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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1928
Page
3
The Happy Warrior promised to insure a $3000 loan to defendants who owned 30 shares of plaintiff stock. Installments of $1 per share were to be paid monthly, but payments have been in arrears since June 15, 1927. Amount due totals $2935.98 plus 7 percent interest from filing date. Plaintiff seeks payment via sale of mortgaged premises.
A major explosion and fire in a Loire basin coal mine near St. Etienne leaves 48 dead and 20 unaccounted after a rock fall cut ventilation and allowed gas to accumulate. Minister Tardieu planned to visit to probe the disaster. Of 60 men brought to surface, 48 died and the rest were revived.
Isaiah Durst age 63, a farmer near Greendale, died Sunday at Cherrington hospital Logan after an operation. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 10 AM with burial at The Plains. He is survived by his wife Arilla and several children. The news item also lists numerous social visits and travels around Columbus, Akron, Cincinnati, Huntington and other places.
P. H. Druggan and C. Wyckoff pleaded guilty to parking overtime before Mayor A. Moore after arrest by Traffic Officer James Lewis on Saturday. Each man was fined $1 plus costs. John Hall of Albany paid $25 plus costs after arraignment for intoxication charges in the Justice of the Peace court. Oliver Tippie was fined $100 and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication in Mr. Porter’s court, following arrest Saturday by Sheriff Williams.
Three persons held by police in Cincinnati are said to be wanted by Huntington West Virginia officials for questioning in connection with several robberies there.
Wallace Knight Crothers aged 78 died Saturday at his Madison street home in Nelsonville. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 PM at the Christian church conducted by Rev. K. H. McCorkle. Burial in Green Lawn. Survived by wife and two children Jerry Crothers in Seres, California, and Mrs. James Risley of Orlando, California. A brother, Frank Crothers, lives in Nelsonville.
In Chauncy on July 2 the Zion Baptist Church Ladies Aid met for quilting. In Chauncy plans were made for a July 4 chicken dinner for county home inmates. Rev V Ahlbrand led a patriotic service with soloists Mozelle Tanborey and Hazel Lahugh. Guests included Bert and Ethel Mathews of Columbus.
Miss Hester Smith and Marie Dawley of Carbon Hill visited Miss Adnan Dicken here last week. Mr and Mrs Robert Smith and Mrs Eva Smith of Carbon Hill were guests Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Worth Dicken. Wendell and Melvin Moore drove to Dayton Thursday and returned with their father Harry Moore who is spending a week at home.
Nelsonville relatives were notified last week of the death of Mrs Emma Smith 65, who died June 26 at her Pomona California home. Formerly Miss Emma Alcorn she once taught in Nelsonville city schools. After living in Moundsville West Virginia the body was returned there for burial. sister in law is Mrs Violet Woodard of this city.
In Athens Health Commissioner Dr J M Higgins begins a city wide dairy inspection survey as hundreds of dairies and farms are reviewed for milk sources. In New York Benjamin Kanowitz, a former bootlegger now dealer in dried fruits and real estate, is killed when a car starter bomb explodes as he starts the vehicle at home with his three year old son nearby.
Seven petitions for state central committee seats were filed in Athens district. Republican candidates for committeeman and committeewoman include Alfred Boggs George B. Davis D. Price Evans Edwin James Ethel A. Hoover and Mrs. M. E. Rathburn with Milton S. Cox as the lone Democrat. Two Republican petitions for state senator also filed by E LeFever Glouster and John E. Silbaugh Lancaster. Committee elections span the tenth district counties Athens Meigs Vinton Gallia Jackson and Lawrence.
Chicago July 2 Dr Hubert Work chairman of the Republican National committee says threats of a third party movement do not worry him. He spoke on the situation amid rising speculation and party concerns.
The Athens American Legion post on South Court Street will discuss plans for an addition at its home during the post meeting Thursday night. The regular meeting moved from Wednesday due to the holiday. Merchants on Court Street were mailed cards to place flags in holders for Fourth of July observances.
Probate Judge 8 M. Johnson records show 28 marriages in June in Athens County, ten fewer than the same month last year. Clerk notes a yearly decline in marriages.
