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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1920
Page
7
Cattle receipts 400 with strong market. Steers top at 14.00 and 12.00 on good to choice. Calves 15.50 to 16.00. Hogs receipts 3500 steady to 25 cents higher with good choice at 15.00. Sheep 1600 steady with 8.00 to 9.00. Lambs 18.00 to 18.50 steady. Liberty bonds quoted with various series and values.
Alumni of John Hancock high school gathered at the Colonial Hotel on Monday June 7 for a reunion. Fifty four graduates and three faculty members attended with officers elected for next year: President Jennie Mulligan Vice President Gyneth Bryan Secretary Treasurer Clarice McKibben.
Senator and Mrs Carter Glass announce the engagement of their younger daughter Augusta Christian Glass to Robert McClanahan Allen of Roanoke Virginia. Mr Allen is an architect who served as a lieutenant in the French army during the war.
The Honeymoon Express, built by the groom, carried Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Terhune Jr. of Cambridge from Boston to Atlantic City for the start of their honeymoon after a recent marriage in the Hub. Terhune, an aviation service veteran, piloted the plane. The couple plans an extended trip before returning to Boston.
The Jacksonville board of education will accept bids until noon July 3 for a 15000 dollar bond issue authorized by voters at the April primary to fund a new high school building. Deputy Henry Williams reports dog owners in Athens comply with the tag law, while several in this vicinity ignore it and stray dogs are common. In response, he plans to kill untagged strays. The Glouster baseball team will visit Jacksonville next Sunday for a promising game. Jacksonville beat Murray City 2 to 0 last Sunday. Memorial services for Magic City Lodge I O O F were held at the Methodist church, with Odd Fellows and Rebekah members leading a drum corps. Frank Klingo underwent surgery at Mt Carmel hospital after lifting caused an old injury to flare. Mr. and Mrs. George Funk and child left for Columbus, where he has taken a new job. Mrs. Margaret Gibbs and her baby of Christopher Ill are visiting her parents. B F Achauer will spend a week at Lakeside Park. Miss Luella Vaughn returned from Athens as a guest of friends, and Mrs Ruth Severns of McCuneville visited the Meridiths.
The Athens Co operative Company will hold its quarterly meeting at The Plains Ohio school building on June 9 1920 at 7 00 PM Pearley Gaskill secretary.
Ordinance determine to proceed with grading draining curbing and paving Hanlin avenue from Cemetery street to the east end with brick or block. It authorizes bonding future costs and assessments, sets front footage based payments over ten years with 6 percent interest, and directs public service to advertise bids.
Attest signatures of Clerk of Council and council president confirm approval of dated June 1920. Mayor B. Roush signs the document on June 8 1926, indicating a postdated official record.
An ordinance determines to proceed with the improvement of Pratt Street from West Washington to Byard Street. It provides grading, curbing, brick paving, and installment payments with six percent interest. Bonds may be issued in anticipation of assessments, with bidding and sinking fund provisions. Passed June 7, 1920.
An ordinance authorized grading drainage and paving on North Congress Street from brick pavement to 200 feet north, with detailed grade plans, cost assessments by frontage, ten annual installments at six percent, and bond financing. Ordinance approved June 7 1920 by city council with clerk and president signatures.
Daily and northbound trains depart and arrive at Athens with multiple numbers. No. 2, 4, 6, 8, 33, 35, 87, 30, 82, 24 appear across morning, midday, and evening slots. Times range from 6:00 a.m. to 8:46 p.m. in various daily patterns.
Ordinance details grading curbing and paving Maple Street from Washington to Byard with brick or block, plans on file, bond anticipation, assessments on benefited parcels, payments options, and bid process. Mentions weed control method in Hawaii. Provisions include interest rates, installments, and funding via bonds. Approved June 8, 1920 with official signatures.
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