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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1926
Page
7
Chauncey April 20 The final Lyceum course program of the senior class was held in the high school auditorium. Joseph Crowell of Boston gave a varied program of readings impersonations and pianologues. Each show this year drew good crowds and was praised for quality.
Chauncey April 20 Mrs S Cass 85 long time Millfield resident suffered a paralytic stroke Sunday evening at the home of her niece Mrs Minnie Maunded at Greens Run and is reported in critical condition. She has been a familiar figure in the area and has lately lived with Mrs Maynard. She had previously fallen and injured a leg but recovered enough to move about the house.
April 20 in Are Dinner Guests Chauncey. Mr and Mrs Floyd Linscott and two sons Charles and Jack and Mrs Lucy Surgeon and Mrs Charles Keaton of The Plains and Mrs Vivian Moore of Athens were entertained Sunday with a chicken dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs William Edwards in New Haven West Virginia.
Miss Myrtle Boring of The Plains was taken to White Cross hospital in Columbus yesterday for treatment after a previous surgical operation that left her health diminished.
Mrs Lewis Northrop of Chauncey announces the birth of a daughter at their home on May Avenue Sunday.
Mrs Edward Blackford and Mrs Frank A. Cline of Chauncey drove to Coalton to spend Sunday with Mrs Mary Scott who has been ill for weeks but is slowly convalescing. They returned with Charles Scott, employed locally.
Mrs. Clarence Russell and family returned home to Chauncey from a two weeks visit in Pontiac Michigan. They were accompanied by their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Fred Russell and by Mrs Clarence Russell's sister Mrs Carr Ponn and family.
Chauncey April 20 The Ladies Aid society of the Factory church held a bazaar and supper Friday evening. The sale cleared thirty five dollars for church funds.
Mrs Bertha Selenak and son Jack of Trenton New Jersey visit her parents Mr and Mrs Mike Dukeman at The Plains. Mrs Mary Meinhart and Mike Curran of Chauncey attend Nazarene church services at The Plains Sunday eve. Mrs H E Notestine and Mr and Mrs Arthur Hildebrand of Barberton spend the weekend at The Plains visiting sister Mrs Leslie Bobo and accompany back to Barberton by Mr and Mrs Ralph Hartman.
Miss Nina Bailey and Miss Christine Cobb of Glouster visited Chauncey as guests of Miss Ethel Oliver. Mr and Mrs George Barber and children of Carbondale spent Sunday in Chauncey with Mr and Mrs Asa Canter in Hillcrest. Mr and Mrs Clifford Courtney of Corning visited Chauncey. Miss Mary Evans of Corning stayed with Miss Neva Ferrel on High Street.
Chauncey April 20 All members of the Ladies Aid society of the Chauncey Methodist church are requested to be present Wednesday at the church for the weekly quilting. Mrs. George Shafer is president of the society.
Three gallons of what is said to be good whisky were found under the Dan ford building on High street by Marshal Williams and Deputies Blower and Darling during a search. The liquor was confiscated and the owner may claim it at the mayor’s office to prove ownership.
In Glouster on April 20 a Parks boy was fined $100 after a home brew was found in a shack near the city light plant. The incident occurred in the mayor's court.
Ward Allen and Glenn Sawyer, linemen for New York Central and Western Union, were in town Monday on work. Former Glouster residents, Allen stayed with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stahl. Mrs. George Williams and daughter Marguerite spent today in Zanesville. Betty Mandry attended the funeral of Miss Martha Darby in Columbus. E. M. Blower and Dr. A. J. Crawford visited Columbus on business. Fred Heck, FE. L. Jones and Mrs. Blanche Henry attended the funeral of Mrs. W. R. Wilson in Lancaster, widow of Trimble resident. Mrs. Wilson had died at her son-in-law’s home in Oklahoma City after returning there following her husband’s death.
Hamden high school presents an exhibit of manual training articles under Principal R L Davies. The senior class play occurs Friday night at K of P Opera House. Baccalaureate is Sunday at M E Church at 730 p m with ministers Warren Peterson Belcher. Commencement is Wednesday April 28 at 8 pm at K of P Opera House. Fourteen graduates. A D Harmon Transylvania College Lexington Ky will give the address. Alumni Banquet at K of P Hall Saturday May 1.
