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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1929
Page
5
A surprise lawn party for Jimmie Littler of Athens celebrated his fifteenth birthday with 24 guests. The event featured pink and white refreshments and Japanese lanterns. Attendees included the Littler and Gant families and Ada visitors.
Columbus, Aug. 12 The state fair opens a week from Monday August 26 and runs through Saturday night. Perry L. Green director of Agriculture says new features will draw thousands. The racing program includes eight events with purses from 1000 to 2009 dollars. Bids for state highway projects will be opened Tuesday. total estimate 1,773,760.37 dollars with 1,661,741.20 for general construction and 165,410.41 for surface treatment. Bellevue grade crossing elimination may cost 76,000 dollars and be let September 3.
Port Columbus remains the major draw as a top Hollywood movie star will arrive on a TAT passenger flight. The arrival is the magnet for the caravan, drawing a milling crowd of ten to twenty five thousand around the hangars awaiting a fleeting glimpse of the screen favorite.
Warden Preston E. Thomas oversaw inmates harvesting string beans peas and tomatoes at Derver and Demorest farms leading to hundreds of gallons canned for subsistence. Inmates wait for roasting cars with release of 41 parolees and 30 workers sent to brick plants reducing prison population to just under 4500. Secretary Crown reports Federal and State Roster and Ohio Laws volume 118 off press later this month and ready for distribution by Secretary Brown in September.
Hon. John M. Vorys, director of the State Department of Aeronautics, will join the Ohio Chamber of Commerce Good Will State Air Tour from August 21 to 24. The tour aims to secure voluntary air markings for cities and towns, with compulsory marking only after all voluntary efforts fail.
More than 90 relatives and neighbors assembled at the Columbus home of J W Flowers to celebrate his seventy fifth birthday in an annual event. Athens and Delaware county attendees enjoyed games with horseshoes. Relatives from Athens County included George Sutton R L Kinney Nel sonville Joe Chase George Gilbert Coolville and C J Flowers. Mr and Mrs J Earl Snively of Tuppers Plains also attended, while Mrs Thor Olson and daughter Thora left for a two week Camp Juliet Loeb stay in Cloudland Georgia.
W B A plans its annual picnic at the Athens County fair ground on Wednesday with a supper at 6 and a meeting at 7 30 in the K of P Hall. Initiation follows the sociable and refreshments. Several members return from a two week outing in Mecosta Michigan. others visit Charleston for a house party this week.
Mrs. T. J. Fields of 73 Mill Street hosts her granddaughters Lois Ann and Margaret Ellen Timma from Akron for a month long visit.
Miss Jennie Maxwell of Athens has earned a life certificate to teach in Ohio and is believed to be the youngest holder in Athens County. She graduated from John Hancock High School in 1923 and earned an A B from Ohio University in 1926. She taught math and science at Greens Run High School for three years and will move to Glouster High School to teach mathematics next year.
Tom Williams twenty four of 1485 Summit Street was cut about the head when his auto collided with a car driven by W. Cross of Athens at the Fourth Street viaduct early Sunday. Alberta Askew twenty of 2374 Linden Avenue riding with Cross was bruised. The injured were taken to White Cross Hospital in a passing taxicab. Williams car was demolished. Dr Charles Nunemaker of Pome roy suffered facial cuts when his car left the road late Saturday near Carroll.
James Brown Bee Jr 16 of near Peebles drowned Sunday while swimming in Brush Creek near West Union. The incident occurred as he entered the water with others nearby. rescue efforts followed but were unsuccessful.
Ohio crops show mixed results as August 1 projections from G. S. Bay of the Federal Division of Crop and Live Stock Estimates indicate corn at 181,718,000 bushels, below last year and the ten-year average, winter wheat at 19.5 bu per acre, oats a light crop, and potatoes near last year’s total. Fruit prospects are poor with apples peaches and pears expected to be about half of a normal fall crop.
Chauncey city officials meet in the City Building to discuss improving Converse Street brick Route 1% including curbing and other upgrades. State Highway Department representative John Dowler will attend.
Post master and Mrs Clarence B F McCafferty and son Cecil Chauncey with Mr and Mrs Dean Linscott and son Jimmie of Nelsonville left Sunday on a motor trip. They plan to visit Washington Dr Co and in Virginia. They will be away about two weeks with Carroll Tippett assisting in the McCafferty store during the absence.
A letter from the State Division of Aeronautica in Columbus asks Chauncey to designate the municipality for aeronautical purposes. Mayor W. J. D. Hines received the outreach dated August 11.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert FE Nye and two sons arrived in New York Sunday evening on the Leviathan from London. They will visit Nye relatives in Chauncey and Cincinnati and plan a trip to Niagara Falls before proceeding to Chauncey.
Mee and Mrs John Palmer with children Glendon Geneva Virgine Chauncey attended the Cotterill family reunion at Octangy Park in Chillicothe. Nancy Martin returned to Chauncey after summering in Wellston. Olive Dubs joined them. Marie Morgan of Lancaster visited Chauncey with her parents Henry and Mary Morgan, then returned to Lancaster. Mibert Minister of Chauncey visited Newta with aunt Mrs Frank Weaver. Harvey Nye’s condition improves and he can be about home.
Nine mines were operating today versus seven on Saturday in the district. Reports last night listed active mines including No. 9 No. 366 No. 1 No. 69 No. 24 No. 86 No. 1 Freeport and Poston. Only two mines operated on Saturday.
A reunion is set for Friday at Mt Pleasant to honor Freda Kennard. The event is organized by the association with Mrs Keeton Ferrell serving as secretary.
Underweight men and women are urged to try McCoy tablets promising weight gain and health improvement. The ad claims rapid results with a money back guarantee if a 6 pound gain is not achieved after using specific boxes, asserting risk to the seller and satisfaction with the product.
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