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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1925
Page
5
Miss Evangeline Justice of Portsmouth was the weekend guest of Miss Evelyn Duschinski of Boyd Hall at Ohio University.
Mrs Gatch visited her aunt Mrs C L Jones on University terrace and stayed with her father Mr T W Coe in Albany. Mr Gatch joined her for the weekend trip and then accompanied her home to Columbus.
Mr. Gordon Herrold and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Herrold with son Rus of Zanesville visited over the week end with their father W. H. Herrold and other Athens friends.
Miss Lucile Nazor a Columbus public school teacher spent the weekend visiting Athens with fellow educators and officials. The trip aimed to exchange teaching ideas observe programs and strengthen district ties.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Armstrong and their son Gordon and Miss Ada Helen Slaughter of Chillicothe Missouri traveled to Athens Sunday to spend the day with the grandparents Mr and Mrs Chris C Sheldon at the Fenzel apartments.
Mr. P. H. Johnson Athens county farm agent and Mr. Cecil Robinson Athens R. D. left Sunday by motor for Pittsburgh to attend the livestock market. They plan to return via McKeesport and attend the Guernsey county cattle sale Tuesday before coming home the same evening.
Mrs. Harley E. Moler completed a weeklong stay with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walker and Dover aunt Mrs. John Brannon. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Gilson, staying with Charlies A. Cornwell at 36 South Congress, left for St Louis. Gilson, in the oil business, accompanied Mrs. Gilson from Boulder, Colorado. Cornwell and Gilson women were girlhood chums.
Miss Mae Knight of Columbus was a weekend guest of Miss Maude Skidmore at 36 South College Street.
Mr. Frank Moler traveled to Magnetic Springs on Sunday seeking a two weeks rest and vacation.
The county education board announced appointments for Trimble and Lee townships. Two one room schools Burr Oak and Palos in Trimble were abandoned with territory added to Hollister. In Lee, Lookout church was purchased for repairs. teachers named for several districts, while Green Run remains without staff and Union in Lee is vacant with transfer talk to Albany.
Linnie Lena Young was arrested Saturday by Sheriff P H McKinley on a forgery charge from Bank of Athens and pleaded guilty when arraigned before Magistrate P W Helwig. She was held to the October grand jury under a $500 bond. John Sewell of Guysville faced assault and intoxication charges, pleaded not guilty, and was bound over to the grand jury on the first charge with a $200 bond and held on the second with $100 bond.
Sir Brodrick Hartwell an Anglo baron who organized a Pony to smuggle liquor to rum runners off the American coast admits the project has failed. He faces charges and public embarrassment as authorities close the case.
Mrs Clarence Laughlin entertained a group of children Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5 to celebrate her daughter Phy lis sixth birthday. The party featured a peanut hunt games a large pink and white birthday cake and small pink candy baskets for each guest. Attendees included Eileen Sanders June Baird Sarah Baird Betty Baker Helen Baker Jean Finsterwald Arminta Morrison Florence Elkins Frances Thorpe Mary McLaughlin Marjorie White Katherine Keirns Erma Metcalf Ardis Metcalf Herbert Dwight Junod Robby Maurer William White and the honoree.
Mr and Mrs George IL Blosser and Mr and Mrs W C Reasoner with Miss Pleiza Mauk of Logan were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Roy L Dupler at 43 West Union Street.
Miss Myrna Doolittle of Akron is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lenhardt at 14 Morris avenue for a visit.
Mr. Harry T. Quest is very ill at the home of his daughter Mrs. Dewey Root on Moore Avenue.
Mrs Mide Daugherty traveled to Youngstown after being called by the death of her mother Mrs Thomas Baker a former resident of Glouster. The obituary note indicates she had been living there for several years.
Scout Executive Benjamin and Messrs Carr and Warren Bright of Jogan attended the Scout Court of Honor held at the Athens high school auditorium on Sunday.
