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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1927

Page

5

Nelsonville church elects new officers at annual meeting

Nelsonville church officials announced strong department reports at the yearly congregational meeting. additions to the church numbered twenty seven and Bible school attendance averaged 458. total contributions topped six thousand. new deacons James Birge John Barrows Samuel Gilham Claude Cramner Earl Gilbert join acting deacons. multiple officers and Sunday school leaders were elected. Miss Helen Reynolds, a 1928 Good Samaritan nurse graduate, passed the state exam in Columbus.

Walker ‘Morrison Evler Leland Devore Living Jets Verna Hand Building Fund Edward Love Roy Barron Albert Ditcher Music Fund Sigrid Love Amy Howe Mary Anderson John Love S. Lane Walter Ison Pearl Barrows Louise Bowers 5. S. Lane Women H. J. Long Frank Johnson Jesse Baugh Charles McManaway Ances Bennnett Blanche Juniper Mable Dupler Verna Lane Alleria Keating Louise Barrows Mary i Harry Tian Elzabeth Shepant Genevieve Beabiauline Alorrison Ma Jo Pigein Cradle Lucius Keplar Nelsonville Helen Reynolds

Nelsonville Chamber Board to Meet on Road Program

Fred J. Johnson new Chamber president leads a directors meeting at the Y M C A Monday at 7 pm. Starr township residents and Athens County Automobile Club officers plan to attend to discuss a good road program. Citizens with Chamber projects urged to attend and present plans.

Nelsonville Fred J. Johnson Chamber of Commerce Starr Township Athens County Automobile Clu

Sunday School Party At Walnut Street Home

Misa Genevieve Beagle hosted a Sunday school class gathering at her Walnut Street home. The Christian church event featured music and games with refreshments served to twelve members and guests Louise Caldwell, Louise Bowery, Marcelite and Doris Wallace.

Misa Genevieve Beagle The Christian Church Walnut Street Louise Caldwell Louise Bowery Marcelite Doris Wallace Episcopal Guildler Logan Edith Hanley Columbus Margaret Johnson Dayton George 1 Johnson William Morgan Hartman Ella Burnell Leighton Autiller Emmett Preston Lancaster McCune Anna B. Lowden

Miss Jean Humphreys of Memphis Voted University Co ed

University of Tennessee Knoxville students name Miss Jean Humphreys of Memphis as their most popular co ed. They praise her appearance dress sense dancing and modest manner describing her as old fashioned enough. Readily observed social events include church sewing parties and local gatherings featuring traditional attire and community clubs through the week.

University of Tennessee Knoxville Jean Humphreys Memphis

Carlotta buried in simple rites at Brussels funeral

The former Mexican empress Carlotta was laid to rest in Brussels with a minimal ceremony and a small cavalry escort. King Albert of Belgium and two princes attended as the cortège moved from Castle Bouchaut to Laeken Church seven kilometers away. Flood warnings preceded the day in Wheeling as the Ohio River rose toward flood stage with the Ghio River forecast to reach 36 feet.

Brussels U.P Carlotta Mexico Albert Belgium Charles Prince Iseopold Bouchaut Chuceh Laeken Wheeling W. Va Ghio River

Americans Seek Protection for Mexican Property Claims

In testimony to the House appropriations committee on the State Department supply bill, Wilbur J. Carr said between 12 000 and 132 000 Americans have interests in Mexico. He cited Mexican land petroleum and agrarian laws as causing unwarranted exploitation and noted religious property rights without compensation. A separate Idaho note reports no trace of Peyton Buhl missing from Pike County infirmary for four weeks, with officials suspecting a visit to relatives in Columbus.

Washington Mexico House Appropriations” Committee State Department Wilbur. J. Carr Carr Americana Idaho Peyton Buhl Pike County Columbus

Six year old Leonard Adams Hero on Bridge

Leonard Adams of Nebraska City Neb aged six hung beneath a railroad trestle as an oncoming train failed to stop. He stayed calm and clung under the bridge until the train had passed, escaping serious harm.

Leonard Adams Nebraska City Neb Leonard

Girl Becomes Blind After Poisoned Drink at Night Club

In Brooklyn a young woman, Miss Lillitir Courtney, drank from a companion's bottle at a nightclub. She collapsed and is now blind unless recovery occurs. Doctors warn permanent blindness is likely. The incident followed threats of tragedy during the evening.

Brooklyn United Pvege Miss Lillitir Courtney

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