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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1928
Page
3
Jas per Saxon dies at his West Columbus street home in Nelsonville after a period of illness. A longtime resident and well known figure, he married Stella Wright of Nelsonville and is survived by three children. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
Fred Guy age 46 died at his brother Andy Guy's Bailey Run home. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 9 AM at Buchtel Catholic church by Rev. Father Shafer. Burial in Buchtel. Survived by his father, two brothers and one sister.
Samuel McNeal age 80 died Sunday morning at his home near Lubrig. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at the New Marshfield Christian church with burial in New Marshfield. He is survived by his widow and six children.
Mrs Della McMasters and Mrs Della Pidcock traveled from Nelsonville to Lancaster on Sunday to attend the state encampment of the G A R and W R C events.
In Nelsonville on June 18 the Buckeyes will play Car bon Hill at 5 30 p m on the city playground. Lloyd Evans heads to Logan to join Mr and Mrs Robert Longstreth before they drive to Wooster for the Ohio synod and symodical with Mrs Evans attending as a delegate from the Athens Presbyterial.
Nelsonville notes members of the newly organized Daughters of Veterans may obtain receipts from Mrs. H. D. Krieg for attendance at the state meeting in Lancaster this week.
Mr and Mrs J M Butt entertained at dinner Saturday evening with guests Mr and Mrs William Six and daughter Ruby and son Wilbur Jr of Fairfield Alabama Jack Six and daughter Rachel of Athens and Mr and Mrs Bert Young included in the gathering.
Nelsonville June 18 plans a Gore school mates and teachers association reunion to be held at the Gore schoolhouse Thursday with a noonday picnic dinner.
Urbana welcomes the 96th annual Grand Lodge session of the I O O F of Ohio. Thousands of visitors are expected to arrive as the Odd Fellow parade is staged Wednesday.
The New York World projects Governor Smith near 644 votes on first ballot with a chance at 686 as 24 delegates remain and 733 1 3 are needed. Reed plans vigorous drive for the Democratic nomination and opens headquarters in Houston with Kansas City friends forming a traveling party. Hoover, preparing front porch conferences, will meet Good Jardine Mellon Curtis and other leaders this week.
Governor Alfred E Smith will address 15,600 first time voters at a City Hall, New York crowd on July 4 as his first major public appearance after the Democratic national convention.
Chauncey Ohio June 18 Samuel McNeal a life long Athens county resident died Sunday morning at his country home near New Marshfield after a long illness Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm from the Church of Christ in New Marshfield Burial will be in New Marshfield cemetery He leaves a widow and several children a sister Mrs Harvey Nye Chauncey and two brothers James McNeal Fort Wayne Indiana and Josiah McNeal Ohiman Illinois Funeral callers included Mr and Mrs Harvey Nye and Mr and Mrs Floyd J Nye from this city
Mrs. Carrie Channell of The Plains travels to Columbus to visit her husband W. C. Channell and son Dale Channell and to attend the General Assembly of the Nazarene church in the city. She also serves as superintendent of the Nazarene church Bible school at The Plains. Will Coon and son Billie of Murray City visit The Plains. Mrs. Len Jones of Orbiston visits daughters in The Plains. Dolly Dailey of Athens visited last week with Gladys Culver in Che Plains.
Chauncey June 18 Mr and Mrs Charles Ogg of this city will celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary next Sunday June 24. The event will be held in the Chauncey high school building where Mr Ogg is janitor. An all day affair with a picnic dinner will be served in the school dining room. All members of the Ogg and Carpenter families are invited. Mr and Mrs Ogg will welcome relatives and friends. A musical program will feature the afternoon entertainment.
Mr and Mrs Ray Shafer and daughter Illa with relatives attended the seventh general assembly of the Church of the Nazarene in Columbus on Sunday. Delegates from The Plains Nazarene church, with Mrs Channell and others, spent most of the week at sessions and were hosted by Columbus residents Ervin and Leveneck.
Mrs Ray Shafer and Mrs George Shafer of Beaumont attend the General Assembly of the Nazarene church in Columbus at Memorial Hall from June 13 to 24. They represent Nazarene Holiness Church at The Plains.
The Loyal Women's Division of the Church of Christ in Chauncey postpones its regular meeting due to the death of Mrs. Harvey Nye's brother. The president, Floyd J. Nye, announced the meeting will be held Wednesday of next week.
Heavy traffic did not deter a large black snake about four feet long from slithering along Converse street in Chauncey on Sunday afternoon. The reptile, said to emerge from a nearby garden, was killed.
Chauncey Mayor W D Hines urges property owners to act on posted notices to cut noxious weeds on vacant lots. Dogs roaming at night will be taken in charge by local officers. Thelma Riley of The Plains visited Nelsonville last Friday. Mrs Dick Whetstone and daughter Bessie visited Edson Riley. Mr and Mrs Joe Hutchins were guests of the sparked Spite family.
English vicar Basil Bourchier of Hampstead condemns Sunday prohibitions as illogical and harmful. He argues the church clings to a Puritan Sunday, rejects modern amusements, and denies fair access to public recreation for all. He calls for common sense and open Sunday leisure.
Gov. Al Smith spoke at Niagara University in Buffalo New York delivering the principal address at the commencement exercises. He appeared in cap and gown stepping from a train to begin his oratorical flight as Democratic supporters planned for the presidential campaign.
A four year old boy Eugene Myers dies two hours after his mother’s at home in Toledo. He plays with a loaded revolver and shoots himself in the head. The gun was found in his grandmother’s house.
Edward Goetz was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Car! Porter on a speeding charge. He paid a $10 fine plus costs totaling $18.70. Constable Harry Dalton arrested him on the Athens Chillicothe road.
A new master school of music named ha Scuola del Concerto opens to aid American students studying abroad. In Rome for eight weeks starting July 1928, courses cover composition piano voice opera violin harp with language and art history. Notable directors include Edgar Varèse and Scipione Guidi.
A freak wind and storm hit Cleveland causing uprooted trees and downed signs with no injuries. A warm day drew crowds to beaches and the countryside. Nine year old James Waters drowned at Ambler Park after falling into Dean Brook while playing.
Columbus June 18 Candidates for state offices filed declarations with Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown before the Friday midnight deadline. The list includes Republicans and Democrats for U S Senator Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Auditor Treasurer and Supreme Court Judge with several long and short term terms, reflecting a busy primary season.
Mrs Harold Gray of Shawnee was cut on the legs and her daughter sustained a probable skull fracture when two cars collided head on on the National Highway west of West Jefferson. Florence Peak of Federicks town was cut on the head in the same crash.
A playful note hints at a self puzzle word game, promising a single sel on the last page today.
The text presents rules for a word golf game where one letter is changed per step to form new words. It includes examples like changing COW to HEN via HEW and notes must use common jump word and altered letter order. It ends with a garbled line.
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