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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1928
Page
8
Logan, Aug. 27. The county institute planning conference will be held at the courthouse auditorium on September 11. Robert W. Lang announced the plan with F. L. Allen, O. S. A. supervisor, to confer with leaders of county farm organizations. Nine institutes are planned for fall and winter, some under state aid, others independently. Representatives from granges, farm bureau, Parent Teachers associations, and 4 H club leaders are expected.
Plan for a Wolf family reunion on September 9 at the late Matthew Wolf farm in Starr township now Clifford Campbell home. Attendees from Nelsonville area urged to travel good roads to the Starr township site. Descendants of George Wolf of Athens County also invited.
D Randolph of Zanesville appeared before Magistrate E E Bright in Logan on a charge of obscene language in the presence of Miss Margaret Powell Miss Rena Powell and Miss Nancy Decker of New Pittsburg. He pleaded guilty and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
Four passengers and two pilots vanished on a Ford monoplane en route from Victoria Canada to Seattle Washington. A motor failure prompted search of the Juan de Fuca Strait for wreckage with hope virtually abandoned. The missing include Mr and Mrs A M Scott of England Dr D B Holden of Victoria Thomas E Lake of Seattle Harold Walker of Seattle and Leonard Carson of Victoria.
Cleveland faces higher bootleg liquor prices after Deputy Prohibition Administrator G J Simons led raids on eight garages destroying 10 stills and contraband materials valued at 125000. The stills, with 1600 gallons daily capacity, were said to supply illicit retailers nationwide.
One woman died and more than a dozen people were injured in weekend Toledo auto accidents. Mrs. Leona Erickson, 28, is killed.
Logan factions from both major parties held gatherings to organize for the fall campaign. Republicans elected Vance Webb as central committee chairman and David W. Tucker as secretary, with John G. Collins as Logan chairman and a large slate of executive and central committee members named, while Democrats formed a central committee with Frank Brown as chair and will finalize executive roles next week.
Ohio opened its seventy eighth state exposition at the fair grounds with officials Charles V. Truax and E. H. Campbell officiating. The gates opened early as thousands arrived for stock judging and a day highlighted by children and mothers.
The Finsterwalds plan their yearly gathering at George Y. Tedrow’s residence in Guysville next Sunday, September 2.
Mr and Mrs Harry Heinlein announce the birth of a son early Sunday morning. Miss Emma Bell of Bowen street fractured her hip after a fall at home on Thursday. Mrs Alma Blockinger of Long Beach California visits her Logan relatives for two months with her mother Mrs Amanda Bartlett and others. Miss Ruth Heft left for Synthian Kentucky to vacation with her sister Mrs Robert D Green and family. William Smith of New Straitsville passed through Logan Sunday evening from a Columbus hospital where his arm was crushed in a wheel a week ago.
In Logan on August 27 a trio of veteran lawmen, all over 62 and married in July 1887, work across federal and state lines to hunt illicit liquor producers. W. G. Davis of Wellston, James Richards of Sabina, and H. A. Lines of Nelsonville report high arrest figures monthly and say they can outwalk younger teams in pursuit of crime.
Fire of undetermined origin partially destroyed a small shed behind J. H. Ucker’s residence at 371 Hocking Avenue in Logan. Firefighters quickly extinguished it with a single line of hose. Loss estimated at 50 dollars.
The British foreign office informed its embassy in Washington that a letter allegedly written by Foreign Minister Chamberlain to Briand of France, claiming a secret understanding supplementing the Anglo-French agreement, lacked authenticity.
The last teachers examination before the fall term will start at 8 o clock Friday morning in Central school. It covers all branches and serves as the final chance to obtain or renew certificates under state rules. A September special exam remains for high school teachers needing subjects beyond their current certificates.
Dr. Andrew Barclay Meldrum age 71 pastor of Old Stone church died last night at Cleveland clinic after brief illness. He served the church for many years and was active in community affairs.
Burglars entered the home of William Fergus, a Cleveland sports promoter, and stole articles valued at 6000 dollars. They escaped as Mrs. Fergus woke, taking two diamond rings valued at 3300 dollars and a 1000 dollar fur coat.
Dillard Bobo Pomeroy arraigned before Justice of the Peace Carl H. Porter and pleaded not guilty. He waived examination and was placed under bond of $500 for the next grand jury session. Bobo was arrested by Constable Harry Dalton on an affidavit by Deputy Sheriff Wayne Wingett.
Earl Hamilton of Portsmouth released from the city jail after a runaway case. He was rearrested Saturday night on intoxication charges by Canaanville constable Clifford Laughlin. Arraigned before Justice Carl H Porter, Hamilton pleaded guilty, fined 100 dollars plus costs, and committed to the county jail for nonpayment.
An affidavit by Mamie Flanigan of Clarksburg West Virginia states Earl Wilson of Columbus was fined 50 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to stealing Babe a bull dog at the Athens county fair grounds. Officer Harry Dalton arrested Wilson in Columbus. The dog valued at 150 dollars per the owner.
Bert Martin resigns as secretary treasurer of the Farmer-Labor party in Chicago. He backs Herbert Hoover and cites dissension within the third party group. Elected in 1924, he criticizes Alfred E. Smith as aligned with Tammany Hall and ruralist stereotypes.
Chicago Heights Star building blasted yesterday with no clue found. The paper opposed alcohol and beer peddlers, editor King Williams reported receiving threatening letters. A police guard was placed around his residence.
Muriel W Wiley Sellars was granted a divorce from George B Sellars in Athens County Common Pleas Court on Saturday for cruelty and neglect. Return of her maiden name Wiley was approved and the defendant ordered to pay court costs.
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Ellenville N Y August 27 One to seven persons missing and several hundred marooned on hilltops and in autos as one of the worst floods in local history recedes into the Rondout creek. A Catskill cloudburst sent the creek out of its banks flooding a 20 by 7 mile area washing out bridges and marooning villages.
Sybil, heroine of Eleanor Early’s Whirlwind, recalls a beach tryst with a phantom sweetheart and a promise to marry. After the war a new suitor, Craig Newhall, asks again while Sybil weighs adolescent love against adult life. The Athens Messenger begins the serial this Sunday.
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