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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1930

Page

9

Spell To A Tie Ends Millfield School Contest

A sixth grade spell contest at West Side School in Millfield ends in a tie between Red and Blue divisions. Each perfect score was eight. Teachers and students from Chauncey and nearby towns are listed among participants and visitors share local news notes.

UNCEY Uary West Side Millfield Miss Laur- Fielder Chauncey Kozma Richard Daugherty Tipton Mary Mae Dunkle Misner Floyd Mason Wood Patton William Johnson Nora Wil Border Donald Powell Willay Yell Delpha Dunfee Dorothy Fee Madaline Merritt Charléser Helen Russell

Eight Mines at Chauncey Reported Active

April 30 report lists eight mines in Chauncey area as working. Mines named include numbers 9 267 24 28 86 25 and L. D. Four mines were active Tuesday.

Chauncey L. D Chauncey No

Pomeroy Couple Wed at Gallipolis Mercy

Wayman Mons and Agnes Craig were married by the Rev. Johnson in Gallipolis yesterday. The couple, both of Pomeroy and Middleport, will settle at a home on Vale Street in Pomeroy.

Gallipolis Mercy Wayman Mons Belle Sim Vale Street Pomeroy Agnes Craig Middleport Johnson T Gallipolis Simmons

Five Letart Graduates Mark School Commencement

Letart High School held commencement exercises Monday with a class of five graduates. Mrs De Fowler sang three numbers with piano accompaniment by Mrs Oscar Klein. The address was delivered by Florence Allen of the same court. In NGSVILLE Elza Brown age 82 died Monday. Funeral held Wednesday at the church with burial in Middleport Cemetery.

Ngsville Ze Brown Reresi Elza Brown New Central Engineer Elmer N Athens Ethel Ward Martha Brown Iddleport Ithe J ETART de Fowler Letart High School Oscar Klein Ge Florence Allen

Mrs Tippie Dies at Lancaster Home in Ohio

Mrs Lena Tippie 60 wife of Allie Tippie former Chauncey resident died Tuesday morning at her Lancaster home after six weeks illness. Funeral at 2 PM in West Union Street Cemetery Athens burial there. Survived by husband son John daughter Mrs Lon Hoisington. several children preceded her.

Chauncey Lena Tippie Allie Tippie Lancaster Athens West Union Street Tippie George Clinesmith John M. Tippie John Lon Hoisington F. E. Boudinot Olive Brookins Riday Howard Brookins Lancaster Street Sidney Simpson Elizabeth Jones Columbus Angeline Norton James Norton Ed Smith Millfield M. E South Jacksonville William Cole Charles Loefflier Arthur Triplett Fielden Willis Lillie Williams Carl Willis Nelsonville R. H. Wemmer Glouster William Omen Homer O. B. Boudinot Concord Leland Southerton Sugar Creek Roy Knight Charles Simpson Stony Camp Marietta Chadwell Lola Devore Ethel McCutcheon Madeline Border Phyliss Border Clara Misner Virginia Border Messers Orris Ray Chadwell Woodrow Simpson Ernest Richard Howard Arrett Peter Collins Orris Boudindt Glenna Carter Old Man's Cave Fred Sayers E. A. Sayers Lee James C. L. Sanders W. A. Bell Clara Moose Hall Andrew Virgil Willis Toots Lanning Sam Brown Haydenville Edward Leoffler Herb Howard Howard State of Arizona Hasley Kittle McDougal Isabelle Brown W. P. Brown

Chauncey to Host County Oratorical Contest Rehearsals

Rehearsals for the county oratorical contest take place at Chauncey school tonight at 8 o clock. Local students will perform poems, orations, orchestra and chorus numbers in the event expected to draw Chauncey residents.

Chauncey

Trimble Grange Plans Saturday Meeting and Pot Luck

Trimble Grange No. 1830 will meet Saturday night at 7 30 in the Grange Hall Trimble. A business session and short program follow with a pot luck supper.

