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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1929
Page
17
In Wooster on January 22 executor Marion Graven led ice cutting from the Dye Orrville to determine if four year old Melty Horst lies beneath. The pond is near the boy’s home a fragment of ice was found as he disappeared in December the next day a hole was found but no search occurred.
Funeral services were held Monday at 10 o clock from the Kimberly residence for Rebecca Mallon a longtime Chauncey resident. Reverend Hoffman of Nelsonville conducted the service and burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery. Survived by several sons and a daughter Mrs Robert Becker William Beckler and Mrs Edward Foghty attended. Ben Johnson 29 was shot to death in Akrog during a quarrel at a gambling resort police say Ellsworth Ward the proprietor fled the scene.
Fire threatened the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Martin in Chauncey on Sunday evening about 6 o'clock. Neighbors and townspeople responded quickly, a hole burned in the roof, and damage was slight. Soot from the chimney was blamed as the likely cause and an alarm was rung immediately to extinguish the flames.
Georgie Smith two and one half years old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Smith died Sunday at home in Chauncey after pneumonia and influenza. Funeral at 10 this morning from the residence burial in Greenlawn. Parents have six children. Family moved from Corning to Chauncey.
January Nabby Lee Ames Chapter D A R met at Miss Helen Townsend's home with flag salute and prayer. New members Mrs Addd Alderman Phillips Athens and Mrs Grace Knowles Humphrey Hockingport were voted in. Daughters of Union Veterans installed officers led by Mrs Edna Embry, and Athens residents attended university dedications and local social events.
Mrs. Si Witham of Chauncey notified the Athens sheriff after finding her husband intoxicated in Sugar Creek. Chauncey Witham was jailed in Athens after arraignment on three counts including possession of intoxicating liquor and disturbing the peace. He pleaded not guilty and trial was set for 7 tonight. he is brother to Jay Witham, the escaped convict.
London January 22 King George has progressed in recovery and doctors consider moving him to a better climate. An official bulletin from the royal physicians says removal to the sea air will be advantageous as his condition improves.
The January Plains P T A meeting will be held in the Grade School Auditorium at 7 o clock after a postponement due to influenza. Mrs. John Loper presides over the business session and Miss Lucy B Evans leads the program committee.
Circle Hill resident Mrs Linzy Johnson died Sunday morning after months of illness at her home. Funeral services were held at the Holiness Church in Nelsonville and burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery. She is survived by her husband.
Athens State Hospital reports 13 new influenza cases bringing total sick to 111. Mrs. F A Osborne wife of Dr Os borne ill today. Five employees and seven patients also ill Monday. One new case reported in Athens Township per Health Office.
In Basrah on January 22 a party of Americans was attacked by Wahabi tribesmen near Zubair, killing Rev. Henry A. Bilkert. Royal Air Force planes were sent to recon the desert area amid reports of about 100 attackers and others in the vicinity. In Cleveland on the same date police and detectives searched the west side for fugitive car thief Fred Juriga, 22, who escaped a prison ward at city hospital.
Chicago report says Oscar Monroe, 34, a giant Negro prisoner, bolted from the bull pen in the Criminal Courts Building and stabbed three policemen before guards shot him down. The incident disrupted the police roundup of about 3,400 alleged underworld figures.
A blaze swept through Upper Sandusky early today destroying the O'Brien Electrical Company Joe Perri Shoe Store and the Hottman Barber Shop. Damages were estimated at $60 000 while a fourth business was damaged and the entire district faced threat until the fire was controlled. The cause was not determined.
Pat Rice of Athens was fined $10 and costs by Mayor Alex Moore after a drunkenness arrest on Court Street Sunday night. Three men, including John Mastin, Harry Millican, and James Collins, face arraignment before Mayor Moore tonight at 7. Police Chief Finsterwald and Captain Maple led the arrests.
Officers of the Athens County Savings and Loan Company were elected at a board meeting held in the bank offices Monday night. Elected were J. C. Mo Clanahan as president Dr J. L. Henry as vice president C. L. Stout as second vice president and F. E. Golds as secretary-treasurer.
A smallpox case in Edward Mullen of Troy Township led Dr. Westervelt to vaccinate all Torch School pupils as indirect contacts. Mullen and three of his family members were quarantined after diagnosis, with health officials urging prompt reporting of unusual skin eruptions.
Berry as secretary, Francis Goldsberry as assistant secretary, and John J. Woolley as attorney discuss the institution's activities after the election and reflect on the past year.
A McCune received not less than one year in the Ohio State penitentiary after pleading guilty to abandoning a legitimate child. He appeared in Athens County Common Pleas Court Monday and was arraigned January 18 on the charge, indicted by January 6 and arrested by county officers in Virginia on an affidavit from his wife.
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