Miss Ethel Cabeen of Hart and Company Millinery House Cleveland arrives to spend a month’s vacation with her mother Mrs J S Duncan in South Congress.
Miss Dora Antorietto began a Portland trip to visit her sister Mrs. N J Burke and family on Sunday. On July 7 Ralph Antorietto and his daughters Mary Halena and son Paul will depart for Italy to visit Mr. Antorietto’s native homeland.
Geneva May 18 United States refusal to cooperate with a League bureau led to abandoning the proposed central bureau for arms traffic control The arms conference special committee decided to rewrite the plan eliminating League appointed members and seek a compromise suitable to Congressman Theodore Burton of Ohio head of the American delegation.
Seattle, May 18. Delegations from Japan, China, India, the Straits Settlements, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines plan to attend the Twelfth National Foreign Trade Convention starting June 24. James A. Farrell leads the convention with sessions covering credits, methods, packing, shipping documents, finance and advertising.
The notice advertises Lavoptik eye wash and camphor hazel mix claimed to quickly relieve sore red or watery eyes. It offers a free eye cup and mentions Gibson's Pharmacy as the supplier.
South American fossils dated five to fifteen million years old show a world apart stage in early continental history. Field Museum curator Elmer Riggs led a 28 month South America expedition covering 5000 miles and 800 specimens from 100 species, revealing ancient beasts that ranged northward during the Pleistocene.
Ella A. Marsh of Nelsonville files a damage suit against Athens County Commissioners alleging negligence in building a faulty approach to a temporary bridge over Monday creek and lacking proper warning signals. Marsh claims her car skidded on the unsafe bridge near Mayer's crossing on November 39, 1924, fell into the water, and caused severe injuries with a three week hospital stay and possible permanent harm.
The abnormal frost and cold drenched strawberry and grape fields in Pawpaw and Lawton districts causing over $2,000,000 in losses. Weather official Max Sherrod of the U S Weather Bureau reported the figure.
London reports that England’s buildings are about ten percent darker than normal due to infrequent window washing. Observers note the effect in morning light between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. during a briefing before the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Bank of Athens sues Varsity Inn and proprietors Sam C. Warren and Elmer Johnson in Common Pleas court for 20,858.33, with about a third against the Varsity Inn as a partnership and the rest against Sam C. Warren and Warren brothers on promissory notes.
A Seattle project unveils a reversible propeller enabling a vessel to reverse course without changing engine rotation. Engineers say the device could simplify docking and improve handling in crowded harbors.
Washington May 18 The Ohio public Utilities commission asked the interstate commerce commission to pursue a comprehensive and non-discriminatory adjustment of coal freight rates between Southern Ohio mines and western Virginia and Kentucky crescent regions in response to the commission's invitation for action lines in its nationwide freight rate investigation.
Near Columbus on May 18 warrants totaling 876508.62 were sent to the state treasury by Secretary of State Brown. The 1925 total is about 11.5 million, compared with 11.685 million collected in 1924.
The United States produced over one million tons of brimstone last year, more than five times Sicily’s production, which was the principal source of Farope's supply.
More than 200 scouts gathered at the new senior high school auditorium for the second semi annual court of honor. Second class badges were awarded. no first class badges were issued. Troop 2 Athens presented merit badge candidates and led demonstrations in first aid and signaling.
The British War Office has issued detailed tempo and expression instructions for playing God Save the King to all military bands. The guidance covers rhythm, mood, and performance style to standardize official renditions.
Two girls who escaped from an Indianapolis institution wearing bathrobes will be recognized by their overdressed look. The Urbana Ohio Democrat notes the unlikely contrast and urges watchers to report any sightings.
The body of Oliver J. Rutteg a teamster was found in Elm Grove near the B and O tracks after an apparent hit and run during the night. The investigation seeks to identify the circumstances and confirm the cause of death.
Bandits stormed a Detroit ballroom this afternoon and forced manager Allen Warbler into a car after taking about $3,000 in Sunday receipts. Police initiated a search for the suspects.
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