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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1928
Page
5
Funeral services were held for Ruth West 87 at the Church of Christ in Orbiston conducted by Rev. G B Courtney with the Chauncey quartet singing. Burial followed at Greenlawn cemetery. She died at her daughter Maude Browns home in Columbus and is survived by four daughters including Mrs M E Glancey Detroit and Mrs J B Glancey Orbiston.
D M Sawyer addresses voters outlining priorities for Athens County including road improvements using local materials and labor to cut costs and aid rural communities. He pledges to maximize road quality and be economical in all county business if elected.
Naomi Howe 55 of Columbus fell 35 feet while trying to rescue her six year old granddaughter Ruth Wendell on stone steps by Big Walnut bridge near Humboldt Country club. She died after being taken to Grant hospital. Survived by three daughters and a widow. Funeral held in New Straitsville.
Chauncey Aug 13 Mr and Mrs Wilfred Henry Mr and Mrs Donald Henry Miss Ruth Fiske and Ethel Richardson have returned home from a month camping and motoring trip in a house built on a truck. They fished at Canoe Lake in Canada and travelled to Quebec and Ontario visiting many towns on the way. They reached Chauncey early Sunday morning.
Mrs Iris Tubbs and Aaron Lewis were married at 7 p m Saturday at the bride’s Hooper street home with Rev Selah Weatherby officiating. The couple will reside at Hooper street. Mrs Lewis continues her duties in the Bardin Brothers office. Mr Lewis is a stationary engineer with Sunday Creek Coal company.
The August 1 crop report for Ohio shows most crops in better condition than a month earlier. Rain and warmth in July boosted corn prospects with an estimated 146.8 million bushels, while winter wheat yields are down from last year and the ten year average. Spring wheat acreage rose modestly though remains of minor importance.
A new supply of South Dakota highway maps shows the state has no paved roads. Gravel and earth graded routes are listed as the better roads, with no paved highways indicated. Tour books are also available for purchase at the club secretary's office.
Readers are invited to solve a word play puzzle where SMILE hints at SCORN. The clue hints at a five stroke par and the answer appears on the final page of today's paper.
The article explains letter golf where one word changes to another in a fixed number of strokes. It requires one letter change per step, every intermediate step must be a common word, and letter order remains fixed. A sample from COW to HEN shows steps and a solution is printed on the last page.
William McBride from Crestline spent Sunday with his parents in Chauncey. James Smith and Everett Andrews from Columbus also visited their families there. Miss Babbette Dalheimer of Ashland Kentucky visited Mrs. Isaac Wilson and Miss Stella Carter in Chauncey and will tour Columbus and Dayton. Miss Gladys and Louise Kilpatrick of Columbus visited Ruth Gardner in Chauncey. Mr and Mrs Henry Martin and daughters Frances and Dorothy Six with children are in Dayton visiting relatives. Mrs Hayes Shrieves and children from Columbus are visiting relatives in The Plains.
The Athens city schools roster 1 457 children ages five to eighteen, per county auditor's office. Rural districts hold 6 743 children while villages total 1 001 and the cities 2 292. girls slightly exceed boys overall except in villages.
The message urges voters to support Tompkins for a sixth term as Clerk of Courts, branding him as qualified and deserving of voter backing and urging participation in the electoral process.
The county reports 1 119 boys and 1 219 girls statewide, with 4 879 boys and 4 931 girls in total. Districts list counts for Alexander Ames Athens Bern Canaan Carthage Dover Lee Lodi Rome Trimble Troy Waterloo York Carbondale Daleton Happy Hollow Mineral New Marshfield The Plains Albany Amesville Buchtel Jacksonville Trimble Glouster Ath iens and Nelsonville.
Wade drove a small coupe off the road into a ditch after the glare of an approaching car. The crash occurred near the Carpenter farm on the Canaanville road late last evening. The South Fast Ohio motor club truck pulled the car out, driven by Donald Robinson. the vehicle suffered a broken windshield but no other damage reported.
Chillicothe August 183 Motor cycle Officer Eddie Walden 28 died in City Hospital from injuries after a head on collision with an automobile on the Chillicothe Jackson pike Sunday night.
Aaron Lewis aged 89 and Iris Tubbs aged 39, both of Athens, obtained a marriage license in probate court. Rev Selah Weatherby is set to officiate. The couple were presented by Archer Brown and visited with Arthur Hunter and Arthur Vore family members in Athens over the weekend.
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