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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1928
Page
2
Mrs Elmer McMillen died at Holzer hospital Gallipolis bringing to three the deaths from the McMillen home fire in Hartford Saturday morning. Funeral arranged for the son Russell McMillen in Hartford with services for Mr McMillen and his granddaughter held earlier. A robbery cover story circulated without foundation.
POMEROY May 8 Banker W F Reed submitted to an operation for the removal of gall stones at Grant hospital Columbus Saturday He had been in declining health and resorted to many expedients to stop it before he discovered the trouble and sought surgical assistance He is now reported on the high road to his former good health.
Mrs. Alex Coughenour died suddenly Monday at her Middleport home aged about 66 due to complications. Survived by husband who runs a Third Street grocery. Funeral at Poplar Ridge church with burial nearby. Mrs Lena Bruestle and Miss Lilly Huber visited from Pt Pleasant with A M White and the Barnes couple, planning a joint long trip after learning they both go.
Mrs Charles Shumaker has recovered enough from a serious operation at McMillan hospital to return home Sunday and is doing nicely. Middleport high school ticket distribution occurred Monday and a matinee is planned Friday. Talbott Bible class meets tonight at Mrs M J Ham residence on South Third Street. Mr and Mrs E R Tompkins moved Monday to the Owen Rust bungalow on South Fifth Street. Mrs James Murray and daughter Mary, lately in Huntington for Mr Murray’s work, are back home after about six weeks away. Anna and Garnet Burdett were in Columbus Saturday, back Sunday evening. Mrs George Bolin of Albany and Lecil Bolin of Toledo visited the Murray family here Sunday. John Stone of Virginia, summoned by the death of his brother Dr Stone of West Columbia, was a Saturday business visitor.
Cathrine Irene Dutton oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs Warren C Dutton died of double pneumonia April 29 at The Dalles Oregon. She was a granddaughter of the late Rev Wise H Dutton of Downington and a great niece of Dr E E Stans bury of Middleport.
County commissioners heard multiple groups press for road work. Delegations sought surfacing on Point Rock to Mt Blanco, Harrisonville to Athens grading, and gravel for State Farm to Athens after mid summer. Salem residents pledged 53 days of team labor and cash. officials planned inspections of Route No. 7.
Pomeroy report notes three deaths of relatives within days for Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Brewster. Aunt Mrs. Williams of Salem died Saturday, sister Mrs. Becky Welk of Columbus died Sunday, and Jacob Fogel, brother-in-law of Brewster’s first wife, died in Chillicothe. Funeral plans include travel to Chillicothe and a Beech Grove cemetery burial. Mrs. Weik’s sudden death led to a public viewing prior to interment.
Matthew Trimble formerly of Pomeroy and brother of Judge Lewis Paine died Sunday afternoon in Washington D C at age 96. He leaves three children. The funeral and burial will be in Washington.
At Ohio University Athens initiation of Sigma Alpha Iota Mrs Mildred Fowler formerly of Middleport earned membership in the national honorary musical sorority. Her friends plan to attend her recital at Music Hall on May 23 promising a notable local cultural event.
Middleport May 5 Conductor H E Bush leaves for Cleveland to attend the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen convention opening today as a delegate from Kanawha Star Lodge No 398 B of R T He expects to stay about a month or five weeks
The May grand jury convened yesterday with 14 jurors summoned including F. A. Bean Rutland H. Webb Carpenter Don Larkin Rutland C A Swick Middleport R D D A Dais Pomeroy R D R A Miller Middleport Martin Chase Harrisonville H C Smith Dexter W A Carman Pomeroy Rh D C B Remine Hemlock Grove J C Anderson Rutland R D and Frank Throckmorton Carpenter.
Through the efforts of John Lax president of the board of trustees the debt on the church building program has been paid. The choir and girls chorus meet Wednesday at 8 for practice. The Ladies Auxiliary hold an all day quilting party Thursday starting 9:30. A box supper is planned Saturday evening. The Mother's Day service is next Sunday at 11.
W B Haning waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury by Justice Carl Porter. He was arraigned yesterday on an assault and battery charge. The affidavit was filed by E B Reynolds and Constable Harry Dalton made the arrest.
New Philadelphia May 8 Seven jurors tentatively chosen for the murder trial of William D Herron accused of slaying Viola May as state and defense counsel expect the panel to fill the jury box today.
In Middleport on May 8, several grade rooms report 16 or more pupils absent due to influenza. The illness has reached near epidemic levels, though most students miss only a couple of days. With clear weather, conditions may improve soon.
Mrs. Alta Musser Day, age 40, wife of Emerson H. Day of 424 Oakland Park Ave Columbus, died Sunday morning at her home from carcinoma. Survived by two sons, William F. and Howard E. Day, parents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Musser of Scipio Township, and brother Charles G. Musser of Rutland. The Heath M E church Foreign Missionary society met Monday with Mrs Edwin Cook assisting. program leader was Mrs C H Eichinger and Elmer Miller presided. The topic was International Fellowship and World Friendship.
Reports from Portsmouth allege Harry Taylor publisher of the Portsmouth Times and his wife were robbed in Los Angeles. Jewelry valued at $30,000 including diamond rings and a diamond brooch was taken from Mrs. Taylor. The couple had just returned from Honolulu and their luggage was stolen while being transferred to a friend's home.
Charles Kramer seventeen was shot by a Kroger store night watchman on the store roof in Cleveland. The watchman says the youths fled when ordered to halt and cigarets were found on the roof from a nearby establishment.
Monsignor Patrick MacGivney national chaplain of the Knights of Columbus in the United States died in Paris after a paralytic stroke. He had been ill for several days and medical hopes for recovery had faded.
A compiled Q and A on soil enrichment forms and nutrient additions, military and naval academy enrollments, French rail system ownership and control, negro airplane mechanics licensing, reasons for steamer duck name, rug dyeing methods, cousins German term, geothermic temperature rise, treasury stock meaning, mehari term origin, and the F F V Limited initials on the Chesapeake and Ohio line.
A vintage advert touts Zemo as a dependable treatment for itching eczema. The solution supposedly stops itching on first use and helps clear pimples, rashes, blotches, and blemishes with a clean antiseptic liquid available in 35c, 60c, and $1.00 sizes.
German ambassador to the United States Herr Frederich Wilhelm Von Pritt witz und Gaffron arrived in Cleveland for the world peace conference and said prospects for world wide peace are good. He attributed this to Europe rapidly knitting itself together with strong amicable economic ties.
Louise Nagle, 10, was struck by a passing automobile while playing near her aunt Mrs. Carl Wiseman at 15 Maple Street. She suffered a severe head injury and was treated at the scene.
The injured girl was moved from the Wiseman residence to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs W R Nagle at 65 Franklin Avenue after receiving numerous stitches.
Several Athens women will attend the annual meeting of the Ohio Council of Republican Women at the Deshler Wallick hotel in Columbus on Wednesday and Thursday. The event welcomes all Republican women and includes a banquet on Wednesday night as a highlight.
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