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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1928
Page
3
Homer W. Stiers 72, longtime Haydenville area resident, dies. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Logan Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. Geddes. Survived by widow, seven children, three sisters, two brothers. burial in family cemetery east of Haydenville.
Mrs Myrtle Brooks hosted a farewell gathering Monday evening at her West Canal Street home before the family moves to Taylor Station. Attendees included Lizzie Evener and grandson Billy Johnson Etta McKibben Bertha Ray Elizabeth Scott Verna McConaha Alice Drescher Minnie Davis Mattie Weekley Sophia Mann Goldie Hardy and her son Tommy Nellie Dolman Bernice Oliver Ada Groves and the Brooks daughters Nellie Freda Edna Hazel and Helen.
At the regular meeting Friday evening the Daughters of America will initiate new members. All officers and guards are requested to attend and wear white.
The Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters gather at Mrs. Bess Fleck’s home in Athens Friday evening. The group will depart Nelsonville aboard the 7 o'clock traction car.
At the funeral for Joe B. Davis held Sunday at the late residence near Kimberly, numerous out of town attendees were listed including Glint Davis Harveyville Kansas Mr and Mrs D F Shafer Dan Armstrong Mr and Mrs Frank Davis and daughter Twibill Powers Charles Powers Columbus Mrs B L Poston Frank Murphy Mrs O B Murphy Franklin Murphy George Bean Mr and Mrs Lee Cox Athens Mr and Mrs Fred Heck Mrs Blanche Henry Mr and Mrs Eben L Jones Glouster Mr and Mrs Carlton Mr and Mrs Edgar Jones and Fon Amesville Dave Six and Virgil Six Circleville Mr and Mrs W C Bean Hebbardsville
Chief Justice Carrington T. Marshall of Zanesville dismissed reports that Marshall would quit the race for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate in Ohio. The denial followed Col Carmi A. Thompson of Cleveland withdrawing as a candidate.
Nelsonville June 27 Dis satisfaction among strikers spreads as 500 plus miners return to work in Hocking Valley. Mine No 9 Rendville loaded three cars of coal the first in 16 months. Mines 10 Derthick 72 Chauncey 36 Manhattan report progress and daily loads. Kimberly mines employ 49 workers. Lee Hall state president of the Mine Workers visits the valley.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Shafer were conducted at the Nelsonville Methodist church with Rev. Ed L. Morrell presiding. Mrs. Pete Shough and Mrs. E. L. Morrell sang with Miss Mary Louise Leyshon. burial followed at Greenlawn cemetery. David Barrows left for the state Republican convention in Columbus. E. L. McCune and Harry Kelly to depart Thursday for the convention.
Six suspects including Grace Radcliffe Curceal Darnell Frank Darnell Jake Darnell and Frank Darnell Jr are jailed in Athens county on bond default for aiding Ivor Darnell and William Radcliffe in their escape from Canaanville. Harley Burton posted a $500 bond after arraignment. Sheriff Williams and deputies investigated copper wire thefts at Canaanville Coal Company. Darnell and Radcliffe remain at large.
Martin Falkenstein known as Blocky Stone dies at 35 in Murray City after a heart attack. WWI veteran and union miner, he leaves his mother and several siblings. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
In Deanville Nelsonville on June 27, baby Robert Leroy McKee died at five days old. He was survived by his parents and two sisters. Burial is set for 10 in the morning at Greenlawn on Thursday. Also mentioned, Harry Kelly attended the Spanish American War veterans state convention in Chillicothe.
Athens police pursue a Studebaker sedan 82 080 driven by F M Hawn of Columbiana County suspected of passing bad checks at Salem National Bank Salem He is a member of Columbiana County Automobile Club and has given bad checks in Columbus Dayton and East Liverpool Carl Stewart fined 1 for overparking on Court Street in Mayor Alex Moore’s court last night.
Nelsonville board of education selects Lewis E. Buell of Lancaster as principal of Nelsonville High. Paul B. Rex remains principal of Central Grade School. Ivan Morris resigns as director of the manual training department. Floyd Stone plans to resign as athletic coach. he previously taught in Kenton schools.
Ellen Rizer aged 50 died this morning at her brother Amsy Pritts residence in Imperial. Funeral services are planned Friday at 2 PM at Pritts home with burial at Greenlawn. She is survived by four sisters and two brothers. Mrs. Cheeseman left today for Toledo to join her husband. Mrs. Guy Evans was in Columbus today.
