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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1927
Page
2
Torrence, daughter of a prominent Long Bottom family, and Charles F. Stout of Coolville, were married at the M E Parsonage by the Rev G C Nutter with ring ceremony. They will spend the week at Gallpolis and then a summer at the home of the tides mirents.
Francis Zweifel, a Pomoroy youth known for scholastic promise and acting as editor of the high school annual, died suddenly in his home. He aspired to Annapolis and had passed physical exams. the Junior Order American Mechanics awarded ten dollars for his achievements.
Stout Torrence mayor announces tender for a new bridge project to span the river. A couple is married at the parsonage as city crews conduct testing on the proposed site and oversee lantern lighting during progress checks.
From Pittsburgh route, Mr. Byers says construction will be pushed and finished in a little over a year. A barge loaded with material and a derrick rig has departed Pittsburgh. A second barge will pick up lumber at St Marys West Virginia and join the fleet en route to Point Pleasant expected next week.
May 10 community meeting announced for Chester village in the gymnasium. Harvey French of Pomeroy hatchers promotes the talk Hatching and Starting Chicks and county farm agent George W. Kreitler gives address Carrying. Lucile Parijher and Mae McKaight deliver declamations.
Lester Hughes, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Hughes, died after an appendectomy at McMillan hospital Charleston Monday. Body returned to the Hughes home near Hobson. Survived by parents three sisters and a brother. Funeral at home this afternoon with Rev Skinner of Presbyterian church, burial Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire.
Miss Frances Blackburn, a missionary in Peru for five years, will address the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of Bethany M.E. Church Friday night at 7 o’clock. She will speak at Bethany Church Sunday morning and again at the Forest Run auxiliary in the afternoon.
The piece lists chorus members like Ondine Saxton and Gladys Folden, plus other stage names and groups in a Greenwich Village vibe. It then shifts to May 4 notices about Congressmen Jenkins aiding youth camp recruitment with government supervised programs and age ranges, naming Meigs County locales and camp sites and party endorsements, with statements about discipline and military-style outdoor vacations.
Dense radio listing details station by station programs with WEAF featuring HMS Pinafore and National Light Opera Company among others. The document lists orchestras bands and chamber groups across stations like WLW WGY WOCS and WEAF with varied times and offerings.
Middleport May 4 chorus girls perform Old Fashioned Valentines in the musical comedy Her Song to be presented May 10 at the Masons Temple. Organizers hope hoop skirts will make a comeback.
Treasury of station listings shows WEAF WEAF Detroit Cleveland New York Chicago and more with dinner music programs studio concerts and orchestras including Crosley Cossacks Jade Room Orchestra and Lopez Orchestra. Highlights include Cedar Creek ensembles and special broadcasts followed by sports and literary segments.
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