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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1927

Page

3

Wreck attempt at Lick Run mine investigated by authorities

Tracy's bloodhounds from Pomeroy aided Nelsonville police and Athens sheriff in tracking suspects after unknown assailants attempted to destroy the Lick Run coal mine power plant near Nelsonville. A man was detained as searches continued. damage included a broken motor grid and a sabotaged five ton motor, with the mine closed for days.

Nelsonville Janet Tracy Pomeroy Lick Run Perry Wood Floodwood Jack Pearson William Williams Athens Tracy Ray Roush Ralph Gilmorey George Klinlebriel Keystone Coal Company

Doanville pupils keep perfect attendance in first semester

Doanville school reports a list of students who were not absent during the first semester which closed January 14. Names include Alma DeLong Clarice Sweazy Mildred Warren Otis Blair John Cable James Stephenson Virgil Seenes Max Williams Othmar Isselstein Thelma Harvey Richard Hickman Raymond Hammond Garnet Hickman Robert Hunley Leslie Powell Roy Warren Neva Call Clara Hutchinson Gertrude Pomesky Lelia Schoonover Dorothy Thompson Henry Isselstein Freddie Nixon Raymond Lambert Lewis Sweazy Eileen Covert Margaret Finn Philena Nixon Wizard Pomesky Anna Robinett Charles Hutchinson Lillian Coon Mary Opal Lang Mary Jean Nixon Mary Eileen Covert Audrey Cable Aretta Warren Phillis Thompson James Warren.

Alma DeLong Clarice Sweazy Mildred Warren Otis Blair John Cable James Stephenson Virgil Seenes Max Williams Othmar Isselstein Thelma Harvey Richard Hickman Raymond Hammond Garnet Hickman Robert Hunley Leslie Powell Roy Warren Neva Call Clara Hutchinson Gertrude Pomesky Lelia Schoonover Dorothy Thompson Henry Isselstein Freddie Nixon Raymond Lambert Lewis Sweazy Eileen Covert Margaret Finn Philena Nixon

Union Furnace to host Carbon Hill basketball doubleheader

In Nelsonville on Friday at 7 p.m. Union Furnace girls and boys host Carbon Hill teams at the local YMCA. On February 4 the Pome Roy K of P will face the To CA. prelim game features New Marshfield girls versus Nelsonville High.

Union Furnace Carbon Hill Nelsonville McArthur Nelsonville Senior High Pomeroy K. of P.'s To. C. A New Marshfield Nelsonville High School

Nelsonville Y M C A Leaders Head to McArthur

The Nelsonville Y M C A team travels to McArthur Friday evening to face the fast McArthur squad. Meade Whyte recently joined the Y men strengthening a team noted for an unusually successful season. Players making the trip include Campbell Kirley Whyte Bowers Raybould Bilcoit Smith Howeearth Steenrod Crabtree.

Mcarthur Nelsonville Meade Whyte torArthur Campbell Kirley Whyte Bowers Raybould Bilcoit Smith Howeearth Steenrod Id Crabtree

Eudora Chapter O E S Announces Visitor for Inspection

Nelsonville report notes a letter from Mrs. Ella Vornheder of Cincinnati saying she will accept the invitation and will perform the annual inspection on Tuesday April 19.

Nelsonville Eudora Chapter Ella Vornheder Cincinnati

Prayer Meetings Set Ahead of Evangelistic Christian Church Events

Friday evening cottage prayer meetings will be held at 3 p.m. in several homes as preludes to the evangelistic meetings. Leaders include Frank Johnson on Jackson Street with Mrs Johnson, Frank Betts on Poplar Street with Mrs Betts, Claude Cramner on Madison Street with John Barrows, and O J Howearth on Fort Street with Roy Barron.

Nelsonville Christian Church Frank Johnson Jackson Street Johnson Frank Betts Poplar Street

Evangelistic Meetings Continue at Holiness Church

Evan gelistic meetings proceed at the Holiness church corner of Poplar and Watkins streets in Nelsonville. Services are held each evening and all day Sunday.

Nelsonville Holiness Church Poplar and Watkins Streets

Fern Warehime Pleads Guilty In Intoxication Charge

Fern Warehime paid a $10 fine plus costs in Mayor Eberle's court after pleading guilty to intoxication. The offense is stated as having occurred on December 4 in Nelsonville.

Nelsonville Fern Warehime Eberle

Tronton to Meet Scarlet and Gray in Friday Basketball Bout

Tron ton high school visits Nelsonville Friday to face the Scarlet and Gray in a key basketball clash. The visiting team is said to have a first-position stand this season while Nelsonville’s squad has been training hard. A junior high game against New Straitsville opens at 8 with the main contest at 9.

