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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1928

Page

12

Women Business And Professional Club Outing At Crystal Springs

Logan August 17. Members enjoyed a picnic and afternoon of games and dancing at Crystal Springs. A supper followed with attendees listed including Bertye Correll Phil Brooke Ruth Easterling Geraldine Ellinger Emily Hopkins May Johnson Thelma Keyes Elizabeth Lyman Nettie McCray H W Nixon Margaret Parker Catharine Morgan Emma Petty Violet Reddick Helen Sater May Schaal Mabel Simms Evelyn Sater and Marie Sines.

Emma Petty Violet Reddick Helen Sater May Schaal Mabel Simms Evelyn Sater Marie Sines

Marietta Edges Athens Golfers by Six Points at Home

The Athens Country Club failed to defeat Marietta on the Marietta Country Club course, losing 32 to 28 in rain interrupted play. Despite a strong showing, Athens could not overcome the hosts in a tight match. Afterward Marietta hosted a dinner for the visitors and Athens praised the hospitality.

Marietta Athens Athens Country Club Washington County Marietta Club

Word ladder yields Nail Hail Hall Hell Heal Head

Puzzle solution lists a sequence: Nail, Hail, Hall, Hell, Heal, Head. Each step changes one letter to form a new valid word, ending in Head.

Nail Hall Hell

Official vote count completed in Logan county results

Election board officials finished the official canvass of Tuesday’s vote reporting minor changes. Eleven absent voter ballots were added but did not alter outcomes. Senator LeFever edged John Silbaugh by 27 votes for the Republican nomination.

Logan Election Board Secretary of the State E. LeFever John E. Silbaugh Senator LeFever Eugene Wright Harley M. Whitcraft

Man Fined for Reckless Driving in Logan

Herbert Edgell of New Pittsburgh pleaded guilty before Judge Ellinger to reckless driving after an accident in Ward township that injured Emmett Sorrel. Sorrel, using a cane, attended the arraignment as Sheriff Lloyd reported sufficient evidence supported the arrest.

Logan A. M. Ellinger Herbert Edgell New Pittsburgh Edgell Ward Township Emmett Sorrel W. R. Lloyd Sorrel

Hunt Leads By Narrow Margin In Last Primary Count

In Columbus the Democratic short term senatorial race remains neck and neck between Graham P. Hunt of Cincinnati and U. S. Senator Cyrus Locher of Cleveland. Hunt leads by about 1,325 votes based on United Press tallies, with 93,062 to 91,737 as incomplete returns show. An official count is awaited after a 10,000 vote discrepancy surfaced in Cuyahoga county and late returns narrowed the margin further.

Columbus U.P Graham P. Hunt Cincinnati U. S Cyrus Locher Cleveland Hunt Locher United Press Secretary of State Cuyhoga

Local families plan summer trips and picnics in Aug

Mr and Mrs E L Nimon, Mr and Mrs Dallas Kinser and two children, and Mr and Mrs William Spotts depart Saturday for Glenlyn Va for a two week summer camp. Miss Lucile Barthlow Wayne Barthlow Sunny Kochran and Miss Edna Shackelford of Union Furnace visit Millersburg with Miss Dorothy Snider and stay as house guests over the weekend. Miss Archie Barnes travels to Marion for her ill sister. Mrs Roger Friend and daughter Betty Jean visit Bremen and Pleasantville for two weeks. Logan notes a Hocking County fox hunters picnic at the T W Hardy farm near Maxville next Wednesday at 6 30 pm with wieners and music. George Anderson of Circleville was a business visitor in Logan.

E. L. Nimon Dallas Kinser William Spotts Glenlyn Lucile Barthlow Wayne Barthlow Sunny Kochran Edna Shackelford Union Furnace Millersburg Dorothy Snider Miss Barthlow Miss Snider Roger Friend Betty Jean Bremen Pleasantville Logan Hocking County Fox Hunters Association T.W. Hardy Maxville George Anderson Circleville

Reverend James R. Fields invited to return as pastor

Logan readers learn that the Fourth Quarterly Conference unanimously invites Rev. James R. Fields to serve another year as pastor of the local Methodist church. The pastor arrived two years ago from Gallipolis and has earned wide esteem. Rev. J. W. Blair of Chillicothe presided as district superintendent amid district reassignments and health-related absences.

J. W. Blair Chillicothe Blair Lancaster Kelley Jenness

Haydenville High welcomes pupils with new principal

Logan reports H H Sands the newly elected Haydenville High School principal invites all pupils to meet at the high school on Tuesday August 21 at 10 o clock. The gathering will introduce new faculty members assist in ordering texts and outline class arrangements. Sands succeeds James Archer and comes from The Plains.

Samuel Blackwood Surprised at Snowville Home

In Snowville on August 17 friends and neighbors gathered at 78 year old Samuel Blackwood’s home after 45 years of residence for a daylong surprise. A large group of relatives and area residents attended, sharing baskets dinners and good wishes.

Samuel Blackwood Snowville Blackwood James Day L. H. Blackwood Mary Blackwood Athens Delbert Reeves Vergil Reeves Edgar Stanley Add Stanley Mae Stanley John Stanley Henry Dickson Charles Blackwood Albany Dennis Jones Pratts Fork Stanford Ackley Columbus G. E. Guthrie J. M. Guthrie Pearl Blackwood Emma Hawk Sadie Hooper W. Ernest Longsworth Pomeroy Sumner John Stout Eugene Oregon Will Story Darwin Johl Story Burlingham Henry Chase Clyde Hooper Daphne Hooper Everett Hooper Fred Latham Martins Ferry Charles Sargent L. Young Chase Frank Sargent Fern Grace Carl Sargent Shade Will

400000 Women Report Benefit by actual record

A questionnaire with each bottle of medicine has drawn over 400 000 replies with ninety eight out of a hundred saying yes. The ad touts the medicine’s effectiveness and urges readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist today.

Local Figures Named in Snowville Athens Notice

Howell, Dowington, George Green, Archie Stanley, Mrs Woodyard and Mrs Tewksbury appear in a regional notice linking Snowville and Athens. Other names include Roy Jones and Mr Moore reflecting a community event or legal notice across Albany and Columbus areas.

Tragedy Story Unfolds Nine Years After Disaster

In Moscow the WWII era tale resurfaces as the British submarine L-55, sunk in 1919 near Kaporsky bay, is salvaged at Kronstadt harbor. Skeletons are found in the hold, implying the entire crew perished. The vessel had aided Allied forces in a doomed action.

Moscow Kronstadt Kaporsky Bay Leningrad

Atlanta cancels Uncle Tom's Cabin screenings

The Atlanta board of review with the mayor and Universal Pictures officials agreed to cancel private showings of the film version of Uncle Tom's Cabin after protests calling the event unwise. The decision ends Atlanta bookings for the production.

Atlanta Harriet Beecher Stowe Board of Review Universal Pictures Corporation

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