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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1924
Page
3
At about 8 oclock Monday evening about 40 neighbors and friends gathered at the Higgins home to honor Mr. and Mrs. William Dixey Violet Higgins with a bridal shower. The couple received china and silver gifts as games and contests entertained guests before refreshments.
Important changes take effect next Sunday on the Hock railroad timetable. Train numbers shift arrival times at Nelsonville with No 31 arriving 7 20 instead of 7 25 and No 34 southbound moving to 2 48 from 4 38. Rumors of Nelsonville branch changes circulate awaiting official details.
Granville Hotnit, a colored man, completes six months in the Dayton workhouse and will be served with a warrant for carrying a concealed weapon by officers from Washington, Pa. Local reports say he formerly had a nine month jail term linked to Ku Klux Klan actions after an incident with a colored woman in Washington. Police claim an automatic was found in his possession when arrested by Washington officers for Nelsonville. He was assessed costs, totaling about $175, on top of the six months. His freedom remains precarious.
Mrs C A Stover accompanied Velma and Kathleen Frakes to their Columbus home this morning after spending three weeks with relatives and friends in and near Nelsonville.
Mrs. W. E. Hoover is spending several days in Columbus, staying at a local residence and sightseeing around the city.
Misses Lucille and Helen Verity Lucille Fiske and Mrs Glenn Allen attended a Rainbow Club meeting at the Verity home. Christian school with law pay Tuesday evening followed by social time. Mrs Gates Trout and children of Marietta and Mrs George Crouse of Columbus visited Mr and Mrs Ed Crouse. Marquis McCann of Beverly was Tuesday guest of Mrs C H Bartlett.
Miss Margaret Rosser is spending today in Columbus observing events and visiting local sites.
The trustees of the A M E Church host a social at their church on Saturday evening with expected strong attendance and community participation.
Opal Coakley entertained twelve friends on Wednesday for her eighth birthday. The lawn games and refreshments filled a joyful evening with guests including Margaret Pedigo, Betty, Jane, Erma and Louise Simms, Willis Wend, Betty Howe, Mary Bowers, Myrtle Ellinger, Lucille, Elsie Coakley, Anna Mae, Mary McSherry, Eleanor, and Margery Holland.
Broadwell residents report family visits and arrivals. W C Young called to Lexington by illness of mother Lydia lite. Bernard White of Redtown spent weekend. John Conant of Zanesville pursued action against his parents Iry and wife. Opal Young staying with sister Mrs John Roberts in sville. W T Nice reports road improvement from Broadwell to Stewart. Arch Sprouse and John Sprouse accompanied by family visited from Ridge.
Sharpsburg notes show Mt Hermon Sunday evening Children’s Day program praised for cheerful effort. Missenor Strode led the drill. Mrs. Ric Grimes and Lillian Bardin directed dialogues. many names listed among participants. Homecoming announced for August 9 and 19 at Mt Hermon.
The Plains records visitors and gatherings across the area. Names include Pearl Verity, Nora North, the Whitlatch and Hutchison families, Joe Hutchins, Dan Harrison, Garnet Knapp, Margaret Orr, Alfred Bly, Hazel Geisicke, Evelyn and Marie Aleshire, Ethel Loomis, Lillian Bardin, Bernice Potter, Mary Parfitt, and Hyla West. Local picnics, reunions, and trips to Wellston, Pomeroy, Logan, and Athens are noted, along with a bathing beach outing at Hocking and a Wellston fair.
Amesville households host weekend guests from Mt. Vernon and Pittsburgh with a Shoop reunion at Marietta. Fishing near Stockport ends with a noon picnic on historic ground. Dr. Weber plans to resume practice in Marietta September 1. A new bridge at To large advances with abutments finished and concrete soon. The show draws a tent full every evening from Bartlett and beyond.
Negro suspects in the Daisy Wilson murder were seized by Timois Central special agents shortly before noon today and turned over to Sheriff I. J. Hudson. They were placed under guard by 36 deputies to deter violence from incensed citizens.
Berlin police rounded up sixty counterfeiters, mainly Russians and Galicians, as the crackdown on fake currency intensified. The operation seized multiple notes including American and British issues and furthers the campaign against fraud.
Miss Charlotte Tucker of 242 North Congress Street and Miss Misa Laura Gulley of The Plains were struck by a Ford touring car while crossing the road, dragged several feet. Tucker suffered arm bruises and minor injuries while Gulley sustained lung, back, arm and leg injuries and are slowly recovering.
Glouster John Campbell, whose right arm was crushed when a loaded car passed over it at Hisylvania mine on May 23, returned from Grant hospital in Columbus Tuesday evening. Doctors wired the bones and say it will be weeks before use returns. Dr. LeFever brought him home Tuesday morning, with Mrs. Campbell at the hospital. Stores in the city will stay open Thursday afternoons through August as payday affects hours.
F A Danford of the Glouster Good Roads Committee and C H Bryson of the Athens Chamber of Commerce are in Columbus today to attend a meeting with Gov. Donahey to discuss the overhead crossing matter in detail.
Mr and Mrs Earl Buckley and children of South Zanesville and Mr and Mrs W J Latta of near Hatfield were guests the first of the week of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Buckley.
Mr and Mrs C A Mosier of route 4 drove to Buckeye Lake and spent the day enjoying the outing with local sights and activities.
A picnic for Athens county residents living in Columbus will be held at Olentangy park on Sunday afternoon and evening August 3. Former Glouster residents in Columbus are expected to join, making a large crowd of Athens county people.
Game Protector B. T. LeFever of this city, in charge of District No. 9 for the state fish and game commission, left Tuesday on an inspection trip. He will visit Belmont, Guernsey and Monroe counties, part of his district.
Joe Miner of Trimble has entered the Office Training School at Columbus to study a business course.
Committee members with tickets to sell must report progress by Thursday afternoon. Reports may be given in person or by telephone to Mr. Allen at Carpenter Hardware Store.
In Nelsonville Ohio on July 23 the Athens County Automobile Club and contractor agree to police a four mile stretch of road under improvement. A Boy Scout with a flag will stand at each end guiding one way traffic. An officer will monitor workmen and enforce a 10 mph limit near crews. L Keplar is hired as traffic officer to ensure the road remains open as long as possible.
Trouble workers for the Home Telephone company labored through the night to repair rain damaged cables. Weather caused contraction and expansion of bacon covered lines, creating tiny openings that let water seep in and knock out perhaps 100 phones. Crews then traced the small leaks and swiftly mended miles of cable.
Sarah E. Dalley files suit in Lee and Waterloo townships seeking receiver and foreclosure of a mortgage on 200 acres. She alleges payment of notes totaling $6,500 from Loberta and John Cline, with action filed Tuesday.
Joseph Mulligan of Athens sues W A Lockwoody Lynch Kentucky and C M Brown of Marion for payment of 421.75 on a cognovit note. The action was entered Tuesday.
Bertha Stephenson as executrix of William Smith files suit in common pleas court against Fred Byers seeking payment on a note dated August 6 1923 and executed to William Smith.
German immigration into the United States in June reached 115 416 the highest in thirty years according to a report to the department of commerce by Vice Consul John A. Scott.
George Gross, a boy desperado serving a life term for murder, escaped from the Baltimore city jail after knocking a guard unconscious and seizing a revolver. He climbed the yard wall with an iron bar as guards, firing, attempted to halt pursuit amid gunfire.
A school teacher’s friends report Ellen’s dramatic improvement after taking Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy prescribed by her aunt. They claim her stomach liver and intestinal ailments including catarrhal mucous and inflammation eased from the first dose. Refund offered at local druggists.
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