Society and Personal Mention from Athens Figures
Miss Mary Antoinette hosts her bridge club at 15 South High Street with visiting Athenians returning for Easter. Athens attendees at the Pythian Sisters convention in Middleport include Eva Van Dyke and others. The Woman's Relief Corps plans a social Friday at Red Men’s Hall. Needle Craft Club held a dinner and bridge at Hill Crest Inn with J. H. McClure and C. O. Burnett winning top honors. Music by the Vagabond orchestra accompanied Higley Study Circle. Mrs. W. L. Gard led a program on Reconstruction and Prohibition from Atlantic February issue. Mrs. W. H. McKee attends a Jackson honor party for daughter. Audrey Ailes and Lucile Smith visiting Miss Ruth Jones. they are Pi Beta Phi sisters from Ohio University. Howard Musgrave moves to Troy to start a bakery. Chester Fulton and son Bob return to Columbus after visiting Mrs. Dan iel Baird. Easter radio greeting from Birmingham via WSM. Seldon Nelson party attends T. M. Bosworth funeral in Meigs County. Barbara Kantzer from South Bend visits Athens. she is a 1928 Ohio University graduate and former Athens teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needle Craft Club
Hill Crest Inn
J. H. McClure
C. O. Burnett
Vagabond Orchestra
Ohio University
Missionary Speaker to Address Woman's Society at First Methodist
Miss Ursula Tyler, a returned missionary from China, will speak for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church Sunday at 2 30 in the afternoon. Mrs J L Pickering will lead devotions. Hostesses are Mrs John Milar and her group.
Body of Negro Found in Scioto River at Capital
Columbus police investigated the death of Herbert Korn a 45 year old African American man from Xenia whose body was recovered from the Scioto River. Authorities believe Korn was murdered after he had been released from the city jail last week and reportedly spoke of settling with a woman who had betrayed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Herbert Korn
Xenia Negro
Scioto
Korn
Promissory Note Suit Filed in Common Pleas Court
Sues for notes in New Lexington on three promissory notes of 300 dollars each. Defendants named are Mary Deffenbaugh C. E. Deffenbaugh and Ethel Tinkey. Suit brought by Quincy Leckrone seeks sale of chattels to apply proceeds to the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Common Pleas Court
Mary Deffenbaugh
C. E. Deffenbaugh
Ethel Tinkey
Quincy Leckrone
Whisky Bottling Suspects Arrested After Bottles Thrown
Six pints of whisky found with Harry Milliron Earl Milliron and Fred Cabeen during a county raid on East Union Street. The trio was jailed in Athens County Jail awaiting charges of possession and arraignment. Bottles were discarded as officers approached but all remained unbroken on the grass. Sheriff William Williams alongside deputies Fred Heck and Wayne Wingett made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Milliron
Earl Milliron
Fred Cabeen
East Union Street
Athens County
Millican
William Williams
Fred Heck
Wayne Wingett
Clarence Mayle Sues For Gross Neglect Of Duty
Clarence Mayle files suit against his wife Matilda Mayle alleging gross neglect of duty after she left him at Rendville on January 1 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Rendville
Clarence Mayle
Matilda Mayle
Cyril Oxley at Mahoning TB Hospital after nine months fitness
Cyril Oxley a 1923 Ohio University graduate and former band member has been moved to Mahoning TB Hospital in Youngstown after a long illness. He is seeking letters from friends in and around Athens. Address correspondence to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Oxley
Mahoning Hospital
Cyril “Spike” Oxley
Ohio University
Mahoning T. B. Hospital
R. W. Oxley
van Vorhes
Oxley
Athens
Youngstown
Ohio
Bowman Held Without Bond After Plea on Break In
Carl Bowman of Athens pleaded guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court to breaking into a freight car at the New York Central Railway Company near Grosvenor. A $1,000 bond was fixed but Bowman has not furnished it and remains jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Carl Bowman
Athens
New York Central Railway Company
Grosvenor
Bowman
Athens County
Hailstorm Drenches Streets Then Sun Returns
A sudden hailstorm battered The Messenger editorial rooms and city streets. Residents sought shelter as hail pellets danced on lawns and skylights, causing bustling chaos before rain and sunshine returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger Editorial
Postoffice
Cray to Speak on Raising Chicks at Perry County Meetings
Ohio State University poultry expert R. E. Cray will outline essentials of rearing baby chicks to yield healthy pullets. The talks occur in Perry County on April 9 10 and 11.
Mrs Woods Dies at 86 in Roseville
Mrs James Woods aged 86 formerly of New Lexington died at her Roseville home. Funeral arrangements are not listed in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
James Woods
Roseville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athenians Club
Mary Antoinette
Bridge Club
South High Street
Williamason
Pittsburgh
John Overmyer
Parkersburg
W. Va
Robert Soule
Fairmont
Wa. Va
Patrick Kelley
Cleveland
Pythian Sisters
Middleport
Eva van Dyke
Lillie Jordan
Bessie Cooley
Verna Marquis
Givens
McHarg
Charles’ Mills
Minnie Pierce
Bert Hooper
Frank Cross
Garnet Stevers
Ola Atkins
Frank Buxton
Donald Cooley
Daughters of Union Veterans
Woman's Relief Corps
Red Men's Hall
Higley Circle
Higley
Chamber of Commerce
W. L. Gard
Lowell
Harvard University
W. H. McKee
Jackson
Edward A. Jones
Wylodine Jones
Audrey Ailes
Nelsonville
Lucile Smith
Mansfield
Ruth Jones
University Terrace
Pi Beta Phi
Miss Jones
Howard Musgrave
Troy
Musgrave
Frank X Rauch
Chester Fulton
Bob
Daniel Baird
Mill Street
Baird
WSM
J. H. Baird
Birmingham
Ala
Uo Meigs County
Ito
T. M. Bosworth
Albany
Barbara Kantzer
South’ Bend
Ind
Kantzer
Miss Tyler
Ecaseor Lena Smitt
Paramount Picture
Esther Ralston
Lew Cody
Aileen
Pringle
Columbia
Marinette
Knitting Mills
The
D. Zenner Co
Gaberdine
Kashas
Preston
Everfast
Senorita
Carmen
Ches
Pongeray and Diana
F. L. Preston Co
Sol
Mrs. Woods
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