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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1928

Page

3

Sarge Cleaning Up Method Be Continued

Residents push for ongoing city cleanup as cold week slows painting and gardening. Community signs and posters rise in shops and offices while street work and indoor cleaning progress, with a call for patience and steady effort from all citizens. Nurse Miss Margaret Hall attends a local illness.

Sarge Women's Community Club Nelsonvingle Bender Margaret Hall Columbus Alisa Audrey Hall

East Side School Observes Special Arbor Bay Program

Arbor Day observance at East Side featured a music program led by Grace Milen Foster and Marjorie Kins with announcements by Jim Bain Waltz Na and others. Students presented songs recitations and talks on birds gardens and turd life observing the arbor day theme under student leadership and a tree planting salute.

East Side School East Amaryllis Grace Milen Jim Bain Marjoriekins Marcin Bobby Jane Tlusten Joe GM Dora Roger Jones Owland Doe GI Elma Hill Solert Bingman Ruth Phillip William Woiatoy Herbert Tucker Martha, Sands Mary Jinks Jessie Cooper Dorothy Duncan Marjorie Beasley A Hales Boris Woolley Dick Wripple Ann Beasley Horothy Duncan

Special music and church discussion mark Nelsonville events

In Nelsonville on April 28 Mrs Edith Sttres will sing at the Presbyterian church morning service and the choir will sing. An evening program features organ preludes by Louiss Rice and a men’s choir performance. Rev Evans discusses union of Methodism and Presbyterianism ahead of a Tulsa May vote and Methodist conference. Also reports a bridge club gathering at 48 East Franklin and Rainbow class dinner at the church social rooms with 40 members. Mr and Mrs Stanley Mechen were in Athens Thursday.

Peter Shough Methodist Church Shough Nelsonville Edith Sttres Presbyterian Church Louiss Rice Nevin Evans Presbyterian General Assembly Tulsa Methodist General Conference Mr. Evans Bridge Club Warry Kelly John Edeington Herbert Leyshon Mabel Poston Kelly East Franklin Street Gay Aumirer Mabel Toston Nedsonville Try‘baseball League Athens C. O. Crawford Ray Cosmopolitan Club Westmond Cook Enoch Pugh Washington Street Ariss Bertha Nixon Chihi Itia Patton James Ball Naylor Naylor Arvil Griffin Louis Ester Young Clarence Monks Walter Green

Hundreds of Rats Killed at City Dump in Cleanup Campaign

M P Jones of Ohio State University and T H Johnson Athens county extension agent directed gas applications at the city dump near Wer relds mill. Hundreds of rats were killed and many more not exposed remained below the surface as Athens city cooperated in the week long cleanup effort.

Werrelds’ Mill M. P. Jones Tentomology Oho State University T. H. Johnson Athens County Mr. Johnson Athens

Athens Minister Will Go to Lima

The Rev. G. C. Johnson, pastor of the Athens Church of God on Hocking street, resigns to move with his family to Lima where he has accepted the pastorate. The move is seen as an advancement due to the larger church there. His Athens successor is not yet announced.

G. C. Johnson Athens Church of God Hocking Street Lima Johnson

Bellevue Senior Kidnapped in School Rivalry Incident

Bellevue high school senior Elmer Redd was kidnapped by ten juniors, then ejected from a car. He survived head injuries but developed pneumonia and remained near death as physicians treated him.

Bellevue Elmer Redd Bellevue High School Redd Art Automobile Jana

Varsity Quartet Plans Program On Pacific Coast Tour

The Ohio Varsity Quartet led by Donald Dowd Willis Edmund Joe Dando and Led Cowen with pianist Dady Todd and director Prom C Robinson will perform Monday at 8 30 in Ewing Hall auditorium. The group toured California with Santa Fe railroad sponsors presenting concerts along the route and receiving warm welcomes at each stop. The program includes Ohio university songs Hybrings the Cretan Is an Eliott composition and Winter Song among other items with intermissions and a piano solo by Dave.

Ohio Varsity Pacific Coast Ewing Donald Dowd Willis Edmund Joe Dando Cowen Dady Todd C. Robinson California Santa Fe Robinson Santa Fe Railroad Ohio University Hybrings Don Dowd Grosvenora Deppen Miss Hannah Ald Edmund Woothall Bullard Alvenir Dave

Nelsonville Coach Accepts Harvard Education Post

Nelsonville high school coach Floyd Stone has accepted an instructor position in education at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts. The news, confirmed by local friends, marks a career move for the athletic director as he joins Harvard in the coming academic term.

Elsonville N ‘Ha Floyd Stone Nelsonville High School Harvard Tntys Cambridge Mass Stone Harvard

Plan hearings Nelsonville sees man charged over dog license

Jes ses Neiman pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Mayor J. Eberle on a failure to procure a dog license. He will get a hearing today as part of a series of local court actions. Hoover Stevens, Haydenville, faces a statutory charge and will have a hearing today in the mayoral court.

Nelsonville Jesses Neiman J. Eberle Arthur .Wilson Hoover Stevens Haydenville Elizabeth Shevend

Boga Trying To Beat Car To Crossing

A note by W. L. H. reports Boga attempting to beat a car at a crossing, forcing an impact. The incident is described with limited details and implies a traffic hazard. Further specifics are not provided in the readable text.

Boga Inta Ditet

Nelsonville Strip Mine Protest Puts Workers on Standby

In Nelsonville on April 28 miners protested at the Happy Hollow strip mine near Deanville over pay and conditions. Bubs District President Robert Bell and VP Worthy Parker led the meeting as former employees objected to 40 cent per hour cleanup work before full operations.

Nelsonville Bubs Robert Bell Worthy Parker Happy Hollow Deanville Tell

Announcement of Admission for Chicago Trip Funds

A short notice states a small admission charge will be collected to cover costs of transporting the group to and from Chicago. Professor Robinson announced the plan and seating details. The event is set for Wednesday evening under the high car awnings, with Musa Dean appearing for a commencement program later in the evening.

Todd Mealy Joe Dando Chartet Robinson Chicago Wes Wollston Wed Musa Dean Max

Legion Post Plans Redecoration and Memorial Day Observance

An important meeting of the K. T. Jossen Tost of the American Legion will be held at the Legion home on South Court Street Wednesday night. Plans for Memorial Day observance and redecorating the home, including replastering, will be discussed.

K. T.jossen Tost Atmericant Legion Legion Sout Court Street Viana

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