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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
3
Chicago hosts five days of air races at Wright-Heynolds Airport starting Saturday. Two derbies are being organized as part of the National Aline competition with multiple entries expected.
Dr A J Crawford and daughter Helen attended the funeral of Harrison Crawford in New Straitsville. Services were at New Straitsville M E Church and burial followed in New Straitsville cemetery. Crawford 72 died suddenly at his country home, leaving a widow and four children. He formerly ran a Murray City meat market.
Aug 21 report says Mrs W C Merritt of Trimble will discuss her summer trip abroad at the Loyal Women's Class regular meeting of the Church of Christ Sunday School. The session is at Mrs Zern Cunninghams on South High Street Friday at 7 30 PM. Mrs Merritt's Sunday School Class from the Trimble Church of Christ will attend.
Miss Juanita Anderson of Jacksonville M. E. Church is chosen for the fall class at White Cross Hospital School of Nursing in Columbus. A 1928 Jacksonville Trimble High School graduate, she will complete three years training and then seek an A B degree at Ohio Wesleyan University.
A group of young girls gathered at Rev. W H Reitz home in Jacksonville for a farewell surprise party for Imogene Reid. Games were played and refreshments, including candy cake and ice cream, were served to Misses Mary Stevens Marie Stevens Louise Dunlevy Betty June Dunlevy Mary Kahne Flora Talbert Avenel Smith Elizabeth Tinkham Elizabeth Eben Rambo Irene Davis Audrey Curtis and Imogene Reid with hosts the Rev and Mrs Reitz.
Joe Sabo underwent surgery to remove a steel particle from his hand after an injury at Ohio Mine No. 1. The incident occurred two weeks ago while he was driving a spike and will keep him from work for some time.
Mrs. Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach California held a 12 minute lead in the Los Angeles to Chicago Women's Air Derby as six contestants passed the toughest segments and prepared for a flight to Amarillo Texas.
Harry Aberts aged 18 of Hunterdon was injured at Mine No 267 when a coal fall trapped him. He suffered a two inch scalp laceration and a crushed left foot. He will be brought to Glouster for X rays to assess possible fractures.
Danford family reunion scheduled for Saturday August 30 at Caldwell Fair grounds announces H H Danford of Homer Township. The event draws many relatives from distant areas each year and is a longstanding gathering.
Mrs S A Blackwood and Mrs Grace Kinney with daughter Fay leave Aug 21 for Columbus then continue west. Fay to start in Minneapolis and Mrs Kinney travels with Mrs Blackwood to a country home near Concordia Kansas after a visit to the Capital City.
Mr and Mrs C E Haskins and their two children Ann and Edson of Trimble will spend Saturday and Sunday with relatives and friends in Columbus and Westerville.
Everett Leadbetter son of Mr and Mrs W W Leadbetter will teach biology physics and science at Marion Center High School next year in Pennsylvania. He is a Glouster High School graduate and has an A B degree from Ohio University earned this summer.
Barard Ruberry, 35, died after a gunfight at Lane Technical High School site. Charles Mulcahy, 44, a prominent labor leader, was killed instantly. attackers fled. Police link the deaths to Plumbers' Union troubles.
Miss Catherine Grote of Dayton reports dramatic improvement after taking Konjola. She says six bottles removed tiredness and nervousness, improved sleep, and restored energy, with best results from six to eight weeks of regular use. Sold at McKee Drug Co. in Athens Ohio and by local druggists.
Police identify Mike Morgany and two others as gunmen who murdered Gerald Buckley, Detroit radio announcer, in a hotel lobby. Authorities say Morgany is being sought as a suspect in the case.
The Dollar Saving Bank of St Clairsville was closed today by State Banking Superintendent O C Gray of Cadiz due to frozen assets.
Monroe Michigan August 21 UP charged with desertion of wife and five children including an infant Rev Robin Mc Cay 35 a recent arrest in a Pontiac Bible School probe is jailed here Mrs Vala Mc Cay says he deserted her June 10 in Whiteford Township near the Ohio line He was arrested with Rev Ehner Johnson in Pontiac case Justice John Foucher issued a warrant Pontiac prosecutors plan to claim Mc Cay if not convicted Charles Wilson Oakland County assistant prosecutor advised Monroe officials.
Fred Hayes and Charles Cope of near Guysville will represent Athens County at the Ohio State Fair in a milk testing for butter fat contest. They won the Athens County Fair event as the Hocking Valley Livestock Club dairy team and earned a free trip to the State Fair to compete on Friday August 2. Judging is underway with winners expected by Friday as the fair showcases 4 H divisions under H Johnson and Fair Board member Barker.
Mrs. Helen Newell Garfield 64 wife of Cleveland attorney James R Garfield and daughter in law of James A Carteld died from injuries after an auto crash Monday. Her body was to be received at her home in Mentor Ohio where friends mourn the sudden loss.
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