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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1929

Page

10

Six Alleys Ready for Opening at Beshara Parlors

Logan will open six modern bowling alleys next Saturday at the Beshara Bowling Parlors on East Main Street. Will iam Loomis supervised the addition this summer, and women will bowl for the first time with a dressing room provided. Judge Harley M. Whitcraft and Edward C. Hamilton will send down the first balls at 1 p m as the American Legion band plays for sixty spectators.

Logan Beshara John Beshara East Main Street William Loomis Harley M. Whitcraft Edward C. Hamilton American Legion Band Isivtaseeht Hlodpn

Alfred Campbell Begins Second Term As Logan Clerk

Alfred Campbell took the oath to start his second term as Logan County clerk, administered by Mrs. Zelva Lanning. He reappointed Helen D. Rochester as deputy for three years and five months, continuing her service since Campbell’s first term.

Campbell

Local residents enjoy visits and cross country trips

Mrs. Frank Harden and Mrs. Clinton Webb plus Miss Helena Menke visited Columbus on Monday. Chicago visitors Mr. and Mrs. Carl Danker and family came for a short stay. Mrs. Ida Mathias and daughter Margaret returned to Logan after tours of Des Moines Sioux Falls Billings Minneapolis St Paul and Chicago. Esther Briley and Gladys Bowers spent a week visiting Derby and Columbus before Briley returned home.

Frank Harden Clinton Webb Helena Menke Columbus Carl Danker Chicago Logan Ida Mathias Margaret Montclair N. J Des Moines Sioux Falls Billings Minneapolis St. Paul Miss Mathias M. J. Cole Buckeye Lake Judge Sparnon Esther Briley Derby Gladys Bowers Miss Bowers

Local couples wed in two Utah ceremonies

O. O. Stephenson a 33 year old oil field worker from Gore wed Oda Pis bennet a Logan clerk. The Rev Ernest Seymour officiated with Kernon Frey a 25 year old Union Furnace farmer and Wavetlere Johnson a 23 year old Union Furnace resident. The Rev F. H. Dailey officiated.

O. O. Stephenson Gore G. M. Stephenson Oda Pisbennet Logan Ernest Seymour Kernon A. Frey Union Furnace David Frey Wavetlere Johnson Robert Johnson F. H. Dailey

Rome Stitchers Club Meets At Stewart High School

The Rome Stitchers of Stewart gathered at the High School Building with fourteen present and five absent. Miss Lemon led a talk on camping and five girls plan to attend camp. They work on garments to exhibit at the Fair. Visitors included Mrs Huces Mrs Wagoner and Edith. The next meeting is set for August 7 at 1 30 p m at Mrs Wagoner's home.

Stewart Aus Rome Miss Lemon Huces Wagoner Edith

Champion of Champs Is This Brown Dahlia

A yellow cactus dahlia nine inches in diameter is named champion of champions and grown in Mrs. Elmer Brown's garden off Central Avenue in Athens. She notes many other large flowers, including an eight inch specimen with petals one and a half inches wide. the garden holds 55 dahlias with no two alike, and visitors are invited to view the flowers.

Elmer Brown Central Avenue Athens

Spencer Re-elected Attendance Officer in Hocking County

At a county board of education meeting in Logan on Saturday Newton Spencer was re-elected attendance officer for another year. Orlandeth Lehman of Green Township was reappointed to the county board of examiners for a two year term. Ward Township selections for Carbon Hill school teachers were completed with Donald Lewis named manual training instructor and Rachel Wilson as domestic science teacher, along with Hill Jewett as principal and Nellie Dean Bell Valley as music teacher.

Ward Township Carbon Hill Donald Lewis Murray City Rachel Wilson Lattin Lato Ward Hill Jewett Nellie Dean Bell Valley C. A Lanning

Two Local Men Plead Guilty in County Court

Clarence Cox of Gibisonville pleaded guilty before Judge Harley M. Whitcraft to possessing property designed for alcohol manufacture and was fined 150 dollars plus costs after deputies found mash on his premises. Earlier Phil Vandegriff of Lancaster, cited for drunken driving, pleaded guilty and received 125 dollars fine with driving rights suspended.

Logan Clarence Cox Gibisonville Harley M. Whitcraft Cox W. R. Lloyd L. Ff. Hammond Joe Marbeann Phil Vandegriff Lancaster Hammond A. M. Ellinger

Perils Foreseen by Zeppelin Fliers Over Siberia

Graf Zeppelin crew, led by Dr. Hugo Eckener, prepares for the round the world flight from Lakehurst New Jersey. Refueling 60 men work to fill hydrogen and ethane gas while Eckener cites Siberian tundra gaps as the chief unknown dangers in the epic voyage.

Hugo Eckener Eckener Siberian Friedrichshafen Tokio

Death of Former Local Principal Drowns in Canada

The Rev. A. P. Cherrington reports the death of Prof. Ray Druhot, former high school principal of New Lexington, who drowned while bathing near Montreal, Canada. His wife, Tean McElroy, formerly of Somerset, also taught at New Lexington High School.

New Lexington A. P. Cherrington M. E. Church Ray Druhot Druhot Montreal Canada Tean McElroy Somerset New Lexington High School

Funeral services held for Mrs Trimmer 86 in Logan

Funeral services conducted at United Brethren Church at 2 PM Monday for Mrs. Trimmer 86 widow of Henry Trimmer of West Hunter Street. She died Friday night after a stroke suffered Wednesday. A member of a pioneer Hocking County family she had lived in Logan recently. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Logan United Brethren Church Trimmer Henry Trimmer West Hunter Street Hocking County Homer G. Hansel E. H. Dailey Oak Grove

Dam Break After Cloudburst Floods Arizona Village

A cloudburst in the mountains caused the Littlefield dam to burst near Las Vegas Arizona last night. No lives were reported lost though hundreds of livestock drowned as floodwaters swept through the village and valley. Inhabitants were warned and escaped to higher ground.

