30 local time prior to vesper services. Church workers from Athend Churches along with Mrs Lenora Saylor Mrs H Benz Miss Rowena Mester Mrs J Cottingham Mrs F J Downs and Mrs EL Ti attend the receiving line representing First Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian and Christian Churches. The University Strings Quartet will perform from 7:15 to 7:30 locally.
Southerton served in the 7th Ohio Division from 1862, fought at Gettysburg and Chamberville, barely surviving wounds near Ft Wagner. Captured with a raiding party in Florida, he endured southern prison camp, later celebrated his ninthiled birthday in 1930s Ohio, with surviving relatives in Athens and Gloucester County.
Local residents from surrounding districts express interest in one or more courses offered by Osa University. A meeting in Ewing Hall Auditorium Monday evening at 6 30 to discuss the tentative schedule and respond to questions will feature remarks by President Bryan. Courses are open to high school graduates or anyone 21 or older.
Marietta- On September 28 the Barlow Fair drew a large crowd from Western Washington County and beyond, with estimates over 2,000 attendees across the two days. Night shows featured a large turnout, and exhibits in poultry, canning, crafts, and farm products filled the fairgrounds. Grange displays, rural clubs, and prize drafts and fiddling contests highlighted the program, with judging and contests planned for Thursday and Friday evenings.
An unclear ad note discusses advertising in Depreastan for The Wheeling Steal Corp and questions its value. It argues advertising must relate to distribution and public trust, warns of rising costs, and calls for new budgeting strategies if profits depend on public opinion and distributor action.
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