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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1932
Page
5
Nelsonville Mayor J W Hickman announces a temporary layoff of Patrolman James Cope effective Oct 1 as a budget cut due to tax delinquency reducing funds for city operations. The layoff aims to balance the budget by year end with possible one month salary reductions for all city officials.
George P. Hall of Poplar Street is in Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus after a surgical operation last Tuesday. His condition is reported favorable. Mrs Hall and sons Willard and Martin remain in Columbus for several days to be with him.
The Silvus Bargain Basement expands to handle a greatly increasing number of customers amid cautious spending. High quality merchandise offered at the lowest city prices attracts shoppers, with many saving at Silvus as others do.
Standard Natural Gas Company of Pittsburgh plans to resume drilling in the Berea sand area of Hamsey Run. A new location named Pickett No 2 is on the Charles Pickett farm with rig erected. Two more locations exist and drilling will follow after the current test. The company has eight shallow wells, seven producers, four oil producers, others gas. Some gas wells have shifted to oil recently.
W S Scotty Runion spotted a land turtle on a hill south of Nelsonville. The shell bore the legible inscription J R 1898. Scotty added his mark and released the creature to roam again.
Miss Mary Connett dean of women at Athens Senior High plans a series of teas for students and teachers at the High School tonight. Half the sophomore group will attend the first tea informally, with the rest invited to the next reception. Teachers are also invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren North and Mrs. Glenn Allen spent today in Newark Ohio. Mrs. Florence Barron and daughters Katherine and Margaret have left for Columbus where they will make their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mechem and Will Hall were visitors in Columbus today.
Funeral services for J. R. Hickman 76 who died after brief illness will be held at the family home 50 W Franklin Street Saturday at 2 o clock Reverend H A Sayre of the Methodist Church will officiate Burial will be at Greenlawn.
Attractive new arrivals echo the high end lines at unusually low sale prices. Shoppers can purchase modern, fashionable copies now, with the same visual appeal as pricier models.
Phyliss La Rae Davis hosted a farewell gathering on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at her Poplar Street home for Katherine and Margaret Barron who are moving to Columbus. The Halloween decorated living room featured favors and games with Nancy Stapleton and Gloria Hoodier winning prizes.
Miss Bernice Backus hosted a bridge night for her club at E Franklin Street. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Arthur Slater for first place and Miss Helen Devol for second.
The group will gather Friday at 7 o'clock at the home of William Buttermore on Harper Street for their usual prayer service.
The Parent Teachers Association of Central School will hold a business meeting Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock led by Mrs Donald Shafer.
The W. B. A. Club will meet Friday night at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Hallett on Fayette Street. The meeting is scheduled for 7 30 oclock.
John F. Ross age 73 died Wednesday in Murray City where he had moved two weeks earlier from Walnut Street in Nelsonville. He had worked for years as a section foreman for the C and O Railroad Co. His wife had died earlier. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
Six motorists were given red tags for overparking Wednesday by Athens police and were fined $1 and costs before Mayor Robert Wood. The offenders were Harry McKinstry, E. R. Walburn, S. McDonald, Co. Tinker, William Smiley and Phil Becker.
Carl Bachman former Glouster High coach reports Bruce Bodart a Perrysburg High football star died in a Toledo hospital from a heel blister infection. Bodart, 16, was a standout fullback and Bachman begins his third year at Perrysburg.
In England a simple nightly foot bath for three or four days loosens corns and lets them lift away. Ra dox is sold in two sizes for 45c and 5c at Quick's Cut Rate Store and drugstores. The ad claims hard and soft corns calluses and rough skin all improve with Radox, giving new strong feet within a week.
Roosevelt and Garner Club organized at City Hall with officers named Emmett Keenan as president and Dr D Scott Allen as treasurer. A campaign committee covering Athens and surrounding towns was appointed, and a follow up meeting at City Hall was set for next Wednesday night.
The junior high held a morning assembly featuring vocal solos dances and talks. Charles Dalton addressed 175 new students while prize winners from the Flower Show were announced by Supt. H Co Pendry.
The Athens Junior High student council met after school to plan a candy sale and other fundraisers for games and equipment. Jean Pickens presided as president, with Charles Dalton as vice president, and new officers include Marjorie Wheaton secretary and Woodrow Wilson treasurer.
Local Union No. 648 for workers at Mine No. 255 will hold a meeting at Greens Run School on Saturday at 2 oclock. J C Reedy and Frank Burns announce special business and urge all members to attend.