Chauncey Trimble Grange Hall

Bids Open for Ohio Road Projects Worth Over 6.5 Million

Ohio on April 30 opened bids for about 75 road projects totaling more than 6.5 million dollars. Low bidders include T. D. Van Camp for surface treating in Vinton Hocking Morgan counties with bids around 28 to 56 thousand dollars, and Brookville Construction for a steel bridge in Gallia County at 58,668 dollars. sealing cracks and joints bids cover 105 miles in seven counties with Williams & Hamilton at 7,891 dollars.

Columbus State Highway Department Ohio Vinton County McArthur-Chillicothe McArthur-Logan T. D. van Williams & Hamilton Larue

Pride Heads to Cleveland for Two-Day Business Trip

Dr. W. A. Pride left this morning for Cleveland to spend two days on business, reporting plans to return by the end of the week.

Cleveland Glouster W. A. Pride

Toupees Win Big Campus Battle at Ohio University

The Toupee Independent Party swept to victory in a campus election at Ohio University with 1 566 votes. Winners include Maurice Foraker Allan Moon Paul Hauserman and Robert Corace in Men’s Union race plus Eugene Cotter and others in Senior Class. New officers were named for Junior Sophomore and Women’s groups and three governing boards with a wide slate of names across campuses.

Toupee Independent Party Ohio University Wig Party Maurice Foraker Corning Allan Moon Nova Paul Hauserman Mansfield Robert Corace Pittsburgh Eugene Cotter Erie Robert Leake New Straitsville Kathryn Benjamin Orion Patch Russell Kepler Wellington Pauline Hill Athens Patrick Casey Youngstown Elden Hauck Springfield Earl Mason Portsmouth Wilbur Urban Massilon Ruth Heffelfinger Coshocton Gladys McLeod Madison Hannah Joyce Rock Creek Women's League Jane Mooney Plain City Margaret Sanders Norwalk Mary Kessinger Nelsonville Jane Warner Cleveland Marian McClure Helen McLaughlin Madeline Martin Wales Mills Helen Goss Lakewood Elizabeth Hughes Women’s Athletic Association Martha Ransdall Galion Sophia Elikan Bellaire Thelma Naomi Thomas

Democrats Strengthen Washington With Robinson Arrival

The southern Democrats wavering on the Parker nomination gained ground as Democratic Floor Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas arrived from London to reinforce the line in Washington.

Washington U.P Parker Joseph T. Robinson Arkansas London

Sheriff Sale Announces Nelsonville Mortgage Foreclosure

The State of Ohio Athens County Court of Common Pleas Case 4465 outlines a sheriff sale of real estate in York Township. Flora A. Schaal and others are named defendants with the public auction set for May 31, 1930 at 1 PM at the Athens Court House, describing the first tract along the Hocking River and surrounding parcels.

State of Ohio Athens County Court of Common Pleas The Nelsonville Home and Savings Association Common Pleas Athens County Savings and Agen Company Plavi Sherive Athens Coun Common Views James Carey State of Ohio Common Pleas Court Peter L. Fegan

Interpreting Fishing Laws Under Ohio Authority

Grouster April 30 details a Columbus ruling clarifying legal angling and gear limits in Ohio waters. It covers permitted methods, trot lines with 50 hooks, license requirements for residents and non residents, age exemptions, two poles per angler, and enforcement by the Division of Conservation. Deputy LeFever toured Columbus to obtain the ruling.

Lake Erie District Ohio LeFever Columbus

Annual inspection of Thea Chapter OEB 8 drew crowd

About 100 attendees from Corning Nelsonville Ironton Athens and New Holland joined Thea Chapter OEB 8 in Glouster for a Tuesday night inspection. Louise B. Shaw of Gallipolis led the inspection and the banquet featured music by the Musical Troubadours, a locally formed orchestra.

Glouster Thea Chapter O. EB Corning Nelsonville Ironton Athens New Holland Louise B. Shaw Gallipolis Troubadours

Mrs Pride Recovering at Greenfield After Illness

Mrs C A Pride of this city is en route to her parents country home near Greenfield for recovery after a two week illness. A letter to Dr Pride notes she is making rapid improvement and will stay a few weeks before returning home.

