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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1924
Page
3
Lee Campbell of Mudsock was bound over to the grand jury by Mayor Lax on a charge of misappropriating a shotgun. He failed to post bond and was taken to the county jail yesterday by Chief Pearson.
The Kiwanis club sponsors Boy Scout and Girl Scout movements and aims to make them 100 percent efficient in the city. A Kiwanis meeting this week will focus on this effort and expects full attendance with no blank files.
In session Saturday York township trustees authorized the clerk to obtain from the county surveyor a cost estimate for a concrete Glen Ebon road. The aim is a permanent improvement replacing frequent temporary repairs, with bids to follow after plans are secured. Several parties have offered free services while finances remain tight.
Fire chief reports a net balance of $92.4 from recent department shows deposited to the improvement fund.
Miss Madaline Conaway and Mr. Thomas McClell, both of Montgomery West Virginia, united in marriage on Monday April 14 in Princeton. Rev F B Ogle officiated. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Conaway, is a musician and former Beard Fork teacher. The groom owns a five and dime store in Montgomery. After school closes the couple will travel to Ohio.
The bride born and raised in Nelsonville and well known there, with family moving from Nelsonville to Logan and then to West Virginia about a year ago, becomes the focal point as Montgomery hosts a joyous home wedding. Nelsonville friends express delight at this happy event.
The Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. A. L. Barker presiding. Mrs. J. M. Hyde leads the devotional, and Mrs. Clarence Butt and Mrs. Retta Howe will head the program.
Sunday services drew large crowds at the Methodist church. Rev. Dr. Tifft spoke on the power of will to control the mind and body, praised for forceful delivery. The church quartet, with Mrs. LeFever, Whit latch, Bay, and Lancaster, performed with a Bay Beard duet and a violin solo by Harberger.
Mrs. Hazel Hickman of Columbus has returned home after visiting her mother and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. CC. E. Washburn and several others attended the Shrine meeting in Athens Monday night including Mrs. C. H. Bartlett Mrs. Wesley Hawk Mrs. Isaac Warner Mrs. Richard Gibson Mrs. Fiossie Crawford Mrs. Ray Ashley and Mrs. Geo. Barrows.
Mrs W M McCail is in Grant Hospital Columbus where she will undergo an operation.
Miss Fanny Mulligan president of the Woman's Auxiliary travels to Woodsfield Ohio for the Southeast district meeting of the organization.
The Ohio Supreme Court reversed a utilities commission ruling and ordered Southern Ohio Power to file a schedule of rates. The case arose from a complaint by Ohio Mining against Hocking Power, Athens Electric, and Southern Ohio Power for supplying electricity to Nelsonville and Athens. The court noted stockholders had disposed of their interests in distributing companies, affecting public utility status.
Nelsonville Ohio April 29. Clerk J W Wade reports many York township families in need after canvass. Forty one aid appeals this week. township poor fund exhausted. Trustees receive many requests and give best aid possible. A donor contributed cash for the poor. able men are paid 3 20 a day on road work. Wade invites helpers to contact him at Buchtel.
Mrs L L Robinett 59 longtime resident of Glouster died at her Front street home Monday afternoon after a long illness. She is survived by her husband and was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Bradbury Tewksbury of Albany. She taught school in Albany in earlier years. Funeral services Thursday at 1 30 pm at Hebbardsville church conducted by Rev A A Turner. The funeral cortege will leave Glouster by auto at noon. Interment in Hebbardsville cemetery.
Mary Payton has completed a successful term of school in Berrysburg West Virginia and plans to teach next term in Fairmont West Virginia.
Mr and Mrs John Clinesmith Sr and sons Charles and John Jr return from a motor trip to Springfield where they were the guests of relatives.
Mrs Leo Masterson and her two children are spending the week with Mrs Masterson's parents in Moxahala, enjoying time with family during the visit.
The stock was taken out of Mid- Hocking mine at Burr Oak on Monday and indications suggest little activity at the mine for some time to come.
Miss Dorothy Searls came back to Zanesville on Monday after a short visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Searls.
Gilbert Mantor and his young daughter from Columbus are guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Gibbs at their Jacksonville home, sharing a cordial visit and time with the hosts.
John Bee Jr. spends days with his father John Bee Sr. at Grant hospital in Columbus as the family receives medical updates.
State Supreme Court overruled a motion to certify the Athens County liquor cases of Ralph Mike Slaughter et al. The convictions by Common Pleas Judge L G Vorster were upheld by the Court of Appeals and lower courts after January raids. The motion to certify was denied, leaving finality with the lower rulings.
