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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1928
Page
10
George Francis, a Logan confectioner and US citizen for seventeen years, filed for a passport on Saturday. He will sail from New York on August 15 for Greece, where his parents reside in Chios, and plans a three month visit, his first since leaving.
Logan July 30 offices unveil a large updated map prepared by the county surveyor’s staff under Orla Wolfe. The map shows the road system, school and church locations, farm boundaries, scenic points, and routes to reach notable sites.
July 30 Mrs. Guy Han sel and daughters Claudia and Geraldine and son Lyman left last week for Independence Missouri to visit Mrs. Hansel's brother E R Long. They will then go to St Paul to visit Mrs. Reed, then to Superior Wisconsin to stay with Mr. Hansel's brothers and sister. Mr Hansel a Hocking Valley railroad worker did not accompany them.
Edward Arnold Rogers 25 a car repairman of Logan son of G W Rogers and Evelyn Mary Douglass 20 domestic of Logan daughter of W W Douglass were married with Rev James T Nevin officiating Frank Hawkins Jr 39 janitor of Lancaster and Ethel Stewart 21 at home of Logan daughter of Samuel Stewart were married with Rev T C Harper presiding Joseph Johnson 18 miner of Nelsonville son of James Co Johnson and Estella Kennard 20 at home near Nelsonville daughter of Charles M Kennard were married with Rev James Fields officiating
Herbert Hoover rises early at Big Creek Lodge near Medford Oregon and fishes the Rogue River for steelhead trout. He seeks solitude and notes real estate value lies in remoteness from civilization while avoiding photographers and reporters on this trip.
Zoe Pollock, through her guardian, sues over injuries from the Red Star bus collision with Orange G. Osburn near the Hernold mine on November 18, 1927. The petition seeks 5000 dollars for Pollock who was riding with Harve Ruble, with Walford Pickett later dying from the same crash. Pollock endured hospital care at Cherrington and permanent deafness in the left ear is claimed. The case names bus operator and Osburn as defendants with alleged careless driving.
English added to Franks pitching as they prepare for a pennant push with a Thursday night showdown against the East End and a later meeting with the Garage. The season nears its close with rival battles anticipated in the Logan industrial league.
New Philadelphia July 30. Dedication exercises were held yesterday at Schoenbrunn Ohio's oldest village for a replica of the first school house west of the Allegheny mountains. More than 7,000 attended with Lieutenant Governor William G Pickerel of Dayton as principal speaker.
Memorial services will be held at the Lancaster Camp Grounds auditorium at 2 30 PM Thursday. Rev James R Fields of Logan will deliver the sermon he is a Camp Grounds trustees member and chosen to speak in the memorial segment. Logan residents who attended the Camp Grounds are expected to attend. David Potter of Akron visited Logan and Chief James Thomas. Potter previously lived in Murray City where he was active in politics.
Logan July 28 R R Lanning received a letter from W A Milne executive secretary of the Ohio Petroleum Marketers association inviting him to address the state convention in Toledo on September 5 and 6. The invitation cites Lanning’s Know Ohio week work in Hocking County where chamber of commerce and Kiwanis club distributed folder maps about cave regions. Lanning expects to attend if possible.
Logan July 3 Judge Harley M Whitcraft received an ivory gavel as a gift from Willis Downhour of Union Furnace. The gift traces a tale of fox hunting ties and a prison crafted ivory caver loaned by a prisoner to the deputy warden of the New Lexington brick plant, who passed it along.
County health office tallies July births and deaths at thirty-one and twenty-eight, well below June totals. Athens city leads in births. Trimble and Athens townships report most deaths. Sixteen communicable disease cases include typhoid fever in Trimble and measles and whooping cough elsewhere.
Ralph M. Pavey longtime farm agent in Athens County and Smith Hughes agriculture instructor at Rome Township High School has been named instructor at the technical high school in Cleveland He plans to start in the fall term and will be accompanied by his family The county superintendent calls his departure a distinct loss noting his six years in the county and his Ohio State University B S in Agriculture and graduate work at Ohio University The former Oregon State College faculty member will relocate after arrangements are made
Steubenville reports a statewide search for Joseph I. Tice, former aide to federal and state prohibition agents, in connection with the shooting of 18 year old Anthony Soldat as he tried to flee from Tice and George Baynham. Baynham previously operated in Athens and Hocking counties.
Evangelistic meetings held nightly for two weeks at the Morris avenue church site will continue this week under Rev. W. M. Hart. Sessions start at 7 44. Hart, pastor of Coshocton First Baptist, assists Dr. B. T. Kimbrough and fills local pastor duties during Kimbrough’s vacation.
The court set a $300 peace bond for Henry Kempton after Franklin Kempton was dismissed for disturbing the peace. W E Miller faced arraignment for writing a bad check and was sent to the grand jury on $600 bond. Bonds of $4,000 each were posted for four men, the last to be released after seven arrests on highway robbery and assault with intent to kill.
The note provides a word ladder style sequence starting with Help and ending with Farm. It shows linked rhymes Herd and Hard, guiding toward a theme of progressive letter changes. The fragment reveals a playful puzzle device but lacks broader context or a named publication.
Offers remittance options to the Post Office by personal check draft express or postal money order or registered letter. Buckeye's 5% Certificates of Deposit issued for any amount from 50 to 50030 dollars payable semi annually or compounded. Funds secured by first mortgages on real estate with loans approved by the Board of Directors. Resources exceed 45 million dollars.
The Ohio Division of Insurance reports several insurers authorized to operate in the state for the year 1928. It provides financial figures for each company including assets liabilities net assets paid capital surplus and annual income and expenditures as of December 31 1927. Companies include The Queen Insurance Co of America The Richmond Insurance Co of New York Rhode Island Insurance Co Royal Insurance Co Limited Royal Exchange Assurance St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. and others with their respective figures.
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