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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1927
Page
2
A Nelsonville meeting appointed a committee to study proposed building code changes and district restrictions. Members A G Cotten C A and John Barrows were named to evaluate the code with underwriters before presenting to council.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Kieffer hosted a chicken dinner at their Buchtel residence for their wedding anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs James Herdman and son Richard Mr and Mrs C A Schoonover Chauncey Mr and Mrs Fred Russell of Pontiac Michigan. A postponed lawn fete is now set for Friday evening Aug 5 at St Andrews church East Washington street. Mrs Wm Freck to host Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters in Athens with a Nelsonville streetcar trip. The Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will hold its mite box opening with a 5 o'clock picnic dinner and a mite box demonstration by Mrs Frank O Mara.
Mr and Mrs Max Drayer and Henry Turner along with Columbus guests joined Mr and Mrs Ray Lamb for a Sunday visit. Jos Brown returned home to Columbus after several days with his niece Mrs Clifford Kerr and family. Mr and Mrs J Hyer of Columbus spent Sunday with relatives including Mr and Mrs C H Sater Mr and Mrs Frank Sater and Dolores. Mrs Clara Thompson and Edgar Thompson of Rockbridge were guests of Mr and Mrs Albert Mann. Miss Louise McDowell returned home after a stay in Columbus. Mrs Albert Barber resumed home duties after visiting relatives at Sugar Grove. Mrs W E Edgell and two children Vernon and Fiora were mentioned in the day’s notices.
ence Mulligan and Columbus are guests of their parents Mr and Mrs T S Mulligan.
Nelsonville notices warn residents that sprinkling without a license could incur a 25 dollar fine. Water works staff are checking compliance and will prosecute transgressors. Patrons are urged to bring light and water cards when paying bills to avoid delays in issuing new cards.
Funeral services for Mrs. Chas. E. Campbell will be held at the family residence on East Washington Street Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Nelsonville Aug 2 An interesting program is planned for Kill Eagle tribe Red Men at their hall Wednesday night Varied entertainment will be offered The officers want a large attendance
Frank Higgins pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined ten dollars plus costs. Ralph Auflick faced a petit larceny charge filed by Harry Chesher but the affidavit was withdrawn and the case was dismissed.
Announce the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Leonard Bateman Sugar Grove formerly of Nelsonville at their home July 22 Claude James is the name given to the newborn baby.
Dan Carr, 25, arraigned before Mayor Alex Moore and fined $75 plus costs, then released after agreeing to pay. He was arrested by Patrolman Williams on Court Street following a struggle that required Sheriff Williams to subdue him. Carr damaged the Athens city jail interiors by smashing windows and wrecking the stove and toilet.
Ruth Bowers aged 74 of Alpany fell at a neighbor’s home yesterday afternoon and fractured her right hip. Jagers ambulance took her to Sheltering Arms hospital where blood tests and X rays will determine the injury extent.
Mrs. Elizabeth McPherson was transported to her Hebbardsville home by Jager ambulance after a four week visit to her son Roland in Zaleski. She was ill and bedfast, with her son Donald McPherson residing with her in Hebbardsville.
A display barberry bush in front of the Pomeroy courthouse educates farmers about barberry rust that harms wheat and oats. The specimen, found in Bedford township, marks Meigs county’s first inspection finding. Four experts lead the effort as coverage extends westward. D Curtis Reed will head affairs during his partner Thad Brown’s Columbus work. Reed plans to spend much time in Columbus and the youngest local bar member is Eli H Vale’s son, a Hocking Valley mail agent’s grandson.
Mrs. Senith M. Kaylor, 84, widow of Isaac M. Kaylor, died Monday at Kerrs Run, where she had lived with her daughter Mye Floyd Stobart. Bedfast 14 years after a stroke, she leaves three daughters Zora Hedricks, Stobart, and Mrs. John Wintle of Columbus, and a son John Kaylor, plus a sister Mary Roush. Funeral at Stobart home Wednesday at 2 PM with Gilmore Cemetery burial.
Announcement from Ebersbach Construction reports a $450,000 paving and sea wall contract at Panama City Florida. Theodore Ebersbach will supervise the project and C W Jones will oversee cement work while assembling a crew to begin soon.
Athens voters prepare for Tuesday August 9 city primaries with little enthusiasm. Republican candidates appear unopposed for mayor and key offices in Athens while Nelsonville and Glouster show minor races. In Nelsonville the mayor and auditor contests draw slight attention and Glouster showcases a city marshal nomination battle on both tickets.
Paul W. Vale, a Pomeroy high school and Ohio State University graduate, has been admitted to the bar after passing the state exam. He has formed a legal partnership with an attorney in town.
Mrs. Fred Hoffner 42 of Middleport died early Monday at a Parkersburg hospital after being treated there. Her maiden name was Wayl, she was raised in Langsville, and she had no children. Undertaker Finsterwald went to Parkersburg to bring the body home.
Theodore Hutston, 21, was badly wounded in an accident in Racine on August 2. He is reported undergoing treatment, with details limited in available text.
A student at a Columbus business college injured his hand while inspecting an old revolver. The cartridge bore a paper wad and caused a jagged wound with tissue torn. A physician treated the hand and removed the wad embedded in the palm. The incident occurred during a visit home.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at Point Pleasant for Ross Swisher, 22, killed Friday when his car struck a telephone pole near Point Pleasant after passing another vehicle in loose gravel. Burial followed in Gravel Hill cemetery, Cheshire. Swisher, a Middleport High School graduate, had lived in Bradbury and later Point Pleasant.
Rainfall caused a cloudburst like flood in Rutland flooding main streets by about a foot and a half. New Lima and Tom Fork road sections were underwater while Harrisonville reported further flooding of low lands. Arthur Skinner and Allen Chase began a week canoe trip down the Ohio and Muskingum rivers camping along the route.
Mrs. Carl Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs. Alton Snow of Chicago are guests this week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cook. Mrs. Mittie Powell left Sunday for a ten days visit with her daughter, Miss Lee Crowell, in Wellston. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sisson and children are Cleveland visitors this week. Charles Murray and Edgar Pratt are home from Camp Knox, Ky., where they spent the past month in the military training camp.
The Athens County commissioners pledge strict dog licensing enforcement under a law providing $726 paid to sheep owners. Owners must license dogs over three months old with a $1 penalty added by the county auditor if not bought by January 20 each year. An ownership certificate transfers with dog sales for a 25 cent recording fee, with fines of at least $5 for noncompliance.
The owner of an impounded dog may reclaim it by paying costs including filing affidavit and seizing fees, serving notice, and daily feeding. Rules require dogs to be confined on the owner's premises between sunset and sunrise with fines from 10 to 25 dollars for violations. Restrictions on female dogs in heat and penalties for falsifying licenses are noted, plus rabies quarantine provisions and a process for damages claims including notices to commissioners and township trustees.
A preliminary list of properties with bad sidewalks was presented after a city tour. Owners will be notified once names and lot numbers are compiled. Defective sections include Carpenter street south side from High to Congress, Lancaster and West State intersection, State and Lancaster, Lancaster west, Stimson north, Washington, University terrace south end, Columbia east, and South High.
Evan Griffis led twenty four property owners in requesting a reconsideration of the North Hill sanitary sewer appraisements calling the assessments unfair and discriminatory. An equalizing board will be named at the next meeting to hear complaints while a city committee probes the west side dump and seeks its elimination. Residents urged additional fire protection on Springs and Grosvenor streets and the two streets be connected to ease congestion prompting investigations by Service Director Romine and City Engineer Dowler.
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