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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1923
Page
3
The Nelsonville Y M C A hosts an open house Friday at 7 40 p m featuring Midgets Juniors intermediates and seniors with drills tumbling pyramids and competitive class games including girls classes. Admission is free. The Midget Gym class numbering about 25 excels under teacher Charles Weltzheimer. The Juniors have a dinner meeting tonight.
Fourteen masked men halted a Chicago bound Santa Fe train near Pekin Illinois and removed twenty barrels of grain alcohol valued at over 80000 dollars. The robbers boarded in Western style, held the engineer and fireman, and escaped with the liquor before authorities could be alerted.
A meeting for organizing Scout Troop No 5 is set for April 19 at 6 30 p m at the venue. Any boy in the city aged twelve or older may join. interested youths should talk to Cc A Dilcher.
The bie marble tournament will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. Don’t miss it.
West End section officers for the coming year will be featured at the Par ents Teacher association meeting in the West building Friday at 1 P M. A notable program has been arranged and the losing team in the recent contest will serve refreshments.
Tomorrow a Watch Dog will tramp Nelsonville streets looking for want ads. People wanting to discuss ad questions with the car should phone Bart's Printery and say so.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion will meet this evening with Mrs G W Lax on Fayette Street at 7 o clock. The evening will be devoted to making copies and a large turnout of the membership is expected.
Grotto Country Club near Haydenville reports rapid progress on a new porch with completion expected in 30 days. The club will meet April 17 at Masonic rooms to receive petitions for the upcoming ceremonial. class on April 26 expected to set a record size.
The Nelsonville board sets Saturday May 19 for a special election to issue 85 000 in bonds to build a junior high school on Fayette street adjoining the existing building. About 50 000 remains from the previous issue and if approved funds will cover construction and equipment including a new gymnasium and auditorium for about 600 seats.
Mrs George Coope left Wednesday for a ten day visit with relatives near Wilkesville.
Steenrod, manager of the domestic theatre and Stuart's Opera House, left Thursday for New York City to tour Universal Film's eastern studio and offices and other points of interest as a guest of the company for a week.
The local order of Eagles closed a deal Wednesday to buy the E. J. Kes singer business block on Washington street. Nelsonville Dry Goods Co. and the National Woolen Mill are now tenants on the first floor, while the second floor will be converted into lodge and club rooms.
Twelve hours after Joseph Wilson of Kansas City wrecked John Koski of Moundsville machine Koski sues for 1200 dollars. Quick action to stop removal of Wilson’s car from the county prevented its transfer.
A Frenchman claimed to dance for 24 hours without stopping. When he finally paused he described the event simply as he called it a day.
London April 12. Premier Poincare’s thoughts on the Ruhr Rhine land crisis and potential settlement were conveyed to Premier Law by Count de Saint Aulatre French ambassador. The hour long conference at the foreign office produced no formal communique but implied rough proposals. The move followed Louis Loucheur’s recent visit.
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, vice chair of the Democratic committee, here for the National League of Women Voters convention, says the Harding administration uses the international court as a barometer of public opinion on the League of Nations.
C. J. West, agricultural statistician for the state federal crop reporting service, announced in Columbus today that Ohio’s spring pig numbers are expected to be four to five percent higher than last year.
Columbus Ohio April 12 The welfare department has received the resignations of two officers at the Boys Industrial School Lancaster Ohio Dillinger detail officer and Van Osdel assistant superintendent in charge of administering punishment leaving their posts effective immediately
Twenty three witnesses were summoned by a federal grand jury in Athens Georgia as part of a probe into Gerald Chapman the New York mail bandit and his triple escapes from the Atlanta penitentiary and Athens hospital.
Dr Theodore G Soares president of the Religious Education Association of the United States delivered a scathing denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan at the organization s twentieth anniversary session in Cleveland Ohio on April 12 officials and attendees attended the meeting.
Summary of the role of proteins in diet for tissue maintenance and growth. Highlights Grape-Nuts as a protein source combined with grain starches, easy digestion, and compatibility with cream or milk. Describes nutritional benefits, minerals, and economical serving ideas from Cereal Co. Inc. Battle Creek Miet.
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