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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1927

Page

10

Logan High School Class of 1927 Graduation Weekly Events

Logan Ohio May 18 1927 commencement week for forty one girls and thirty three boys in the Logan High School class of 1927 begins Sunday May 22 with a 230 pm baccalaureate at the Pythian theater delivered by W G Clippinger Otterbein College president. Class night May 23 and a main commencement May 27 feature Dr Daniel Rittenhouse of Columbus. Fifty three graduates live in Logan with many rural students. list includes Minnie L Bowen Hilda Bright Frances Campbell Netty Eastman and many others.

Logan Logan High School Pythian Theater W. G. Clippinger Otterbein College Daniel Rittenhouse First Baptist Church Columbus Minnie L. Bowen Hilda Bright Frances Campbell Netty Eastman June Eberst Anna Fox Alice Frasch Mary Frasure Bertha M. Frisinger Bartelle Hamilton Martha Hayman Eulalia Heft Charlene Huffman Virginia Jaggi Lorema Kistler Daisy Kitchen Dorothy Lanning Idell Matheny Elizabeth Meldrim Regina Miller Amy Mutchmore Dorothy Mytrs Paulina Nash Emogine Ohlinger Edith M. Phillips Arietta Rawson Kathryn Rochester Ruth White Florence Witherspoon Carolyn Work Edith Blum Evelyn Dicken Florence Ellinger Evelyn Hockman Lillian Lane Bernice Marx Loretta Perone Helen Sherman Opa Smith Melwa Stewart Melbert Allen Edgar Bowen Roscoe Campbell Warren Ellinger Francis Gordon Edward Huffman George Juergensmeier Russell Kelch Rexford Keller Darley Kitchen Ernest Krinn Edmond McGonagle Arthur Miller Harold Nixon Harry Reeves Richard Lavey Howard Solon Ramond &J. Clair Fred Stoughton Charles Thurness Wayne Timberlake George Acker Frank Boling Carlos Brashares Theodore Les Dee Larimer Lowell Linton Harlan Mohier Kermit Rinshiser

Local Officials Named in Civic Roll Call

Harley Ruff, William Rutter, Dwight Stewart and G Franklin Wright appear in a published civic roster listing key local figures involved in ongoing administrative matters. The document confirms their roles within city committees and governance.

Harley Ruff, William Rutter Dwight Stewart and G. Franklin Wright

Cases Assigned in Logan Court

Logan May 18. Hocking county bar association assists Judge Whitcraft in assigning ready for trial cases. Jury trials start June 13 through 18 with various state and civil actions listed for June 13 to June 21.

Worstell Pierce Elder Eliza Jane Manning Common Pleas Court Probate Court State Harry Jewell Homer Klinker Alva Lutz William Smith Fling Pickett Dicken Cherrington Hospital Wylie Rhoades Paxton Smith Aurand Poling and Shaw Salem Trading and Finance Company Emery Sauders Central Acceptance Corporation Hicks Et al Nichols Barron Tennyhill Stump Reynolds

Local Youth Confesses to Chicken Theft Ring

Pearl Lance of Logan confessed before Judge A M Ellinger to belonging to a local group that stole and sold chickens. Sentence was withheld pending further investigation. two other youths are said to be implicated. Lance was captured Monday by Traffic Officer Farbearn.

Logan Pearl Lance Jack Run A. M. Ellinger Lance Farbearn

Lawrence Brown arraigned on liquor possession charge

Logan on May 18 reports Lawrence Brown was arrested Saturday night by Sheriff Lloyd and Deputies Farbearn and Hammond on Fast Front street. He pleaded guilty before Judge A M Ellinger but sentence was reserved pending further investigation.

Logan Briefs on Faculty and Visitor Announcements

Miss Inez Rogers of Logan high school faculty was called to Columbus Saturday due to her mother's illness. She could not return to duties Monday, with Miss Sarah Holmes substituting. Mrs. Robert Johnson of Titusville, Pa., arrived for a six week visit with her parents on Mound Street.

