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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1922
Page
5
Athens social page records multiple Ohio and Indiana travel visits and family gatherings. Columbus residents Defrane Burke and Robey families spend weekend in Athens. weddings and reunions draw relatives from Urbana Columbus Dayton Cincinnati and Louisville area.
Mr and Mrs W L Truesdell of Columbus were complimented at a country club dinner upon returning home. Mr and Mrs L V Brown hosted the Saturday event with Mrs Frank among the guests.
The Lane Herrold wedding at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Wilmer G Lane featured Wilma Lane and Russell Herrold of Zanesville with guests from Cambridge Athens and Zanesville. Rev James Best officiated with a three course tray dinner and a post ceremony reception. The bride educated at Cambridge High Ohio University and Goucher College taught English and history. The groom a Mosaic Tile employee and Ohio University and Harvard graduate.
Corbin Kentucky August 14 engineers firemen trainmen conductors on the Cumberland Valley division of Louisville and Nashville railroad and all switchmen in local yards walked out at 1 o clock. Officials say the number affected may reach 1200.
The Dailey descendants gathered at the Orville Dailey grove south of Albany for the 14th family reunion. About 123 signed the register with many more not enrolled, and relatives from Ohio Indiana and other states joined the event. A noon dinner filled a long grove table followed by program remarks and readings including a tribute by Mrs O D Dailey and an original poem on The Dailey Family. Officers elected for next year include Elden Dailey president Earl Dailey vice president Maude Knowlton secretary and L T Dailey new executive member. Also noted is Muskegon policewoman Sarah McVeigh who carries badge number 13.
Cautions against pressuring friends for letters of introduction or intercession. Advises waiting for a friend to offer help rather than risking awkwardness or rejection by requesting favor in advance. Emphasizes self restraint and mutual respect in social when seeking access.
Washington dispatch warns that ending the coal strike will trigger a surge in coal and general freight demand. With crops moving in July and crop-season traffic rising, railroads face potential severe car shortages and congestion nationwide. The Interstate Commerce Commission studies rationing coal cars and allocating cars to mines and regions.
Homer C. Campbell city administrator since February 1 will resign to the Akron council Tuesday, effective September 1. He will become assistant treasurer of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
United States District Attorney Joseph Burke ordered a wide reaching inquiry in Los Angeles to determine if Santa Fe railroad train tie ups at desert points were the result of conspiracy. Justice Department agents seek evidence for a federal grand jury probe into interstate mails and commerce.
Washington reports the fuel distributing committees aim to ship 12 million tons of bituminous coal to the lake region by September 15. 260000 tons to the Northwest this week and 400000 tons next week are planned. No anthracite is available this year, so 80 soft coal will substitute. 69000 cars loaded in five days last week, 533 cars more than the prior week, with Norfolk Western carrying most loads. The St Louis chamber seeks 200 coal cars to keep utilities running, and a Harrisburg meeting will address a fair price scale.
We thank the employer of the F. L. Preston Co for the floral tributes sent for our wife and mother's funeral. MR ABRAHAM KINNEY AND CHILDREN.
A field meeting for Athens county farmers is set for Friday August 18 at 1 00 P M on the Kessler farm seven miles north of Logan along a gravel road between Bremen and Logan. Mr Kessler will explain reviving a poor hillside pasture with modest expense and effort. County Agent Raymond says several Athens county farmers plan to attend and some machine space remains. Farmers should call the Farm Bureau office to attend.
Jesse Murphy, convicted in 1917 for shooting and robbing a bank messenger, slated for unconditional release in Pennsylvania today. He will be re arrested by Boston detectives to face murder charges after Massachusetts and Pennsylvania negotiations enable transfer.
Lorain County voters will see two women on the November ticket. Mrs Luetta Peabody of Oberlin seeks the Democratic nomination for state representative and Miss Mabel Marsh of Lorain as Republican nominee for clerk of courts.
Glouster residents Rosale Haskins and daughter Hilda return from a week with sister Mrs Beatrice Edwards in New Athens Ohio. Local families visit relatives in Jacksonville and area, with other notices of hospital treatment for Mike Matsak and various social and fraternal engagements across the week.
In its reorganization drive the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to issue stocks and bonds totaling nearly 200 million dollars.
Mike Malchek of Glouster was judged insane by Common Pleas Judge Woratell and sent to Athens state hospital. He had been arrested after his father Andy Malchek complained, with five men needed to restrain him. Doctors cited an old head wound from a prior kicking.
Cedar Point reports early arrivals for the National Kraut Packers Association convention. Officials say the cabbage crop looks to be large, but higher production costs and limited facilities will prevent price reductions for kraut despite growing demand.
Elyria reports the Ohio Public Service Company asks city council to modify franchise terms to raise rates about 18 dollars per year for small households. The company says the increase would erase an 87 thousand five hundred dollar annual deficit.
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