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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1929
Page
7
Chauncey January 5 report notes that Friday basketball games between Chauncey Dover High School girls and boys and Buechtel High School teams were cancelled due to several players falling ill with influenza.
Relief reached 257 families in Athens County under Captain Richard Benton. 1,415 persons received help, baskets of food totaled 198, shoes 67 pairs, garments 54. Transient relief covered 228 persons with meals and lodging. Total receipts 2366.20. disbursements included salary, housing, transportation, food, clothing, and coal. 912 families, 123 sick visited. numerous meetings and programs recorded.
Ohio lawmakers urge making the Mt. Vernon tuberculosis sanitorium self supporting. A state committee on economy in public service says the institution is an unfair discrimination and favors shifting grants to county facilities or patients from counties without tuberculosis hospitals.
Charles D Sanders lifelong Millfield resident and Civil War veteran of the Thirty sixth Ohio Volunteers died Friday evening at his home after years of frail health He survived by five sons including Carson J Sanders Athens and W J Sanders Albany and others in Millfield and Living Sanders He was 47 and a member of the Church of Christ and G A R He is survived by one brother Chester L Sanders and multiple grandchildren Funeral services will be Sunday at 130 from Millfield Church of Christ conducted by Rev G Blantney with burial at Nye Cemetery.
Members of the Naomi Bible Class of the Plains Methodist Episcopal Church met last week at Mrs Curtin Grace's home with President Mrs Edith Baroy in charge. Mrs Mario Mochacils led the program and Mrs Thoby Lon acott led the lesson discussion. Social hour followed with refreshments served.
Jan 5 meeting in Temple of Pythian Sisters to install officers with members asked to wear white. Refreshments planned for social hour. Chauncey personal notes mention visitors and illness updates among local residents.
Joe Civile, son of Mr and Mrs John Civile of Chauncey, underwent a home operation on Converse Street Thursday morning to drain pus from his lungs. Dr W Y Sprague performed the procedure, a portion of a rib removed. The boy was improving after earlier influenza followed by pneumonia.
Ada Bonner Leboeuf and Dr. Thomas L. Dreher, convicted of murder, received a two week stay of execution from the Louisiana Supreme Court with Governor Long's approval. Sheriff Pecot awaited a clear directive as the justices debated the legality of the last minute reprieve amid last minute legal confusion. Frank H. Tanner, 70, longtime Ohio State Millers Association secretary, died at his Columbus home after illnesses.
In Steubenville, 23 men arrested in six weeks of federal raids failed to appear for arraignments before Judge Benson W. Hough. Bonds were forfeited including Joe Guido whose $10,000 bond was declared forfeited. The group was linked to a post office robbery and part of a larger federal dragnet.
Columbus police report the arrest of Clyde Johnson and Miss Effie Peters at a farm south of Logan after the December robbery of the First Central Trust Company. Investigators said Johnson had about $6000 in cash after the holdup. The couple was taken into custody at midnight and transported through rough country to the farm. The editor’s widow, Allee McMullen, 74, died at a hospital in Gallipolis.
Public affairs show December receipts of 1970.18 and expenditures 1904.34 leaving a month end credit of 85.94. Mayor Gormiey to have fire pump repaired as water pressure affects fire protection. Treasurer’s report not submitted. board of finance report incomplete.
Glouster Chapter No 280 installed new officers including Margeret McHarg R and Lena Snowden R with Bertha Carpenter chaplain and Lucille Joseph secretary. A post meeting lunch followed at Johnson restaurant and members were urged to attend next Tuesday’s session.
Glouster will reopen Monday after a two week vacation. Second grade and grades 6 1 and 6 2 displaced by fire will meet in temporary spaces. Senior High School grades 9 1 and 9 2 move to the Senior High Building. Other grades reassigned to M I Church basement or Palmer Building gym. Mothers Club Jacksonville event date to be announced.
Baby boy, six months old, son of Mr Mira Joe Turner of Columbus died Friday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Oscar Efendrich in Jacksonville where the Turito family had been visiting since Sunday. Burial took place Saturday afternoon at 1 o clock in the Catholic Cemetery after a short service.
J R Lewis a former Trim and Ferndale resident died in Rome Georgia after moving south years ago. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Trim Church of Christ with Elder Co H Morin of Malta in charge. Burial in Maplewood Cemetery. He was born in Home Township Morgan County and lived on a Ferndale farm before moving to Trim. He married Miew Draester of Rome in 1927 after his first wife died. Two sons predeceased him. The body arrived from Georgia tonight to be laid to rest in Ohio.
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