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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
3
The Presbyterian church in Nelsonville plans a luncheon after the morning service on Sunday June 17. The meal will be served in the church dining rooms and members are asked to invite friends and relatives who have left town. A second lunch is scheduled for July 15 with Reverend Merger expected.
June 7 report lists first term appointees for daily vacation Bible school across several locations. Deanville led by Ralph Ely with Kathryn Harrup and Ruth Kelch. New Floodwood with Paul Hudson Thelma Mills and Josephine Porter. Diamond by Louise Rice Betty Wolf. Greendale with John H. Dorn Velma Young. East Clayton with Arthur Kennedy and Helen McDowell.
Knights of Pythias will hold the annual memorial service Sunday. All members meet in Castle hall Sunday morning at 10 to attend services at the Christian church. The uniform rank is asked to come in full dress except side arms.
Amelia Earhart and two companions await favorable trans Atlantic weather from St John s Newfoundland to Southampton England. Winds hinder fueling and takeoff as they monitor hourly forecasts amid a potential several day postponement. The Fokker Friendship, once Byrd property, remains grounded by rough seas and unsettled winds.
The justice department notified federal courts in 12 states that the Chillicothe reformatory for first offenders is ready to receive prisoners sentenced by them. The facility now has a hospital and receiving ward and aims to ease overcrowding at Atlanta and Leavenworth while separating first offenders from hardened criminals.
Police search for a woman who obtained a pair of old shoes from Mrs. Frank Kalal in Cleveland. Kalal hid rings valued at $600 in the shoes and forgot them when she gave the footwear to the requester of old clothes.
Nelsonville June 7 Hay born Council held its annual meeting and election of officers at the Masonic Temple. New officers include T I M D B Lowden Deputy T I M Donald Blackburn P C W Walter Whitlatch treas James Sharp secretary C of G R B Stuart Co of C Harry H Jackson steward E B Acomb sentinel Mose Evans and trustees C H Bartlett H H Dlerand C L Stout.
At the Knights of Pythias regular session in Nelsonville on Wednesday C C James Coope was elected chief, V C William Harburger, prelate Frances Sanders, M A Edward Howard, inner guard Thurman Bishop, outer guard Pete Shough. Past Chiefs of Pocahontas hosted a Tuesday evening at Miss Hazel Wallace’s home with a luncheon for numerous members and guests.
Nelsonville June 7 initiation planned at the regular D of A meeting Friday evening June 8. All officers and guards are asked to attend dressed in white.
Canton underworld leader Carl Studer petitions common pleas court for a writ of habeas corpus naming Warden P. E. Thomas of the state penitentiary as defendant Hearing set for June 21 the filing states Studer pleaded guilty to a second degree charge of keeping a disorderly house with a maximum sentence of one year while he was sentenced to one to three years.
The Ohio state utilities commission authorized Lorain County Telephone Co to sell some of its property to New Lorain Telephone Co for 1 401 100. The action occurred in Columbus on June 7.
Mrs Jennie Cheshire aged 66 died Wednesday evening at her brother Eli Roush's Raymond avenue home in Athens. The body will be taken Saturday to Lancaster for funeral and burial. Her husband J W Cheshire and three sons survive.
NEW CONCORD June 7 Trustees of Muskingum College faced a vote on allowing students to dance and play cards for the first time after years of suspensions. The outcome could shape commencement week as authorities reportedly split on the issue.
London cleaned up debris after a miniature cyclone struck the southern and eastern sections of the city late yesterday. The storm brought heavy rain, toppled trees, and razed small buildings, causing considerable damage.
Cleveland reports that Ellsworth Drews a 14 year old boy was seriously wounded when a revolver used for target practice was fired in his side. The gun had been obtained in a trade for a pencil box.
Columbus reports the state highway department has eliminated five detours used for weeks. The current count of detours in effect, including those added this week, stands at nineteen.
A series of social notes lists Mr and Mrs Clyde Rodda of Walbridge, Dr and Mrs N Hill, George Beagle in Columbus, the Linton family returning from Cleveland and Akron, Mrs C L Pensyle visiting with daughter in Columbus, the Heilman family from Huntington and Violet Woodard, Cecil Shafer in Columbus on business, Mrs Ray O'Dell visiting Columbus, Miss Kathleen Saltz visiting Huntington, and Miss Mable Shafer and Margaret Shafer with Eva Silscott in Columbus. Nelsonville births mention Paul Sullivan and Louise Lauderbach of Columbus welcoming a son born June 6. A King's Men meeting is set for Friday at Sam Starkey's Ashton avenue home.
Nelsonville reports the death of George Wrathers aged 56 in Basil on Wednesday. He formerly lived in Nelsonville for five years and is survived by a daughter Mrs. Fred Primmer of Middleport and a stepson Lawrence Howard of Columbus. His wife preceded him in death. Funeral plans are not announced.
Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress said government costs may rise slowly but steadily from now on. They announced the just-closed appropriations total of 4,628,045,035 dollars, the largest peace time appropriation in history.
Mary Scully did not win the high jump at the Boston women's track meet but displayed grace in clearing the bar. She cleared five feet in a prominent leap shown in the photo.
Rumors in Kansas City say Senator William E Borah Idaho may back Secretary Hoover by seconding his nomination. Borah who leads Idaho’s delegation to the Republican convention is said to favor Hoover with a platform plank on prohibition enforcement and a debt collection pledge.
Ohio regular members of legally constituted village police and fire departments may participate in the state workmen's compensation fund even if the village lacks a police or fire pension fund. Attorney General Edward C. Turner ruled.
The afternoon contest between North High School Columbus and Athens High School was called off due to wet grounds, announced by Alva G. Hatch this morning.
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