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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1928
Page
3
The Young Men’s class led by Rev. K. H. Mc Corkle will give carnations to all attendees at the Nelsonville Church of Christ on Mother's Day. Both new and old members are urged to attend, and a photographer will take class pictures for submission to a church paper.
Sunday evening May 13 an illustrated lecture will be given at the Nelsonville Church of Christ. The church recently purchased a stereopticon and this lecture begins a series of talks. The subject is Home Sweet Home Here and Hereafter.
The Christian Endeavor society of the Nelsonville Church of Christ will present a three act comedy titled Fickle Fortune in the church auditorium Friday at 7 30. Mrs McCorkle directs the play.
Pi Beta Phi wins the sorority song contest for the third straight year, earning permanent possession of the silver loving cup donated by Athens Rotary. Nine sororities entered the event on the steps of Ewing Hall at 8 PM with Phi Mu finishing second. Judges cited diction balance and execution, noting Pi Beta Phi performed without a leader. The winning songs included Ohio Moon and a medley of fraternity tunes.
Beginning Saturday May 13 at 12 01 a m several changes occur to the N S Central lines northbound No 1 is discontinued and No 3 replaces it leaving Athens at 10 32 a m No 9 replaces No 5 leaving Athens at 7 11 p m No 2 southbound leaves Athens at 11 51 a m No 6 replaces No 4 leaving Athens at 8 15 p m Hocking Valley No 34 southbound will arrive Athens at 9 p m instead of 9 10 p m with a five minute earlier departure from Columbus
Two residence properties in Buchtel were destroyed by a morning blaze. One occupied by Mrs Otto Conrad and her son and an adjacent vacant building owned by Hocking Valley Products were lost. The Nelsonville fire department aided and saved the block. Loss is estimated around 2000 dollars. Mayor Tolliver praised Oral Daugherty for timely contact.
Mother's Day program set for Sunday at 9 30 in Nelsonville Berean Bible class with Leonard Lennox soloist and Miss Edith Beagle leading a selection Our Mother. Miss Sigrid Love accompanies Lennox and Miss Genevieve Beagle also performs. Class president invites all men to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gatewood and grandchild from Columbus visited Mr. and Mrs. George Barrows on Scott Street along with Mr. and Mrs. John Roach of Athens and other guests from Zanesville Connett and Canton including Miss Liddie Wend.
Detroit May 11. A plan for consolidating ten Grand Trunk railway companies has been approved by directors and stockholders. The group will apply to Michigan authorities and the Interstate Commerce Commission for required approvals. The consolidation idea has been under study for years and was finalized this week.
Clarence Darrow, famed criminal lawyer, testified before a friendly audience in Ashtabula county supporting James Munsene of Warren in a bribery case. The courtroom grew crowded as jurors prepare to hear closing arguments with Trumbull County prosecutor Lynn Griffith still presenting.
The Hoover-For-President committee reported spending 42032.16 and accepting 49150 in contributions. Campaign director James R. Good disclosed to the Senate campaign investigating committee. The largest donor was Edsel Ford with 5000, and Senator Walter Edge contributed 1000.
William M Boyles, 87, long-time Nelsonville resident born there and later Iowa pioneer, died yesterday at Battle Mountain Sanitarium Hot Spring South Dakota. Survived by two daughters Elizabeth Columbus and Minnie Woodside Sterling Colo, and son Earl Tamms Ill. Brother of the late Mrs Mary Sisson and Mrs Electa Wells of Nelsonville.
U S Government attorneys met to decide whether to appeal the Couzens tax case which ended in a 36 million dollar defeat for the treasury. They also considered appealing a Cincinnati circuit court ruling affecting back taxes on Ford Motor stock profits from 1919 to Henry Ford by ten minority stockholders. Clarence M. Charest said a decision would take time. Couzens was taxed 10 million in 1925 and eight other stockholders faced similar assessments. The tax appeals board called the assessments untenable.
The Federal Trade Commission plans a thorough inquiry into Homer T. Bone's charges that utilities interests spread propaganda texts in Washington schools. Commissioner McCullough said the investigation will focus on Bone's allegations, with work to begin in coming weeks. Bone claimed Puget Sound Power and Light paid Seattle officials to place books in schools.
Mrs. Virgene Aldridge files for divorce from Hollis D. Aldridge in Athens County Common Pleas Court on grounds of neglect and cruelty. They married March 13, 1926 and have one child, James, age one, with custody and alimony sought.
Three divisional offices in New Lexington Athens and Nelsonville are merged with the new district office at Nelsonville. J W Wise of New Lexington is named district manager to be based in Nelsonville. Corwin Andrews remains local agent as before. the consolidation adds three additional families to the Nelsonville area.
