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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
7
The article notes the Rhone in France as the fastest river, with currents reaching up to 40 miles per hour. It also claims April brides are mercurial and likely to be good mothers but challenging wives.
Kenneth Chaffin aged 14 from Ward township was sent to Lancaster Industrial School by Judge Stephenson for failure to attend school and incorrigibility after repeated juvenile court cases. His four days of attendance in two months prompted probation officer C W Pettit to escort him to the institution.
Palm Sunday events list 9 a.m. Sunday school 10 20 a.m. preaching with subject The March of Triumph Epworth League 6 p.m. and class meeting 7 p.m. Brdluzgfi and class meeting Preaching at 7 p.m. subject Happy Submission to Destiny Men's chorus leads music All services promises to be a march of triumph Public invited.
Sunday school at 9 a.m. Worship at 10 15 a.m. Special music by the choir. Sermon title Thy King Cometh. Evening worship at 7 p.m. Services each night through the week except Saturday. Communion Thursday night conducted by former pastors. Public is invited.
The Mt Vernon team coached by Harry Newman has begun the national high school basketball tournament in Chicago. They defeated Yankton 31 to 10 in their opening game and will face Sutton Nebraska next. The squad earned the national berth by winning a recent tournament at Ohio Wesleyan.
Members of the K P lodge attended a radio demonstration by a local company representatives. An aerial had been installed recently and despite poor static several signals were heard from across the United States and a message from a ship in the Atlantic Ocean was picked up. A further demonstration is likely for the lodge soon.
Mrs Emmett Stephenson and her small son departed Thursday on a trip to South for a visit.
Mrs James M Moore travels through Chicago to find employment to support her and her son while her husband James M Moore a former Harris Savings and Trust Co cell clerk is jailed after confessing to embezzling fifteen thousand dollars from the bank.
Mrs Stephen's son and his parents plan an extended visit to Carolina as Ms Stephenson recalls meeting her husband while he served in the United States Army stationed in South Carolina.
Logan Chapter No 75 R A M has arranged a special meeting Friday at 7 30 PM to confer the Mark Master’s degree on three candidates. An annual inspection is set for April 21 at a special meeting where one candidate will receive the same degree.
Relatives who stayed with Oliver Gilbert Hart found him dead Wednesday morning in Falls Hill. Hart, 23, had a prior epilepsy history and at one time was an inmate of the state hospital. It is believed the seizure disorder caused his demise after he recently lived with a brother near Haynes.
The body was brought to Harden Undertaking parlors for burial preparations. Funeral services were conducted at Haynes Friday afternoon and details follow.
Officers Raynham Nash and Bryan raided Eugene North near New Straitsville Perry County finding forty gallons of mash in fermentation and one gallon of illicit liquor juice. North admitted borrowing a still from Mrs Sowers. Mayor Goff convicted North with a 3800 dollar fine and costs and possible workhouse if unpaid.
Thirty five members met Wednesday at the Main street hall with Grand Patriarch Albert Keckler of Mansfield as the principal speaker. Other lodge members gave short talks for the good of the order.
The committee in charge of the affair served an excellent banquet, marking a well organized event. Attendees praised the hospitality and the smooth coordination of activities.
Probate Judge Stephen son hears the case of W. B. Evans seeking 1500 damages after appealing a verdict of 200 for road right of way through his Logan McArthur farm. Jury members include Wim Dawley Clara Palmer Thomas Cook Amy McClelland Fannie Rutherford Elizabeth Ambrose Emma Hull C F Guess Geo Burberry Charles Sells Herman Studer Harry Wright. Over twenty witnesses testified as the trial proceeds toward Friday.
At the Wednesday legion meeting Post 78 directed the adjutant to thank Knights of Columbus for surrendering their fair ground option for July 4. Veterans Bureau claims may be filed with W. H. DeWitt in Logan on April 14. Fifteen hundred poppies were ordered for Memorial Day along with American Legion markers for fallen soldiers. War Chest actions were ratified and officers authorized to act further.
The Pneumatic Disk Wheel company of Richmond Virginia bought the Wooster plant of the Kelly-Springfield Rubber company for 150000. The plant, closed for some time, will reopen July 1 to manufacture disk wheels for automobiles.
Abraham Tidball a Civil War veteran and Ohio’s oldest funeral director died today at Shreve aged 94. He was widely recognized as the oldest undertaker in the United States.
A medical research society concludes after lengthy investigation that confirmed criminals never dream, presenting a provocative link between sleep and criminal behavior.
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