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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1929
Page
2
Meigs County Evangelistic Club, representing 16 Churches of Christ, purchased the abandoned Presbyterian property for a New Testament Church of Christ. Judge C. E. Peoples presided. Plans for a summer program at the Bashan property include a July 4 county rally with speakers Gov. Myers Y. Cooper and G. Lappin of Indiana.
Anson Jackson plans a new front building for his Rutland barbershop while moving the old structure back on the lot. Mack Hawkins, Rutland veteran, goes to Day Aten to enter the military hospital here. Coach Ray Farnham will compete in a coaches golf tournament at the Ohio Relays in Columbus this week. R A Dalton inspected Gerber Camp in Middleport as commander of Athens camp veterans. Mr and Mrs Tom Thomas of Corning visited Mr and Mrs John Leakus in Pomeroy. T Howard Winters will deliver the Pomeroy high school commencement address May 29 at the K of P Hall. Emmett Hysell and children from Chillicothe were called to Pomeroy for Mrs Hysell’s illness. The Moenkhauses of Peace Evangelical Church visited Chicago this week with Mrs Fritz. Franklin County Common Pleas Court reportedly enjoined Carl Duckworth’s appointment to the Meigs County Election Board. MIDDLEPORT May 1 Miss Helen Hess, spring graduate, will enter Bliss College in Columbus around June 1. Hess is noted for commercial work and basketball skill and cheerleading.
Brisk activity at the County Jail and Courthouse with multiple defendants. George Summers of Syracuse fined 5 dollars plus costs 26 dollars for intoxication and remains jailed. John M. Black of Leading Creek arrested for liquor, fined 166 dollars and costs, jailed default. May Farley 11 and Catherine Farley 19 held for delinquency and contributing to delinquency, with Juvenile Officer French handling initial proceedings. Grover girls from Rutland Township held for investigation. Arthur Morris sent to Ohio Penitentiary for liquor violation. George Cundiff Bowman's Run found guilty of a liquor possession second offense, fined 300 dollars and costs.
The Middleport Literary Club met this afternoon with Miss Nella Calderwood. The program included a chorus song, papers on the Cape Verde Islands and the Sahara, a Morocco Algeria talk, and reports from the Dayton Federation Convention. The next meeting is set with President Mrs. R. A. Miller on May 6. Etta Gaskill entertained out of town relatives including Mrs. Rose Merrill and two sons, Mrs. Edith Scott and daughter, Miss May Gordon, and Orville Brown.
Miller Huggins says the toughest problem for a manager is handling the pitching staff and deciding when to change pitchers during a game.
Losers host Loyal Berean Class of the Christian Church Bible School banqueted the winning side at the church last evening. Mrs Clyde French led the losing side and chaired ceremonies. About 75 to 100 attended with a program of duets solos readings and talks by members and the pastor the Rev Gardner.
At a May 1 meeting in Pomeroy the executive committee of the Pomeroy High Alumni Association set the next annual gathering for Friday evening May 31 at the K of P Building. President Gertrude Goetz of Middleport presided, with Ray Smith hosting. The event is a major school milestone looked forward to by all graduates.
Everett Tracy, a noted teacher and farmer from Thomas Fork Valley, bought two Jersey cows in Pleasantville this week. He paid 150 dollars for each purchase, with one cow already having a calf. Local notes describe visitors and residents in Pomeroy and surrounding areas.
Glouster and surrounding areas report a deep well being drilled toward the Clinton sand at about 4 000 feet with expected tests Thursday. A 1 200 foot Berea sand showing suggested potential of 15 barrels per day, while land between Glouster and MacConnelsville remains under option for oil.
Mrs Daisy Marshall of Cincinnati recounts severe illness from appendicitis surgery and lingering weakness until taking Konjola. She claims rapid recovery within four weeks and praise for renewed health and nerves. Sold at Mc Drug Store in Athens and by leading druggists in towns.
The Loyal Daughters of the Church of Christ will hold a regular meeting Friday night at the home of Mrs. E. J. Eady in Urbancrest. All class members are urged to attend.
