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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1922
Page
3
The sheriff announces a public auction on the final day of April 1922 at the Athens County Courthouse for numerous Albany Village Lee Township and Kylex Township parcels, including fourteen described tracts with varied acreage. Appraised values listed and sale of each tract as the property of defendants per a partition order from the Common Pleas Court. Cash only, Athens County, Ohio.
Public auction at the Athens County Courthouse front door on May 20 1922 at 1 pm offers for sale a 268.27 acre parcel in Carthage township with 184 acres and 42.25 acres carved out to Lewis McCall plus 92.02 acres held by the Burke property subject to M C Rodgers oil and gas lease. Cash only day of sale. Deputy Sheriff P H McKinley and plaintiff attorneys.
Nelle Williams has filed for divorce and equitable relief against John Williams in case No. 12454 in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio. The hearing will begin on or after the Sunday of May 1922. R W Finsterwald, attorney for plaintiff.
Grace Slatcher has filed a divorce petition against E. A. Slatcher in the common pleas court of Athens county Ohio Case No 12433 on grounds of gross neglect extreme cruelty and adultery. The hearing is set for on or after May 8 1922. Attorney for Plaintiff Paul Tague 3-27-Sotw
A gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Pack honored Bennie and Ralph Pack with games and music. Special music by W. J. Davis and Donald Brown accompanied solos in memory of the Risen Lord. The Berean class drew 204 attendees and the overall school reached 728 present with $80 offering for benevolent brotherhood needs.
Logans and Ath ens fire hose linked between two fireplugs at Hocking Valley Fire Clay plant and West Columbus street to renew water supply after the river crossing main failure. Pressure remains low but relief reaches tower district as officials seek temporary four to six inch pipe and expect possible improvement by Sunday. Mrs O W Shaw and family from Bessemer Ala stay with Mr and Mrs B L LeFever as they visit their southern home and return.
The W C T U will meet with Mrs J PD Ledile Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock. A large attendance is desired. Mrs Kate Blake is program leader.
Robert Birtcher Jr of Deanville marries Lillie Coles in Wicconisco Pennsylvania in a genuine correspondence school romance. The couple met online and first met in his bride home town on the wedding day. They returned to Doanville last week where friends welcomed the new Mrs. Birteher, a former wife’s old friend. He is a former Doanville postmaster and prominent Red Man.
The Woman's Relief Corps will hold a meeting tonight at 7 30 in the American Legion hall. Members are requested to be present.
Tony Wolf, charged as owner of a still, was found not guilty after a May court hearing. Attorney Emmett Keen represented the defense and Attorney Bartels the state. Evidence hinted at a family link to George Gibson, Wolf’s stepson who recently disappeared. The charge was dismissed.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at his residence near Imperial. Rev. C L Johnson conducted the service.
Mary Ellen Stallings age 81 wife of Joseph Stallings died Friday evening at her home in Deanville. Funeral services were held today at 11 o'clock. She is survived by her husband and one daughter Mrs Effie Lanning.
The Presbyterian church reported unusually large attendance as the Sunday School led the morning service and Easter program. The offering from Sunday School goes to India. Two infants were christened and Rev. Arpee spoke on "Gold Fish." Five people came forward to unite with the church after the invitation.
Raymond Wallace departed Friday for Chicago Illinois to attend a course at an electrical engineering school.
Mr and Mrs Logan Mooney and their young son from Charleston West Virginia are guests of relatives in town for a visit.
Miss Mary Sharp of O W Delaware spends time faster with her parents here.
Mrs. Chas. Vorhes presides as current events opens the Hyperion Club session. Several members plan to attend the district meeting in Chillicothe on April 27 and 28. Mrs. Julius Fischer reads a paper on The Crisis in our Public School. Mrs. C Roudebush reads The Woman Executive in Business.
The Athens County W C T U institute will be held at the Presbyterian church in Athens on Wednesday April 19 1922. The program starts at 8 30 oclock with state president Mrs Florence D Richards present to speak in forenoon and afternoon. Athens ladies will serve dinner at the church and 50 persons are hoped to attend.
Easter services at the Christian church inspired attendees with a sunrise prayer meeting attended by more than a half score of people and a Bible school session following.
Glouster was isolated by high water Saturday with rail service halted and mail dispatch stopped. Northbound No. 1 reached Jacksonville before returning to Athens, and Sunday trains ran normally with mail service resuming Monday. A Lewis family property sale notice appears and funeral attendance notes reference Louis Wilson of Chauncey.
