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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1924
Page
8
The Logan Rotary club adopted a lengthy resolution this week praising the city’s churches and the unselfish denominational cooperation shaping the community. It deplores any efforts to impede religious agencies and condemns unwarranted attacks on churches and the ministry.
Funeral services for George Fisz will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Mulberry Street Lutheran with Rev. Elmer Bliss officiating. The body will be laid to rest in the mausoleum at Oak Ve by Harden Undertaking. Mr Fisz came to America at age eleven and lived on farms in Green township and near the corporate limits before moving to Ocean to make his home. He was widowed in 1921 and survived by a son and two daughters Katherine at home George Fisz Jr of Lancaster and Mrs Louisa Fatterman of Grove City.
Logan High School will play Athens High School at the local field on Saturday in the second game of the series. Coach Lehman works to ready the team after an earlier setback with Jackson High and lingering weather.
Delegates from the Logan legion and auxiliary traveled to Woods Wednesday for the eastern Ohio district meeting. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Il Techappat, Mr. and Mrs. Shively, G. F. Lauer, Mrs. Ward Sprankle, Miss Pauline and Melrose Harbaugh.
In Hocking county about 10 percent of the polls opened for a preferential primary with roughly fifteen hundred ballots cast. Coolidge led Republicans and Cox led Democrats with 632 to 98 for Johnson and 465 to 198 for McAdoo respectively. Salt Creek precinct had the lowest turnout while Greendale recorded eleven votes.
The article highlights C. W. Igier’s passion for bees and his extensive study of them. He recalls a swarm from years ago that yielded 240 pounds of firetable honey in a single season.
Dauis Mount was taken to Columbus hospital Wednesday for treatment and possible operation. Her condition is described as very serious.
Mrs George W Davis of New Mitsville underwent surgery at a local hospital on Wednesday. The attending physician described her condition as serious but indicated she should recover despite complications during the operation.
The report lists 1921 burglary and shop theft figures for England and Wales. It notes 68 accused brought to trial, 2,880 trials for these crimes, 6,089 undetected cases, and ten year trends with 527 murders and 871 unsolved cases.
Glouster native Dr John G Pettit son of Mr and Mrs C H Pettitt of Trimble is appointed superintendent of West Virginia state tubercular sanitarium at Terre Alta and will assume charge May 15. He previously practiced in Clay and spent 18 years at Weston state hospital, most recently as assistant superintendent. he is cousin to Dr V G Danford of Athens.
Red Hawk of McLeish has entered the Republican primary race for county commissioner next August. His many years as Trimble township trustee show he brings experience suited to the county post, and he is expected to leave Trimble township with a strong vote.
A regular meeting of Trimble Grange will be held in their hall at Trimble Saturday night of this week. Business of importance will be up for action and it is desired that all members who possibly can arrange to be present.
Mrs D M Sawyer returns to her home near Jacksonville after spending a month at Magnetic Springs near Delaware.
Work to lay stone for a half mile of improved road on Green's Run is underway. The Dover township trustees will finance the project with county commissioners and local property owners. Construction begins at the forks and will progress swiftly, with other planned road work awaiting attention.
Jacksonville high school graduates 18 received diplomas in a ceremony at the M. E. church on Wednesday evening at 7 30. Dean Chubb of Ohio University Arts College delivered the class address as Jacksonville schools announce spring and summer vacation closing Friday.
Kenneth Gillett of Athens son of Mr and Mrs J C Gillett and brother of Mrs J C Duncan joins eight Columbus College of Dentistry seniors recommended for Omicron membership an honor based on scholarship in this professional fraternity selection.
The Willing Workers class of the M. E. Sunday School will banqu et the members of the Rogers Memorial Class and their wives Friday evening at 7 o'clock in the social room of the church. All members of both classes are urged to be present.
C. G. Lunsford and H. A. Rogers of Frank McCann Post American Legion attended the woods field conference of southeastern Ohio posts on Wednesday to make arrangements for the upcoming state convention set for September in Zanesville.
Glouster schedules three carnivals this year under current plans all benefiting the Glouster Fire Department to raise funds for new firefighting equipment. The first event is set for the week of May 12 with arrangements for the other two not yet finalized.
The Glouster mayor denied street carnivals and many lodge requests but allowed a carnival after the fire department argued proceeds would fund firefighting gear. The department fund now totals 2518.50 with 301 received since the last report. Dance at Moose Hall on May 3 charges 59c for men and 1be for ladies.
Thomas Hines a general prohibition agent based in New York and Washington surrendered in Cleveland to face an indictment charging conspiracy to violate federal prohibition laws. Bond set at 19000, Hines jailed until bond posted. The case stems from the Smith Products conspiracy to flood Northern Ohio with beer with agents in Canton Cleveland Akron and other cities. Two co defendants remain at large.
In a copper atom are 29 electrons, each moving in its orbit at a speed probably greater than 39,000 miles per second.
Impressive memorial services were held aboard the U S 8 Modoc to honor those who perished when the Titanic sank. The exercises occurred at the mid Atlantic site where the giant liner went down, on the twelfth anniversary.
A British chemist receives the Davy medal honoring decades of patient work toward creating dry water. The award highlights the scientist’s persistent experiments and notable contributions to chemistry in pursuit of this unusual substance.
Farm records in Greene Henry Shelby and Auglaize counties show sharp drops in brood sows from 1923 to 1924 with average reductions around 25 percent. Federal survey confirms a national fall in sows farrowing and in breeding plans for spring, likely worsened by the unfavorable corn hog ratio.
London reports after nearly a year of talks, contracts signed and work has begun on the railway project to raise the German fleet. The effort marks a milestone in the negotiations with key firms and government authorities overseeing progress and timing.
The scuttled German Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow will be salvaged over eight years. The first torpedo boat, in ten fathoms, should rise in two weeks. Plans include raising the Hindenburg, 27 000 tons, and an ex German floating dock with 4000 ton lifting power aids the operation.
Kelso residents crowd the Sandy River as hundreds of fishermen use improvised nets and dippers to scoop up the annual smelt run from salt water to freshwater.
Headwaters of the Sandy form solid masses as shallow rapids pack with six inch fish. No other western river is known to contain these six inch fish.
Yearly rainfall in New York has varied from 29 to 60 inches, marking a broad moisture range across seasons. Historic records show fluctuations tied to climate patterns and regional differences in precipitation distribution.
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