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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1929
Page
7
Nine persons were baptized in a pool near a mine site as services were held. The group met Monday at 5 30 a m and spoke of becoming lawyers one day. Miss Sweacy and Mrs Kellenbar are daughters of local residents Emmett Ryan and family.
Mrs Everett Bingman and children of near Coalville visit Chauncey to see Mrs Bingmans parents Mr and Mrs Henry Osborne on Fllls Avenue. Miss Glenna Carter of Columbus visits her parents Mr and Mrs B C Carter in Chauncey this week. Mr and Mrs Allison McClellan of Akron came for their mother Mrs Al McClellan who is critically ill with slight improvement reported. Mr and Mrs Damon Watkins and children of Pomeroy visit Chauncey to see Mrs Watkins parents Mr and Mrs William Dernis.
Asa Wells of Lathrop faced arraignment for assault and battery on Frank Gifford dated July 30. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the grand jury under a $200 bond, which he posted and was released. His brother W R Wells also pleaded not guilty to assault in the same case and was released on the same terms.
Chauncey Aug 2 The Rev and Mrs V Ahlbrand hosted a lawn party at Mill Street to honor children from Chauncey Church of Christ Children Day exercises. About 30 children and several adults attended with games music and lunch. The program was shared for County Home residents with accordion selections by Mr Ahlbrand. Guests included Mr and Mrs Bert Daugherty Mrs Guy Gardner and others.
In Greenville on August 2 Mrs. Dorsey Kendall 48 of near Gettysburg died when a plane operated by her son Dale 20 a student flyer crashed from 200 feet. Mrs FE J Swinger seated beside survived with minor injuries. The craft was only partially wrecked and Kendall could not explain the crash. It was Mrs Kendall's first airplane ride.
At Chauncey the Columbus Dispatch report notes three women among early witnesses at the Snook trial. Ruth Sweazy and Edith Ryan of 310 West First Avenue, both long distance operators, arrived at 3 30 a m to secure seats. Mrs Cleo Kellenbarger, 412 Battles Avenue, left for the day in her father’s care after sharing fears on the dark street.
Mrs Elmer Brown hosts a spring garden on Central Avenue near Currier Street in Athens. Visitors can view idsahilas grown from seeds planted this spring, including actus decorative and devil varieties, some reaching six and a half to seven inches across. Mrs Brown invites interested persons to visit the garden Friday.
Lisbon police chief George Choves, injured in a Wednesday auto crash, has submitted his resignation without giving a reason. He had been leading local police operations and was hospitalized after the collision.
About seventy boys and girls from Athens County 4 H clubs enrolled to attend the Hack ing and Athens County Club Camp at the Long Farm on Little Raccoon Creek southeast of Wellston from August 5 to 10. Names listed include Gladys Clark Hemlock Grove and many others from Athens, Nelsonville, Albany, Shade, Stewart, Amesville, and surrounding areas.
In Toledo Ane Doh Stanley Pantol died after a track collision sent his bicycle over a handlebar. Ralph Watson survived the crash unharmed as others nearby escaped injury.
A short note recounts heating quickly made biscuits in a hot oven for breakfast, describing the ease and timing of warming them for a quick morning meal.
The merger plan of the Felachman Company, legal Taking Powder Company and BE. W. Gillett & Co. has been declared operative as more than two thirds of the required stock have been deposited.
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