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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1929
Page
5
Were first in Chauncey on Easter Sunday Cunningham and Raymond Syx planned the season’s inaugural swim at Sunday Creek. They noted the water was chilly and recalled last year’s first dip on March 4.
Chauncey launches its annual April clean-up campaign led by Mayor W D Hines urging residents to remove rubbish and keep the town sanitary as the city will not handle waste this year.
A sedan left the Chauncey Athens Road Saturday evening and overturned. The driver, a Milfordport young woman, sustained cuts to head and leg and was picked up by a motorist. The car, badly damaged, was brought to Witham Garage in Chauncey.
Dale Channell from Columbus spent Easter with his parents Mr and Mrs William Channel in The Plains. Miss Mary Stalder of Athens also visited her parents Mr and Mrs William Stalder in The Plains. Mr and Mrs Samuel Darnell hosted their son Hashall Darnell and Ruth Darnell of Columbus along with Mrs Darnell’s mother Mary Gould and brother Sherman Gould, both of Columbus.
Miss Edith McBee and Miss Edith Abel travel from Ohio Wesleyan to Athens on vacation and visit relatives at 9 Church Street. Numerous local residents and visitors from Columbus, Philadelphia, Huntington and Cleveland return home or travel for Easter, with parties at Fisher, Elmwood Place, and West Virginia. A surprise birthday for R. M. Shaffer is noted with a guest list of Athens residents and nearby towns.
A Monticello physician popularized a simple laxative formula for common minor illnesses in women children and babies. By 1892 the remedy Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin was manufactured and marketed with wide public success. Now in the third generation mothers give it to children and many homes keep a bottle.
election of a delegate from the Athens branch of the Izaak Walton League of America to the national convention in Chicago on April 19 and 20 will be held at the Athens City Building at 7 30 o'clock Tuesday night. Routine business will be transacted.
A New Jersey man reportedly gained 28 pounds in a few months using McCoy's Tablets. The ad touts an ironclad guarantee: if no weight gain of at least 5 pounds and improved health after four 60 cent boxes or two 1 dollar boxes, the money is refunded. Cline's Pharmacy advertises the product and cod liver oil.
Chauncey April 1 the Church of Christ adorned with flowers held Easter morning services. Bible School saw 215 attendees with 15 officers and teachers. collection $9.29. Rev V Ahibrand led devotions and singing. A male quartet and several solos performed while Friendship Bible Class led attendance with 58 participants.
Emmett Stevens of LaCarne, who wed Glenna Yocum of Glouster, has been named second lieutenant in the Ordnance Department Reserves of the U S Army. He trains at Erie Proving Ground LaCarne. Enlisted June 12 1925 promoted to corporal August 12 1925.advanced to staff sergeant June 26 1926 and January 3 1928. Latest appointment issued recently.
Evangelistic meetings at the Church of Christ begin April 3 and run through April 14. Rev. F E Roberts opens and preaches each evening until April 14. Rev. J A Goddard of Washington D H will stay for a week and deliver sermons with topics including The First Gospel Sermon Pentecost The Gospel in a Chariot The Conversion of Saul Cornelius the First Gentile Convert The Gospel in Jail Conversion of the Corinthians Paul and the...
An Ephesian church invites the public to Sunday evening services featuring inspiring music. The program will include a sermon titled A Humble Christian and a Haughty King as part of the worship lineup.
A new sedan owned by Tom Noon was wrecked on the Corning Road north of Glouster Sunday night. One wheel was mashed and the front damaged. Edward Noon and friends were in the car en route to Moxahala park near Zanesville. No other details were available. Mrs. R G Webber returned from Greenfield after visiting her parents.
A two story Urbancrest home from the Seward Steffy estate goes to auction Saturday at 1 PM. Appraised at 1500 dollars, the sale starts at two thirds of value. Further bidding details were not provided.
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