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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1921
Page
5
Local society items report D of A members meeting at seven in the Junior hall and several members traveling to Columbus and Lima. Many residents return from visits to Akron Philadelphia Atlantic City and Camp Cowasset with notes on kin and friends in Athens vicinity.
Mrs. C. L. Strecker and daughter Mary Jane return home from Toledo where Mrs. Strecker joined her daughter at the home of her sister Mrs. A. I. Elliott. Rev. and Mrs. Strecker had toured Yellowstone and other western points and Rev. Strecker came back to Athens earlier.
Dr and Mrs H M Taylor host Miss Emma Meek of Columbus as guest with their daughter Mrs Raleigh Nichol of Los Angeles to accompany her to Columbus Wednesday. The Meek stay marks a cross country visit before California trip. Public club meeting of the U D club postponed one week. Mr and Mrs Monroe Brown and Ruth Davis depart to Portsmouth then Wyoming Ohio where Brown takes a high school post. The Miller party from Columbus visit relatives in town while Miss Carol Strecker from Marietta returns home with niece Mary Jane Strecker.
Monday at the First M. E. parsonage Rev C L Strecker united Donald Wayman of Belle vue Kentucky and Carolyn M Straub of Nelsonville in marriage at 1 30 pm The couple plan to reside in Bellevue Kentucky after the ceremony.
Several weddings are reported including Miss Helen Robinson and Mr. Donald W. Campbell after August 256 at the First M. F. parsonage officiated by Rev. C. L. Strecker. The couple will reside in Murray.
Airline Glen Scott recovers after tonsil removal. The Lookout school opens September 6 with Miss Helen Haning returning as teacher. Sunday School at 9 AM precedes a sermon by Rev. Gardner at Arline Church. Sam Scott and Fred Elliott visit Columbus for tonsil removal.
Young residents traveled to Carbondale for an 18 inning no decision contest on Sunday August 28. Connett pick-up players showcased fine play though the game ended 1 to 1 due to darkness. Other notes include moving plans for several families and visits from Chicago.
Former New York heiress Edith Beaver Webb marries George Miles, a stable superintendent in Lake Forest. She adjusts from luxury to domestic life, cooking and cleaning, and finds happiness in their simple home rather than wealth.
Co P Kircher and Co, successful bidder, began digging for the $22 000 Athens Country Club building. The site on the hill offers broad views, with greens and tees nearing completion and the water line survey finished. Roadwork on the ridge grade is near completion as bids await pipe line construction bids.
Report of Connett's second team beating Mt Zion 8 to 7 in a close game. Mentions missed church roof work, local prayer meetings, and Harold Nanna coordinating games. Jesse Carter returns to Chillicothe after visiting his parents.
Columbus Aug 30 Robert T. Harris secretary of the Ohio Tax Commission was named secretary to Governor Davis. Governor Davis announced Sanford Bundy of Athens, formerly commission clerk, would become executive clerk in the governor's office.
Scoutmaster Roy Dupler leads a rapid reformation of Troop No 2 in Athens. Veree Murphy and Lawrence Dupler become assistant scoutmasters, Geo Prudent is senior patrol leader, and new scouts Harold Nice and six others are registered. Regular meetings are Mondays at 7 pm at the First M E church.
The J. H. Grayson Manufacturing Company operates at peak season with over one hundred workers producing Ray-Glo gas heaters at about 300 daily. A carload is sent to a San Francisco wholesale dealer with another shipment to Mansfield and express freight on each train. Manager Grayson notes orders are widespread though not as large as last year and predicts the season will exceed last year’s business.
Bounce the shepherd dog becomes town hero after rescuing six cows from a barn fire at the Johnson farm. He entered the searing flames to retrieve each animal, guiding them out one by one for owner Walter Johnson.
Special rates for the 37th division members attending the annual convention in Toledo on September 25 1921. Notify the ticket agent when purchasing a fair to receive full fare one way and a certificate half fare back after convention. Reunion at Terminal Building Cherry and Seneca streets with a planned entertainment program.
Aug 80 in Cincinnati sees Elihu Root and Taft among famed jurists gathering for the American Bar Association convention. Federal and state judges, corporate lawyers, and prosecutors attend, with notable women lawyers and judges prominent in the crowd.
A woman credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with ending nine years of distress from constipation and stomach trouble after a two year course. The product claims to remove catarrhal mucus and inflammation in the intestinal tract, with a money back guarantee via McKee Drug Co. and druggists everywhere.
Rev. Wm J Warrener returned from Langsville after attending the seventy eighth annual session of the Ohio Eastern Christian Conference of which he has served 45 years. The body adopted a report praising President Harding invitation to a disarmament conference and urging nations to pursue peace. The resolution calls for swords to plowshares and war to cease per the Prince of Peace teachings.
Columbus Ohio August 30 Efforts to persuade the war department at Washington to turn over the Erie proving grounds adjoining Camp Perry to the Ohio National Guard will be made this week by Adjutant General George Florence Florence will conference with department officials today The Erie proving grounds used for testing guns during the war contain 1100 acres Camp Perry now has 450 acres
Dr. F. H. Darby age 75 long time superintendent of the Children's Home Society of Ohio died in Columbus after a paralysis event. He led the society for 28 years.
An advertisement asserts that Blue Devil bath product enhances wellbeing and offers a promise of improved comfort for users. The date 8 29 16 appears as a contextual marker.
Rev. H. A. Sherwood once pastor of the Church of God in Athens area will preach Wednesday night at Chauncey then Thursday night at Athens Church of God. He is scheduled to deliver sermons in the local evangelistic series.
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