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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1924
Page
5
Miss Edna Robinett became the bride of Mr. Roy Jones Saturday evening at 8 o'clock in the Christian church parsonage with Rev. M. E. Chatley officiating. The couple, from New Marshfield, will reside in Athens after the ceremony.
Local notes report the W. B. A. Maccabees will meet in regular session tonight at 7 59. The item also records several visits from relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs James H Cameron of Frankfort Indiana to Stewart street and Mrs Mary L Britton travelling to New York City for the summer with her daughter and Columbia University. Other visitors include Mr and Mrs Harold Rogers of South Salem at the Hughes home and Mr and Mrs J S Van Dyke motor trip to Lancaster to visit Roscoe Van Dyke and family.
Prof and Mrs R I Morton with their children return to Athens for summer. Prof Morton on leave from Ohio University teaches in summer school then plans to resume his studies for the PhD at Ohio State University.
Fifty three graves of the Woman's Relief Corps members were decorated Saturday at the annual memorial service in West Union street cemetery chapel. Mary Fryburger led the service. 53 names were read by Mary Ashworth as the chorus sang Nearer My God to Thee. Eliza Border read scripture and Effie Graham offered prayer before flowers were placed on the graves.
Rolland Bright completed inspections of all lodges in his district including Wilkesville Masonic Lodge on Saturday evening. It is his second year in the role and he found the lodges in excellent condition. Accompanying him were Loyd A. Mount Mack E. Mount and Wm. H. Hansel.
Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Poling of Zanesville avenue will leave Tuesday for Louisville Kentucky where they.
An advertisement promotes Eppa Neuritis Tablets as a safe non habit forming remedy for neuritis. It claims fast relief from nerve inflammation and urges purchase at Athens drug stores and nationwide from Boerick & Runyon Co., San Francisco, with a price of 1.00.
One hundred forty uniform flags were displayed on Main Street from Walnut to Gallagher, sponsored by the American Legion post. The display, planned for Decoration Day but delayed by shipping, drew favorable comments from residents. Mrs. Ben Mowery of Zanesville Avenue has been very ill for seven weeks with some improvement noted.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Patton home in Haydenville for prominent resident It Patton who died Thursday evening. Masons from Mingo Lodge attended and took part. After ceremonies, 30 robed Klansmen arrived and laid a large cross of red roses on the grave. Patton was reported as the oldest Klansman in Hocking County and among the oldest in Ohio.
Miss Florence Bort entertained the Merry Makers club with a six o'clock dinner at her Culver Street home Friday evening. Contests and music followed the meal. Guests included Mrs Paul Spears, Mrs Floyd Duffy, Mrs Alfred Campbell, Miss Hazel Kanade, Miss Ruth Heft, and Miss Kathryn Bort.
In Hocking county the clerk of courts reports three new divorce petitions in the latter part of the week as divorces rise. Nora Mayes seeks divorce from Alfred Mayes Jr with custody of three minors and alleges failure to provide and extreme cruelty after his March 12 departure to Michigan. James D Tucker seeks divorce from Ida May Tucker alleging adultery with a Red Star bus driver on May 24 and asks custody as well. Anna Reynolds seeks divorce from Willard Reynolds on extreme cruelty grounds married October 26 1922 and asks to restore her maiden name Anna Schultz after living apart since February 10 1924.
W H Cook Newark prison evangelist will address the Kiwanis on Tuesday evening. He recounts 26 years in Chicago crime then reform and wartime service with the Canadian army. Since the war he pursues evangelistic work guiding hundreds toward reform.
A notice highlights an upcoming club meeting with an intriguing address promised and a call for 100 percent member attendance to ensure full participation.
Members of the Union Bible class held a social meeting at the M F church Thursday evening addressed by Prof J J Philips of the Lancaster schools. Special music was part of the program. The entertainment committee consisting of J W Woodard John Young and Frank Oatley organized the refreshments.
An inmate from Gallipolis State Hospital named Cunningham was found aboard the Hocking Valley excursion from Gallipolis to Tiffin as it arrived in Logan Sunday morning. Officer Farbearn arrested him and he was jailed to await return to the hospital.
Loud reports drew Logan residents as two bright fiery crosses were found burning on hills south of the city. One cross stood on the water works hill and the other on the hill south of Falls Mill, with red and green lights at their bases creating a dramatic display.
Police investigated the death by self inflicted act of Mrs. Margaret Martin aged 22, a divorcee living in a decorated Greenwich Village apartment. Peggy was secretary to Morris Hillquist a prominent lawyer and socialist, and the case centers on her death.
At the June 14 meeting the Trimble township board of education employed six staff for the next year. All hires are Ohio University graduates and include two principals a coach and a township music supervisor. Ruth Straht was named township supervisor of school music Gladya Danford domestic science teacher at Big Greens Run Glen Yidlson principal of the new third grade at Hollister J Duffee principal Hollister third grade and Charles H Peebles manual training and athletic coach Vierce Ridge Dorothy Carr teacher at Vierce Ridge.
Hundreds of students flood into Athens to register for Ohio University's nine week summer session. Ewing Hall and nearby steps buzz as students plan schedules, buy books, and socialize while more than 1,509 are expected before registration ends.
Corning crude oil price has been reduced by 25 cents per barrel, bringing the new price to 1.00. The change was reported today from Corning New York as part of market updates.
In England Scotland and Wales a census finding shows one person in every hundred owns a motor car, reflecting early automobile ownership spread across the nations.
Syracuse University scientist Professor C H Richardson rejects claims of axis shift and a colder climate. He cites past hot and snowy anomalies, notes glaciers receding, and stresses fifty year climate comparisons to assess data.
London reports Parliament reassembling after the Wilson Holiday to tackle a mounting agenda. Pending issues include the financial program housing shortage pension bills and labor troubles amid talks with France over reparations and tensions in Mexico involving the British chargé d affaires. In Galva a butcher, Ralph Barlow, was badly cut while slaughtering a cow that kicked him during a failed throat cut, needing nine stitches.
Members of the National Electrical Medical association and the Ohio State Electric association arrive in Cincinnati to attend a two day gathering. The event brings together professionals from both groups for discussions and networking.
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