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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1928
Page
6
Glouster and Trimble area schools end regular spring term with commencement last week. To meet required days, classes continued Monday and Tuesday at Trimble. Mr and Mrs George Rochelle of Nokomis Illinois visit Mr and Mrs Phil Lloyd.
A Chrysler coupe owned by Jake Nagle of Glouster was wrecked about 10 o clock Monday night when it left the road south of D. M. Sawyer's residence near Jacksonville. Nagle crawled out uninjured except for a few scratches.
Leonard Aloisio of Akron wed Miss Rosie Leon of Glouster in a Monday morning ceremony at 11 30 o clock performed by Justice C W Wilson in Glouster. The couple planned to move to Akron for their home. Mrs George Turner returned to Jacksonville after visiting Coshocton with Mr and Mrs Elmer Turner.
Dow Hooper 16 son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Hooper of Murray City hill was rushed by C F Wallace ambulance to St Francis hospital Columbus on Monday after nine weeks illness. Pneumonia developed making his condition critical.
Dr C von Scheele of Jacksonville traveled to Cincinnati on Monday to attend a meeting of the Ohio State Medical Society and planned to return Thursday morning. Julius Vogo of Hollister visited Monday en route to Brownsville Pa for a painting job.
Members of the Bridgewater family gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bridgewater on High street Chauncey on Sunday for the first reunion in seven years. Attendees included Mrs. Sarah Bridgewater and many relatives from Athens Nelsonville Akron Cleveland Murray City and Logan.
At the thirty second annual National Congress of Parents and Teachers in Weland May 1 delegates from 1,590,000 parents as teachers will push a prohibition as a child welfare measure and consider six other resolutions. Highlights include treaties to outlaw war, reopening World Court talks, defeating the children’s bureau bill, voting on federal education, passing the Brooks Hart block booking ban, and killing the Wadsworth Garrett amendment. The biennial election of officers and round table discussions follow, with Denver as next convention host. John J. Tigert notes the task is to inform homes of the real story of ten.
Chauncey high school held class night exercises for the Chauncey Dover graduating class with 24 graduates. The program included a processional, class poem, musical solos, class history and prophecy, and a baccalaureate sermon by Dean Irma Voigt of Ohio University Athens. Relatives filled the church and pews while visiting families from Columbus The Plains Gallipolis Homer and Barberton were noted in attendance.
Land schools official Howell Wright director of public utilities Dr George N Kerby Calgary Canada Dr Valeria H Parker president of the National Council of Women and Rajaram V Gogate of India are named among participants in a regional event with diverse international representation.
Berlin telegram says Helen Wills is seriously ill and may cancel her match scheduled for May 6. Paris reports indicate a cold kept her indoors today.
Cleveland newsboy turned financier David F. Engel of New York has bought a seat in the New York Stock Exchange valued at 360000. He previously sold papers on Cleveland streets and now holds a major stake in the world’s leading market.
Miss Bertha Bridgeman principal of East Side school was chosen as the lone Southeastern Ohio delegate to the National Education Association convention in Minneapolis in June. About 2,000 ballots were cast with candidates including several superintendents.
Athens hosts a one day event featuring doctor Frente Curoni¢ Discos performing for men and women seeking a surgical operation or treatment. The program runs a single day with demonstrations and patient consultations.
Albany reports Mrs. Florence E. Knapp's case was adjourned until Wednesday shortly after it was called for trial.
The Naomi Bible class of The Plains observed its first anniversary with a social meeting at Mrs. Nora Graves’ home. Bernice Humphrey chaired. Graves led devotions and lesson study. Thelma Linscott read Ira Hawk’s letter. Selah Hardy spoke on Class Work. Bernice Humphrey and Pauline Howard sang. Pregnant attendees listed. Curtis Locke, in Columbus, stayed with his parents after his grandfather Alexander Murphy’s death.
A dated clinic notice promises treatment for stomach and nervous ailments with a specialist offering examinations to determine incurability. It mentions skin and scalp issues and urges consultation, claiming to relieve symptoms and blemishes.
Fragmentary text appears to discuss men and legal or rights issues without clear details or context. The readable portion mentions gas and consults, but no concrete actions, dates, or entities are identifiable.
A reader’s questions cover waters of dams St Francis and Shoshone, duty on foreign books, Peter the Hermit, wind patterns, Poland flag, New York Life building steel, eggs in China, balsam pillow filler, Kentucky Ohio river jurisdiction, minnows to deter mosquitoes, and pullet cockerel age differences. Answers provide concise, factual details by topic.
The record states Captain James Cook, an English navigator, discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778. It notes earlier wrecks may have involved survivors from two Spanish vessels around 1627 and asks if Captain Cook was the first white man to land there.
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