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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1931
Page
3
In Nelsonville and vicinity a society page from staff correspondent Bartlet invites readers to share news. Telephone use encouraged at 412 Ww with a note of appreciation for this service to the community members and Loyal readers.
Walter Foster aged 30 died Sunday at his family home in Murray City. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foster and leaves five brothers and one sister scattered in Akron Thames Columbus Charlotte X and at home plus Sarah Elizabeth at home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:20 PM at the M E Church in Murray City, with burial at Greenlawn, under Reverend Householder.
City Auditor Ralph Elliott reports balances in all funds as of July 1 19s with totals for general safety health service water light auto registration and related deficits and June receipts by fund. Expenditures are itemized by function with notable figures for gasoline water light and auto registration. Breakfast at Initial Rocks describes a chaperoned outing by Miss Margaret Johnson and Miss Arlene Betts and a group of local youths. Small producer: Porter Brothers drifted in an oil well at Lick Run and was shot, expected to yield a small producer. local visitors and trips are noted in town.
Eleanor Hazeltine describes the Ohio college nursery linked to Home Economics at Ono University on East Union Street. Fourteen children, ages two to five, attend from eight thirty to eleven thirty each morning with orange juice, circle time, and outdoor play.
Toledo July 14 Directors of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. voted to acquire two National Plate Glass Company plants at Ottawa Illinois as subsidiaries of General Motors. They also approved details for issuing 9 million dollars in five percent convertible gold notes to finance the purchase.
Harold A. Moore, vice president of the American Bonds and Mortgage Company now in receivership, sues in Chicago federal court for 500000 alleging defaming magazine articles linked the Mayflower Hotel financing to low rent paid by vice president Cureus who has an apartment there.
Westbrook Maine July 14 United Press Rudy Vallee halted his Atlantic City honeymoon to rush home after word his mother Katherine L Vallee aged 61 lay dying Doctors said complications after arrival made survival doubtful Vallee canceled engagements and flew from New York bringing his younger brother William to share the vigil with family at the bedside
Wilkesville former academy students will hold a reunion at the school on Saturday August 1 with a desk dinner and short talks by J Gottschall and his former pupils. The gathering is planned to start at Bam.
Georg Endres and Alexander Magyar, Hungarian aviators, awaited favorable weather in Harbor Grace NFD to begin their trans Atlantic flight to Europe aboard the plane Justice for Hungary. They reached Roosevelt Field, L. I. the day prior after flying in dense fog and passing harbor mist, but poor conditions postponed the start.
Athens County Board of Education announces appointments of teachers in Carthage Township. Misa Bertha Sys at Vanderhoot School and Emerison Crrat man at Logan Dutch Ridge School assume roles. Roy E. Thompson named principal of Lotiridge School for intermediate grades. Miss Lizzie Cowan at Shade and Miss Gertrude Johnson at Athet stades are assigned to Grades five and six.
Lieut. Peery M. Smith of the United States Military Academy West Point has enrolled as a special student for the summer term at Ohio University. He audits two courses using the text Seek English Composition by Jefferson Peckham and Wilson, with plans to teach English composition next year. Faculty members Roy Wilson Peckham and Bernard Jefferson are noted, as is a revised edition of the textbook used in English departments at several universities.
July 14 UPC report says A Gullit, Trade Unity League member, incited a crowd at Moone Hall after being denied permission to speak for the courthouse rally.
In Toledo on Monday a woman, age 63, was found dead beside her husband’s grave at Bay Lytton cemetery. Authorities say a note or gesture indicated she asked to join him, with rumors of a prior illness and a recent sealing of the grave.
An ad claims a wonderful antiseptic sold as Moondy Ereritl ON promises quick relief from itching and eczema. It allegedly stops irritation rapidly and clears the skin, with a guarantee of effectiveness. Available in original bottles for RA cents at modern drug stores.
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