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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1925
Page
5
The Business Woman's club will meet at 7 30 Thursday evening in their room in the City building. Dr W W Lee returns home Thursday from Camp Knox Ky where he spent the last three weeks in the Reserve Officers training camp.
Mrs. I. M. Foster of Washington D. C. was feted at a luncheon hosted by Mrs. J. Halliday Cline at 37 North Congress Street. Twelve guests attended, including out-of-town guest Miss Lucy Kelly of McConnelsville. Miss E. M. MacMillan of Boston, visiting for textile research, left for home after a stay at Hotel Berry.
Miss Sue Bloom concluded a journey visiting Cleveland Buffalo New York City and other eastern points before returning home.
Mr and Mrs B G Metcalf and son Bobby travel to Cedar Point for the American Gypsum company annual outing and the Builders Supply association meeting.
The Athens Delphian chapter will meet with Mrs. Haffy at 7 South High Street at 7 30 Thursday evening to sign the charter.
Charline Martin visits Akron as a guest of Miss Alice Morgan. The social notice notes their time together in the city with no further details.
Mr. W. E. Peters is spending a few days in Columbus on business. Mr. Harry Beckler of Cincinnati is visiting his mother Mrs. J. F. Beckler and family at 35 Morris Avenue.
Mr and Mrs James H Cameron who vacationed ten days in Athens and New Marshfield have returned to Frankfort Indiana. They were accompanied by Kenneth Woogerd the latter's nephew. Mr Cameron is American Express agent in Frankfort and his wife is a cashier.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bailey and Mr. M. E. Twiss were Tuesday visitors in Columbus.
Dr and Mrs Chrisman hosted Mrs P FE Lukenbill of Portland Oregon and Mrs C Lukenbill of Coplis Indiana for a week. The Indiana visitor halted en route home from Europe where she attended the World Meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Edinburgh Scotland.
Mrs Worley Forrest returns to her Rutland home after visiting her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Frank Hamilton at 34 Central Avenue. The Hamiltons and their guest spent yesterday in Parkersburg West Virginia.
Dr and Mrs T C Smith and children Perdita Mildred and Dorothy of Slagle West Virginia arrived for a visit with Mrs Linscott at 404 Richland Avenue. They traveled from Florida and Arkansas and will visit J H Smith in Marietta before returning home via Charleston and Huntington West Virginia.
Audrey Beal Mrs. Floyd Dinsmore returns home after three weeks with relatives in Akron accompanied by her sister Mrs. D C Robinson and her young son Max who will stay for an extended visit.
Dr. F W Reed of the mathematics department at Ohio University and Mrs Reed with their small son Peyton left this morning by car for their home in Wytheville Virginia to spend the rest of college vacation.
Mrs. Lawhead and her daughter Theodora are spending the day in Columbus, enjoying their excursion and local sights.
J O Saunders dean of boys at Ashland High spoke to the Athens Rotary about guiding boys, keeping them busy with interests, and avoiding mischief. The club heard from guests on health work, and plans were announced for a joint Rotary picnic in the Hocking valley next month.
The Sharpsburg hill grade was accepted by the state highway department on Tuesday. Motorists can now travel the hill in high gear with power to spare. Mt Hermon church access improves and a return trip to Athens county roads is planned for August 8.
Luana Chambers arrived in Athens from Akron last night in the Newsom-Waiburn ambulance. She is recovering from a relapse after influenza and is staying at her grandparents’ home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Brown. She is sister to Mrs. Reed Ayrshire and Mrs. Guy Spalding and well known in the community.
The society couple Muriel Vanderbilt and Frederic Cameron Church cut short their honeymoon returning from the mountains. They rushed to Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt’s bedside as she recovers from an appendectomy. Also, Mrs. Herman Odrichs, the bride’s aunt, lies gravely ill in the Newport mansion.
