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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1929
Page
8
Patsy is a domestic tabby owned by Esther Helfer of Rochester New York. The cat’s tail is described as rat like, but Esther treats the odd feature as of no consequence. The item presents a light local anecdote about a pet with an unusual tail.
Thirty five Ohio University men students attended an informal dinner at the First Presbyterian Church as guests of the church on Wednesday night. The program featured jokes and talk of future meetings. Speakers included Prof L J Addicott toastmaster Dr A B Sias Clark Williams Harold Swigart Dallas Farmer and Fred Radford. The Campus Towners and Miss Genevieve Chase served the supper and were thanked with a rising vote.
Reports from Madeira state a landslide in the grand ravine near Sao Vicente crushed many homes and killed about 100 people. Five bodies have been recovered as earth and rocks toppled toward the sea, engulfing a church and several houses.
Logan March 7 Public hearings were held by the legislative committee on a measure from the Hocking Valley Engineers Association to place sectional markers at section corners and certify land descriptions before recording deeds. The plan, funded by county appropriations over ten years, aims to fix boundary accuracy without creating new jobs. In a separate session Ray Featheroff was brought to trial for the Konchler slaying, with insanity evidence to be presented and potential commitment to Lima Hospital if found insane.
Tecumseh Floyd, 74, died Wednesday in Laurelville after a three week illness. A K P Lodge member, he was longtime in Hocking County, formerly in the hotel and livery trades and served 15 years on the village council. Survived by widow Mrs. Margaret Floyd and son Major Oliver Floyd, a U S Marine Corps officer recently stationed in Paris. Funeral plans not announced.
County Board of Education discusses a petition opposing the Ames Bern Townships union into a single school district. Chairman H R McVay notes filing deadlines while Armstrong seeks state reversal on the joint high school plan. He pledges support for a future bond if a new joint high school is chartered.
Miss Emily Hopkins tendered her resignation as public health nurse to the City Board of Health on Tuesday. The resignation was accepted and she left for Louisville, Kentucky, to pursue a health hygiene course. She has served as public health nurse in Logan for the past year.
Monday evening the Junia Club met with hostess Miss Emma Becker. Dinner at Mrs. Belle Hyson tea room preceded a visit to Miss Becker’s home where Miss Mary McCray reviewed Twelfth Night. Attending were Mrs. Howard White Mrs. John Wellman and Mrs. Anthony Toer ner.
J. D. Tipton, commander, announces a Friday evening meeting of the local Sons of Veterans at the Lohr barber shop in the Hull Building. New officers were elected and installed at the last meeting and will outline the year’s program to the members.
Superintendent McVay said that signing a remonstrance would void the union’s action, and the board might find the remonstrance ineffective. He questioned the remonstrance’s impact, noting it was signed by many under a misunderstanding.
Ohio Wesleyan University president Dr. Edmond Soper will lecture in Athens on the great religions of the world for university students and townspeople. He will visit as a guest of the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches and conduct four discussion hours from 4 to 5 pm in Fine Arts Hall on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday afternoons.
Virgil La Fleur of Lorain and Susan Jeffers of Columbus both 19 and Ohio State University students remained in University Hospital today with injuries after a car driven by fellow student Don Sheffield ran off the road near Columbus and overturned during last night’s incident.
At the Twice Five Club meeting held Tuesday evening at the Easterling Clubhouse host C Wood Bowen welcomed members. A. F. White and S C Bright presented papers on China with a general discussion following. Lunch was served and guests included Mrs Howard White and Mrs J F White.
Mrs. Gertrude Ulrich hosted the D. D. Club at her North High Street residence Monday evening. Bridge was the main diversion with substitute players Mrs. Elia Miller Mrs. Theodore Lytle and Mrs. Jack Hyman joining.
Members of the Whosit Club enjoyed a dinner at Mrs. Belle Hyson's North Walnut Street home Tuesday evening with eight covers. Afterward the group moved to Mrs. Frank Harden's North Culver Street residence for an evening of bridge.
Vouchers totaling 12105 have been received by Hocking County schools from the emergency State Legislature appropriation. Payments cover personal services accrued before January 1 and include transportation costs. County Supt. J W Coleman was informed additional items will be paid after data checks.
The Methodist Church group held a Tuesday business and social meeting led by Mrs. B C Bright with a lesson study. Founders Day demonstration featured several members including Mrs. Eugene Wright and Miss Elinor Woodard. Ruth Brooke sang. Dinner followed, served by a committee of five led by Mrs. Albert Turner.
The Kings Heralds held a Monday evening picnic supper in the church social rooms with a brief business session led by Mrs. O G Whitener. Mite boxes were opened and Mildred Laurie gave the lesson study.
Athens Chamber of Commerce members voiced opposition to any measure that could hurt the Nelsonville Athens traction line. Mayor Moore announced a hearing in Columbus on a proposed through bus line between Columbus and Pomeroy. The group urged the secretary to convey the chamber’s stance at the hearing.
The Atlanta parks committee ordered Sunday closures of all municipal golf courses swimming pools tennis courts and other recreation facilities and park concession stands in enforcement of the Sabbath law.
Frank J. Roos Jr of Ohio University faculty will give an illustrated talk on Flemish Art tonight in Fine Arts Hall. The program is presented by the art group of the American Association of University Women and is open to the public with free admission.
Exports of merchandise from Ohio fell to 50,281,465 during the second quarter of 1928 from 51,378,771 in the same period of 1927, per Department of Commerce figures released in Washington.
Connie Mack’s daughter Mary Mack stands out as a leading prep basketball player in Philadelphia, highlighting a notable athletic lineage and local youth talent.
The answer to today's Letter Golf puzzle shows a chain of words: Perch Peach Peace Place Plane Plant Slant Slang Sling Swing.
An advertisement for Musterole and a Must-erole like cold tablet set promises quick relief from colds and aches. The text notes cholovate-coated easy administration, no unpleasant effects, and direct postpaid availability from All Druggists of Company in Cleveland for 35 cents.
Gale like winds between Cleveland and Chicago help air mail pilot Robert Hopkins post a new Chicago to Cleveland flight record.
A fragmented ad copy touts a 20 year goiter cure by Sorbol Quadruple, claiming rapid relief in three days. It directs readers to McKee Drug Co and Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio for more information and availability through druggists.
Columbus report on a U S Supreme Court decision ending a six year dispute over Great Lakes coal freight differentials. The court ruled the question moot after Northern and Southern railroad groups settled rates, leaving Ohio operators paying 38 cents less than West Virginia and Kentucky rivals and 1 45 per ton in Ohio versus 1 81 in the South.
Delta Gamma Mu journalism fraternity began analyzing high school newspapers at a meeting in Ewing Hall. Prof. George Starr Lasher outlined the project and divided papers to teams for study. The next meeting is Sunday at 8 AM, with plans to invite Oliver Hartley of the Messenger in Pomeroy Bend to speak.
After a two week manhunt county officers captured Mike Lyons in Orbiston late Wednesday night. He is the last of six men and one woman charged with contributing to the delinquency of a 15 year old girl. Lyons awaits arraignment in Athens County Probate Court at the Athens County Jail. The other suspects Edna Ricketts Lou Bay Joe Miller Clell Douglas Joe Wright and George Dunn were arrested earlier and held nearby. The group was found in a shanty near Bailey Run Morristown after a drinking party investigation. The 15 year old girl was taken into custody and questioned before Lyons was finally arrested.
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