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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1930
Page
3
Homer Sohne colored worker Johnson suffered a broken right shoulder blade when a soapstone top weighing about a ton and a half fell in Mine No. 155 at Drydock around 3 30 p m. He was improyed as a coal loader and was brought to Wright for X ray before returning home.
Two Athens based firms held annual meetings electing officers for 1929. Carpenter Hardware Company named S Carpenter president and general manager with Fred Carpenter as vice president and CO. AL Carpenter as secretary treasurer. The Glouster store reported large gains under Andrew Allen. Athens Lumber Company directors included L W Roberts W L Ross G H Junod Joe Db Martin and H FE Kittle. Roberts became Athens branch president, W F Wittle as Glouster branch manager. finances showed solid asset gains.
Henry Dunnett pleaded guilty to a drunkenness charge in the Glouster mayor court. He paid a $5 fine plus costs totaling $13.80 and was released after being arrested Wednesday by Marshal Lischer and Constable Love.
Mrs J W Wheatley living near the forks of the road between Glouster and Hollister is bedfast after a paralytic stroke. Her left side is paralyzed and she cannot move her left arm or leg.
Joe Anderson of Cincinnati defeated Jimmy Mahoney of Chicago by a ten round decision in Cincinnati last night.
In Glouster the revival meeting at the M B E Church is to end tonight after a prayer session last night. Rev Kemper preached on And the Door Was Shut with large attendance including guests from Crooksville, where he previously led a three year ministry and a revival yielding over 500 conversions.
Havre France January 23 five passengers were believed killed when a taxi aircraft crashed north of Dieppe. Two bodies were found near the wreckage and the remaining bodies were thought to have been carried out to sea.
Logan notes list visitors and locals on a midweek schedule. Carl Craig and Miles Dean from Indianapolis and Cleveland stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Phil A Henderson. William Weaver, Thomas Gears, and Fred Blankenship visited for business. Mrs. James Rafferty recovers from pneumonia after moving from the city. One hundred attended a gathering with Mr and Mrs Grant Allaways.
Ureville was serenaded Monday after their Saturday wedding. James Loomis and Marl Loomis of Union France were Logan business callers on Wednesday.
The fragment mentions Russel D. Mowery a 4 dollar oil field worker in Green Township and Jeannette Nimen 35 at home in Green Township with Rev Ernest Saymour officiating. The text is incomplete but indicates a personal event officiated locally.
Mrs Harry Hi Wright was host to the t) Club on East Main Street Monday evening with bridge as the main diversion. Substitutes included Mrs Charles Luts and Mrs Theodore Lytle.
Members of the Sister Susies Clab enjoyed a social evening Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Cyrus Rochester. Mrs. George Shively of Steubenville, an out of town member, attended and lunch was served by the hostess.
Two tables were laid for a bridge session involving Mrs. Cart and other players. The article notes setup details and attendees, highlighting a social evening of card play.
Judy entertained a group of friends on Tuesday evening. Guests included Abrs, Jo Brown, Mia, Frank Judy Jr, Mrs Leo Fox, Mrs Panui Jetlison, Mrs Frank Welland, Miss Pauline Judy, Miss Cleo Haley, and Mrs Adelaide Fox. A lunch was served by the hostess.
A dinner party was hosted Tuesday at the home of Mrs. James Noble to celebrate her eighty seventh birthday. Guests presented flowers and gifts as they marked the occasion.
Mrs Noble and family of Lancaster with Mr and Mrs Tom Noble and family Mr and Mrs J B Ratston and family Mr and Mrs Charles Lyke and son Charles Miss Jennie Nob ie and Mr and Mrs Ernest Waleinschmidt of this city listed in a local notice of residents and households.
Paul McCullough, 23, was shot in the left lower chest by his brother Dennis, 19, after a quarrel over a can of tobacco today at their father's home in Perrysburg, authorities said.
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