C. A. Pride Boyd Wilson Greenfield

Complex land description and mineral rights sale in Athens County

Public sale notice details three tracts in York Township and Nelsonville area. Includes center line measurements along rivers, clay and coal reserves for The Hocking Valley Fireclay Company, road easements, and mining rights. Appraised value 5670 dollars. sale by Sheriff of Athens County, April 26, 1934, cash. Also describes adjoining tract details and sale terms for other parcels with reserves and road access. Additionally mentions an abandonment hearing notice for Safeway Transit Company pending before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

Mocking Valley Hire Clay Company Saslag York Nelsonville Hocking Valley Fire Clay Company Asl Hocking Valley Fireclay Company Hocking Valley Fireclay Company Salt Well Hollow Flora A. Schaal Nelsonville Home and Savings Association Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio Said County William Williams Athena County Wayne Wingett Emmett Keenan

Safeway Transit seeks license to extend Ohio route

Public notices state Safeway Transit Company of Ohio filed with the Public Utilities Commission for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate motor transportation along present route 266 from Belpre to Chesapeake and to extend via state routes to Chillicothe. The plan covers eight 21 passenger buses and three daily round trips, with hearings set for May 11, 1920 at 10:00 AM in Columbus.

Safeway Transit, Company, Inc. Cas Public Utlities Commission of Unio Athens Chillicothe Certifonte Neo T2v Public Utilities Commission of Ohio State Office Columbus Ohio Safeway Transit Company, Inc Gallipolla Belpre Coolville Pomeroy Gallipolis Chesapeake Athena Rockland Tuttle Hocking Washington Rome Chester Five Points Middleport Hobson Cheshire Addison Raccoon Chambersburg Crown City Gallia Lawrence Counties Miller Proctorville Corporation Line River Bridge Albany Vinton Pratteville McArthur Allensville Ross Commission Sanenon

Auction Notice of Ohio Real Estate Sales in Athens County

Public auction in Athens County Ohio offers for sale two parcels of real estate. The first property in Hebbardsville Village Alexander Township is appraised at $84 110 with sale by Cash. The second tract in Waterloo Township extends 52.21 acres with oil and gas lease and mineral rights reserved.

Descriptions of Property and Public Auction Notices

Legal real estate notices detail land parcels in Ohio with metes and bounds, auctions set May 3 1930 and May 1 1930, appraisals around 1194 and 1550 dollars, and payment terms cash in hand. Parties include William H Wharton administrator James Carey plaintiff and James Smith defendant with Sheriffs and attorneys named.

Public Auction Of Real Estate In Athens County Ohio

In pursuance of an Order of Sale the defendant Charles H. Oxley a stage of the action will offer for sale at public auction at the court house door in Athens Ohio on Saturday the May 1930 at 1 o clock. The property lies in Canaan Township and includes a described tract beginning at the southeast corner of Section 31 Town 13 range 13 Ohio Company lands and runs north along the east line then west then north to a corner stone then east to the line of Joseph Mulligan then south to the road and along a road to the final line.

Flora A. Schaal Court House Athens Ohio York Township County of Athens State of Ohio Athens County Hocking River Ralph W. Parks Charles Myers Charles F. Myers Nelsonville York Onin Alas Fred Robinett Mary Robinett Alexander Town Mebbardaville Alexander Township Peter Morse Edmund Morse Alonso L. Carsey Frank Olin Hebbardsville Probate Court Aterloo Township Athena County Kirst Haston Frederick Phillips Conkey Raccoon Creek Said Creek Carbondale Rall Grasa Run Wsit Forks Bf Said Ealh Lafayuette Pulaski Hewitt William HH Wharton Carl B. Wharton William H. Wharton James Smith Athena Dovertown Ohio Company Almira Tinkers Austin True William Maynard Greens Run Common Pleas Court Nelsonville Game Association Flatnaift E. Barrows Mack Barrowa Gstuate Yorktown Colts Fairview Aonville Coe Elias Davis Scott Street William Yuan Sherif Geerge Warner A Fst A Attorne Charles H. Oxley Maggie Sheridan Joseph Mulligan

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