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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1930
Page
3
Beal, injured while doing bridge work, received a welcome check for his Messenger accident insurance. He was struck by a heavy timber wounding his leg but avoids a fracture. Beal has returned to work and thanked the payment in a letter to The Messenger.
Export restrictions by Canada halt whisky and beer crossing from Windsor to Detroit. Col. H. A. Pickett, customs collector, said river runs ceased Saturday night and no smuggling is anticipated as runners adapt to new rules.
Lieutenant Apollo Soucek awaited a barograph test to verify if his airplane reached the highest altitude. He had previously set a world record at 42,000 feet before rival Willie Neuhofen from Germany reclaimed the mark. Soucek had flown for over two hours and seven minutes in the attempt.
About 240 members of the Nelsonville High School Alumni Association attended the annual reunion and banquet at the Methodist Episcopal Church. The event featured classes of 1894 and 1905, formal toasts, musical numbers, and election of officers for next year. Afterward, attendees moved to the Elks Home for dancing.
June 5 report from Buchtel notes Dr Walker's Old Timers lost to Logan by 16 to 4. It marks the veterans third defeat in ten games this season with stronger foes anticipated. The New Straitsville squad plans to visit Buchtel Friday with players from Shawnee Hemlock Gore and nearby towns, then Old Timers travel Saturday to Middleport to face the New York Central team seeking tougher opposition.
The Dew residence at 159 East Columbus Street hosted a social bridge dinner Wednesday evening hosted by Mrs. Stanley Dew. Roses adorned the rooms and mink rose-buds centered six tables for a four course meal in pink and white. High scores went to Mrs. C. E. Welch, Mrs. C. J. Bartels, and Mrs. Ray Barron, with a Tow score by Mrs. W. B. Mechem. Guest included Mrs. Harry McGovern of Columbus.
Mrs. Julia Green is very ill at her West Washington Street home with her daughter Mae Springer of Lancaster traveling to her side. Miss Rachel Wilson attends Ohio Wesleyan University events in Delaware and plans to stay in Columbus. Various residents, including Louis Seidenfeld of Murray City and Mrs. Harry McGovern of Columbus, are noted for visits and hospitality.
June 5 Nelsonville report says J H Reynolds was hurt in a Powhatan Mine incident near Bellaire. He was a motorman and the trapper allegedly failed to switch his cars. His mother Mrs Rose Reynolds accompanies him at Bellaire hospital while the family hails from Nelsonville.
Fred H. Ervin of Glouster was chosen thrice illustrious master of Hay bron Council No. 119 R and S M at the Masonic Temple for a one year term. Other officers elected include R C Cook D I M W W Whitlatch P C of W H H Jackson C of G Floyd Steenrod C of C Fred Kinney steward Mose Evans sentinel James Sharp treasurer C G Pritchard recorder.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Shafer hosted a luncheon in Athens for the 1905 Nelsonville High School graduating class celebrating the school’s 25th anniversary. Attendees included Mrs Harry Hickman Mrs Mable Coakley Radford Starr Bertha Howard Eugene Shafer and former teacher Mrs Laura Tedrow. They later reunioned at Central School and attended the Alumni Association meeting.
Valley Lodge 169 Knights of Pythias holds annual memorial services at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning June 8. Members are asked to meet at Castle Hall at 10 o'clock, with the Uniform Bank attending in full dress as a body.
Valley Lodge No. 169 elected officers for a six month term starting July 1. Thurman Bishop was chosen chancellor commander, with George Brady as vice commander, Millard Howard as prelate, Shelby Barber as M A, Bateman as K of R and S, Jord Barber as M of W, Harry Wolfe as I G, and Albert Barber as O G. Installations set for July 2.
Nelsonville report says the King's Men will meet Friday evening June 6 at 7 30 at William Miller's Back Street home. All men are invited to attend.
Miss Mae Linton hosted a bridge evening for her club on Madison Street. Two tables played with Miss Eula Scheeler taking first and Miss Julia Burnelle second for high scores.
Rev. Charles K. Krammer of Ironton will preach at the Christian Church on Sunday June 8. The church marks the 1960th anniversary of Pentecost and all members are urged to attend the communion service.
A movement to nominate Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow for the presidency was under consideration in New Jersey. Observers noted two speeches by leading Republicans last night as signaling a potential campaign to elevate Morrow to the White House, though he has not agreed to run.
Mrs. Hugh Clark of Steubenville, 60, collapsed after addressing the Republican Women’s Glee Club in Columbus and died suddenly. The body was taken to Steubenville for funeral arrangements. Clark had served as Ohio Republican National committeewoman.
Nelsonville June 5 due to an error Pauline Forbes name was omitted from the Nelsonville Junior High School graduation list. She was promoted and issued her diploma with the class.
Regular meeting of Troop 46 Boy Scouts will be Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the hill near the Legion Building. A Wiener roast, supplies to be brought, and a hike from headquarters are planned. Three Scouts will precede to prepare the council fire for the first council fire since last fall.
The National Coal Association reports the week ended May 31 produced 7.5 million net tons of bituminous coal due to Memorial Day curtailment. This compares with 8.435 million tons in the same week in 1929. Weeks ending May 17 and May 24 were 8.169 million and 8.312 million tons.
Peter Barrows a Athens County secret service officer announced an inquiry into the injury of Rocco Deguy an Italian student at Ohio University. He will interview local students and have Youngstown officers visit Deguy at home to gather the story of the affair.
Deguy, once pledged to Sikma Lela Chi but no longer a member, lay with a fractured leg after a fall near a bank. Five Italian students nearby admitted looking for him as blood spots marked the road. Deguy described a dirty trick and asked for aid after regaining consciousness.
Youngstown dispatch reports 21 year old Rocco Deguy an Ohio University student was in St Elizabeths Hospital with a broken leg after a fall.
Arthur P. Michelfelder conducts a campus survey to determine the number of people on the Ohio University campus and in Athens affiliated with the Lutheran Church. He will lead Lutheran services at the Athens Episcopal Church on Sunday and has ties to the Lutheran Inner Mission Society of Pittsburgh.
Louisiana Governor Hey P. Long, famed for greeting German diplomats in green pajamas at Mardi Gras, topped that by welcoming a United States Army general and his staff in only his underwear, a stunt that drew broad attention in New Orleans.
Authorities report an Athens area man was found after lying on an embankment near Athena Tuesday. The man denies there was a shooting involved in the accident, though residents near the spot where he spent the night reported hearing shots.
Mr and Mrs Earl Booth of Cuyahoga Falls report their five children and two others were in serious condition after drinking from a roadside soda fountain officials say the beverage was poisoned in Akron Ohio on June date where the incident occurred.
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