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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1923

Page

2

Plains School Ends Year With Baccalaureate and Games

The Plains Ohio school year closed with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Harter on Sunday titled God’s Challenging Interrogation. Music by a choir led by M. O. Bryan accompanied the service. Tuesday featured a basketball game where Nelville girls defeated Plains junior high 9 to 4, and Thursday Plains senior girls beat Nelville 18 to 9. Wednesday saw junior high graduation exercises with a listed program.

Plains Plains School Harter M. O. Bryan Nelville Plains Girls Nelsonville

Tenth Year Chorus and Commencement Activities

The text outlines a tenth year class program with music and poems by Marie Aleshire, Gail McGione, and others, plus a class party in the high school gym. Friday features senior class exercises, games, and a commencement service at the M. E. church with orations by Marie Davies and Thelma Hawk, music by the O U Orchestra, and an address by Dean Irma Voigt.

Gilbert Ball Willard Hamer Theodore Roosevelt Guilford McGlone Agnes Terrell Alex Root Cipal D. M. Bryson Brysyn George Keeton Thelma Eva Kelsenbere Thelma Hawk Marie Davies Maude Thorne Peunoo Prue Cestcesdses Oo John Gabrielene O. U Florence Nightingale Dean Irma EF. Voigt

Long City Council Meeting Tackles Streets and Utilities

The May city council session stretched long as debates covered storm water disposal on University Terrace Marietta Avenue and Currer Place plus sidewalk work. Officials reviewed street paving widths on Stewart Street and discussed a East Union Street wing to the Union depot amid tax and cost concerns.

Civie University Terrace Marietta Avenue Currier Place Sim East State Street Chief Parker Stewart Street Fred Josten Shannon Avenue Arden Place William Leeper Fremont Union Street Cemetery Street Union Union Depot Herrold Mill West State Street G. M. Romine Council Romine Frere East Union Street Athens

Bridge blown up on frontier Greek Thrace Turkish Thrace

Athens May 22. The Karagatch and Adrianople bridge in Thrace was blown up by Turks. The frontier bridge lies on the liminal line of the first Near East peace conference. Britain and France report Greece seeks allied consent for any action and desires a speedy Lausanne decision.

Athens Karagatch Adrianople Thrace Greece Turkey Lausanne

Chauncey I O O F Lodge to Confer First Degree

At the Chauncey I O O F lodge meeting on Wednesday evening the Greenland lodge of Carbon Hill will confer the first degree. All members and visiting brothers are urged to attend and a refreshment course will follow. Mrs Charles March funeral held today in Jobs Ohio family guests include Mr and Mrs Floyd Karns and son. Mr and Mrs Dane Osborne and Richard spent weekend in Athens. Francis Howard visited Elmer Finsterwald in Athens Sunday. Samuel Bloom of Cincinnati stayed with Mrs Isaac Wilson’s family. Earl Buckley and daughters Mabel and Pauline plan to move to Zanesville tomorrow.

Chauncey I. O. O. F Greenland Lodge Carbon Hill Floyd Karns Jobs, O Dane Osborne Richard Athens Paister Harry Noble Francis Howard Elmer Finsterwald Sweeney Charles Sweeney

Local Residents Entertain and Travel Notes

Mr and Mrs J L Ferguson and daughter Kathleen depart for Charleston West Virginia. Mrs Robert Butterworth of Columbus visits sister Mrs B Ferrel and family on High Street this week.

J. L. Ferguson Kathleen Charleston W. Va Robert Butterworth Columbus B. ¥. Ferrel High Street

Local residents attend Chauncey High Alumni events

Rev. L. W. Spayd traveled to Dayton for a state church convention. Mrs. Brandon Grover and sisters Irene and Evelyn Watkins of Athens visited Chauncey area for the alumni banquet. Mrs. Sweeney of Athens visited family in the city. Mrs. Charles Dent (Mabel Hall) came from Middleport for the Chauncey alumni banquet, correcting a prior misstatement.

L. W. Spayd Church of Christ Dayton Brandon Grover Irene and Evelyn Watkins Athens Chauncey High Charles Dent Mabel Hall Middleport Chauncey High School Millfield

M. E. Ladies Aid to Meet All Day at Love Home

The M. E. Ladies' Aid will be entertained Thursday in an all day meeting at the home of Mrs. James Love in Millfield.

