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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1928
Page
12
A fourth fire alarm in three days sounded at 8 am when Chief Walter Nixon responded to a silent alarm at the Bringardner shoe company plant on Gallagher avenue. Smoke traced to a transformer with little damage. Follows a severe electric storm and heavy rainfall.
Logan March 27 Plans for Orland 4-H club work in Hocking county were set at a conference at the extension office. C. C. Lang and Rob ert W. Lang aided. New clubs were organized at Webb Summit and Orland with possible additions in Washington and Marion townships. Leaders named include Willard Brown Josephine Bey Harold Alter Gertrude Barker Lucy Barker Vira Davis Mrs Elwood Silver Mrs Emmett Kitchen Dorothy Saunders Alice Allen Marie Martin Delphine Krinn Bessie Blum Josie Weaver.
Deputy Sheriffs Joe Farbearn and L F Hammond investigated a Starr robbery at the Miller residence. Thieves entered a cave behind the home Saturday night and removed canned fruit and vegetables. a second visit Sunday night repeated the theft. Investigators have clues to pursue arrests.
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft has returned to his home after completing a three week assignment with the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas court. He is slated to return in June to fill another assignment.
Roy Ackers of Lancaster and Miss Ann Holcomb New Straitsville were arrested after a collision with James Reedy’s car near the Harper Run bridge north of Logan at 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Reedy was slightly injured. Ackers faced intoxication charges while Holcomb was charged with reckless driving. They pled guilty and were fined 25 dollars plus costs.
Sheriff and a former deputy investigated a late Sunday entry at the Logan Bottling works office on Gallagher avenue. Night Watchman Fred Willege reported seeing a flash light and intruders, but officers found nothing missing as the robbers had fled before arrival.
Logan bulletin reports volunteer William Woodruff injured when his foot was run over by a fire truck near the Oil Well Supply Co machine shop after extinguishing a blaze. X rays show torn ligaments and muscles with no broken bones.
Warren Bright Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Warren Bright of North Walnut street received a varsity swimming letter at Ohio Wesleyan University. He has swum with the team for two years and is a junior at the university.
Logan teachers and pupils enjoy a mid term break this week before the final quarter. Vacations at local schools typically occur during the first week of April, and many teachers have returned home to other cities for the break.
J P Humphrey resumes duties at Walbridge after five week layoff due to illness. He is employed by the Hocking Valley railroad.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Humphrey, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Mack, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hood, and A. S. Gregory spent Sunday in Columbus visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Humphrey. The occasion also marked George Humphrey's birthday with a dinner party.
A price cutting duel erupted between the Heine Brothers and the Market Inn run by C. Co. Bean. The Market Inn opened in a room adjoining the Heine Brothers on East Main street. Early sales saw spare ribs at eight cents a pound and fresh shoulder at ten cents, with further cuts in the afternoon.
Mrs. Phil Hansel of this city is reported ill with quinsy. Mr. and Mrs. William Ward of New Straitsville were in Logan Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Mock entertain at a birthday dinner March 21 for Mrs. Chris Mock.
Sister Cathrine Agnes, 35, a teacher with the Sisters of Notre Dame, died at the home for nuns in Logan at 1:05 p m Sunday after a pneumonia illness spanning over a week. She had served in the parish school since its opening, teaching third and fourth grades. She leaves a mother two sisters and a brother. Funeral services are set for 9 am Tuesday at St John Catholic church with burial in the Sisters cemetery at Reading near Cincinnati.
Social Circle members were entertained at the home of Mrs. Charles Yontz on Friday afternoon with Mrs. Russell Berlin as assisting hostess. Roll call answered by current events. Luncheon at 4 o'clock followed by social time.
At six o clock a dinner at the home of Mrs Belle Hyson entertained the Idano club. Mrs Charles Scholl and Mrs Barton Holl hosted. After dinner guests went to Mrs Scholls on Mound Street for a social hour.
Mrs. D. A. Rannells entertained the Saturday club Saturday afternoon. The program featured a theme centered on a poem described as lovely and memorable.
Members heard papers on forestry by Mrs. Emerson Poston and Mrs. Frank Gallagher and a reading titled Maker of Dreams by Mrs. W. E. Brehm. A three course Ambrose dinner followed with guests including Mrs. Cher rington and Mrs. White. Next meeting to be hosted by Mrs. Robert Longstreth at the Lasterling clubhouse.
For 20 years Dr. F M Edwards promoted a vegetable olive oil compound as a replacement for calomel. The Olive Tablets claim to purify the system, improve energy and beauty, and relieve signs of constipation, with nightly use said to leave users feeling better and looking improved. Sold by all druggists for 15 or 30 cents.
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