Inez Rogers Logan High School Columbus

Social notes of Presbyterians dinner and program

Franklin Kerr guild of the Presbyterian church held a Monday dinner at the church served by Mrs Floyd Duffy Mrs Paul Spears Mrs Paul Collison Mrs Lewis Mack and Miss Ruth Pleukharp. After the meal a business session and program followed with Mrs Duffy reporting on the Presbytery in Nelsonville. Merle Weymueller accompanied by Nelle Cooley performed solos. Mary Jean Kleinschmidt presented piano numbers.

Franklin Kerr

Not Guilty Plea in Cutting With Intent Case

Wade Cox of Gibisonville was arraigned before Magistrate J P Miller on a charge of cutting with intent to wound and was bound over to the grand jury in 500 bond. Edward Cavinee reported the incident as Cox allegedly cut him during a tavern dispute linked to a missing five dollars.

Logan J. P. Miller Wade Cox Gibisonville Cox Edward Cavinee Farbearn Hammond Cavinee

Guild notes and election at missionary school

A three year old, child of Mr and Mrs Paul Dollison, entertained with recitations. Mrs Duffy was elected delegate to the week's missionary school to be held at Wooster this summer. Alternates named were Mrs Kirby Snyder and Miss Helen Rochester. Guild guests included Mrs Kate Bort, Mrs Cooley, Miss Hazel Smith, and Miss Kleinschmidt.

Kate Jo Dollison Paul Dollison Duffy Wooster Kirby Snyder Helen Rochester Guild Kate Bort Cooley Hazel Smith Kleinschmidt

Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray to Die at Sing Sing

A dramatic Sing Sing prison photo shows Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray slated for execution by electric chair for the murder of her husband Albert. Warden Lewis E Lawes stands beside the condemned chamber door as the death sentence is carried out.

Sing Sing Prison Ossining N. Y Ruth Snyder Henry Judd Gray Albert Lewis E. Lawes Sing Sing Townsend Scudder Long Island City

Athens water system praised as efficient in Ohio by Romine

Service Director Glen Romine told the Athens Kiwanis at Hotel Berry that Athens water works compare favorably with Ohio cities. He cited a 3 million gallon capacity for 7 000 people, 85 percent metered homes, and projected metering of remaining homes in two to three years. He highlighted lower power costs with the new pumping system and estimated savings would cover its cost. He also gave a plant tour showing new wells and pumping machinery on West State Street.

Ohio Glen Romine Athens Kiwanis Club Berry Athens Romine Mr. Romine West State Street

Chesman Jailed 10 Years for 1925 Mine Dynamiting

In Moundsville West Virginia on May 18 Alex Chesman was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary after being convicted of dynamiting the homes of two nonunion miners during the 1925 district strike.

Moundsville W. Va Alex Chesman

A Pretty Dress Pattern for a Little Girl

A dress pattern for a girl aged 2 to 8 years offered in four sizes. The 4 year size requires one and a half yards of 36 inch material. Pattern mailed to any address for 15 cents in silver or stamps.

Dimity Batiste

Jackson suit seeks transfer over mine injury death

Mrs Natalie C Jackson of Athens county sues New York Coal company for 7728 claiming her husband Charles Jackson died from an infected lip injury suffered in a mine two miles east of Nelsonville on December 22 1920 and treated unsuccessfully at Indianapolis Cancer Hospital. The case was moved to federal court from Athens county common pleas court.

Natalie C. Jackson Columbus New York Coal Company Athens County Indianapolis Nelsoneville

Question and Answer Key From Now You Ask One

Answers list several items including Grace Goodhue and a Hessian attack on Trenton. It covers Hardy novels and characters such as Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D Urbervilles. It notes William Tecumseh and Panamanian discovery missing Pacific, Nostromo, western New York, arts categories, 1876, King Lear.

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