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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1928
Page
2
Second Lieutenant Harry J. Flatequal, 27, of the Army Air Corps, crashed a single seater pursuit plane while landing at Bolling Field. He was rushed to Walter Reed Hospital for an immediate operation to save his life.
First time in years Supt and Mrs A W McKay with son Robert and daughter Jean visited the McKay homestead in Middleport and Portland plans noted. They cited a newly surfaced highway as enabling the early-year trip and were joined by the brother and sister from Portland on Coal street Wednesday.
The Boost Club of Chancellors hosted a party at the Pythian Hall in Pomeroy featuring music talks and a chicken dinner. Robert G. Webster served as master of ceremonies with poems by Mrs. Effie Tracy and a humorous song by Albert Young. Rev Moenkhause spoke on teamwork.
In Pomeroy on March 22 the Wo Man's Foreign Missionary Society of Simpson M E church will celebrate its fifty ninth birthday with an annual Founder's banquet at the church. A program of music and speaking follows the dinner. Rev L L Cherrington and family, formerly of this place and now of McHur, will be guests and Mr Cherrington will give a talk.
Mrs Will Steiff visited Green recently for several days with old residents. Mr Frank Guinther has been ill this week. Mr and Mrs Mark Jones plan to stay at the Loughead house on the street later this week. Mr and Mrs F E Davis who had been in Middlebourne West Virginia ten days or two weeks visiting relatives arrived today. Their daughter Miss Jen a Cleveland teacher arrived the same day for spring vacation. Joe Hecox of Manns Business is home in Columbus for spring vacation.
The Christmas seal committee in Pomeroy reports sales for 1927 totaling $694.54. Twenty percent ($138.91) goes to the Ohio Public Health association, leaving $555.64 for Meigs county, with $169.08 in expenses, and a remaining balance of $388.56. The state urges a health education program, and the committee assigns discretion on use.
The law firm Peoples & Peoples reports that the motion to direct the court of appeals to certify its record to the Supreme Court has been overruled in Peeples and Bradbury versus Staffer-Essex Coal. A 1926 jury awarded plaintiffs 4015 dollars for coal mined under a lease with a minimum royalty, reversing on appeal and mandating payment to the estates of O L Bradbury and William E Peeples.
Thomas Longgtratt will entertain at dinner at 6 this evening honoring Mrs. John Leeper of Columbus who is visiting relatives. Covers are laid for Mrs Leeper, Mr and Mrs Herman Ohlinger, Mr and Mrs David Chase, and Mr and Mrs Thomas Lonestaf.
Plan to attend the fifty fourth annual Presbyterial in Marietta on April 9 to 11 at the First Presbyterian church. Missionary society members from the area will visit historical sites Tuesday during the convention and tour the redecorated Campus house noted as a rare old building.
A report finds 103 banks insurance firms and industrial companies employ airplanes in operations. Forty one use air travel extensively or daily while forty two use it occasionally.
B H Sanborn dies in Albuquerque after a tuberculous illness. He had long run a jewelry business here and was an active Baptist church member. Survived by his widow, daughter Miss Besse, and two sons Harley and Max. body to arrive in Milford Saturday. funeral plans pending.
Middleport reports James Buchanan arrived home Monday ahead of schedule from El Paso Texas where he spent the winter for health reasons. He is greatly improved in health and his early return is noted as a pleasant surprise.
Hans Lobert veteran third baseman signs as coach with the New York Giants for the upcoming season. He joins the staff to guide infield play and strategic approach, bringing years of major league experience to the club.
In Meigs County the Santa Fe Salt company received a court appointed receiver, Attorney O H Stewart, after a common pleas court in Pomeroy named him to manage the Oklahoma based property. The firm held nineteen hundred acres across three counties with abundant salt water but poor transport, and may shift toward oil in the belt where wells have started.
A puzzle teaser notes letter golf players may make safe hits with four pencil swings. It states one solution to today is to appear tomorrow and hints at a forthcoming puzzle answer.
Describes letter golf or word ladder rules: change one letter per step, keep order, require valid common words, and gives examples such as COW to HEN in three steps and yesterday's purse: boat to bolt to boll to bill to sill to silk to sink.
Boston March 21 The naval board of investigation finished examining the Submarine S-4 hull interior where most of the 40 crew were believed to have sheltered after the fatal crash off Provincetown The tiller room was the last interior compartment checked and the panel moved to the exterior assessment this afternoon
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