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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1928
Page
6
In Chauncey on the Lower Plains revival services continue at the Free Will Baptist church. Pastor Rev. Guss Graham conducts the meeting with Earl Cowan directing the music. Attendees report steady attendance and progress.
Chauncey Jan 12 Plans were made for a banquet at the dining room of the Grade school building The Plains next Monday night when the Gold division of the Parent Teacher association will entertain members of the Blue division who were in the membership drive stage adding fifty new members. Ray Michaels president of the association led the regular session in the Grade building auditorium. A milk supply report for under nourished pupils was given. Charlie Fagan an Ohio university student provided vocal numbers.
Wednesday evening at the Methodist Episcopal church revival Chauncey Dover high school students and teachers attended in a body. Special singing was provided by the high school chorus and the sermon was delivered by the Rev. N O Warren.
George Harvey Nye of this city celebrated his seventy fourth birthday this week. Nye has a long skating record and invites anyone who can beat it. He still uses a pair of wooden skates used for sixty years, most skating on the pond west of the railroad near Nye Cemetery.
Mrs George Gabriel Jr entertained numerous guests including Mrs Elizabeth Barber of Nelsonville and Mrs 8 S Shaw with sons Clarence and Verne of Union along with Mrs F M McHarg and Mrs J M McHarg of Lower Plains. Mr and Mrs Harry Davis of Columbus visited over Sunday with Mr and Mrs Arthur Burchfield. Roy Moore returned to Athens after visiting his brother Harry Moore. The Potts family Luhrig and parents Benton Potts hosted visitors while Mr and Mrs Arthur Burchfield and Kenneth Wise man dined with Athens residents. Floyd Potts returned home from Zanesville visit.
Mr and Mrs George Cline announce the birth of a son at their Chauncey home on Wednesday. The mother is formerly Miss Edna Fennell and the baby is a grandson of Mrs Anna Cline and Mr and Mrs Thomas Fennell.
The Chauncey Dover high school presents the third Lyceum number this evening at 7 30 in the school auditorium. A musical entertainment will be given as part of the program.
Advertisement offering McCoy's Tablets or McCoy's Cod Liver Oil tablets with a bold guarantee a thin person will gain at least five pounds after using four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes. If unsatisfied the druggist will refund the purchase price.
The Rev Miss Millicent Klee of Ironton will lead morning and evening services at The Plains Nazarene Church this Sunday. Former pastor of the church she returns to lead worship and preach.
The Waltonian chapter of the Isaak Walton League of America elects O. E F. McClure as president with C. W. Fink as vice president I. D. Forsyth treasurer and A. R. Kresge secretary Walter Konkoskie receives a watch fob for quota members Hiram Andrus is newly added The group will meet twice monthly starting January 21 and plans wider membership and expanded conservation work under new president McClure.
A simple home-made cough syrup combines Pinex and sugar syrup or honey to yield a pint of potent relief. It soothes irritated membranes, loosens phlegm, calms throat tickle, and helps with bronchitis hoarseness and bronchial asthma. Pinex is a concentrated pine extract with guaiacol, sold by The Nex Co Fort Wayne Indiana with a guarantee of satisfaction or money refunded.
The local league head outlined a broad campaign to restore outdoors, expand wildlife, preserve and create recreation areas, and push for more fishing, shooting, and playgrounds. He urged broad community support as a movement beyond sportsmen, stressing health happiness and national character. Emblems are awarded to active members.
After 18 teeth were extracted Mrs. Sarah Mobi nett returned home and took her own life in Yaxley England. The event follows dental extraction that preceded the suicide and underscores concerns about post dental procedure distress.
In Columbus on January 12 the Ohio fair managers association held a joint session with the state board of agriculture. The final meeting focused on fair management as the keynote and former president Myers Y. Cooper was expected to be re elected. State agriculture director Charles V. Truax warned that without a quick agricultural recovery many Ohio fairs could fail. 1927 crops dropped by 11 million dollars from 1926 and were 20.9 million below 1925. Dayton figures supported by remarks from Mrs. Dwight Young and Thurman Dusty Miller. Dayton’s Corrin Hutchins won 160 dollars in a statewide essay contest with 1,900 participants.
Athens County health authorities announce smallpox precautions in Athens and adjacent Washington areas. County health commissioner Dr J M Higgins says Coolville school children are being vaccinated this morning.
Through Everette Shimip a Wesley debate club has been organized to represent college students of the Methodist church in the intramural debate league. Members include Wayne Barrows William Cline Dale Manspurger and Glenn Gillmore.
Chillicothe notes Colonel Richard Enderlin marking his eighty fifth birthday at his East Water Street home. Family and friends surround him as plants and flowers brighten the residence and messages of goodwill arrive from admirers.
Announcement states a party will be held at the First M E Church in Athens tomorrow. The notice appears in the paper with assurance of truth.
English Reverend J T FPor Y collapsed and died while entering the pulpit in Ipswich. Local clergy and police attended the scene as funeral arrangements were planned.
Columbus minister and his wife report relief from bladder irritation after using Lithrated Buchu Keller Formula. The home paper notes nightly awakenings dropped from eight to fewer as the remedy acts on the bladder like salts on the bowels. Sold at drug stores. Keller Laboratory Mansfield and Mckee Drug Co locally.
Brooklyn firm promotes a new remedy claiming to stop stubborn epileptic fits without habit formation. Readers are urged to write to Phenoleptel Co. Dept 244 Box St Johns Place Station Brooklyn NY for a free booklet and guaranteed treatment.
Irene Park director of young people's activities will lead a church evening for affiliate and active members. Invitations sent to all. The Wesley players will perform a short comedy Mellerdrammer as a featured entertainment for all ages.
At the weekly noon Athens Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday C. M. Gill outlined proposals to improve the City Building as part of a luncheon program.
An old fashioned plaster style remedy Musterole is marketed to stop a cold from turning into flu or pneumonia. The ad touts mustard oil camphor menthol and other simple ingredients as counter irritants that stimulate circulation and clear congestion. It describes a warming tingling then cooling relief when applied to the chest or throat.
This morning the chamber of commerce reviewed South Bridge improvement ideas brought up weeks ago. No action was decided, and methods to secure the betterment were debated but not advanced.
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