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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
12
Logan city officials on June 1 announced a crackdown on solicitors asking for aid. Police will bring all solicitors to city hall. Relief will be handled by Red Cross and Samaritan Army investigators assessing destitution before relief.
Logan June 1 William Buck and Carl Bailey of Columbus were ordered to report to Judge A M Ellinger Friday evening for arraignment on speeding charges after Traffic Officer Joe Farbearn on the Logan Nelsonville road tagged them for racing at about 55 miles an hour. The officer said he observed the race and finally stopped the pair.
Mrs. Kate Bort hosted the Justamere club on Tuesday evening. Members opened with America and enjoyed a program featuring violin by Vaughn Bort, readings by A T Spears, a poem by Pearl Watklns, and a toe dance by Gladys Bort. Carol Bort sang, with Kate Joe Dollison and Kay Jean Bort recitations. A three course dinner followed, served by Barbara Hartman, Paul Spears, and Kathryn Bort. Guests included W H Gaffney, F M McKay, Pearl Sellars, Paul Monks, Paul Collison, Mary Margaret Lehew, and Bertye P Cornell.
James Good states the Western farm unrest targets President Coolidge, not Herbert Hoover. Ottis F. Glenn is chosen to back Frank O. Lowden at the Republican national convention in Kansas City. Goff and Smith lead in West Virginia primary vote tallies with Hoover and Reed trailing, while a Senate committee travels to New York to probe primary expenditures and reports $653,756 spent so far.
Washington estimates put about 400 women attending the Republican convention in Kansas City as delegates or alternates and roughly 500 women expected at the Democratic convention.
One solution to the Let ter Golf puzzle today shows a word ladder from Jail to Pall by changing one letter at a time Jail Pail Pall Call Cell, illustrating a simple chain of five words.
Minister O. L. Mankamyer announces a two week revival at Airline Church of Christ starting June 4. First week topics include The Spirit of Thirty Three and How To Rightly Divide the Word. Attendance invited for all services.
Redpath Chautauqua will start a week in Logan on Monday with the big tent at the old cemetery site. A kickoff meeting for season-ticket handling was held Tuesday by local committee and team captains. The event is sponsored by the Hocking Valley Chautauqua Association led by President Harry Heinlein and officers W. L. Franks and Mrs. M. H. Cherrington.
Logan June 1 Harry Willege recovered from a spell of unconsciousness after collapsing at the wheel of his car in South Logan Wednesday. Doctors believe poisoning from food led to the episode and he left Cherrington hospital Thursday morning. Willege, in ill health, recently returned from a Dayton government hospital for a physical. He is a Hocking Valley railroad employee working in the yards.
Logan June 1. Sheriff W. R. Lloyd, Republican, has filed his petition with the county election board announcing his intention to seek a second term. He is the first candidate to file for the position. Before his election two years ago he lived in Ward township and served for years on the township board of trustees.
Logan June 1 Former service men occupied offices as Mingo lodge held a sunrise meeting to confer the third degree on a candidate while about 150 members and delegations from Bremen New Straitsville and Lancaster watched. It marked the second successful Memorial day observance by the lodge with a breakfast during a 6 o'clock intermission served by Venus chapter Eastern Star members led by Mrs. Edgar Hillyer and others.
Logan June 1. Frank M. Cox of Laurelville was named administrator of the estate of his wife Fay B. Cox in probate court Thursday morning. Mrs. Cox died at her Laurelville home several weeks ago. The estate is valued at 3300 dollars.
In Logan on June 1, the Hocking Ewing grange won a four week pest hunt defeating the Ewing grange with 9285 to 25375 points. The Hocking group killed 330 rats 630 mice 292 sparrows 47 crows 16 hawks and 39 ground hogs while the rival grange dispatched 177 mice 89 rats 44 sparrows 20 crows and 12 ground hogs.
Rev. Everett L. Woodworth of the Advent Christian church and Clifford Mathias organize a summer church team in Rockbridge. Games are set for Friday evenings, with a field laid on Florence Jackson’s farm near the Logan Lancaster road.
The event featured instrumental music and singing before a sermon on the theme Whipping the Devil. The church, including staff from the local Samaritan Army headquarters, was filled to capacity for the services.
Charleston West Virginia June 1 Governor Alfred E Smith of New York appears to have won the endorsement of West Virginia Democrats for the Democratic presidential nomination over Senator James A Reed of Missouri. In the Republican race Guy D Goff maintained a lead over Herbert Hoover with about 700 precincts left to report Goff 102474 Hoover 93940 on last returns.
Alfred O. Hodge, a 41 year old Negro, and Mathilde A. Yockel, a 38 year old white New York school teacher, were wed last night at the First African Baptist church in Philadelphia. Reverend William A. Harrod officiated. Hodge had been married previously to Florence Harrison and divorced four years ago.
Cleveland June 1. Fourteen suspects were arrested in connection with the killing of Lawrence Lupo a notorious gangster and beer and slot machine baron. Lupo once served as bodyguard to the Lonardo brothers and was shot in the head five times before being dumped from a car in an isolated area.
News from Logan reports Mrs Herbert R Harrington suffered a fractured shoulder in an automobile accident near Circleville on Wednesday. She was taken home to Columbus for treatment after the wreck. The Harringtons formerly lived on East Hunter street and have resided in Columbus since her husband’s death.
Logan notes religious services conducted at Iron Street Christian church Wednesday evening by Major James Stambaugh.
Columbus June 1 U S Senator Simeon D Fess of Yellow Springs has filed his declaration of candidacy to seek the Republican nomination to succeed himself in the Senate race.
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce tax committee will broaden its makeup and conduct a broad study of taxation in Ohio to guide future recommendations to the board and the state legislature. Labor, farm, grange, mortgage and motor groups will name two labor members and other sector representatives as invited. Murray D. Lincoln will join representing the Ohio Farm Bureau, with C. A. Dyer already from the Ohio State Grange.
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