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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1929

Page

5

Golden Wedding Celebrated Amid Local Notices

Mr and Mrs Frank S Roach quietly marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at 20 South College Street. A commemorative verse by Mrs Roach recalled fifty years of life together as relatives and friends gathered in Athena Ohio for the observance. The page also notes illness calls, society events, and club meetings across Athena with several local families and college affiliates listed.

D. E. Starr Sterling Ohio Everett M. Starr Huntington C. E. Starr Race Street D. FE. Starr Everett Starr

Senate considers bill to penalize trade mark defacement

Columbus Feb 12 Senator Claron L. Shafer of Van Wert County introduced in the State Senate a bill making defacement of trade marks a penal offense. The measure seeks to deter tampering with brand identifiers and protect trademarks.

Columbus State Senate Claron L. Shafer van Wert County

Boy Scouts Screen Films and Anniversary Observance at Athens Church

More than 100 Athens boys ages 12 to 14 watched three Scouting films at First Methodist Church. A father and son banquet opened the week's events, with Rev. M. E. Chatley speaking on Lincoln and music by a university trio. Court of Honor programs highlighted the Boy Scout oath and law, followed by anniversary candle exercises and speeches.

Athens First Methodist Church Methodist Church M. E. Chatley The Christian Church Lincoln Court of Honor

Scout Oath and Rites Highlight Scout Court of Honor

The record lists Scout loyalties and virtues led by Elmer Jacobs and Tom Biddle, with individual pledges for friendliness courtesy obedience cheerfulness thriftiness bravery cleanliness reverence and other traits. Tenderfoot through Eagle badges are presented by Roy L. Dupler and John H. Preston. Announcements include Benediction Taps and a closing Good Night.

Tenderfoot Arthur BE Cameron Roy L. Dupler John H. Preston Merritt Preston

Prohibition Inspector Appointed. Mexican Guard Alerts

Cadiz reports Rupert Betham appoints George Lanne of Clyde as prohibition inspector and A C McDougal of Woodsfield as chief deputy with headquarters in Columbus. In Mexico City six states remain on guard after the execution of Jose de Leon Toral, assassin of General Alvaro Obregon.

Cadiz U.R Rupert Beetham George Lanne Clyde Wne A. C. McDougal Woodsfield Columbus Mexico Mexico City Jose de Leon Toral Alvaro Obregon

Davis Pleads Not Guilty in Mine Trouble Shooting Case

Thurlow Davis of Chauncey entered a not guilty plea to a charge of shooting at Walter Burts with intent to wound and kill. He was arraigned in Athens County Common Pleas Court after arrest in Laurelville, bonded at 2000, and released from jail. Trial date not set.

Thurlow Davis Chauncey Walter Burts Davis Athens County Walter Burns Sand Ridge

Heavy Death Rate In Local Townships

Forty eight deaths and sixteen births were recorded in Athens and Canaan Townships during January, cited by the Athens County Health Office. Nurses attributed the high death rate to influenza and pneumonia, with many deaths reported from the Athens State Hospital. Seven new influenza cases were noted there in the last five days, raising total hospital cases.

Athens Canaan Athens County Athens State Hospital

Influenza and Other Diseases Reported in Athens County

The report shows 387 influenza cases in January in Athens County. Other illnesses include two chickenpox, one ophthalmia, one pneumonia, two smallpox, two tuberculosis, and a number of typhoid and syphilis cases.

Athens County

Miss Harvey Speaks At Fireside Hour Tonight

Vera Harvey delivers an informal talk on her Chicago YWCA industrial study during last summer. Forty girls attend the fireside meeting at Dean Voigt home to hear her and to view the stage reading of Susan Glaspell's The Inheritors.

Vera Harvey Chicago Irma BE. Voigt Miss Harvey Susan Glaspell Yvonne Robie Ohio University Miss Robie Athena

Kappa Sigma Education Topic Set for Thursday Meeting

Kappa 8 Pi chapter of Kappa Sigma Education will be the topic at its weekly church meeting in the Presbyterian Church on Thursday. New chancellor William H. Cooper, elected after Richard Cox’s resignation, will preside.

Ohlo University Kappa Delta Pi T. C. McCracken Alfred Hughes Irma E. Voigt Kappa 8 Pi Presbyterian Church William H. Cooper Richard Cox

Blessing to World by Pope Pius X14 on Balcony

A vast crowd gathered in St Peter’s Square as Pope Pius XII blessed the world from a balcony. The event marked the coronation’s seventh anniversary and symbolized peace between the Vatican and Italy after years of discord.

Paus Rome Pope Pius

Bathe Former Lily Beauty Dies in Monaco Dispatch

London dated report says Bathe the former Lily famous English beauty died of heart disease in a dispatch from Carlo Monaco.

London Bathe Carlo Monaco

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