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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1927
Page
3
Mrs Harriett McCollum 85 of Nelsonville died Monday at her Patton Street home infirmities of age noted. Pioneer resident who lived here 73 years is survived by three daughters and one son. Funeral 1 pm Wednesday at the residence. burial Greenlawn. Several local residents and visitors are listed in accompanying social notes.
The Kingswood Holiness college group led by Rev. W. L. Surbrook president Prof. W. D. Foster dean Prof Harter pianist and Miss Ruby Foster soloist will appear at Pilgrim Holiness church on Chestnut street Nelsonville for three consecutive nights starting tonight.
Elaborate plans are made for a Friday pageant on the church lawn by church youths and DVBS teachers. Proceeds will defray DVBS expenses. A full dress rehearsal is set for Thursday at 6 p.m.
Nelsonville reports a rumor of a knife found near the Pete Merz killing site in Bone Hollow last Thursday. Police say the rumor is unfounded after prompt investigation. Also note C A Dilcher buys W S Owens confectionery and plans a reopening August 12 in the Dew hotel building with new management and decor.
The Parry family reunion gathered Sunday on Ruth Parry Miller's lawn in Chester Hill with forty seven attendees. Included were Mr and Mrs Robert Griffith Mr and Mrs Lem Griffith and families and a list of Parry relatives from Crooksville Zanesville Murray City Chesterhill Nelsonville Brazil and Logan among others.
Rollie Matheny of Columbus visits with his parents the Rossers from Detroit. Several Columbus guests, including Mr. and Mrs. Lane, Esther Jilbert and daughter Marion of Lakewood, and Mrs. Emma Rhodes with sister, attend family gatherings in this city.
Announcement states the marriage of Miss Gwendolyn Pidcock and Edward Pedigo of Nelsonville. The ceremony occurred August 6 at 10:30 AM at High Street Methodist Church Barberton with Rev Sellard officiating. The bride’s attendant was Mrs Preston Holler, Pedigo’s aunt. They reside at 149 Fernwood Avenue Barberton.
Motorists flocked to two rival Columbus stations as prices hovered from 7 to 19 cents a gallon. Curran and Bryant kept prices steady, traffic clogged the main cross-town artery, and police directed eager drivers amid the fuel frenzy.
Election day in Athens saw extremely light voter participation with only about six votes by noon at the courthouse precinct. County election officials estimate overall turnout around 25 per precinct as races are largely uncontested, while nearby Glouster and Nelsonville expected higher activity.
Ohio attorney Edward C. Turner told the Columbus Rotary Club that costly public utilities commissions have failed to curb rates. He urged a definite contract plan with a sliding scale tied to fixed factors and bids to attract new capital, blaming legislature and lobbyists for the current woes.
The body of Major General Leonard Wood arrived at Washington's Union Station at 7 25 am in an express train from Boston. A flag draped casket was escorted to the presidential room by the Washington headquarters company and to lie under guard until 9 am before burial at Arlington beside the Rough Riders.
Florence Ross poses with the cup she won in the Venus prize contest at Coney Island New York. The feature notes references ancient Greek ideals and humorous remarks about Venus de Milo.
Fred Dresher of Fisher was found guilty of possessing intoxicating liquor and fined $500 plus costs by Judge L G Worstell in Common Pleas court. His attorneys plan a motion for a new trial after hearings held yesterday and today. Deputies traced liquor near Margaret's Creek. Clyde O Gibson searched the stream.
P H Lackey 55 a two war veteran and honor resident of the Dayton soldier's home is in Cleveland seeking his two daughters whom he has not seen for 24 years.
CORNING Mrs Elmer Weaver and daughter Mary returned from a two month tour of Alabama and Florida. Mr and Mrs Will Jones and daughters Ruth and Naomi came back from Kansas after five weeks with relatives. Leona Mae Dunlap spent Sunday in Coshocton. Grace E Maxwell is visiting in Columbus. Miss Alice Mae Wilson and sister Gwen returned from Fultonham after visiting relatives since Thursday. Mrs George A Rodgers has neuritis at home. Harry Morgan's condition improves. Mrs Mark Dean and daughters Evah and Eva spent Monday in Glouster. Mr and Mrs John Schlingerman of Youngstown visited the Schlingerman home. Henry reunion attended in Trisdelphia. Claude Post of Zanesville visited Frank Craig. Mrs William H Caine and three children left for a two week lakeside visit. Mrs W Roberts and Dr William C Johnson with family, guests of Henry Schottlekorb, returned to Summitville Indiana. Henry Lussetti and son Clarence visited Columbus recently.
Glouster reports four more years of slag from New York Central lines received for street work. Slag used on Water street aims to eliminate the crossing near the city light plant without hardship. Local births include a boy to Mr and Mrs Frank Skinner of Taylor Ridge and a boy to Mr and Mrs Steve Dennison. Travel updates note trips to Canada and New York state. local families visit Akron and Carbonglow, Kentucky. Rev J A Long of Indianapolis expected as speaker at the annual home-coming.
The W C T U institute meets Thursday evening at 7 30 at the Church of Christ in Glouster. County president Mrs J H Long of Nelsonville will attend. Meals for the institute will be provided by members of the First Baptist church.
In St Joseph Michigan the personal physician testi fied that King Benjamin Purnell of the House of David sect is bedridden with chronic tuberculosis and is expected to die within a year during the cult dissolution hearing.
GLOUSTER Aug. 9 The Trimble Church of Christ plans its annual home coming for Sunday August 21. A committee was appointed to meet with the pastor Thursday evening to finalize arrangements.
Aug 9 Glouster contract to furnish coal for schools went to F P Thompson and Son at 2.95 a ton for lump coal. Bids were invited for lump coal and tran of-minné with lump coal chosen as best value. Mrs Harriet Williams hired as janitor at the old brick school. Martin Champlin hired for a similar post at the old high school. A teacher in English remains to be hired.
The ninth annual Kasler family reunion will be held at the Per Ridge church on Sunday, September 4. Descendants of Kellion and Abram Kasler are requested to attend.
Athenians remember Mr and Mrs Bingham returning from gold camps in interior California. The frontier camps were filled with rough characters and heavily armed men, where law and order were challenged by rough elements and mining life.
Mrs. Sarah McHarg also known as Aunt Sarah died after a long life spanning gold camps in the West. She traveled by stage coach with her husband and endured frontier hardships from Idaho to Washington and Nicaragua. She lived with the Bell family for 28 years and is survived by stepson Sergus Bingham. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Factory Church with burial in West Union street cemetery Athens.
Cleveland officers raid Garfield Inn during a stag party. Major Oliver D. Jackson and deputies arrest 48. 24 fined and released. About 150 partygoers disrupted as cars crashed a fence during the raid.
In Cincinnati on August 9 Colonel Charles Lindbergh, hailed as a national hero, declares his right to smoke in public at a dinner. He denounces temperance campaigners and warns he may drink if challenged, tying his stance to the Guggenheim aviation tour.
U S Secretary of State Clarence J Brown ordered local election boards to re check petitions challenging the Marshall bill to recreate justice of the peace courts. The move follows Supreme Court actions striking fees at major courts. Petitions were filed yesterday by Senator George Beader and others including Charles C Jones and M B Cain.
An advertisement claims Moone's Emerald cures badly inflamed varicose veins with a two-ounce bottle sold at drug stores. It promises rapid improvement and reduction to normal, even in chronic cases, with a guarantee and nationwide availability from all druggists.
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