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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1929
Page
10
Willis Morgan story fragments spark tense reaction
In a fragmentary OCR reading a local item shows a heated exchange over an idea labeled as risky. The unclear text references Willis Morgan and a lion symbol, suggesting a contested proposal and strong community response.
Logan Baseball Team Loses Opening Game 7 6
Logan squad fell 7 to 6 to the Boys' Industrial School officers in the season opener at Lancaster. Farrow pitched for Logan despite shaky support in the first inning as five runs went across. Logan rallied to within one run late but fell short, with a return game planned later in the season and I. M. Soliday leading the visiting Twilight League delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster Institution
Farrow
I. M. Soliday
Twilight League
T i
Bert Davis Fined For Liquor Charge In Logan
Bert Davis of Winona was fined $190 and costs in Hocking County Magistrate J. P. Miller's court on a liquor possession charge. Deputies Farbean and Hammond arrested him at his home after a search found 4% bottles of home brew. This marked his second Hocking County court appearance for illicit liquor offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togan
John Shifley
George Lambert
Jackson County
Lancaster
Ward Township
Shirley
L. F. Hammond
Joe Farbearn
Logan
McArthur
Vinton County Grand Jury
Harry Reeves
Farbearn
Coonville
N. A. Chutes
Murray City
Big Four
Sand Run
Bert Davis
Winona
J. P. Miller
Davis
Hocking
Logan Legionnaires Praise War Picture at Pythian Theater
Logan residents report $174 raised for post fund from showings of Behind the German Lines at the Pythian Theater on Thursday and Friday. The film uses official war footage with maps and diagrams showing developments as narrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan Legionnaires
Pythian Theater
Officers Selected by Logan High Student Groups
Logan May 7 20 Logan High School elected officers for the coming year. Wayne Whitcraft was named Student Council president with Catherine Stoughton as vice president. Athletic Association president is William Woodgeard with Ray Roberts as vice president. Marjorie Lytle was secretary and Catherine Stoughton led the Girls Reserves as president with Marjorie Lytle as vice president, Natha May Wichel secretary, and Gertrude Cole treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Woodgeard
W. H. Woodgeard
Gallagher Avenue
The
Athletic Association
Ray Roberts
George Thorne
Pearl Shaw
Pat Eberst
Frank Wright
Marjorie Lytle
Doris Hammond
Virginia White
Marjorie Wright
Catherine Stoughton
Girls’' Reserves
Natha May Wichel
Gertrude Cole
Miss Nellie Bray Visits Logan From Secretary of State Office
Miss Nellie Bray executive secretary in the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of the Secretary of State Office spent a weekend in Logan visiting her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs William Heinlein. A longtime public servant she has worked under four administrations and continues in Clarence J Brown's era. Bray is a former Logan resident and Logan High School graduate who taught in local county schools prior to her government service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Nellie Bray
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Secretary of State Office
William Heinlein
City
Miss Bray
W. Dpd. Fulton
Hervey CC. Semith
Thad H. Brown
Clarence J. Brown
Logan High School
Rockbridge
Union Furnace
Yeggs Wreck Bank in Cincinnati Heist Attempt
Yeggmen armed with heavy charges of nitro glycerine blasted the Westwood Bank and Savings Company vault in Cincinnati. The interior was wrecked though entry failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Westwood Bank & Savings Company
Drive Pilings Logan Bridge Work Under Way
State Highway Department crews drive pilings near the Harper Run Bridge to prevent the Hocking River from cutting deeper into the bank along the Logan Lancaster highway. The river curve shifts current to the highway side leaving a narrow land strip between road and bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
State Highway Department
Harper Run
Logan-Lancaster
Girl Betty Blum Dies After Mastoid Operation
Betty Blum six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Blum of New Straitsville died in a Columbus hospital after a mastoid operation. She had been ill since Christmas with influenza and later measles. She was their only child. Funeral plans unavailable. Mr Blum works at Impervious Brick plant New Straitsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Betty Blum
John Blum
New Straitsville
Columbus
Blum
Real Thing Art Class Draws on Ohio Campus Front Lawn
A group of six to eight students from Isabelle Work's art class at Ohio University painted on the front lawn of Dr. Charles W. Super on West Union Street early today. They focused on landscape views of the city and rural scenes, producing realistic work and planning a repeat trip to Pomeroy area for more drawings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Isabelle Work
Charles W. Super
West Union Street
Pomeroy and Vicinity
Eastman to Address Athens Notary Club on Telephony
W. L. Eastman director of education at Ohio Bell Telephone Company will speak to the Athens Notary Club on Tuesday May 21. His topic Trans Atlantic Telephony will be illustrated with a motion picture. Eastman is familiar with recent telephonic developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Eastman
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Athens Notary Club
Eastman
Three Athens Men to Face Arraignment Tonight
Three Athens men arrested by city police will be arraigned before Mayor E C Woodworth at 7 o clock tonight. Emmett Stless is charged with intoxication Delbert Swyers with illegal possession of liquor and Lewis Long with reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