GLOUSTER May 1 Mrs G W Kinney continues bedfast at Spring Street home following injuries from a fall downstairs on April 19. She was seriously hurt and only this week could she move in bed.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowery and their two sons Carmen and Gerald were called to Carbondale by the death of Mr Lowerys brother Orvil Lowery. They spent the first of the week with Mrs Lowerys parents Mr and Mrs P J Stanley. Mrs Emmett Stevens of La Carne is visiting for three weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Yocum.
Funeral services for G. W. Johnson of Dayton were held Tuesday at Dayton with burial in a local cemetery. He was 74 and leaves a widow and several grown children. His wife is a daughter of the late Miles Linscott of Malta, leaving relatives in the area.
Clarence Knowlton of Bellefontaine formerly of Athens was the low bidder for the general contract of the $100 000 school building to be erected at West Mansfield.
The Democratic National Committee plans a Washington headquarters to coordinate talent and observe the Hoover administration. John J. Raskob announced Jouett Shouse will run the offices as the party reduces its debt from 1.5 million to about 500000 within two weeks, aiming to be paid off by year end.
Dreda Aves of Norwalk thrilled Cleveland in Cavalleria Rusticana at Public Hall. The performance marked the second night of the Cleveland Metropolitan Opera Company's season with the local singer winning acclaim from thousands.
Miss Ruth Brelsford soprano will give a 17-piece graduation recital at Alumni Memorial Auditorium tonight at o o clock. The program, divided into five groups, features Miss Brelsford a student of Miss Joy Cutler who earned an A B last February and will receive a B M in June. She belongs to Sigma Alpha Iota the Girls Glee Club the Methodist Choir and the university chorus. Accompanist is Miss Mildred Maston.
In Napoleon on May 1 a conscience-stricken 2 year old Ernest Stone told police he killed his 11 year old sister Irene by firing at a sparrow with his father's gun as she emerged from an outbuilding. The coroner and a priest obtained the true version and no action will be taken. Irene was struck by a bullet penetrating her cheek.
Ballots for the election of a delegate to represent the Ohio Education Association at the National Education Association Convention in Atlanta in July 1929 must be in the office of County Superintendent H. R. McVay by Friday. Indications point to the Athens County vote backing Alex Root of The Plains High School, the O U supervisor of practice teaching.
John Clark has been made yardmaster in the Cincinnati terminal. He is a brother of James Clark, BR and O Railroad agent in Coolville. Clark previously lived in Hamden and began his railroad career there with rapid advancement.
Twenty nine pupils in the Fourth Grade English Class at East Side School perform an original play titled Pinocchio at 7 o clock tonight. Parents are invited to attend after the play’s successful first showing before the student body.
A. R. Graustein, president of the paper and power firm, testified before the FTC that his company holds $10,789,700 in eleven newspapers across eight cities and has indirect stakes in two others. The firm proposed buying The Cleveland Plain Dealer for 20 million dollars and considered financing Il Progresso, an Italian daily in New York, but neither deal was completed.
Judge Peter J. Blosser of the Fourth District Court of Appeals resigns as president of the First National Bank in Chillicothe. Walter Roche, a board member, elected successor as Blosser's health, due to Bright's disease, remains unchanged.
May Day celebrations worldwide were marked by unrest in Berlin and mass arrests in Paris. Reports indicate Berlin saw less disorder than in previous years, while Paris faced sweeping arrests during the international labor day observance.
The New Lexington Fire Department aided Junction City in fighting a blaze that began in the William Baird barn and for a time threatened the business block. The barn and one auto truck were destroyed.
Alfred Turner aged 76 died from paralysis at his Knox Township home in Vinton County. Funeral services led by Rev. M. E. Chatley were held at Hebbardaville Presbyterian Church with burial nearby. His wife died ten years ago and he is survived by three daughters, two brothers, and a sister.
Fred Russell pleads guilty before Magistrate Carl H. Porter on a charge of intoxication filed by Milton Muzum. He pays a $25 fine plus costs after being arrest ed Tuesday night by Deputy Sheriff Wayne Winger and Constable Harry Dalton during Canaanville High School commencement exercises.
Robert H. Jox will address Delta Gamma Mu at 7 30 tonight in Ewing Hall Ohio University. He will discuss The Requisites of a Good Newspaper Man and comes as licity director of Ont Company and former Columbus Citizen editor.
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