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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1930

Page

13

Concert Series Planned by Sorority and Legion Band

PLAN CONCERTS LOGAN June 13 Through the efforts of the Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority co operating with the American Legion Band weekly concerts are to be offered during the summer months The first concert was presented Thursday eve ning Sorority members will visit business and professional men to seek contributions to finance these concerts Some solicitation work has been completed by the girls Band members join their officers in thanking the co operation

Logan Sigma Phi Gamma American Legion

Thieves Steal Full Flocks Plaguing Marion Farmdistrict

Farmers in Marion Township report poultry thieves stealing entire flocks rather than taking on a percentage basis. Two homes, those of Jacob Myers and Kenson Barnes, were hit. Farmers threaten to respond with force if thefts continue.

Logan Marion Township Jacob Myers Kenson Barnes

Local teachers to lead student trip through Europe tour

England and France will be toured with planned stops in Germany Holland Belgium and Switzerland. Miss Webb serves on the Junior High School faculty and Miss Hull on the Senior High faculty of this city.

England France Germany Holland Belgium Switzerland Miss Webb Miss Hull

Three Arrested in Gore Robbery Confession Leads Loot Recovery

June 13 Gore Deputy Sheriff Tarbean said three youths Roy McMannus Joshua Mahi and Charles Boring confessed to robbing the John J. Nutter store. Items including cigarettes candy tobacco socks and wallets were recovered. McMannus was bound over to the grand jury on $300 bond while Boring and Wahl await arraignment before Judge Ellinger.

McMannus J. P. Miller Boring Wahl A. M. Ellinger

Dr Work Leaves Logan For Wooster Visit

Dr and Mrs Edgar W Work of New York City left Logan after visiting Mrs B C McManigal and relatives. They head to their Maine summer home via Wooster where he studied at Wooster College and later served in the Presbyterian Church before turning to writing. Mrs Anthony Toerner hosted a party, and a picnic to Ash Cave was enjoyed by the couple and relatives.

Logan Edgar Whitaker Work New York City Wooster B.C. McManigal Work Maine Wooster College Presbyterian Church Fourth Presbyterian Church Greenwich Village Anthony Toerner Ash Cave

Chautauqua May Have A New Site

On June 13 Rev. Elmer Bliss of Trinity Lutheran Church was named president of the local Chautauqua Committee by guarantors. A site for the Redpath tent faces difficulty. a committee including Sho Wal ter, Wrish, Fberst, White and Keller will work with Shively to find a location, as objections arise to using the old cemetery site. A meeting with updates is scheduled for next Monday.

Grading Completed and Bridge Finished on Winona New Teville Road

Grading is finished and the new concrete bridge on the Winona New Teville Highway spans Monday Creek eliminating two curves toward the old road. A small bridge was added east of Logan. Grading at another point will be completed soon. Esther Smith was named delegate selected to the Delta Theta Tau national convention in Oakland California. The local chapter hosted a meeting at the Wood residence. The convention is set for mid June. Bingo games highlighted the pension event with winners Rosella Schrader Jose ine Starr and Miss y Roberts. Lunch was provided by the hostess.

Logan Winona Monday Creek Esther Smith Oakland Calif William Wood Rosella Schrader Missy Roberts Joseine Starr Miss Schrader Gallipolis Melene Logan

Letter by John P. Glasgow Reveals Civil War Sentiment

John Hudson finds a faded 1862 letter from Union Army member John P. Glasgow at Camp Morrow Ky to Miss Catherine Glasgow. The line The boys are eager to try their hand with the enemy appears before the January 14 1862 date, showing wartime anticipation. Glasgow was Hudson’s uncle.

Woman's New Opportunities as a Wage Earner Program

Logan June 13 The Among Ourselves Club met at Mrs W H Hansel home. Ida Steinman led a paper on women's wage earning opportunities after a luncheon. Elizabeth Hansel played piano, A T Spears read, and a music contest winner was Mrs Guy Loomis. Guests included Mrs J C Guthrie and others.

Ida Steinman W. H. Hansel Elizabeth Hansel A. T. Spears Guy Loomis J. C Guthrie Frank Linton George Lehman H. C. Scheide Minnie McBroom Hansel

Public Health Talk By L P Mooney At Chillicothe Meet

L P Mooney spoke on Public Health From a Lawmaker s Point of View before an Ohio Sanitarians district meeting in Chillicothe. Attendees included Dr Morton W Bland Mrs Bland and Mrs Robert Weaver public health nurse. Weaver named chairman of the program committee to organize the November annual meeting program.