E.C. Woodworth
Emmett Stless
Delbert Swyers
Lewis Long
Cat Bite Fatal Ends Principal’s Life in Washington
Alvin W. Miller principal of Central High School died after a playful cat bite in Washington. The incident occurred in the morning when the cat jumped on the bed, leading to fatal complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alvin W. Miller
Central High School
Athens Man Fined By Probate Court
Emmett Ross of Rose Avenue was fined 199 dollars and given a 60 day jail term in Athens Probate Court for non support of his children William age 19 and Mary Frances age 4. A bond of 590 dollars was set after Lucille Ross of 81 West Washington Street filed the complaint. An order suspending the sentence called for Ross to pay 36 each week toward the maintenance of the two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Emmett Ross
Rose Avenue
Lucille Ross
West
Washington Street
William
Mary Frances
S. M. Johnson
New 4-H Clubs Form in Connett and Mt Hermon
The Connett district near Nelsonville organized a new 4-H Club on May 15 with Mrs Blanche Malone as leader and officers Mabel Malone Marie Bumgardner Nellie Johnson and Mary Alice Duskey. The Mt Hermon Sewing Club held its first meeting at Mt Hermon Church electing Garnett Sedwick as president and adding members Ruth Russell Della Mae Aldridge Louise Grimes and Jane Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connett
Nelsonville
Mt. Hermon
T. H. Johnson
Athens County
Blanche Malone
Johnson
Mabel Malone
Marie Bumgardner
Nellie Johson
Mary Alice Duskey
Eileen Bumgardner
Mary Duskey
Delores Bumgardner
Nellie Johnson
Bethe Dean
Ruth Klinebrier
Ruth Russell
Della Mae Aldridge
Louise Grimes
Jane Armstrong
Reba
Pauline Dickson
Grange Play The Deacon's Honeymoon Set For Thursday
The Athens Grange will stage The Deacon's Honeymoon at 8 15 Thursday in the Canaanville High School Building. The comedy was performed at Lodi last Friday before about 290 attendees and met with enthusiastic approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Grange
Canaanville High School
Lodi
T. H. Johnson
Athens County
Alfred L Hughes to lead Athens Senior High next year
Alfred I Hughes named principal of the Athens Senior High School for the next year. An Ohio University graduate class of 1924, he has spent four years in Athens schools and previously led Crooksville High for three years. Oliver L Wood will lead the Junior High, having taught mathematics here and currently pursuing an M A at Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred L. Hughes
Oliver Wood
Alfred I. Hughes
Athens
Ohio University
Fayette County
W. Va
Hughes
Ohio State University
Crooksville
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
Athens High School
Theta Chi Fraternity
North
Lancaster Street
Oliver L. Wood
Mr. Wood
Washington, H
South Salem
Ohio
Columbia University
Wood
Bucyrus
Cisco High School
The
Masons
Methodist Church
Frost Damages Reported By Farmers Near New Lexington
New Lexington area farmers and fruit growers report further fruit damage from heavy frost late last week as ice formed a noticeable thickness in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Oil Gusher Drilled Near Crooksville Sets Records
NEW LEXINGTON May 20 A new oil gusher has been drilled by the Pure Oil Company on the George Gabriel lease one mile west of Crooksville on Burley Run Road. Oil men say it is the best well ever drilled in the Crooksville field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Pure Oil Company
George Gabriel
Crooksville
Burley Run Road
Boy Scout Meeting in Vocational Building Monday
Coolville reports a Boy Scout meeting in the Vocational Building on Monday at 7 30 p m. Scout commissioner G B H Sanford of Marietta will attend and all scouts are urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
G. B. H. Sanford
Marietta
Fire razes building at Federal Br formatory
An overheated stove is believed to have caused a fire that swept a building at the Federal BR formatory in Chillicothe on Sunday. Firefighters battled the blaze as damage was confined to the structure and its contents. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Sundar
Athens Scouts View Wartime Airplanes at Columbus
Twenty five members of Troop 4 Athens Boy Scouts led by Scout master Don Grafflin traveled to Columbus Saturday. They saw wartime maneuvers of U S airplanes, toured the Columbus Boy Scout HQ and spent time at the YMCA. The trip used a truck donated by Stedman company with a driver. They cooked dinner near the airport and returned home about 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Answer to the Letter Golf Puzzle
The response lists a sequence resolving the puzzle with seven related words Wrong Prong Prone Prune Prude Pride Price.
Bombing at Akron Union Agent’s Home Blamed on Labor Troubles
Police investigate bombing of H. M. Gilletty, business agent for the Akron Motion Picture Operators Association. Labor troubles are blamed for the attack on his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
H. M. Gilletty
Akron Motion Picture Operators Association
MELLO GLO Face Powder Promoted by Society Women
The D Zexner Co promotes MELLO GLO Face Powder as preferred by beautiful women. It claims to leave no flakiness pastiness or irritation, lasts longer without shine, and uses a new French process to prevent large pores. It emphasizes purity and a youthful bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Zexner CO
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Wm. Bush
Charles Ralph
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Dayton
R. C. Wolcott
BR. F. Smith
Masonic
Venus Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Yeggs Wreck Bank
F. J. Beasley Milling & Grocery Co
Homer Rodehaver
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Dorothy Mackaill
Jack Mulhall
Columbia
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