Mrs George M Williams and her daughter Marguerite are spending a couple of days with relatives in Columbus.
Stanley Levandoski traveled to Toledo to see his son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. John Levandoski.
A large gathering yesterday afternoon attended the funeral for Mrs. Lucille Six who died Saturday after an appendectomy. Rev. Gilbert Courtney led services, a quartet and pianist performed, and burial followed at Greenlawn under Undertaker Stout. She is survived by husband Leslie Six, daughter Juanita, parents W. J. Smith, two brothers Bryan and James, two sisters Lena Schoonover and Garnet Smith, and grandparents Elisha and Mrs. Smith.
Mr and Mrs William Glass depart Chauncey with children Bill Don Chester Carl Virgie Selah Carrie and Alice in a large motor bus. They sing Where Do We Go From Here Boys and plan to tour all summer visiting California before returning home.
Mrs James Love and son Hiram arrived in Chauncey from West Farms Beach Florida after months there. They were joined by Mrs Poughbourne and daughter en route to New Jersey from Florida. Mr James Love already returned to Chauncey. their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Guy Griffin and Guy Jr remained in Florida.
Ethel Erline, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl McAtee, has recovered from an illness described as pneumonia in this city.
Mr and Mrs John Armano and family of Chauncey leave today by car for Shipman Illinois to visit Mr Amanos brother not seen for 15 years. After Shipman visit they plan to continue on to St Louis Missouri for the trip.
A drug advertisement touts Joint-Ease as a remedy for stiff swollen inflamed rheumatic joints. It claims to ease agony, reduce swelling, and limber joints after ordinary cures fail, urging readers to rub it on and buy at druggists for 60 cents a tube.
Advertises Dr Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup as a spring remedy to cleanse the liver and bowels and tone the system. Claims quick improvement within 14 hours and offers free cost satisfaction. Lists retailers in Deanville Athens Glouster Nelsonville and other towns.
J L Sweazy George Finhartt and Jess Smart drove to Columbus for treatment then to Bicknell Ind for a week's visit with George Sweazy. Mr and Mrs Earl McAtee hosted Velma Harter for Sunday dinner. John Sweazy family visited New Straitsville with relatives before stopping in Logan and Chauncey with Mary Margaret Kellenbarger for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin hosted a merry group of sixteen guests for Verna Martin’s sixteenth birthday. Games and contests provided entertainment and refreshments closed the evening. The Martins and their family visited Bruntons near Glouster after the event.
Rev. G. B. Courtney filled his regular appointment in the Church of Christ at Trimble Sunday morning and evening. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hamilton of this city hosted guests Sunday including Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Kittle of Glouster and Mr. R. Hysel with Mr. Edgar of New Marshfield.
Mrs A L Preston of this city received a message from Jackson Michigan yesterday stating that her mother Mrs E J Adams formerly of Chauncey was quite ill.
Chauncey hosts relatives from Carbon Hill Floodwood Nelsonville Salem Haydenville to attend the funeral of Mrs. Leslie Six. The list includes Rebecca Smith Cecil Cook Orlie Hock Nell Dixon J C Blair Blair Schoonover Shaw Barrow Poling Burge Matheny Walvaline Miller Lairson Graham Six Bowersock and others.
Members and helpers will meet to perform a church wide cleaning. All participants are asked to bring lunch and assist, with the event scheduled for Thursday at the Chauncey M. F. Church.
Funeral services for the 16 year old son of Mr and Mrs Henry Barnhart of Old Floodwood will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock at the Church of Christ conducted by Rev Courtney. Burial in Nye cemetery.
William Sommers also known as Marble, a local constable by trade, was arrested by Constable Schoonover in Dover township on a Chauncey court warrant for interference with an officer. He was jailed at Athens county, arraigned in Chauncey, pleaded not guilty, and released on bond for Thursday evening. Sommers, a creamery truck driver, reportedly argued about lawful search without a warrant with Murray City officers. The incident showcased Marble's defense of free speech amid a clash with authorities. In London, April 29, the Labor government planned to resolve the Ulster-Free State boundary dispute per the Anglo Irish treaty terms, said Colonial Secretary J H Thomas.
Washington and Amapal a dispatch from the commander of the U S S Milwaukee states Tegucigalpa, Honduras has fallen to rebel forces. The Navy Department was advised of the development in the overnight cable.
Reports indicate voter turnout is light across the state in the presidential preferential primaries. Early telegrams from Columbus note low interest, with rural districts showing especially weak participation. McAdoo headquarters claim potential victory as results come in.
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