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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1924
Page
3
Nelsonville area notes show Ameri an Legion post cleaning the building for a Bedford stone shipment. Glenford Dugan Post to hold regular session Tuesday at 7 20 pm. Veterans compensation, dependents, and related programs advised. Local and visiting members mentioned along with several social and fraternal notices.
Health Commissioner Dr. C Butt reports a state health department alert, noting Ohio's virulent smallpox threat. Detroit records 1342 cases since January 1, 1924 with 182 cases and 50 deaths in the two weeks to May 1, a fatality rate over 27 percent. Citizens urged to vaccinate promptly.
A heavy storm floods Buckeye Lake rising a foot and threatening bank breaks. The south fork of the Licking River valley floods farms and inundates the city’s south end. The Ohio Power Company high tension line is damaged and service interrupted while Ohio Electric detours around the Eleven th Street bridge.
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Brookins will be observed next Sunday June 15 at their Millfield home. The couple lifelong residents have reared many children and will host family and friends for music, speaking, social time, and a noon dinner.
Dr. and Mrs. Lindley V Sprague hosted guests Mrs L V Spragues father Warren C Baker of Detroit and sister Mrs Wheelock of Los Angeles. They planned a Detroit visit with the Sprague couple accompanying them. Also noted are upcoming Church meetings at the Missionary Society and Loyal Women's Bible class hosted by local residents.
Fred Cohagen suffered an appendicitis attack Sunday and was taken to Columbus for surgery that evening. Raymond McAfee, pianist with the Joe Graf orchestra, visited Athens and spent Sunday with cousin Mrs Ralph Cox. Miss Catherine Stedman of Columbus stayed with her parents over the weekend. George Martin was a Columbus visitor Sunday.
Cecil McCafferty visited Columbus Saturday to see Mr. and Mrs. Lamberson and attend Lorraine Lambersons graduation. He will spend a week in Columbus then visit London Ohio with relatives. Mrs Wilda Worden moves to Ellis avenue office and Elsie Worden becomes manager. Henry Dew of Corning, formerly Chauncey, stayed with Nile Dew family. Mrs Clarence Hoskins and children traveled to Columbus for a few days.
Mr and Mrs Karl Gardner hosted a gathering at their country home near Chauncey on Saturday evening. Guests enjoyed games contests and music followed by refreshments with Mrs Gardner assisted by sister in law Mrs Adolph Nelson. Attendees included Wyona Gardner Mildred Sands Christine Courtney Thelma Rankin Lucille Bradfield Dorothy Ruth Wharton Roland Figgins Frank Ferrer Woodrow Ferrer Ralph Pritts Lorenzo Butts Ralph Brown Paul Harter and the Gardner couple and Mrs Nelson with children.
Miss Beatrice Schwartz of New York City arrived Sunday for a few weeks visit in Chauncey as a guest of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Max Altman. Mr and Mrs Reeves of Nelsonville were Sunday guests of the latter s parents Mr and Mrs M B Tucker.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Nye traveled to Hebbardsville for the funeral of Mrs Jane Gift aunt to the Iatters. Other local residents including Mr Guy Brookins Mrs Elmer Bingman and Thelma Thelma Nye visited Columbus and Grant hospital to see Mrs JT Hamilton who recently had goitre surgery and expects to return home this week.
The Memorial Auditorium project at Ohio University is near victory as subscriptions promised and Athens city action to convey 90 feet of land edge campus. F W Bush, chair of the Memorial Extension committee, reported progress at the Ohio Alumni Association session. The drive began in 1922 with a $200000 goal and now hinges on continuing donor payments. The alumni magazine will be sent only to active paying members.
Overnight traffic on the New Straitsville Logan road drew deputy sheriffs to a bridge where John Clark Jr and others were stopped while two cars loaded with liquor were flagged nearby. A tip triggered the stop. the gathered evidence included a water jug only. Separate notes mention a tetanus death of Lara Danford and a birth in Trimble, plus a funeral planning for Cr. Rockhold and travel for Mrs. Embrey to Warren.
The state G A R Encampment will be held at Warren on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Attending from this locality are Mr and Mrs T M Headley J Stahl J W Moody and W v Christman. Dr Dean LeFavor returns from Philadelphia after medical training at Jefferson College class of 1924 and will stay with his parents until July then report to Philadelphia General Hospital for two years. Lieut Harold Rose comes home from Staunton Va after completing Staunton Military Academy. he will spend a few days with his parents before reporting to Camp Custer Mich to finish government military training.
The U S Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Willis Campbell law prohibiting manufacture and use of beer and other alcoholic malt liquors in a test case brought by James Everard’s breweries of New York against prohibition director Ralph A. Day. The ruling was issued in Washington on June 9.
In Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania the second pipe organ built in America in 1897 remains in service, church records show. The venerable instrument continues to be played and maintained as a historic fixture in the community.
Parlor Motors in Cleveland introduces air cushioned chairs and velour interiors in eight new coaches. President BE. H. Moore announced they will operate on the Cleveland Akron route, with trains placed into service to handle crowds for the Republican convention.
The organ installed in Old Peace Church, built near here in 1789, has never been repaired. The church once served as a schoolhouse on weekdays and a church on Sundays. It was purchased from Conrad Doll of Lancaster, with a wooden keyboard, six stops, and 300 pipes.
In Ceylon a Rekawa villager fought a 15 minute duel with a man-eating crocodile in a lake near Colombo. The fisherman escaped by ramming the reptile's throat with a boat oar but was severely injured. A pencil seller in New York was observed traveling to and from work in intact condition.
Mrs. Jennie Shirk of Detroit Michigan testifies that Taniac restored her health after three years of indigestion nervous weakness and insomnia She says the remedy gave her appetite peaceful nerves and strong health and advises readers to try Taniac sold by druggists.
A column notes Mars will be closest to Earth on August 22 at about 34.5 million miles, the nearest approach in a century. The item contrasts with local notes about cars in a “motor graveyard” lake scene tied to Insurance workman activity.
On the Patterson farm one mile west of New England a public sale is set for Thursday June 12. Items include 4 Holstein heifers 3 Jersey heifers 10 head Shetland ponies all ages and colors 1 black saddle and driving mare 1 brown saddle gelding 1 Deering mowing machine 1 Deering hay rake 1 Oakland runabout automobile in good condition plus many other articles. Sale begins at 4 p m. Terms announced day of sale by D H Edwards.
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