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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1928
Page
2
A civic committee meeting in Pomeroy plans a banquet and program at K of P hall next Friday to honor the high school basketball teams. Guest players should contact Floyd Mees or Wrank Will. event aims to honor students and promote town pride, with double header stickers sold at $1.50 to support the effort.
A cross country aviator traveling from Washington, D. C. to Cincinnati halted in Racine on Tuesday afternoon for gas. He landed safely in a field near town after departing Washington at 1 30 a.m. and arriving by 3 15 p.m. He refueled and then ascended for the continued flight toward Cincinnati.
The church at Middleport has extended a call to the Rev. J. H. Bowling of Dover Tennessee to accept the pastorate. He and his wife are young people, he is about 31 years old, and his wife is a musician with talent and experience.
Pomeroy Ohio Kiwanis Club discussed installing river gauges to graph river stage movements and consider public subscription funding or a government gauge. Plans included courthouse installation or a paid public service weather station to record temperature rainfall and conditions after Dr Allard’s era.
A Pontiac Michigan project touted as the longest residential building completed in record time. Construction began September 22 1927 and 65 working days later the structure housing 72 units was finished. A second 58 unit wing 658 feet long followed by December 15 1927.
POMEROY Feb 2 Representatives from four Pomeroy P T A units announce plans to mark the anniversary with a joint program. The effort aims to involve students teachers and local residents in a community celebration.
Milford Foreman 64, owner of the Hobson mine near Middleport, died at his home from double pneumonia. A former Mason County, West Virginia resident, he lived at Hartford City. Funeral at the White Church tomorrow at 1 o clock.
Pomeroy reports Sherman Arms and John Kelley, a pair of cow thieves, were taken to the penitentiary for seven years after Judge Crow and Sheriff Willock confirmed prior prison records. Arms previously served 42 months of a four year term before escaping from a West Virginia prison. Kelley spoke little beyond noting his wife and four children suffered his downfall. Local jail escapes had prompted tight surveillance during their stay.
I E Matthews learns his car stolen before Christmas was found in Chattanooga Tennessee. He will travel with his wife and son David and his brother James to bring it back and later prosecute the youths involved. The high school presents The Spanish Moon at Mason ic hall May 105 and May 106 under John B Rodgers Producing company.
Glouster news reports W R Drury of Glouster has been named manager of the Ebersbach pharmacy at Pomeroy and will assume the post next Monday morning. He is an experienced pharmacist who has worked in Glouster for years and previously owned a drug store in Corning. Drury also served on Ohio’s state board of pharmacy. The Drury family will reside in Middleport, home of Mrs. Drury, and they have rented their Main Street home to Mr. Simms and his family.
In Angeles on Feb 2 defense attorneys call three alienists and family members to testify Hickman is insane. State witnesses and evidence described confessed details of dismemberment of a child, with the defense and prosecution focusing on motive as a jury hears the case.
Athens County board of public affairs announces new office hours and an extra grace day for bills to avoid penalties. Bills mailed on the 20th. offices open 9 to noon and 1 to 6. If the 26th falls on Sunday, an additional grace day applies. Delinquency incurs penalties after 6 p.m. on the 26th.
The reasons described include fear of danger and arrest if the girl Marian distrusted him. He also spoke of a long standing mental complex, difficulty defining it, and a desire to kill, while denying insanity though he doubted practical religion application.
Seventy five persons attended the men s meeting at the Church of Christ in Glouster on Tuesday night. The group included 12 from Nelsonville and the new Nelsonville church minister Rev McCorkle. The program featured talks by Rev McCorkle and Rev Vian a black face sketch by Thomas Davis and several orchestra selections. Light refreshments were served.
Miss Jean Gist of Athens fills in for Miss Merle Danford of Trimble in Glouster schools English department. Danford and her father 8. 8. Danford are spending a month in Florida.
The Middleport High School Commercial Club met in regular session at the high school auditorium. An excellent program featured the Girls Glee Club, with president Dale Werner presiding and other talks on club work. Local residents from Huntington Columbus and Athens visited or traveled, including Miss Marie Hysell and Mr Virgil Edwards.
A Marion man aged father of Mrs W R Tompkins arrived by ambulance a week ago to assist his sick daughter and has since fallen seriously ill at her home. He traveled 165 miles and was initially better but deteriorated. Mrs Tompkins plans to care for him at her residence.
Instructional note extols pine based cough remedy using Pinex with sugar syrup or honey to form a pint bottle. Claims rapid relief from throat and chest membranes, with warnings about substitutes and a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Ft Wayne Ltd.
The Stand ard Bearers will hold a gathering Friday night at Helen Dunnett’s residence in Glouster.
Two ice crushing tugs will be sent to a giant ice floe in Lake Erie four miles east of Ashtabula to free 20 men aboard the Maitland No. 1. Planes will rush food as Maj. John Berry and Maj. Thomas Herbert coordinate the rescue while the stranded crew report they are not suffering.
Senator Hiram Johnson accused authorities of cruelty and eviction against coal workers in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia during the strike. He urged a Senate investigation into conditions in the coal fields with Senator Reed backing the call for action.
Instructions advise marking linens with the owner’s name using delible ink after starching and pressing. A lead pencil trace should precede ink, ensuring clear identification on every linen if woven names are not used.
Wilmington man R. Barton of Wilmington Ohio recounts his experience with Sorbol Quadruple liniment from Mechanicburg Ohio. He says prior to use he suffered smothering spells heart throbs neck pain headaches and nervousness and after treatment his neck is reduced two inches and he feels like a different person. The remedy is sold by druggists locally at McKee.
A man registered as Harry Turner age 40 alias Homer Curry was arrested while attempting to sell a new auto. A companion picked up in Athens Ohio is also detained. Huntsville police wired to hold Turner as the car is reported stolen.
A marriage license was issued in Athens County to Hermie Louis Chalfant 22 a shoe shiner of Athens and Edythe Gertrude Bean 21 at home in Canaanville. Dr A Y Wile Cox performed the ceremony yesterday.
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