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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1918
Page
9
Lieut. Geo. E. Graff of Columbus who served six months overseas with the One Hundred and Sixty sixth Infantry passed through Columbus on April 22. He reports the Rainbow division in good condition and spirits and wears a gold chevron signaling overseas service. He has been brought back to the United States for special duty.
Carthage township grade school holds commencement at Lottridge on Friday April 26 at 2 PM with diplomas and state high school admission certificates for graduates Fanny Burton Sylvia Dailey Edwin Mills Grace Ashcraft Carl Barnhill Ruby Barnhill Warren Barnhill Helen Dinsmoor Bernice Schuler George Weisenbach Milton Nuzum Leona Buck Gladys Bean. Rome township ceremony at Stewart on Thursday April 25 at 2 30 PM features Dean Voigt address and diplomas for Thomas Dalton Meda Featherstone Clare Norris Mildred Hatch Alice Linton with others to be admitted to high school after repeating subjects.
Albany Ohio April 23 Sept Moore lists numerous commencements in his district this week and next. Lodi township Pleasant Valley Center Stake school district and Lee township will host ceremonies with 9 46 and 5 graduates receiving diplomas. Prof Bert M Thompson of Ohio University will address the gatherings. Ages range 14 to 16 with two dozen girls and twenty one boys. The high school exercises at Amesville feature orations music and a class address by Thompson amid patriotic tones and references to war efforts.
C D McArthur of Riverside Realty Company Cleve land led a delegation of Pittsburgh capitalists to Amesville to pursue coal options near Sharpsburg. The main hurdle appears to be the railway link from Sharpsburg to the Black Diamond property at Lathrop, described as a persistent obstacle.
Miss Blanche Woodyard closes a term at Dist No 9 Buzzard Run and returns home near Carpenter. Visitations unfold with Mr EK Tedrow and family, Mrs Lloyd from Washington, and local departures as schools at Chestnut Ridge No 8 wrap April 19 with student gifts. Wesley Hoyd dies near Boling Mill, buried at Harkins Cemetery. Ernest Tedrow attends Harve McGlothlin funeral in Wales Mill.
Emma Battin has been appointed and qualified as Administratrix of the estate of W. B. Battin, deceased in Athens County Ohio. Dated April 16, 1918. H. T. Phillips, Probate Judge.
Paris reports 118 civilians killed by a German long range gun as analysis shows shells fell on seventeen days since March 23. The city faced continuing bombardment with casualties and structural damage across districts.
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