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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1923

Page

5

Local Society Notes and Visits Across Towns

H H Brannon of Alexander ship carried his 19 month old son’s body through Athens on Monday evening for burial in West Virginia after the child died of pneumonia. Melba White travels to Cincinnati for a Cataloguers convention. Mrs E B Bryan returns from Pelham Manor and East Orange visits. Amy Cornell visits Columbus for weeks with relatives. Fred Sibert returns to Columbus after visiting his sisters. Leoline Sibert also returns home. Ed Burdette and family and W S Edgar visit Henry Chase in Albany. Emma Blackwood visits Charles H Warner in Columbus. I X Rauch and spouse return from Columbus. Rauch sang with a 43-piece convict orchestra at Ohio penitentiary. Lou Burt funeral at Pratts Fork. Burt was uncle of W R Heaton. Meeting in Red Mens hall West Washington at 7. Alice Greenbaum visits from Chillicothe for Beta Theta Pi formal and Pan Hellenic dance. W W Coe in Toledo recovering from Flower hospital surgery. wife also recently recovered. Mrs Donald Hibbard Townsend returns to Youngstown after two weeks in Athens with H H Townsend family. Townsend accompanies daughter to Columbus.

H. H. Brannon Alexandership Athens West Virginia

Card party date moved to Wednesday at country club

The weekly card party at the country club is now scheduled for Wednesday night instead of Thursday due to the Knights Templar banquet and dance. Hostesses are Mrs. A C Russt and Mrs. T W Craig.

Country Club Knights Templar A. C. Russt T. W. Craig

Annual Knights Templar Banquet in Athens

Athens Commandery Knights Templar will hold its annual banquet and dance at the Students Union Thursday. Sir Knights will attend in full uniform with the banquet at 6, program at 7, and dancing at 8.

Knights Templar Athens Commandery Students Union Sir Knights

Betty Ann Briggs Celebrates Fifth Birthday at Beasley Home

Betty Ann Briggs celebrated her fifth birthday at her grandparents home 11 Elmwood Place with twelve invited children. She is visiting the Beasley home with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Briggs and her brother Joe Jr. of Columbus.

Betty Ann Briggs If. J. Beasley Elmwood Place Betty Ann Beasley J. C. Briggs Joe Jr Columbus

Lecture Series Closes Wednesday in Ewing Hall

The final lecture will be held Wednesday night in Ewing Hall auditorium. Due to a prayer meeting, start time shifts from 7:30 to 8:00. Lew Sarrett, a poet gaining attention, will headline the event.

Ewing Hall Lew Sarrett

Junior Prom Set for April 7 at the Armory

The annual Junior Prom is planned for April 7 in the Armory. About 100 tickets will be sold with juniors prioritized, followed by seniors, sophomores and freshmen. Committee chair Harold Neilson leads with Sara Fitten Rush Elliott Ravaud Chapman and John Kircher assisting.

Armory Harold Neilson Sara Fitten Rush Elliott Ravaud Chapman John Kircher

Miss Emma Carpenter Hosts Nabby Lee Ames Chapter Delegates

Miss Emma Carpenter of Cincinnati, longtime Athens resident and Nabby Lee Ames chapter charter member, hosted a luncheon at Burnett House for PD A M delegates including Mrs O P Dailey Albany, Mrs Lona Grant Armstrong near Cincinnati, Mrs C W Gullette, Mrs A O Sloane, and Mrs Anna Bothwell Dunkle of Athens. The group traveled to Cincinnati for the Ohio State conference in that city March 13 to 16. Mrs Ural Westfall left for Derby due to her mother Neff's illness. Mrs Byron Wolfe and her husband are visiting at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs W A Carpenter, 46 Elmwood Place.

Emma Carpenter Cincinnati Athens Nabby Lee Ames Burnett House O. PD. Dailey Albany Lona Grant Armstrong C. W. Gullette A. O. Sloane Anna Bothwell Dunkle Ohio State Conference PD. A. M

Real estate values rise in Athens County 1818 to 1922

George H Nye of Chauncey presents tax receipts showing land near Chauncey and across Athens County increasing in value from 1818 to 1922. Early taxes were fractions of a dollar on small acreages while Civil War era records show larger sums for hundreds of acres, highlighting sustained value growth over 100 years.

George H. Nye Chauncey Athens County Nye George A. Nye Airfield County Lydia Nye Court House Imes

Trolley Collision Injures Thirty in East Springfield

Springfield, March 20. A head on trolley crash in East Springfield involved two cars crowded with workers. About thirty people were injured, with several cases serious, as rescue crews rushed to the scene and transported victims to nearby hospitals.

Springfield Mass East Springfield

Prohibition raids and local notices in Glouster area

Glouster officer Nash searched John Crawford Sr. in district No 6 finding an old boiler coils and moldy corn. Crawford pled not guilty to prohibition charges and posted $500 bond for a March trial. Miller pled guilty to mash theft and paid $118.86 total. Mrs Drury improves in Columbus hospital while Mr Drury stays with her. John Walsh, 77, former Glouster resident, dies in Columbus after 32 years in the town. Funeral at St Paul’s Athene. B W Hawk attends Charleston rail meeting. local families visit in Nelsonville. Births reported in Jacksonville and Crucifixion choir notices. A lodge notice invites Red Men to meeting with talks and lunch.