Tronton Nelsonville Tronton High School Scarlet and Gray Tronton New Straitsville

Epworth League Party Postponed Over Conflicting Events

The Epworth league party planned for this week at First Methodist church has been postponed due to conflicting events.

Epworth First Methodist Church

Wedding Attire and Bouquet Described for Mrs Dillman

The report notes Mrs Dillman wearing a wedding gown of French beige silk crepe embroidered with coral beads. She paired it with a large picture hat and matching shoes and carried pink roses plus lilies of the valley, while the bride carried orchids gardenias and roses in her bouquet.

Buck family infant dies in Columbia. funeral held

Mildred Louise Buck, ten hour old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Buck of Columbia Avenue, died at 11 30 yesterday. Funeral services were conducted at the residence at 9 this morning by Mrs. L. R. Roberts. Burial followed in Haning cemetery.

Mildred. Louise William Buck Columbia Avenue L. R. Roberts Haning Cemetery

Nelsonville Bride Married Dr John Gilbert Love at Scioto Club

The Nelsonville couple Miss Mary Jane McGaughy and Dr. John Gilbert Love wed at 4 p.m. in Scioto Country Club sunroom with Rev. T L Love officiating. The couple plans a Detroit California honeymoon in Dillmans private car, joined by Mrs. Love's relatives.

State Journal Nelsonville Gilbert Love John Love U. Columbus Mary Jane McGaughy N. High Street John Gilbert Love Scioto Country Club T. L. Love Fourth Ave. Church of Christ California Dillman Horace Dodge, Jr Detroit Mr. Lowe Mary Jane Stauffer Vernon Betty Love Mable Dunn Hopkins Maybell Ackland Stepanian Zella Roberts

Circulus Romanus Jan meeting on the Roman home

The Circulus Romanus Latin club of the senior high school held its January meeting in the main auditorium with Esther Healy presiding as praetor. Students, led by Mary Lillian Gorsuch and Louise Rice, presented talks on the Roman home covering heating, interior features, and household items to inform and engage about sixty members attended.

Circulus Romanus Esther Healy Mary Lillian Gorsuch Louise’ Rice

Mrs. Riley Hosts Sunday School Group Gathering

Mrs John Riley will entertain members of her Sunday school class Friday evening at her home on Fort Street.

John Riley Fort Street

Loyal Temperance Legion Meeting at YMCA Friday

The Loyal Temperance legion will meet at the YMCA Friday night at 6 o'clock.

The Loyal Temperance Legion

Cosmopolitan Club to Meet at Mrs Zetler’s East Franklin Home

The Cosmopolitan club will meet Friday night with Mrs. John Zetler, Sr at her home on East Franklin Street.

Cosmopolitan Club John Zetler, Sr East Franklin Street

Ohio Pastor's association meeting draws Reverend Howearth

The Rev. O. J. Howearth attended the Ohio Pastor's association meetings in Columbus on Wednesday. Mrs. Lawrence McManigal returned to Garretsville after a week visiting Mrs. Charles Tedrow. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Mechem were in Columbus yesterday and today. Miss Geneva Moore returned from Cleveland with Virginia Lee, baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lee, who is receiving treatment at a Cleveland hospital.

O. J. Howearth Columbus Ohio Pastor's Association Lawrence McManigal Garretsville Charles Tedrow A. G. Mechem Geneva Moore Cleveland Virginia Lee James Lee Cleveland Hospital

Zero Weather Gives Way Tonight In Ohio Rise

Zero weather sweeps Ohio, ending tonight as a mild spell may arrive. Temperatures fell to near the winter low as flood regions in southern Ohio faced distress. Pomeroy sees street floods and ice, Marietta and Gallipolis suffer, with a collapsed gas main cutting quarter of Gallipolis, and a steel bridge settling on Chicamauga creek.

Columbus Ohio Pomeroy Marietta Gallipolis Gall

Two Men Arraigned for Child Non-Support

Edward Beaney of near Buchtel pleaded not guilty and was held for the grand jury with a $200 bond after failing to post. David Stevenson of Mineral was fined $100 plus costs and given 90 days in the Dayton workhouse, with a suspended sentence if he pays $25 monthly for child support.

Pearl W. Helwig Edward Beaney Buchtel David Stevenson Mineral Dayton Helwig Stevenson

Norris arraigned on check dishonor charge before magistrate

Merle Norris pleaded not guilty to issuing a check with insufficient funds before Magistrate Pearl Helwig. Howard Brookins filed the charge and the case was continued to this afternoon as Norris seeks a settlement with Brookins.

