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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Ralph Brown hosted a dinner at their High Street home in Chauncey Thursday evening honoring Mr and Mrs Paul Courtney and daughter Lois of Springfield and Mr and Mrs Harvey Courtney.
Mr and Mrs Fred Smith Sr and son Fred Smith Jr spent months in Chauncey with Mr and Mrs Eugene Morgan and have gone to Springfield. Earl Stanley and family of Springfield visited here and accompanied them home. Mr and Mrs Paul Courtney and daughter Lois of Springfield visit Chauncey to see Harvey Courtney and other relatives. Mrs Jacob Kuntzman of Frankfort Ohio, sister of Mrs W Ahlibrand Chauncey, ill but much improved. Robert Hillyer Sr Chauncey seriously ill at home on May Avenue.
Probate court lists accounts filed by executors guardians and administrators for numerous estates in Athens County Ohio with suspension until July 7 1930. A public notice invites bids by July 12 1930 for gravel or crushed limestone road improvement on Reedville Road and Brimstone Road with 800 and 1000 tons respectively.
Miss Isabel Stout LeFever Glouster wed Wayne E. Fierce Trimble in a Thursday ceremony at the ministers home Chauncey Ohio. Rev G B Courtney officiated. After the service the couple dined with families and plan to reside in Glouster.
Property in Athens Ohio described as 30 feet west of the southeast corner of inlet No 19 previously owned by Emma Grim and Augusta Finsterwald on Union Street part of inlet No 194. Debtor Mae V Bethel executrix requires answer by August 16 1930. Elizabeth Hope Basom appointed administratrix of Joseph Newland Basom estate. Hattie Fulton named executrix of Margaret Tedtow estate. probate judge S M Johnson dates June 16 1930 and June 18 1930.
Chauncey notes Children Day will be observed Sunday at The Plains M E Church with an 10 30 AM entertainment after Sunday School. The Nazarene Church hosts Children’s Day service at the evening hour. Public invited. Also Chauncey Mine No 25 idle all week except Wednesday. only seven mines operating: Nos 9 267 69 Ohio No 1 24 28 and Poston No 6.
At Sheltering Arms Hospital a youth was removed to his home where he is improving today. Companions wrapped a swimming suit around the wounded limb to stem bleeding while another youth secured medical aid. A five gallon jar had cracked and a jagged point projected upward.
Milton Gaston pitched and batted for Boston as the Red Sox defeated Chicago 9 to 7. He allowed 11 hits but his two bagger capped a five run rally to clinch the game in the fifth inning.
Raphael Morris, 18, dived into the Hocking River near White's Mill and struck a large stone jar concealed in deep water. He suffered two severe leg wounds requiring fifty and ten stitches respectively. He received medical attention at the scene.
NEW LEXINGTON June 27 The village treasury is empty and the council decided to dismiss the police force effective July 1 and to rely on county authorities for police protection.
Funeral services for Myrtle Thomas 44 died Monday at home in Circle Hill were conducted at the Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev. Pridgen officiating. Burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery. Survived by six children, two sisters, two brothers, and husband Arthur Thomas who died seven years ago. The Figgins family to perform acts at Globe Theater in Chauncey this evening, formerly from Columbus. Mr Figgins is son of late A. P. Figgins.
Lima crowds heard earth tremors felt across Lima and nearby areas. Seismography students suspected subterranean slides as the cause while workers on a scaffold reported the structure swayed noticeably during the quake.
Paris June 27 The cabinet of Premier Andre Tardieu won a confidence vote on a Socialist motion seeking special powers for the Finance and Army Commissions. The tally was 330 to 262 in favor.
Zella Childers a Creek Indian girl from Broken Arrow Oklahoma was the only representative of her race at the Washington outing of the 4 H clubs attended by more than 780000 American farm children and met President Hoover at the White House.
June 27 reports say petitions to oust Sheriff Edward J. Hanratty will be filed with County Clerk George Wallace Today. A fund drive at Thistledown Race Track is planned to raise defense money, funded by doubled service charges for gate pass holders.
Miss Emma Johnson, 17, was bitten several times by a copperhead while berry picking in Martins Ferry. She walked over two miles to her home before collapsing, and doctors reported she was near death.
Funeral services for Mrs Charles Newman aged 84 will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Christian Church. Burial follows in Connett Cemetery. Born in New Straitsville, she had lived in Athens for 15 years. She is survived by her husband, her mother Mrs John Dishon of Oak Grove, six children, two sisters and seven brothers. Children include Mrs Bert Fields John Newman Mrs Owen Beal Canton Virgene and Charles Jr both at home.
Cleveland June 27. Chester Crobaugh former president of the 36 million dollar Union Mortgage Company was indicted for defrauding partial payment bond subscribers of more than 1 million dollars in three years and was expected to surrender to federal authorities today.
In Bismarck North Dakota on June 27 James H. Sinclair led the GOP primary for Congress as returns from western counties came in. URA Townley of the Non Partisan League trailed in third place with his dry and wet platform contrasting against his rivals' positions.
Loretta Brannon aged 15, daughter of Mrs Iva Brannon of 96 Richland Avenue, is among Athens High School's youngest graduates. She completed grade and high school work in ten years, born June 1 1914 and started school in 1920 finishing primary education in 1927.
Reading from partial notes, a student finished the standard four year high school course in three years and earned varsity A honors by participation in baseball and ball.
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