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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1928
Page
5
CHALCHNEY June 29 James McCollam barber whose shop burned last week has outfitted the former John Smith and Stanley restaurant building. His home was also destroyed. The McCollams currently stay in the Keck property on Jacobs avenue and plan to move into the apartment above the Chauncy Feed Company on Main street.
Chauncey residents see tidier side streets as noxious weeds on vacant lots and premises are cut. Mayor W. D. Hines posts notices urging property owners to cooperate in keeping down weeds. mowing occurred yesterday.
June 29 regular meeting of Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge of this city will be held this evening.
Kenneth Sands and Marion Mullins have gone to Pontiac Michigan for employment. Edward Wallace and J D Andrews of Nelsonville visited this week at the home of Mr and Mrs M J Gardner in Chauncey. Mayor W D Hines of Chauncey visited Columbus Wednesday. Mrs Mahlon Bradshaw who has been seriously ill at her home in The Plains is reported to be slightly improved.
Society and Personal Mention notes describe the annual picnic at Mrs. Bart Davidson’s home on North Congress Street with seventeen members and guests from Charleston and Marietta. Weather forced a preh party with pink rambler roses as table decor, and the event closed club meetings until fall.
ALBANY June 29 Former New York City newsboy Smith listens in state mansion as Democratic Party on first ballot nominates Alfred E. Smith for president. The governor, famed in New York politics, appeared reticent upon hearing the radio returns and, after his daughter Mrs. John A. Warner embraced him, stated My heart is where my palate ought to be.
Chicago reports the American Teachers Association voted a fund of 75 000 to 100 000 to publicize discriminatory practices against teachers. Florence C Hanson cites laws limiting teachers personal liberty in states like Iowa North Carolina West Virginia and California in marriage dress codes curfews and entertainment.
Thousands suffer daily from stomach acidity gas and indigestion. A glass of hot water with four Bisulated Magnesia tablets neutralizes stomach acids strengthens digestion and helps meals be enjoyable. Bisulated Magnesia is not a laxative and is available from druggists.
The Shafer family gathering at The Plains honors Mrs. John Shafer on her sixtieth birthday anniversary. Children and grandchildren present include Elmer Bingman Athens Guy Brookins Chauncey Flay Channel Walter Wharton Junior Sands Kenneth Sands and John Shafer. Mrs Shafer received a vase and cut flowers from her children.
After a June wedding Bill and Bertie Lou face mounting bills that strain their first weeks of marriage. Rod contemplates a New York job as a solution while friends linger for impromptu pleasures. The Messenger previews Ruth Dewey Groves' new serial Love for Two beginning July 8.
Miss Louise A. Boyd of San Rafael California will sail July from Tromsoe to Kings Bay aboard the Hobby to assist in the Arctic search for Amundsen and others lost in Greenland expedition.
Columbus report notes Dr. W. O. Thompson, president emeritus of Ohio State University, will attend a forthcoming event as announced on June 29. Further details were not provided in the fragment.
The sixty sixth convention of the National Educational Association is scheduled to be held in Minneapolis next week. Delegates will discuss education policy funding curriculum and teacher standards with sessions planned across multiple venues.
Thea Rasche postponed the start of her projected trans Atlantic flight as she returns to New York from Canada amid litigation with her original backers led by Anne A. Stillman. Reports from Canada that she abandoned plans were denied by her secretary.
TIFFIN June 29 A O Thowis as Falkner 70 Argonne hero and oldest Ohio enlisted man in World War died at his home today from injuries suffered in a fall last week Falkner who won the Medal of Honor the war’s first coveted decoration and American and Belgian hero awards for carrying supplies across a shell swept field to his battalion at Mont was considered too old to enlist for the Spanish American war
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