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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1922

Page

10

Jury Commission At Work In Hocking County

The Hocking county jury commission Mrs Tecum seh Floyd and Harvey Burgess met Tuesday to draw names for the jury wheel for the next term. It will require time to complete duties. Mr and Mrs Robert Davidson Mr and Mrs Ralph Starcher and family visited Athens and Portsmouth to see Herbert Littler.

Hocking County Portsmouth Robert Davidson Ralph Starcher Athens Thomas Littler Herbert Littler

Miscellaneous shower and farewell party held in town

Mrs William Woodruff hosted a miscellaneous shower Monday evening for bride elect Miss Mary Goslin with many beautiful and useful gifts. A farewell party for Mr and Mrs BE Gutliph leaving the city followed, hosted by the Five Hundred club at the Ewing home with a six o clock dinner and five hundred games.

William Woodruff Mary Goslin BE. A. Gutliph Five Hundred Club Ed L. Ewing

Recital Planned by Lancaster Voice Instructor

Mrs Walter Scott of Lancaster announces a recital in Logan featuring her advanced voice pupils. The event showcases their progress from a class she teaches, highlighting the local music program and the student performers.

Walter Scott Lancaster Logan

Recital at Case Music Parlors Friday Evening

A free recital will be held at the Case Music Parlors concert hall Friday at seven. The public is invited to attend. Vernon Stiers of near Granville, in Licking county, is visiting his mother Mrs Elizabeth Stiers on North Walnut Street. He is in his seventies, a former resident of the city, a graduate of Ohio University class of 1872, and a practicing farmer. He plans to visit Athens in June for the fiftieth anniversary of his move from that city. Hold Conference with farm bureau leaders and officers discussed county program and urged livestock dairy poultry and home economics work with more clubs and community meetings to promote the work.

Ecital Case Music Vernon Stiers Granville Licking County Elizabeth Stiers North Walnut Street Stiers Hydenville Ohio University Colonel Welty Athens Farm Bureau Ramsower Cray W. W Brownfield Ohio Federation Ruth Byron Amanda P. T. Busch P. G. Wetherell Guy Bartlett Elizabeth Leeper Frank Robinson Jacksonville Allie Biggens Ralph Dustin Ewers Main Street Eva Norris I. O. O. F. Hall Loren Petty Leslie Petty Bethany John Barnes Chester Charles Norris Alex Parsons Hangi Ridge Grangers Ll. C. Ludwick S. J. Biddison Isaac Barnhart

Poppies Selling Rapidly for Legion Memorial Fund

Legion officials praise the poppy sale in the county begun Monday with Carpenter Hardware as a pickup point and other businesses selling the memorial flowers. Funds will buy grave markers for World War I dead. about 3500 are expected to be sold. Dwight E. Stump and Miss Mazie Pinkstalk wed by Magistrate Brooke at the probate court Tuesday morning.

Legion The Carpenter Hardware Company Altho Dwight E. Stump Rockbridge Mazie Pinkstalk Brooke

Rotarian Speech Draws Warm Reception and Donation

H R Harrington spoke to the Rotary Club after dinner on Monday. The audience gave an enthusiastic reception and the club presented a generous check to aid the Hocking County Red Cross.

H. R. Harrington Rotarians Club Hiocking County Red Cross

Large Masonic turnout greets Ohio Grand Master visiting Mingo lodge

The largest crowd yet at a Masonic meeting in this locality welcomed Frank M. Ransbottom grand worshipful master of Ohio on his visit to Mingo lodge Monday evening. The Logan lodge inspected by Dr. A R Vosper of Crooksville conferred the third degree on a candidate as Masons from multiple towns gathered. The event highlighted rapid growth of the Loran lodge now at 350 members and noted the new commandery as a sybulant to Masonic work. Funeral notices followed for Jacob Morland a Civil War veteran with many relatives in the area attending. Memorial Sunday is planned May 28 with services at the U B church led by Rev J G Spears.

Ransbottom Loran Lodge U. B J. G. Spears J. K. Rochester Relief Corps Camp 219 S. of W Ladies’ Auxiliary Logan Post American Legion and Auxiliary

Logan High Cup Winners Earn Four To Big Six Meet

Four Logan high school runners Soliday Reasoner Rochester and Struble will attend the high school meet connected with the Big Six at Columbus later this week. Coach Stettler will accompany them. Officials praise the Logan squad's strong Lancaster showing and plan to prepare more contenders for future events.

Lancaster Logan Columbus Soliday Reasoner Rochester Struble Stettler

Pomeroy Mail Train Delayed Spoils Local News Letter

Pomeroy Middleport B O passenger No. 1 carrying the Pomeroy Bend news letter ran very late this morning. At noon the train had not arrived in Athens. The Messenger column loss is due to the delay and will appear in the next issue. In local items Martins Ferry bootlegging pretense leads to discovery. Elyria fishing by auto causes traffic jams near Oak Point prompting Sheriff Backus to order boats away from the road.

Pomeroy Bend Hartley Athens Elyria N. D. Backus Oak Point Lorain

Grand Rapids Exhibit Promises Major Huntington Furniture Orders

Furniture orders large enough to sustain Huntington factories for an indefinite period are expected to be placed with Huntington manufacturers at the Grand Rapids exhibit opening June 15. The note links the two markets and signals strong demand for local production.

Huntington W. Va Grand Rapids

Jim Derson Lynched by Mob in Irvington After Conviction

Reports from Macon Georgia say Jim Derson a 20 year old Black man convicted of attacking a 75 year old white woman last January was taken from Irvington jail by a mob and lynched. Local authorities reported the killing as a mob action.

Macon Jim Derson T Ken Irvington

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