Sixteen Athens physicians will attend the eighth district meeting of the Ohio State Medical Association at the Rocky Glen sanatorium in McConnellville tomorrow. Dr. J. M. Higgins county health commissioner named Dr. A. L. Pritchard of Nelsonville as district president. Attendees include Drs. Alderman Biddle Hill Copeland Danford Henry Higgins Malone Goldsberry Merwin McDougal Pedigo Sprague.
Ulysess Spenter, son of Mrs. Louise Courtney Carpenter and former resident of the area, died Monday at his Stafford home from tuberculosis. Funeral services were held today and burial was near Stafford. He left a wife and two children, his mother, and several brothers and sisters. Mrs. Louise Carpenter is related to the Courtney family of the area and formerly lived on the old Courtney farm near Hocking.
Chauncey mourners attended the Monday funeral in Carbon Hill Church of Christ for John Blosser lifelong resident. Music provided by Hazel Lahugh Lucille Bradfield Charles Bradfield Jr and Helen Courtney. Relatives from Chauncey and area joined Adda Shafer’s relatives at the Nelsonville service with Shafer and Brookins families present.
Mrs. Hiram Searls fell Monday evening at her home injuring a broken left ankle after stepping in a ground hole. The injury was treated by Dr. Warren V. Sprague and she will likely be confined for several weeks.
June 27 Miss Mil dred Canter daughter of Mr and Mrs Asa Canter of this city broke the great toe on her right foot after her ankle overturned causing a fall on the steps at her Hill Crest home The injury was attended by Dr Warren V Sprague
June visit by Mr and Mrs Floyd J Nye and sons Kenneth and Robert of this city to see Mrs Nye's mother Wood E Higgins in McConnelsville sanitarium.
Children will observe Day with exercises next Sunday at Graham's chapel. The program includes recitations drills and songs performed by youngsters under local supervision.
Senator Tom Heflin told 2,500 listeners in Akron that the press muzzles truth and attacked Catholicism and Al Smith. He predicted Alfred Smith would not be nominated and warned the Catholic church via the Knights of Columbus seeks war to enthrone the pope in Mexico.
Peter L. Fagan sues Isaac and Anna Hughes in Common Pleas for judgment and foreclosure seeking $658.70 plus 7 percent interest from August 21, 1926. Probate records note William R. O Dell will filed in Athens County with Ross County residence at death. Charles F. Frost estate administrator ordered to deposit $139.29 as inheritance tax security. Alberta N Atkins will presented for filing in probate. hearing set for July 2 at 10 a.m.
Mrs. C. A. Stover spent today in Columbus. Mrs. Frank Mellinger is spending today and tomorrow with friends in Columbus.
A letter from A L Dierstorff to T H Johnson recommends an apple scab spray for orchards hit by sustained rain to protect fruit until the second codling moth spray around July 15. It notes spray loss from rain, advises materials including liquid lime sulfur and hydration lime, and suggests arsenate of lead only if codling moth pressure has been high.
The credentials committee seated all delegations on temporary rolls, including District of Columbia led by John Costello and Panama Canal Zone led by Mrs. L O Keen, plus Louisiana and Pennsylvania delegates, ending prior seating disputes. The committee also denied Florida’s protest to award Virgin Islands two votes.
The Redpath Chautauqua opens in the city on Wednesday July 4 and runs through Tuesday July 9 featuring Shumate brothers quartets, Bennett the Man Who Can, Smith Damron potter demonstrations, Sun Up drama, Claremont String Ensemble, Harold R. Peat lecture, Ellsworth Gilbert and Company, Frederick M. Snyder talk, Tommy play, and a final junior town concert with Solis Marimba band and G E Sells Central American Marimba band.
A marriage license was issued this morning by the probate court to Claud C. Holdcraft a farmer of Waterford Washington county and Mrs Estella Martha Moore 60 of Athens. Holdcraft is divorced and Moore is a widow who has been married three times.
Reports from General Nobile confirm a fatal blow to Vincenzo Pomella as the Italia smashed on ice near the encampment. Rumors revive hope Roald Amundsen survives after sightings south of Bear Island. Rescue planes under Maddalena Penzo and Uppland prepare to search a cone of ice east of the camp.
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