Mrs. John Price and grandson Gail Price visited Columbus where Mr. Price had cataract removal on his right eye at Grant hospital last week. The operation succeeded but he must stay in hospital at least three weeks. Carl Heck of Jacksonville was fined $25 and costs in Trimble court after pleading guilty to unlawfully possessing a squirrel. charge filed by Game Protector B. T. LeFever.
R. G. Webbers is on the program for the Glouster Chamber of Commerce regular meeting tonight in the American Legion Club rooms. Members are requested to attend.
Mrs J F Williams and two children departed for Akron after a week with Mrs Jonas and her parents Mr and Mrs Lou Jonas. They were accompanied by Miss Anna Richards who will stay as their guest for the week.
David Williams left this morning for Milwaukee where he will take a course in electrical engineering at the Milwaukee College of Engineering.
Walter Stewart of Athens was the weekend guest of his brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs J Stewart.
A surprise party was held at Mr and Mrs L R Andrews home on Main street Saturday evening for Florence Andrews birthday. Guests included her Sunday school class members and husbands. She answered a long distance call from the opera house and found friends waiting, with refreshments served and a stylish electric floor lamp presented.
Sunday April 16 marked promotion day at Jacksonville M FE Sunday school with 356 attendees and a 33.55 collection. Men led by George Luther beat the women 94 to 67. Mrs. Sheldon and her class will banquet the victors in early May. U S Sunday school attendance reached 103 with a collection over 6.
Priscilla Kelley widow of Jacob Kelley died Sunday at 10 AM at 7 Stimpson Ave aged 62 after a paralysis stroke. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at the Holiness church with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Born in Meigs county she lived much of her life in Athens and is survived by four children: Mrs. John Jordan of Chicago A V Kelley of Oak Florida Fred F Kelley of Youngstown and Mrs. Walter Smith of Columbus.
New York April 17 John McCormack the tenor was reported practically out of danger today after a restless night, the illness was pneumonia. He has shown improvement since hospitalization and his condition is generally better.
In Waterloo, Mineral Sunday School reports 164 of 200 population enrolled with John Withers, superintendent, raising attendance from 45 to about 100. Carbondale, population 500, records Sunday attendance of 260.
Athens teacher Winifred Hayes faced assault and battery charges in Magistrate Pearl W. Her wig's court after disciplining a student at Millfield School. Hayes pleaded not guilty, waived examination, and is bound over to the May grand jury on a $200 bond. The student, John Glancy, alleged to have provoked the incident with resistance.
Deputies say Gordon Liggett and Hastings Chapel of Shade set fire to Mrs. Kate Turner’s barn while stealing gasoline. Deputy State Fire Marshal A L Tracy linked the blaze to a burned hand on one suspect. Liggett fined 10 dollars and costs. Chapel fined 5 dollars and costs after pleading guilty.
In Charleston on April 17 operators filed in federal court for a permanent restraining order to bar organizing activity by United Mine Workers at the Winding Gulf coal field. They accuse non union workers of threats of murder bodily injury and property destruction.
The Athens Lumber company men won the final horseshoe pitching game today to take the week long tournament from the McBee Binder company 21 to 14. Fifteen games were played with an even 7 to 7 tie on the fourteenth. Nineteen ringers were recorded in the series as three noon games were played on the McBee lot when weather allowed. The team now leads to face any rival horseshoe pitchers.
Coroner Dol C Handley orders a post mortem on the body of a well dressed man aged 30 to 40 found Sunday night on a creek bank in Covedale near Cincinnati. A bullet wound behind the right ear caused his death.
In Oregon at St Helens three deputy sheriffs confronted three Japanese crewmen of the steamer Kainu Maru. Engineer Shimatani was shot and perhaps fatally wounded and another Japanese was seriously wounded as authorities report. The men allegedly tried to land whiskey ashore.
A tor nado like storm swept Clay County Indiana with torrential rains causing heavy property damage. No injuries were reported according to officials.
Worried tired readers urged to try Williams Treatment for rheumatic and urinary ailments. Offer promises an 85 cent bottle free with 10 cent postage, mailed to Williams Co Dept W 2266 P O Building Mast Hampton Conn. Limit one free bottle per person.
Mrs Jean Christie Bull of Whitford Pennsylvania is nominated for the alumni trustee seat at the University of Vermont becoming the first woman to receive the honor in the university's history.
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