Logan L. P. Mooney Ohio Chillicothe Morton W. Bland Bland Robert Weaver Weaver

Births exceed deaths in Logan County May report

Health Department data from Logan County shows 37 births in May, three more boys than girls, with 19 deaths. City district births number 11, and deaths include several elderly victims. Measles mumps tuberculosis noted. only three communicable disease cases city and countywide.

Marion F. Hiles Bernard S&s. Geiger Angéline Henry Malone Otis Pratt Clifford R. Sanders Cloyd M. Evans J. Walter Voris Oscar Hamonid Wesley F. Teal Clyde E. Boals John W. Schein Carl H. Mundy Lester D. Crothers William T. Starr Earl McDonald Thomasl. Dixon Ralph J. Flowers Reina Deer Foster E. Conner Roy Ruble Oscar Bownes Herbert J. McConnell George Tuthill Kenneth L. McNaghten Earl L. Lanning Leslie Dowler Louie W. Wilson Harry Canter James G. Dupler Charles Ellis Frederick H. Karr Wilford L. Boals Carl Shultz Harry Dicken William Harvey McGee

Better Home Makers Club Meeting Notes

Papers read by Mrs Grace Adcock and Mrs Fred Graham at the Better Home Makers Club gathering hosted by Mrs Leo Armstrong on East Front Street. Two contests were awarded with Mrs Hugh Meldrim and Mrs Fred Graham as winners. guests included several named club members and visitors.

Grace Adcock Fred Graham Better Home Makers Club Leo Armstrong East Front Street Hugh Meldrim John Cooley Willard McNallen Walter Leonard Arthur Dollmatsch Carl Poling Oscar Rheinscheld Luicille Oeffler

Radox Footbath Promises Easy Corn Removal

An advertisement touts a footbath that soothes and loosens corns and callouses for 15 minutes over 3 or 4 nights. It claims salting penetrates roots so corns lift out without cutting, with repeated use and wearing shoes to avoid recurrence.

Lutherans Beat Presbyterians in High-Scoring Game

On June 13 in Logan the Lutherans defeated the Presbyterians 16 to 14 in a hard hitting game marked by wild pitching. Bray hit a three-run homer with the bases full, aiming to seal the win. Episcopals and Methodists clash Friday evening with Hall and H. Columber officiating.

Logan Bray Hall H. Columber

Dawley Road survey completed in Ward Township

Ross Wag staff deputy county engineer reports the survey on 1.54 miles of Dawley Road in Ward Township is finished. The surveyed section will be improved under the 1930 construction program.

Logan Ross Wagstaff Dawley Ward Township

Mrs Mary Ritchason Moved After Bridge Fall Near Nelsonville

Mrs Mary Ritchason was brought to Cherrington Hospital after a fall from a bridge abutment near Nelsonville. She had a deep scalp wound and a slight brain concussion but was reported to be getting along well by Thursday.

Logan Mary Ritchason Cherrington Hospital Nelsonville

Miss Webb and Miss Hull Set for Eight Weeks in Europe

Miss Della Webb of this city and Miss Iris Hull of Columbus depart Thursday for New York to sail June 14 aboard the Holland America Statendam for an eight week European tour landing in Liverpool.

Logan Della Webb Iris Hull Columbus New York City Statendam Liverpool

Russians Aim to Influence U.S. Government Say Labor Leader

Washington June 13. William Green president of the American Federation of Labor told the House Communist Investigation Committee that Soviet Russia has not overlooked the United States in anti capitalist propaganda. He said organizations have been formed here to promote the Communist Party sow discord and work toward overthrow of the capitalist government.

United States William Green American Federation of Labor House Communist Investigation Committee Communist Party

Soviet influence cited in American labor groups

The text asserts that the American Federation of Labor must be overthrown and controlled, listing organizations such as the Communist Party of America, the Trade Union Educational League, the Trade Union Unity League, the Pioneer Youth Movement, and the American Negro Labor Congress as Moscow-directed and allied with the Communist International and the head International of trade unions.

American Federation of Labor Workers (Communist) Party of America Trade Union Educational League Trade Union Unity League Pioneer Youth Movement American Negro Labor Togress Moscow Commmunist International Head International of Trade Unions

Queen Marie Returns to Romania Amid Court Reconciliation

Dowager Queen Marie, mother of King Carol II, arrives in Bucharest to a warmer welcome after the king’s return from exile. Public displays signal a move to heal domestic rifts as Princess Helene resists reconciliation and the divorce initiated after the monarch’s affair with Magda Lupescu remains unresolved.

Romania Carol Bucharest Carol II France Marie Cotroceni Palace Helene MM Magda Lupescu

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