Nash Nelsonville John Crawford Sr No. 6 Crawford Johnson Trimble Marshall Williams Riley Morris Hi Mills Derthiel Gormley Miller John Walsh Glouster Columbus Walsh C. A. Young Kate Dyer Madge Frebault Athens Mayme McNamara Beatrice Brown Joseph Walsh Colummbus St. Paul's Catholic Church Lancaster Street

Joint Ease and Joint Fase Offer Quick Relief for Rheumatic Pains

When rheumatism settles in any joint and causes agony, Joint-Ease provides quick lasting relief. Joint-Fase targets joint troubles only and is a clean preparation that druggists widely recommend.

Three Die in Moosic Powder Mill Explosion

Three men are reported killed when a powder mill exploded at Moosic near Scranton this morning. The blast shook buildings in towns up to 12 miles away.

Scranton Mar Moosic Here

Athens council weighs city expansion and street work

City council spent hours in open and executive sessions addressing multiple issues. Ki Jacobs and associates seek inclusion of farm east of Children’s Home on the Canaanville pike into the city limits to enable a new addition with utilities. Fire department needs include about 1000 dollars for new hose and an extra ladder. supply ages. Council will urge mayor to protest flue connection measures to state legislators. A sidewall grade was approved for Columbia avenue southeast. Paving estimates for Arden Place Stewart Street and Watt Street near State to Morris put frontage costs above four dollars. Legal papers to start paving ordered.

Ki Jacobs Athens Canaanville Pike Raffel Johnson Council Gill Athens County General Assembly Columbia Avenue Arden Place Stewart Street Watt Street State Morris

Carbon Hill Notes and Local Family Visits

Carbon Hill reports Lara Webb of Columbus visiting Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Webb. Mac Heinlein a Logan visitor Saturday. Whooping cough surges in Carbon Hill with many families affected. Mr and Mrs Chas Green spent Saturday in Nelsonville visiting Mr and Mrs T C Green. Mr and Mrs Raymond Perkins and son of Longstreth visited the Perkins matron. Mr and Mrs Fred Stedwell are very ill with flu. A birthday party for William Wilkinson and Gerald Devoe was hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry Wilkinson Friday night with a green and white decorated dining room and a two course lunch for guests including Margaret Morgan Ismay Wilson Alma Spencer Ester Brooker Mabel Lowes Blanch Smith Ethel Coe Grace Evans Neva Wilkinson Dwight Hughes Don Kimberling Floyd Beal Gerald Devoe Willie Kinkinson Elmer Coe and Lizzie Devoe.

Lara Webb Columbus Frank Webb Mac Heinlein Logan Carbon Hill Chas. Green Nelsonville T. C. Green Raymond Perkins Longstreth Margaret Morgan Ismay Wilson Alma Spencer Ester Brooker Mabel Lowes Blanch Smith Ethel Coe Grace Evans Neva Wilkinson Dwight Hughes Don Kimberling Floyd Beal Gerald Devoe Willie Kinkinson Elmer Coe Lizzie Devoe

Japanese protest over China wireless contract demand

Tokyo reports that the Japanese government plans to protest to Washington regarding the ongoing insistence by United States minister Schurman in Peking that the Chinese American wireless contract be completed.

Tokio Washington United States Schurman Peking

Fire Burns Dozens of Homes in Key West Blaze

Key West Florida March 20 A stubborn fire destroyed more than thirty homes across several blocks causing about 96000 in damage. No lives were lost.

Key West Fla Mar

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Melba White Ohio University Library E. B. Bryan Julian Amy Cornell Fred Sibert W. B. Edgar Maplewood Drive William Beehtela Morris Avenue Leoline Sibert Ed Burdette Edgar Henry Chase Emma Blackwood Charles H. Warner Miss Blackwood I. X. Rauch W. R. Heaton E. R. Heaton C. Heaton Pratts Fork Lou Burt Stewart Carpenter Red Mens Hall West Washington Street Alice Greenbaum Chillicothe Otha Beasley W. W. Coe Toledo Flower Hospital Donald Hibbard Enid Townsend Youngstown H. H. Townsend the Womans Relief Corps Wil East Side Meeting Parent-Teacher Association East Side School W. A. Matheny Parker Bros S. Court St the Security Savings Bank W. B. Lawrence FE. L. Alderman Wed Jay Tullis Hartman Hotel Whitehouse Restaurant Columbus Country Club Atheneon Restaurant Party DPD A. M's Ural Westfall Derby Mrs. Neff Kotalko Kon Station NX Newark Dover Township J. R. Davis B. W. Hawk New York Central Lines Charleston Rail Road Harold Mechem Roy Hawk G. W. Kinney Frank Smith Jacksonville Harvey Brammer M. I W. C. Hill Geo. Luther Gertrude Taylor W. J. Johnson William Richard Shirkey Ralph von Scheele Fred Ivers Burr Oak Audrey Mae Ivers Chas. Williamis Kathryn Gardner Margaret McCullough Mable McCullough Helen Shepard Cora Sheperd Freda Sheperd Deloris Hatfield Ruie Dew Beatrice, Smith Edith M. J. O'Harra New York R. M Glouster Lodge Chickamauga Want the Messenger Will Beall Hyomei Cornwell Jewelers Optometrists Hallmark Ladies Dept J. M. Brady & Co Phoenix Fashion Fashion Park Young Men's Rochester Clothiers Ing Italy Preston
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