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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1929
Page
14
A garbled, partial note captures a murky club moment with hints of conversations about money and someone named Phil Westche and Harold. The text shows misheard phrases and scattered names, leaving the exact events unclear.
Logan reports the Bangsinmashohoe plant will open a cutting room next week under Lape Adler Shoe Co Columbus with a unit expected to produce 400 pairs daily. Additional units planned, aims to reach 1500 pairs daily at full capacity as patterns arrive and production expands.
George Notesene, facing a third offense charge, pleaded not guilty at a March arraignment before Magistrate J. P. Milter-Bidday. Bond set at 2000 remained unpaid as he was remanded to jail in handcuffs amid prior escape attempts. Officers reported a .28 caliber revolver and mash found, with prior convictions noted in common pleas court.
Predictions say church attendance in Logan will hit a new high Sunday if weather cooperates. Sunrise services and special programs at churches are expected to draw large crowds, with baptismal services and new member reception planned. United Brethren aims for a new Sunday School attendance mark with Mishon A R Cuppinger participating in morning and evening services.
In Logan on March 30 a decree of divorce on the grounds of neglect was granted to Gayle Arledge by Judge Harley M. Whitcraft. Custody of the minor child was awarded to the mother.
8 H Bing professor of education and director of correspondence study in Ohio University will give the address at the morning service of the Alexander Presbyterian Church in Hebbardsville at 10 30 o clock Sunday morning. Special Easter music will be provided by the choir with Miss Lucy Stanley and Miss Marie Ziggaroos as soloists. Mrs Maud Vorhes will be the pianist. Mrs Geneva Lewis wife of...
In Ath ens County Common Pieas Court on Thursday the jury ruled against G. George Gaul in a suit by Fred Byers and others seeking $50 damages. Gaul claimed unsatisfactory tree work on his property performed by Byers, alleging incomplete completion and resulting damage. The petition was filed May 21, 1928.
Sunday evening the Presby Church school members present a pageant The King's Highway replacing Easter vesper services under H L Smith supervision fifty participants prepare for the presentation Choir and chorus sections included Rev G R Douglass named new pastor at Wooster. unanimous call expected.
Mrs. Wright of Canaanville dies at noon after illness since Christmas due to influenza and complications. Funeral service set for Tuesday at 9:30 at Canaanville Church. Burial in New England. Survived by husband Ralph Wright Detroit son, two grandsons, mother Mrs. Alpha Sutton Athens, four sisters, and a brother.
A long neglected Webb heirs farm building near Webb Summit, once the Webbys chapel, burned Friday afternoon. Local residents say the century old structure served as a church and later as a barn before being abandoned. Fire likely started by children playing with matches. Nearby residents and visitors from Logan and Columbus were noted, including Alfred Carpenter and Charles Kuntz.
Logan March 20. Charges of larceny likely will be filed against Niles Ralph and Fred Weiss after their Thursday night arrest in connection with furniture theft from the Owens Manufacturing Company. A bed and dresser were reported missing. the dresser was found near the plant and the bed at the rear of the Weiss home. They are held in the Hocking County Jail awaiting charges. Local officials obtained a license plate clue and located the suspect vehicle. Sheriff W R Lloyd hosted visitors from Murray City.
A farmer reported the theft of a plow from a furrow in a field in the Gibisonville area. The plow was taken after twilight while the field remained partially plowed, prompting the farmer to buy a replacement. Sheriff Lloyd investigated the call and sought leads.
Mrs Margaret Warrington Harrington 81 wife of the late Frank Harrington died in Columbus from paralysis suffered last Saturday on her eighty first birthday. Native of Chicago she lived in Logan for years as her husband ran a Logan pharmacy before moving to Columbus. Funeral services planned at the home Sunday then burial in Logan. Immediate Harrington relatives include John W Harrington New York and Rev Marshall Harrington Newark among others.
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