Despondent widow Helen Berger Dye aged 49 of Parkersburg West Virginia shot herself at her sister Emmit Alspach's home 962 East Eleventh Avenue Columbus Sunday morning. Her husband died in March and three weeks earlier she had visited Pennsylvania.
Miss Helen Howard and her sister Mrs Elizabeth Knode have returned to their home after a week in Amesville with their brother and sister in law Dr and Mrs J M Howard Evan and Maggie Morgan of The Plains visited their aunt Mrs Mary Meinhart in Chauncey Sunday
Mexico City July 2 reports Alvaro Obregon the war hero with one arm has again been elected to the presidency of Mexico.
Josephus Daniels criticizes Governor Smith’s letter while pledging support for the Democratic party over a pro prohibition and corruption tainted rival. Governor Smith travels to New York to meet with national leaders as Hoover plans a California trip for Republican nomination notes. Hubert Work offers resignation as interior secretary.
The tentative speaking list includes New York Baltimore Boston and other eastern cities. Smith and Mrs. Smith are in New York with personal engagements. The governor has no set engagements for tomorrow and will attend Tammany Independence Day events Wednesday morning address new voters at City Hall park and return to Albany by Thursday for a week.
Gov Alfred E Smith returns to the sidewalks of New York to lead the Democratic party as he outlines a campaign strategy centered on prohibition, radio outreach, and media use while limiting personal appearances and relying on subordinates for campaign details. The national committee meets this week and Smith plans to push major policies through radio and press.
The Loyal Womens Division of the Church of Christ postpones its regular meeting to the following Wednesday. The session will be at the home of Mrs. Guy Gardner on High Street in Chauncey.
Chauncey July 2 Mr. and Mrs. M B Tucker entertained at their Converse Street home Sunday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Preston E Thompson and daughter Roberta Newport Kentucky Leola and Viola Thompson Carbondale Mr and Mrs Bert Wells and two children Columbus Virgil Mildred and Lucille Hambel Wrighttown and Mr and Mrs Ray Tucker and children of Chauncey.
Found guilty Saturday in the Athens county probate court of non-support of a minor child. George Conkle ordered to pay weekly support and fined 100 dollars plus costs, with 60 days jail and confinement until fines are paid. Weekly payments set at 3.50 for a child to age six and 4.00 until age 18. A warrant issued for Helen G. Conkle on a similar charge. Prosecution by R. D. Williams. Nelsonville attorney W. T. Bean appointed administrator of Joe B. Davis estate with Elizabeth and Eva Davis signing a 5000 dollar bond. R. H. Jackson, George E. Jackson, and L. F. Eberle named appraisers. John Srigley guardianship action: Jennie Srigley named guardian of John and Robert Srigley with 17,500 dollar bond, L. A. Sprague and J. R. Sprague as sureties.
John Tippie aged 23 of Chauncey and Etta Young aged 21 of Athens are listed at home along with Tom McClelland a 40 year old miner from Glouster and Nora Lee Jackson a 44 year old widow and housekeeper from Buchtel.
London July 2 4 A P Mrs Grace Vance wife of Kyle M Vance former London attorney is out on bond on grand larceny charges and her husband is sought on a similar count tied to the alleged theft of bonds from a Madison National Bank safety box. The bonds valued at 3500 were moved from Dr M Vance father in law and moved to the husband who fled bank officials say the bonds were obtained by misrepresentation. Mrs Vance pleads not guilty and faces arraignment Monday.
Playgrounds at Central and East Side schools open Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2 to 6 with Miss Ruth Evans as supervisor. Supervisors assist boys and girls while a dress up parade is planned at Central. A point system awards letters for 600 points earned through attendance contests bringing new members or winning prizes.
Barbara Pearson, ashland graduate, lost her pocketbook during an aerial tour of Washington. William Owen retrieved the bag from the roof of his home in Mount Carmel, and returned it to Pearson.
Glouster A C defeated the Corning All Stars 10 to 0 before about 300 fans as Gibbs pitched a one hit ball. Glouster collected 18 hits led by Ley Meredith in the field and strong hitting throughout the lineup.
In Athens County Common Pleas Court this morning the Mutual Home and Savings Association filed a petition for money and foreclosure of a mortgage against Charles De Molet Jr and Ada H DeMolet. The mortgage covers real estate in Athens including rents and profits.
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