Carnations form the core of winter planning as Connett's florist reports 30 000 plants in the field with about 18 000 slated for transplanting to greenhouses. Roses face a drying period before a six to eight week harvest while other blooms like snapdragons lilies and chrysanthemums thrive in heated houses. Bulb stock including hyacinths tulips and lilies is planted in late September for Easter sales.
The state of Ohio sues Okey Hall now imprisoned in Athens County jail for bootlegging and the McArthur Savings and Loan Association over an equity interest Hall holds in an Athens city lot. The suit seeks $4500 in fines plus court costs, with the Ravnes and Loan Association holding a mortgage on the property. The action follows liquor trial series tied to the January 1924 term of Common Pleas court.
A farmers picnic sponsored by seven Granges of Athens County will be held at the fairgrounds next Saturday August 1. All farmers welcome regardless of Grange membership. County farm agent T. H. Johnson urges arrival by noon for a big picnic dinner. Activities include horseshoe pitching a baseball game and an afternoon speaker.
A dispute arises from temporary changes to State Route 144 routing through Athens. J A Reasoner objects via the Valley View garage, threatening state highway department action. State highway engineer Dan Davis says the reroute is temporary due to East State street repairs as the marking crew works across eight counties to reguide routes out of Athens.
Anna Mae Pyar of Montrose Avenue and Edward Sprague of Morris Avenue had morning operations at Sheltering Arms hospital to remove tonsils and adenoids. Both are reported in good condition. Convalescents include Mrs. Gail Ifall Moore Avenue Mrs. Homer Call Athens and Mr. Logan King Albany. Miss Edna Tribe 73 Central Avenue has returned home after discharge.
Brussels reports M. Theunis and the Belgian debt commission prepared to sail tomorrow aboard the Olympic to the United States hoping Washington would remit the portion of the Belgian war debt incurred during hostilities.
A properly cared for permanent magnet can keep its magnetic properties for several years as it resists loss of magnetism.
A congressional committee in Philadelphia on July 29 decided to open public hearings on a proposed postal rate plan. Merchants manufacturers and mail carriers urged reforms to be included in a report to Congress and a tentative draft of a new postal bill.
John Buck files suit in Common Pleas against Perry Wood and Nellie Woo claiming they agreed to pay him a commission on more than $700 from several parcels sold. He seeks $360, alleging he acted as agent and closed a $1,000 deal but was not paid.
In Common Pleas court Josephine Campbell Warren sues Sam C. Warren. He testifies about affairs of the Varsity Inn where he was a partner with Elmer Johnson. Officials say only Mrs Warren’s financial demands will be contested in the divorce case.
Earl Barber of Nelsonville was fined 25 dollars and costs and given a 90 day driving ban after a Sunday crash near Nelsonville. Companion Frank Higgins, charged with intoxication, was fined 25 dollars and costs. Officers said Barber had been drinking but faced only reckless driving charges while Higgins was reported very drunk.
Athens high school summer session economics students visited banks Tuesday to study banking methods. Arthur F. Rhollans of Ohio University supervised as practice teacher.Edward Dowell notes such trips help students apply textbook lessons to life.
In Creamore Ontario on July 29 the search for Frank Dunseath, a suspect in the murder of his sister-in-law Mrs Edgar Dunseat, ended when his body was found among the ruins of a building he set on fire. Both were dead.
Boy Scouts of Athena Troop 2 will camp at Stealthhaven over the coming weekend, Scoutmaster Ko. L. Dupler announces. Pupter hopes the Hecking river will be safe for swimming by Sunday. the river has been high, diminishing camp use recently.
Mrs. T Saunders of Knoxville Tennessee describes years of distress and sleeplessness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and gaining 22 pounds. She recommends the remedy to other women seeking relief from similar symptoms.
The Shenandoah, conducting the mission under seal orders, landed at Lakehurst New Jersey after an eight hour flight from Norfolk Virginia. Crew reported heavy squalls thunder storms and thick fog en route to its hangar.
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