Funeral services for Mrs Wilma Shivers 28 wife of William Shivers were set for Saturday at 2 PM at her parents home in Buchtel Ohio Burial will follow at Greenlawn She died after an operation last Friday in Detroit She is survived by her husband two children her parents two brothers and two sisters Five years ago the family moved to Detroit McLain Leaves Nel sonville for Illinois Nelsonville brief notes R E McLain resigned as service director and is now in Illinois where he is employed as a mine superintendent Mayor Eberle has not appointed a successor yet.
All district and sub district union officials were at Cambridge yesterday attending a mass meeting of the miners in that field, it is reported.
In Nelsonville on May 10 about 1,200 people attended the event at the McFarland garage. The venue was decorated with crepe paper and Japanese lanterns, cars were cleared from the space, music was good, and dancing ran from 8 until midnight.
The Rev. Ernest Games, 58, pastor of a Methodist Protestant church in Attica, Ohio, was killed near Chambersburg Pennsylvania when a brake failed on his car on the steep Tuscarora Mountain and the vehicle overturned while descending.
Union Depot company directors approved plans to eliminate the bottleneck at Union Station in Columbus. Work will begin in four to five weeks and take about five months to finish. The project includes razing arches and storerooms at High street, building a 20 foot viaduct to the platform, widening approach, and a platform for 11 autos at the entrance for passengers.
The Athens fire department held the first bi-monthly drill with Safety Director Franz Woodworth and Fire Chief E. R. Laughlin leading all members. Fire plugs near the Athens Flooring company Hewitt Boden plant were tested and buildings inspected. report favorable and conditions good.
Alex Steffam of Dayton Ohio was arraigned in Newport police court on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of Urban Laveman a 27 year old steel worker. The case was referred to the county court for action. Steffam said he shot in self defense.
Special Mother's Day services at Jacksonville Trimble Methodist Episcopal churches honor mothers. Congregants are urged to wear white carnations and give a flower to another. Services at Trimble 10 30 am The Plains 2 pm Jacksonville 7 30 pm feature special music and a call for family acts of kindness.
Pierre du Pont, chairman of the boards of General Motors and E I du Pont de Nemours, urges erasing the Eighteenth Amendment. He says prohibition harms the economy and infringes liberty, noting money once due to government shifts to bootleggers. He backs a questionnaire sent to Delaware adults by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.
The body of an unidentified youth was found floating in the Ohio river at Gallipolis. Authorities await Parkersburg police reply on a possible link to a prisoner who escaped Monday. Five wounded fugitives fled in a shanty boat down the river.
The parole commission ordered the release of David Gordon an 18 year old University of Wisconsin student after he was sentenced over a month ago to three years in the penitentiary for writing an obscene poem published in The Daily Worker.
The Bremen flight crew led by von Huenefeld, Fitzmaurice, and Koehl landed at Chicago’s municipal airport after rain and fog delayed them, drawing thousands who broke police lines to greet the visitors. Mayor Thompson and a city committee greeted the fliers in a rain-soaked arrival.
Franz Woodworth safety director said no parking signs were painted in front of the postoffice this week to prevent cars from blocking arrivals after mail. He noted many drivers left vehicles for hours, leaving space scarce for late arrivals.
Joseph L. Muzzio alias Cowboy Hill, longtime gang leader, is found guilty in Wauseon for the 1920 Peoples Bank robbery at Delta Ohio. Jury verdict follows witnesses and pursuers identifying Hill. two alibi witnesses from Columbus fail. He faces penitentiary sentencing today in court here.
The Gideon Society, which places Bibles in hotel rooms across the United States and Canada, reports a setback as rapid hotel construction leaves it behind. With 2,000,000 hotel rooms in the two countries, 1,000,000 rooms remain without Bibles, halving the two decade old effort.
May 11 report from Columbus notes 11 villages and cities send delegations for a Friday championship contest in Memorial Hall.
In New Philadelphia on May 14 AP court coverage reports William Herron faces a jury verdict after closing defense. Herron claims his wife suspected an affair between Viola May and himself and implicates the late-night river disposal of the body in February.
Mrs. A I Hubbard, 38 Brown Avenue, fell from the running board of a moving truck on Pomeroy road near Athens yesterday at 3:20 PM. She was initially believed seriously injured but improved to favorable condition today. Mr and Mrs Hubbard were gathering flowers when she rode on the running board, fell, and was knocked unconscious overnight.
In Columbus on May 11 Ralph W. Grant of Grove City was arrested on suspicion in connection with injuries to 32 year old Miss Leta Dildine who lay near death in hospital. Doctors said she would likely die within hours after she reportedly jumped from a car early Thursday.
Sadye Holland of Chicago sues Dr. Henry J. Schireson, a plastic surgeon, for 200000 alleging he persuaded her to undergo an operation on her legs that resulted in the loss of both limbs. The suit claims the procedure was unnecessary and forced to save her life after complications.
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