Pearl Helwig Merle Norris Howard Brookins Norris Brookins

Banquet Held by New Marshfield High Vocational Class

More than fifty attendees at New Marshfield High School vocational training banquet. Food prepared by female students and served by Miss Prudent from home economics. Main address delivered by Ray Fife state supervisor of Vocational Agriculture with remarks from H R McVay Calvin Efaw Gerald Chesser Daniel Trout and Arthur Lewksbury students.

New Marshfield Hgh School Miss Prudent Ray Fife H. R. McVay Calvin Efaw Gerald Chesser Daniel Trout Arthur Lewksbury Ihé Echeol

Ohio Teachers Do Not Know Subjects They Are Teaching

State Director hopeful for the future of teaching in the grades as Reigel maintains concerns about teacher subject knowledge. Ohio educators face questions over training and curriculum alignment as debates continue.

Ohio Reigel

Permits Are Cheap Critics Say Training Schools Overemphasize Methods

Columbus reporters note Vernon Riegel, Ohio education director, told a group of major taxpayers that schools fail to teach core subjects and overemphasize teaching methods. He linked cheap life certificates and reduced exams to poor teacher quality, urging stronger subject grounding in elementary grades and repudiating the Boxwell law.

Columbus Ohio Vernon M. Rieggel

Wholesale Prices At Lowest Level Since 1924 Year

The Federal Reserve board announced that the 1927 start shows wholesale prices at the lowest level since mid 1924. General wholesale prices were 47 percent above prewar levels despite gains in cotton, hogs, grain and flour. Industrial production eased late 1926 while retail trade during Christmas surpassed previous years.

Washington U.P Federal Reserve Board

Plan program for teachers meeting at training school

Edith M. Peyton organizes a program for primary and one room teachers at the training school on East Union Street Saturday at 1 15 PM. Activities include silent reading exercises by Mrs Mary Beckler and a discussion of goals in English teaching followed by a primary reading segment by Dr Einar A Hanson of Ohio University.

Edith M. Peyton East Union Street Mary Beckler Einar A. Hanson Department of Education Ohio University

Big Red to Face Logan Friday Night in Athens Gym

Athens high school cagers, after beating Nelsonville and Granville, prepare for a Friday night home game against Logan. Granville loss featured nine field goals by Athens, with Hughes thriving at forward. Ironton and Portsmouth both defeated Logan in recent games.

Nelsonville Granville Athens High School Logan High School Big Red Athens Basketeers Hughes Mansfield Ironton Cagers Logan Portsmouth

Wilhelm Plans Return to Germany Amid New Cabinet

Berlin dispatch reports the exiled Kaiser may return to Germany after the new Marx cabinet forms. Nationalists say Wilhelm would wait through initial right wing days, then depart Doorn for Hamburg Van der Hoehe near Frankfurt where he has use of a castle. Health reasons also cited for the move.

Berlin U.pr Kaiser Doorn Wilhelm Germany Marx National Party Hamburg van der Hoehe Frankfort

Ann Haworth Presents University of Ohio Music Recital

Miss Ann Haworth, four years in the Ohio University School of Music, gave a graduation recital in Ewing Hall last night. The program featured Beethoven Sonata No.2, Chopin Nocturne and Valse, Debussy pieces Moonlight and Golliwog's Cake Walk, and Liszt Rhapsodie Hongroise. Haworth will graduate February 4 with a Bachelor of Music and plan to pursue professional work.

Ann Haworth Ohio University School of Music Ewing Hall Golliwog Debussy Liszt Miss Haworth

Round-Table on Dress Led by Athens Girl Reserves Leader

Miss Olive Carpent er presided over a round-table on dress at the Athens high school Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mary Connett, faculty advisor, will lead next Tuesday's discussion on What Conversation and Thought Have to Do With Character Building.

Olive Carpenter Athens High School Mary Connett

Giant British fleet airplane carries nearly 10 million brass screws

A newly built giant aircraft for the British fleet is reported to contain nearly 10,000,000 brass screws. The figure underscores the scale of components required for the war effort and the Navy's modernization program.

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Lick Run Company Doanville School Warehime DR. Love Temperance Legion Helwig's Court Riegel University of Cincinnati Comeen Zing O. W. Dean Proménam Benton Me Dean Wan Benton Harbor Mich Tlame Glouster Robinson Th School of Music Ahomalt Kemp Charles B. Knox Gelatine Knox Avenue Johnstown, N. Y Chiffonteres Night Stands Nelsonville Furniture. Co Sperry & Wornstaff Goitre Hyde Seward Austin Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Mc- Kee Drug Co Rey Lash J. E. Zeller McCreary Kodak White Rose Standard Motor En-Ar-Co Goodrich Silvertown Auto Tire & Gas CO Chestnut & Harper Sts Cae Arlee Lied
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