An old advertisement touts Bulgarian herb tea as a spring blood tonic that renews blood and cleanses winter poisons. It urges readers to invest 35c or 7ic and ask their druggist for a remedy promising 10 to 30 years of younger feeling.
An acre of land in Cuba has yielded tobacco valued at five thousand dollars, reflecting high returns for a single acre under favorable conditions and market demand. Former reports note Cuban tobacco quality and lines of export markets supporting strong prices.
City Council debate over the Bardin Brothers switch across Lincoln Street Hudson addition drew lines. Mayor Moore and L W Roberts urged approval to aid business and avoid court action while opponents said the Bardin yards can accommodate needed switch space.
Athens junior high music department stages Hulda of Holland a Dutch operetta on Thursday evening April 22 under Miss Cecelia Collins. Helen Maxwell portrays Hulda with a cast of William Cooper Raymond Carmichael Alice Beasley Roscoe Reading Monadell Saunders William White Ellis Cheney Everet Barnhart Jack Swanson Hollis Shaffer and a chorus over a hundred.
One man, Fred Tippie of Sugar Creek, was cut by glass when his Ford roadster hit a Buick touring car driven by Ralph Kyle of Athens near the Athens state hospital gate on Richland avenue. Tippie was treated by Dr. J. T. Merwin and taken home in Maxwell’s ambulance, resting comfortably. Kyle and Mrs. Gladys Bayles were shaken but not harmed.
The article profiles young Weisbord, an organizer at a New Jersey strike, praised by strikers as their leader while dismissed by mill owners as a Bolshevik. He rallies liberal elements from New York and beyond, claimed by authorities to threaten courthouse order, with owners refusing to negotiate with him.
The Probate court issued licenses for Charles Clinton Wigal 46 restaurant owner of Coolville and Mary Co Varner 39 restaurant employee of Coolville who wed Rev Daniel McGurk. Also Lawrence Elmer Ball 26 miner of Buchtel son of Mr and Mrs Ball and Stella Mae Six 23 housework of Buchtel daughter of Mr and Mrs Six who were married by Mayor Sweazy of Buchtel.
Seven reels of hunting and fishing were shown by the Isaac Walton league at Athens high school. The Yellowstone National Park scenes and trout fishing clips highlighted the program. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday night, May 3.
Chronic stomach distress sufferers report rapid relief from Dr. Jackson's Digestive and Liver Powder. A user, Mr. Barnhill, urges others to try the remedy with an absolute satisfaction guarantee and money-back policy, offered by The Jackson Medicine Co. at Zanesville.
John T. Hope Jr of Athens files a damage suit against Branch Goodson after a March 13 1926 collision at the Byard and Maple streets intersection. Hope says his Maple street truck traveled south while Goodson’s westbound vehicle sped too fast failing to yield. Damages listed at 157.20 for smashed fenders bent frame and other losses.
Athens High honors typing students with speed medals. Merle Rathburn, a third year student, tops the list at 62 words per minute. Other awardees include Leah Hunter, Clarice Baughman, Harlon Carpenter, Jim Patterson, Lucille Westfall, Fred Everett, Cecil Ladd, Mary Hardwick, Louise Blackburn, Harry Webb, and Dorothy Cradlebaugh. Special award to John Violet. Teachers Miss Mayme Johnston and Miss Eva Lamon lead the department.
Six Athens County young men answer the call for the Citizens' Military Training camps as warm weather arrives. Names include Everett W. Graham of Nelsonville and Elden C. Antle of Trimble, among others, reflecting local enlistment activity.
The government covers travel to and from the camps for eligible applicants aged seventeen to twenty four who meet physical mental and moral standards. Camps run at Camp Knox Kentucky from July 7 to August 6 and at Fort Thomas Kentucky and Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana from July 15 to August 13.
The WEAR Cleveland radio series will air another astronomy talk on April 23 at 7:45 p m eastern time. Oscar L Dustheimer of Baldwin Wallace College will discuss The Moon and the Weather.
Canaanville high school juniors will present the play Ruth in a Rush at the high school on April 21 and 22. Tickets are on sale by the students. The piece follows a noted junior effort after a senior performance praised for its quality.
Lake county authorities pursued leads in a puzzling case after a skeleton was unearthed Sunday in a ravine south of Painesville. Coroner O O Hausch weighed whether the remains could be Hattie Edds, 30, of Kirkland, who vanished from a local gas station in August 1924.
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