Las Vegas Nev U.P Littlefield Dam Arizona

Seventeenth IAGAN Divorce Petition Filed in Hocking County

Aug 6 report notes Parnell A. Chambers filed for divorce in Common Pleas Court asserting neglect by wife Jeae Chambers. They married November 22, 1923 and have four children. He seeks custody along with the decree after she left July 1, 1928 and has lived apart since.

Iagan Hocking County Common Vlews Parnell A. Chambers Jee Chambers

Logan Dokkies Plan Ceremonial Parade at Grand Lodge

A Logan delegation aims to visit Nelsonville Tuesday evening to present a proposal for a special ceremonial in Logan during the Knights of Pythias grand lodge week late next month. Hammond and Martin are to lead the local group to Nelsonville.

Logan Logan Dokkies Nelonville Grand Lodge Knights” of Pythias L’ Hammond Marve Martin Nelsonville

Birthday Dinner for Margaret Smith in Logan

Mr and Mrs Samuel Smith hosted a six oclock dinner Sunday at West Hunter Street Logan for their daughter Margaret celebrating her birthday. Attendees included A M Sparks of Bradenton Florida Evan Smith of Columbus Lucille Roberta of New York Florence Zanner Grace Roberts and the Smiths. Margaret Smith recently advanced at Ohio Power Company now assigned to Newark office.

Bradentown Fla Evan Smith Columbus Lucille Roberta New York City Lola Roberts Florence Zanner Grace Roberts Smith

OSU football player dies after crane accident

Cloyd W. Brown 23 of Toledo and a member of the Ohio State University football squad was killed last night when struck by a swinging crane and hurled beneath a coal car in Toledo.

Toledo U.P Cloyd W. Brown Ohio State University

Women Well Represented as Jury Chosen for Murder Trial

Prospective jurors in the Ed Hicks murder case were examined with 13 selected, three women among them. An extra juror will hear evidence but not vote unless needed. Jurors met at home overnight and visited the West Washington Street scene. Final panel includes Wyatt McDaniel Ames and others with Milton Chappel as the thirteenth juror.

Ed Hicks Alex Hayes William Williams West Washington Street Hicks Wyatt McDaniel Ames Mary Kessinger York B. R. Angle Trimble J. W. West Lee Clifford Herron Waterloo Clyde Colburn Lodi Phil Kelch Carl Fuller Athens Melvin Doolittle L. L. Howard Dover Charles Mansfield Canaan William Ryan Milton Chappel

Insurance Firm Stinchcomb Sold to Lawrence Chappelear

New Lexington reports the sale of the Stinchcomb insurance agency long run by Mrs. Carrie E Stinchcomb and later by Judge D W Stinchcomb to Lawrence Chappelear who will continue the business in the same office stance and manner dated Aug 5.

New Lexington Carrie E. Stinchcomb D. W. Stinchcomb Lawrence Chappelear

Golf Puzzle Leads to Word Chain Story

The puzzle presents a chain from Story to Books through related word forms. Readers are invited to trace the sequence Story, Store, Stare, Stars, Soars, Boars, Boors, Books and note the shifting letters that drive the pattern.

Pomeroy News Highlights From County And Nearby Towns

Sunflower stalks and hospital updates share space with travel plans and road fund pleas. Deputies and officials visit wounded local man near Rutland as Billy Sunday rally draws regional attendees. Betsy Ann boat trip and Senator Cordill packet lists excite residents, while thefts and hospital stays pepper the week’s local notes.

Meigs County Will Zahl Minersville T. W. Bengel Sybil Ebersbach Willock Delbert Welker Junior Hale Leo Clouse Rutland Holzer Hospital Lancaster Billy Glenroy Ewing John Senkus Will Stivers Cordill Pittsburgh Packet Booster Club Cincinnati St. Paul Mississippi River Pittsburg Rathburn Middleport Manley Gotschell Dexter Newark A. T. Miller Pomeroy Washington PD. C Hobson

Buffalo guest visits cousin and travels to Washington

The report notes a Buffalo resident staying with cousin Mae Agnes Rappold and planning a trip to Washington D C. It also mentions Raymond Elberfeld in Naylors Run and his recent major surgical operation in a hospital in Akron.

Buffalo Herousin Mae Agnes Rappold Washington, D. C Raymond Elberfeld Naylors Akron

Secretary Named By Tax Committee

The Athens County Tax Committee elected Nelsonville’s W L Hudson as secretary and selected A E Potter, A G Mechem, C E Duncan, Jank Tidd and Carlos Henry for its executive committee. The group is a local subsidiary of the All Ohio Tax League based in Columbus. A league meeting with statewide members was held in Columbus.

Athens County Tax Committee Athens Chamber of Commerce Security Savings Bank W. EE. Peters W. L. Hudson Nelsonville A. E. Potter A. G. Mechem C. E. Duncan Jank Ti

Residents laud road work in The Plains district

More than 509 residents signed a statement of appreciation to the Athens County Commissioners and County Engineer J. W. Wilson for the district road improvement. They report heavy travel on the road and many comments favorable to the project.

Plains Athens County J. W. Wilson

Kora Konia Deodor Powder Promotes Odor Free Day

An old advertisement touts Kora Konia deodor powder from Mennen with claim it neutralizes perspiration acids and prevents body odor all day. It also absorbs excess moisture, soothes rubbed skin, and can be used on sanitary pads and feet.

Mennen

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