About 90 people attended a public reception at the Glouster M E Church for Rev F J Batterson and family. Batterson was returned for a second year as pastor after the Cincinnati Conference. The event featured songs by Kathryn Wells and Una Miller, readings by Mrs Mattie Leach, a solo by Frank Batterson, piano by Ethel Riley, and a quartet including Grace Batterson. Homemade ice cream cake and coffee were served in the social room.
Glouster High School assigns home rooms by grade from 12 to 7. Katherine Dennison heads Grade 12, Grade 11 splits into Mildred Vickrey and Mable Bond, Grade 10 lists Lalin Danford, Grade 9 has Kermit Blosser and Kathryn Wells, Grade 8 includes Helen Green and Grace Batterson, Grade 7 assigns Esta Cunningham and Virginia Wolf.
A meeting of the Loyal Daughters Class will be held at the home of Mrs. Earl Peugh near this city on Sept 20.
The Cubs pin World Series hopes on Lonnie Warneke who has 22 wins this season while Lefty Gomez is set to pitch for the Yankees. New York defeated the Cubs 12 to 6 in the opener as Charlie Grimm sends Warneke to the mound.
Glouster Sept 28 The McLeish Parent-Teacher Association elected officers for the new school year President Mrs Garrett McKee Vice President Mrs Ray Roberts Secretary Miss Thelma Standley Treasurer Mrs Rupert Embrey The group will meet on the last Thursday of each month School enrollment stands at 2 in McLeish schools Teachers named Lower grades Miss Thelma Standley Upper grades Garrett McKee Music instructor Miss Maxine Weinrich
Glouster September 20 A pothink meeting of Chickmauga Council Pe meeting of Chickamauga Council De gree of Pocahontas at the Red Men Hall Friday night. District school matters to be discussed and a strong attendance urged by officials.
Glouster High meets McConnellville High in the season opener on the local field Friday at 3 30. Depression prices will be charged to allow all to attend.
In Athens Monday Joe Herrold visited relatives in the Trimble vicinity. Mrs J W Robinson spent days in Columbus last week. Dr H Bryson of Columbus called on Trimble relatives the first of the week. Mrs Charles Brown visited Cleveland with her sister Mrs W J Young. Mr and Mrs Tad Reena of Akron were guests of Clarence and Mrs Brown over Sunday. Dwight Clark of Columbus, temporarily in Nelsonville, called on his parents Monday. Miss Helen Miner, from here with the Lewis Clarks, left today for Springfield. The Trimble P T A held its first meeting of the year Thursday night led by president Mrs W A Sayre. a short business session followed. The traveling picture prize went to rooms of Miss Wolfe and Miss Lantz, both at same participation. Next meeting set for October 12.
Wednesday visitors included Ed Reese and Marion Shively among others at the Kalt and Nicholas homes. Mrs. Jessa McHenry returned to Pt Pleasant to resume work, while the Epworth League will meet in Trimble with Trimble as host. Granddaughter Grace Watkins and Lydia Watkins plan an indefinite visit with Damon Watkins in Parkersburg. Families from W Va visited Hartley and Binderbasin households, and mourners attended the funeral of Clermont Banfield, a mine war victim.
Mrs Henry W Peabody the dry leader told the closing session of the Harten Baptisl Rally in Atlantic City N J There is little to choose between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates this year Pleven million women will be indifferent to the presidential election this year They will concentrate on congress and state legislature
Official reports from the northeast coast of Puerto Rico describe a devastating hurricane that killed about 124 people and injured 1,964 as crews arrive slowly. Widespread destruction includes ruined crops, flattened villages, and massive property damage, with disaster feared to grow.
Paul Cotner of Steubenville formerly Athens pleaded not guilty before Magistrate C H Porter to failing to provide a charge and was committed to Athena County Jail in default of furnishing 400 bond. Cotner was arrested on an affidavit signed by his divorced wife Opal Cotner in April.
In Middletown on September 29 Mia Lena Kitchell, a widow of poor health, hanged herself in the cellar using a dog collar and chain. Her two sons Marion and Donald discovered the body in the home.
Mrs. Thor Olson described the Athens district Girl Scout program to Athens Rotary Club at Hotel Berry. She outlined five troops and noted funds are meager, prompting a push for a free space and summer camp to sustain interest and activities for about 125 enrolled girls.
The American Association of State Highway Officials is asked to vote by mail on redesignating State Route No. 2 between Sandusky and Toledo as U S Route No. 280. W. Merrell proposes extending the Federal highway from Sandusky Bay Bridge to Toledo via Port Clinton, opposing toll-bridge routing.
Notices show Alfred E. Smith Jr. no longer liable for Mrs. Smith debts as they live apart, revealing a widening marital breach.
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