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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1927
Page
5
Funeral services for Byron Stéry who died Sunday afternoon in Burlingham will be held at 10 30 Wednesday morning. The notice changes the time from afternoon to morning indicating a rescheduled service.
Children of the Ohio University kindergarten will present the annual May fete Friday May 13 at 1230 PM on the university campus. Student teachers under Miss Stevens and Miss Kern will supervise. If rain occurs the event moves to Rufus Putnam school auditorium. Mr and Mrs Earl Coe of Port Huron Michigan visiting Athens and relatives during a motoring trip. Mr Ralph Hoffman of Fisher Body enjoying a week in Athens with his grandmother Mrs Jacob Dorst. Mrs I L Preston returns home from Columbus. Miss Adaline Park a 1925 Ohio University graduate elected president of Columbia University's Graduate Women's English club. The Kochs of El Dorado Arkansas arrive to spend the summer with Mr Homer Cooksey's family.
Dr. O. O. Fordyce the Toledo state hospital superintendent and Mrs. Fordyce returned to Toledo last evening after visiting over Sunday with Mrs. Fordyce's brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs W W Coe and Mr and Mrs Harold Coe.
Mr and Mrs Alva Leighty and two children Virginia and Evelyn of Columbus spent the end of the week with Mr and Mrs Charles Leighty and family on Richland avenue. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Herbert Leighty and Mrs James Stansberry of New Lexington.
Ruth Steed daughter of C L Steed of Chillicothe and Ruth Jones of Chillicothe marries Robert H Jones Jr son of Mr and Mrs Robert H Jones of Chillicothe. The ceremony was performed by Rev A Hall of Greenup Kentucky Episcopal church. The couple, both seniors at Chillicothe High School, plan June graduation surprising friends in Athens and Nelsonville.
Mrs. John H. Preston hosts her bridge club at a bridge luncheon on Wednesday at the Easterling club in Logan. Mr. John Courtney, once of Athens and now in Bluefield West Virginia, was visiting acquaintances here at the end of the week.
The Folk Lore club of Ohio University hosts a banquet on Wednesday evening at the Colonial, offering entertainment for attendees.
Mr. John H. Preston returned today from a business trip to Columbus and the Preston store at Belle Center.
Tonight at 7 30 o clock Ew ing hall hosts a class in one act plays led by Dean Voigt with Fantasia Will Of the Wisp and Three Pills in a Bottle. Admission is free and the public is invited. The second class recital is Friday evening.
Funeral services were held at 2 PM at Redtown church for John Thompson 57 who died Sunday at his Redtown home. He leaves his wife and ten children and was noted as the largest man in the county at 280 pounds. Rev Mrs Kemmey of Athens led the service and burial followed at Taylor Ridge cemetery.
Ed Ley of Jacksonville went to St Francis hospital in Columbus Monday for treatment of an infected hand and will likely stay in the hospital for some time.
May 10 in Glouster attorney George W. Rose will address the Kiwanis club at 6 30 PM in the M E church social room. T D McAfooes will present the attendance prize.
Mrs James Hill of Glouster was taken by C F Wallace ambulance to White Cross hospital Columbus for blood poisoning treatment. She stepped on a rusty nail weeks earlier while at a Columbus funeral. After initial recovery she returned home, then infection reappeared and she was readmitted.
Andrew Ginnan deputy mine inspector now at St Francis hospital Columbus after gall bladder operation. He is reported to be getting along nicely and expected to return home to Jacksonville by week’s end.
May 10 Mrs Peter Kanosh Hollister was taken to Grant hospital in the Carpenter ambulance to undergo an operation. Early Tuesday morning William ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Mike Thompson was taken to the same hospital for an acute appendicitis and was accompanied by his parents and Mrs Edna Embrey.
Miss Pearl Lincoln, a domestic science teacher at Glouster high school, married Harry W. McElwee of Westerville in Columbus last Friday. The Rev. J. G. Spears officiated at Fifth Avenue United Brethren church. Mrs. McElwee will finish the term here then reside in Westerville.
More than 8 000 members of the American Legion are booked for passage to the Paris convention in September on ships of the United States lines. Legionnaires will sail aboard the Leviathan and also use the President Roosevelt, the President Harding and the Republic.
Executive committee of the organization approved reports by special sub committees of the national committee on wood utilization outlining programs aimed at closer utilization of forest resources in the United States.
Sales of cigarets in the United States for the first nine months of the fiscal year remained the key factor in higher federal tax returns despite rate cuts. Collections in nine months totaled 16,753,668 dollars.
Department of Labor reports paid vacations for production workers are feasible cost wise and aid production. Interest in the subject grows among employers and students of industrial relations.
Henry G. Avers, chief mathematician of the division of geodesy, indicates a general upward slope in the main sea level of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the United States coasts.
A local Blue Key chapter will be installed Thursday May 12 at the Varsity Inn during a dinner. The national honorary group, patterned after the Rotary Club, has 27 active chapters across 20 states. Membership honors scholarship leadership and character.
The quiz covers natural history with five questions by the American Nature Association. It asks about plant life, crustaceans, pests, bats, peanuts, and other general topics with answers on the last page. It also queries U S senators term length notable figures and impeachment history.
Fourteen colleges and universities petition for admittance to the national honor society. The list includes diverse schools as they pursue recognition and potential membership in the esteemed organization.
The Athens city council announced East State street from Court to Park will be repaved with asphalt filled brick on a concrete base. Fred Beckler of Athens won the contract. the city will cover 80 percent of costs with property owners paying the rest. The work is slated to begin Monday, with alley paving plans and cost sharing to follow.
The Elks announce a Mother’s Day service at the Cline building club rooms at 7 30 tonight. Program includes Opening ritual by Robert S Wood past exalted ruler, solos by Donald Dowd Esther Fitton and Miss Fitton, tributes and reminders led by John B Cross and H G Jefferons, closing by Cross.
Harsh case from Havre France reports Mme Marie Geldenieer driven to madness and setting a furnace blaze that killed her sister's infant. Local authorities describe the tragedy as a grisly act amid a mental crisis.
Wireless sets have been installed in more than 100 London schools, enabling radio broadcasts for classroom use and student access to information. The program aims to broaden educational resources and promote technological literacy across the city.
At Spithead England the ashes of Captain K McLeod, a naval officer, were buried at sea off the port in a ceremony honoring his service.
Tender aching swollen feet get relief from Moone's Emerald Oil a penetrating antiseptic lotion. The ad guarantees satisfaction or money refunded urging faithful use over a short period to prove long lasting foot comfort.
Lisbon government moves to raise revenue by imposing a heavy tax on tobacco imports. This policy signals a broad fiscal push amid economic concerns and aims to boost state finances through higher levies on tobacco products.
Saginaw Michigan Charles G Skinner received a 12 month prison term after pleading guilty to stealing 12 hens from a neighbor. The incident occurred in Saginaw and the case was handled by local authorities.
Wm C Johnston of Findlay Ohio says he was rundown and weak with repeated boils until using Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery which cleared his system and left him well. He endorses the medicine as the best.
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