M. E. Ladies’ Aid James Love Millfield

Miner Francis Finley Injured By Fall At Bailey Run

Francis Finley employed in Smarts Mine Bailey Run sustained a fracture of his left leg yesterday afternoon due to a fall of coal.

Francis Finley Smarts Bailey Run

Mrs. Margaret Linscott Visited Family in Chauncey

Mrs. Margaret Linscott of Columbus spent Sunday with her mother Mrs. Amanda Sayers and sister Mrs. Ella Tedrick in Chauncey.

Margaret Linscott Columbus Amanda Sayers Ella Tedrick Chauncey

Four Workers Die in Slidem Moffat Road Snow

Four bodies were recovered from a snowslide that buried a crew clearing snow from a shed on the Moffat road near Dixie Lake, close to Corona known as the top of the world. The slide started high in the mountains and covered the workers with tons of debris. In Washington, President Harding commuted Williams Silva’s prison term for a Kentucky race swindle to expire July 6.

Denver Colo Moffat Road Dixie Lake Corona Crook Washington Harding Williams Silva Kentucky White House

Students Raise Turmoil at University of Pennsylvania

Vandalism marked the annual love feast at the University of Pennsylvania in East Philadelphia. Four professors were burned in effigy as undergraduates clashed with police and approached the Palace of Progress exposition at the university’s large commercial museum.

Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania

Bryan expected to address Presbyterians on pulpit issues

The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America discussed affairs including a teetotaler pledge and Bryan is slated to present views on Presbyterian pulpit matters. Moderator Dr. Charles F. Wishart, though liberal, opposed Bryan on many topics under debate.

Dick Case General Assembly Presbyterian Church of America William Jennings Bryan Charles F. Wishart Mr. Bryan

Maryland to fire sixteen inch guns in long range trial

Teal Washington May 22. The sixteen inch guns of the new battleship Maryland will fire at a 25,000 yard range on June 7. This marks the first distant target practice in U S naval history with this calibre weapon.

Washington Maryland United States Navy Department

What This Buffalo Physician Has Done for Humanity

Dr. Pierce of Buffalo N Y is pictured in 1910. A physician who moved from Pennsylvania to Buffalo created Golden Medical Discovery a tonic for the blood. It contains no alcohol and uses native root extracts. The preparation purports to improve blood, digestion and complexion and is sold nationwide with a free medical advice offer.

Pierce Buffalo N. Y Pennsylvania Dr. Pierce Invalids

Maryland Battleship Aims For 30-Degree Gun Elevation Trials

The targets will be anchored off Piney Point Chesapeake Bay for trials expected to prove the accuracy and dispersion of heavy naval rifles elevated to 30 degrees. Maryland is the only U S battleship whose guns reach this angle potentially matching British fleet ranges.

Piney Point Chesapeake Bay Maryland

Greek Forces Concentrate on Turkish Frontier in Thrace

Advices from Adrianope report Greek troops massing along the Maritzar river on the Turkish frontier in Thrace. The movement signals heightened tension in the region.

Constantinople Thrace Adrianople Maritzar

Seven Dead In Latest Storm Across Oklahoma Panhandle

The death toll from storms in western Oklahoma rose to seven, with six fatalities in Dewey county at Leedy. Crops suffer hundreds of thousands in damage as railroads and wire services falter and rivers overflow, isolating communities across nine counties.

Oklahoma City Okla Oklahoma Panhandle Dewey County Leedy

Luhrig Graduation Exercises Wednesday Evening

The Luhrig commencement will be held at the Christian church at Luhrig at 7 30 p m on Wednesday May 23 with G D Knepper delivering the address. County Superintendent Guy Dinsmoor assists. Eight second year pupils complete the course and eight grade pupils receive certificates to advance to high school.

Luhrig Christian Church G. D. Knepper Marion County Guy Dinsmoor Henry Vern Brandenberg Charles Elsworth Beckle Enid Marie Fitzer Samuel Oscar Riggle Mary Evelyn Haines Fern Brandenberg Kenneth Earl Francis Agnes Mee-Bride

Wash Out Your Refrigerator Twice a Week

Home tip advises cleaning refrigerator interior twice weekly using soda and cold water to remove odors and maintain hygiene. Follow simple steps to wipe shelves, rinse with clear water, and dry before restocking.

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