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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
3
Nelsonville officials led by Mayor L J Eberle vow strict action during the Fourth of July season. Selling or shooting fireworks within city limits will bring arrest and fines, mirroring penalties used in other towns. Police condemn firecrackers aimed at cars as dangerous, noting the risk of fatal accidents.
The Nelsonville Childs Conserv ation league elected officers at the Y M C A. Mrs H L Galvin was named president with officers including Mrs Robert Kinney as vice president Mrs W G Lancaster recording secretary Mrs Lee Pritchard treasurer and Mrs Herman Ruble press reporter The group will meet on the first and third Wednesdays each month
Nelsonville June 30. Chief of Police Jack Pearson recovered $4 stolen from a filling station cash drawer. He returned the money to the grateful owner and bought five gallons of gasoline for $1.10, noting the fuel cost would have been 95 cents elsewhere.
In Nelsonville a speedway on city streets draws disfavor from officials as Red Tye and Clarence Davis each pay $10 fines plus costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving in Mayor Eberle's court. William Smith, a minor, faces possible arraignment. Prof and Mrs John Albright of Sweetbrier Virginia visit Athens locals H E Cranmer. Mrs W E Figgins and children Jack and Mary Martha from Columbus return home after a weekend with Mrs Figgins' parents.
Police report three Ford drivers Tye Davis and Smith raced on Poplar Street yesterday.
Six more youngsters underwent tonsillectomies at a YMCA health clinic in Nelsonville. Operated were Richard Staten Billy Matheny Norman Hall Ida Springer Avis Starling Nellie Pettit. All in satisfactory condition. Doctors W. H. Hyde and A. L. Pritchard assisted. public health nurse Ethel Walker aided by city nurse Prudence Thompson Logan.
Lu ther Berry a bunkman in the Hocking Valley yards had his left foot crushed by a car Saturday noon and is in Grant hospital Columbus where doctors removed the entire left side and injured ankle. John Haybrow pleaded not guilty to reckless driving at arraignment before Mayor L J Eberle with a July 6 hearing set.
Mrs. James Graham of Athens visits with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cranmer. Miss Redempa Sines hosts a dinner honoring Mrs. William H. Nethery of Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hawk enjoy a Lake Erie vacation. Hawk manages Kroger. Evans Hudson and Donald Powell start a southern motor trip. Mrs. Carl Coakley to host M. E. church Sunday school class. J. S. Mooney heads to Adelphi for an eastern tour visiting Washington New York Niagara Falls and more. Horace Mender returns from El Paso with his daughter Mrs. James Shaw and grandson.
Mrs Roy Schnackenburg entertained at dinner Wednesday evening for Mrs C C H Roudebush in Zanesville. Six covers were set at 6 pm. Roses and place cards decorated the table. Miss Ruth Newton and Ralph White wed in Cattletsburg Kentucky and returned to Nelsonville to make their home. The bride, a Nelsonville High School 1926 graduate, has worked at Kroger. the groom, a Beasley garage employee, is well known locally.
The teachers of the Intermediate Sunday school department at the M. E. church hosted a birthday party for the pupils in the church parlors on Tuesday evening.
The report notes hours from seven to nine o'clock and describes a social event that attendees enjoyed during that time frame.
Louise Kennard hosted a Wednesday bridge evening at her West Franklin Street residence with three tables in play. The event featured a social mix of members and guests, highlighting a local card club gathering.
Two youths from Guysville were arrested at the swimming pool on peeping charges but released with a warning after brief detention. No formal charges were filed. police chief Herb Parker and Captain Charles Maple led the police action.
Dayton June 30. After wrapping up the 1927 Ohio State Police Chiefs association convention the officers began a day of sightseeing and amusement events for the final day.
Hudson Smith, 25, of Georgia, was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to riding a New York Central train near Athens. Special railroad detective R J Spangler captured him yesterday. Smith could not pay and was jailed.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh said he would remain in St. Louis to file his plane to Ottawa, Canada, arriving there on July 2. He had landed at Lambert Field earlier in the day after his stay in St. Louis.
At 6 45 p m yesterday St Louis flying field welcomed aviators Major Thomas Lanphier and a companion who followed an air route from New York in army planes arriving after a cross country flight.
Mrs. Viola M. Vugh, 26, died in Lima as the season's first heat tragedy. Coroner Smith said she was indirectly asphyxiated by fumes from a water heater after seeking relief from the hottest day of the year. She had taken a cold bath and was away from the rain when overcome.
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