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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1928
Page
5
Columbus reports the death of Lee Jefferson a Black inmate serving 15 years for burglary from Cleveland. Tuberculosis caused the death in the penitentiary hospital. A parole request was denied by the clemency board due to his poor condition.
Edward Michaels John Wyckoff and Guss Graham spoke at the Chauncey K of P hall miners meeting chaired by C. C. Frye. William Glass read a poem. Music came from the Rollister family orchestra of Sugar Creek and the McLeish Drum Corps. The hall reached capacity and many could not get in.
Mrs. Frank A. Cline of Chauncey was summoned to Wellston on Sunday due to the death of her cousin Mrs. Wesley Wills. While there she visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Erin Cherrington.
Chauncey March 28. Frank Phillips reports killing a large copperhead snake at McLeish while visiting Sunday. He found the reptile sunning itself near the mine during a walk.
Chauncey March 728 The Millfield Parent-Teacher association holds its monthly meeting tonight at 7 at the Millfield Methodist Episcopal church. President Mrs. William Hartley will preside and a program with special speakers is planned.
About 100 meals were served at Chauncey high school dining room Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Daisy Six and Mrs. Minnie Palmer served the dinner Monday. At The Plains school 80 children were served Tuesday.
Members of the Naomi Bible class of young married women in The Plains Methodist Episcopal Sunday school will meet at the home of Mrs. Edith Barrows this evening for their regular business and social session. The program leader will be Mrs. Ruth Groce.
CHAUNCEY March 28 The injury sustained by John Baker son of Mr and Mrs Charles Baker of near this city when his hand was caught in a Morristown school building door is reported to be improving The index finger was badly mashed but the bone was not broken
Society notes report Maecenas Literary club meeting at Mrs Mary Fryburger 215 West Union Street with Mrs K W Bingham presiding. Members heard papers on Our Southern Highlanders The Smith Family Raises Cain The Mosquito and received silk flags marking pledges.
At the May avenue home last evening the Child Conservation league elected officers for the next year with Mrs. Wilbur Radford as president and Mrs. F. R. McLaughlin as vice president. Other posts went to Mrs. F. E. Harshman as secretary and Mrs. C. M. Smith as treasurer, with Mrs. John Kilpatrick as press reporter. The program featured a talk by Mrs. L. W. Kelley and violin solos by Fred Lee Helwig.
Mrs. H. L. Welch of Gassaway W Va is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Sherman 33 East Carpenter Street until Saturday She traveled to bring her niece Nancy Jean Sherman to see her mother Mrs Edward Sherman who is ill in Logan Nancy Jean has been living with Dr and Mrs Welch since Mrs Sherman’s illness and will return home with Mrs Welch
Miss Augusta Maston studying organ and piano in Canton spends the week in Athens with her mother Mrs. John F. Maston.
Mrs Grace Stewart of Belle Centre attended the Mothers Day program at Ohio University as a guest of her son Gail Stewart. Mr and Mrs Paul Wells of Gallipolis visited their mother during the weekend in Athens and accompanied Mrs Stewart home to Gallipolis.
Mrs Roy Frye and her children Chris and Vera of Isaban West Virginia are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Webb at 29 Brown Avenue. The visit brings together the Frye and Webb families across the region.
Dr John H Berry superintendent of the Athens State hospital was the program speaker at a Marietta Kiwanis Club luncheon with doctors and dentists of the city as guests. Accompanying him were Mrs Berry Mrs Jed McKay and Mrs T N Hoover.
Mrs. Fred Penn and her daughter Clarys of Willoughby Cleveland visit her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Charles Carpenter at 208 West State Street during a local family gathering.
Dr and Mrs J M Higgins left for Washington DC upon learning their son Dr Monroe Higgins, a physician there, is ill. Monroe, a Johns Hopkins graduate who previously practiced in Salisbury NC, has been living with classmate Dr G W Leadbetter in the capital city.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Millfield Church of Christ will meet Friday evening April 6 at the home of Mrs Irene Wade in Millfield instead of this coming Friday as previously announced.
Mr J H Slaughter of Wellston visits his daughters Mrs E N Cullume on South Court street and Mrs Carl Neff at Congress apartments. Mr and Mrs Harry Elkins of 35 Second street announce the birth of a daughter Barbara Lee on Tuesday March 27.
Columbus reports seventeen youths accepted for a training camp. Names include Bond Bartoe Jack Charles Beverage Paul Woodrow Clark Charles Elwood Dorst Clyde Fisher Kenneth Warren Fulton Dwight Gaskill William L Eugene Givens Harold Kenneth Harris Oscar James Hartley Dale Leighton Hutchison Walter Pearl Keplar.
Lancaster hosts Mr. and Mrs. William Sanderson and daughter Betty for Sunday. Athens visitors include Walter Bobo with the Bobo and Stage families, and Floyd Barker with relatives in Athens. Weekend gatherings also reach Nelsonville, Murray City, Jerseyville, and a trip by Virgil Thompson and Ernest Smith of The Plains to Cleveland for work.
Upstreamers class of the Christian church will hold their party at 7 oclock Thursday evening in the social rooms of the church.
A simple method claims to dissolve all blackheads in two minutes. Use two ounces of Calonite powder sprinkled on a hot wet cloth then rub briskly over the affected areas until the skin is clear.
Musterole Cold Tablets claim quick relief from nasal and head congestion along with headache and dizziness. The ad promotes early use at first signs of a cold and notes Musterole’s reputation from the Musterole Company of Cleveland Ohio with a 35 cent price at all druggists.
In Manhattan Adra Adams at 130 East 57th Street hails Danderine for soft shiny manageable hair. She claims it removes dandruff, cleans scalp, restores color and luster, and keeps bobbed hair in place without stickiness. Available in drug stores for 35 cents.
Street by street, Nelsonville and Athens residents George Mostyn Kilpatrick 72 Mast Mulberry street Athens John tee Marquis 56 South Cemetery street Athens Jack Emery Powell 34 Washing ton street Nelsonville Clyde Allen Nay 530 West Washington street Nelsonville and Tom Shatter 155 Madison street Nelsonville top the list accepted for this summer's Citizen's Military Training camps Major General Dennis E Nolan announced the Fifth Corps area said the campaign is progressing better than in 1927 with over 2500 applications received to date including about 1000 who have attended previous camps
A home dyeing guide promotes Diamond Dyes as a quick way to refresh faded clothes and brighten home textiles. The flyer notes a fifteen cent envelope of true dyes, with a Cyclopedia from your druggist and an illustrated Color Craft book by Diamond Dyes, Dept N16, Burlington Vermont.
Twenty four Athens Elks including most officers visited Parkersburg lodge last night where six candidates were initiated and a large supper gathering followed. Among the initiates was FE. G. Burt from Athens. The ceremonies took place at the Parkersburg Elks home and so many Athens officers attended that their own meeting was canceled.
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