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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1929
Page
8
In Glouster on November 15 the council holds the second meeting of the week. A special session was held to award the street grading and filling contract so work could start, but heavy rains delayed progress according to the weather outlook.
Eleanor Orton of Dayton a sophomore has been elected sponsor of the Ohio University Band by a three member committee. The convocation vote followed twenty candidates and will be formalized at the Wittenberg game on Friday November 22 with her picture appearing in the Green and White football edition.
In Columbus on November 16, dairy milk deliveries will switch to daytime hours starting at 7:30 a.m. after a note to customers due to the extreme early mornings. The dairy explained it is too cold to rise at 1 a.m. during winter.
Glouster Ohio reports Sunday Creek flooding blocks bus routes between Glouster and Trimble. Early Athens bus could pass, later service halted by high water from Congress Run. Federal Creek flooding stops mail service on Route No. 8 and ford crossings are impassable, underscoring need for a bridge.
Mr and Mrs Will Kasler and Mr and Mrs J K Auer have moved back to this locality from Toledo and are occupying the Kasler property near Oakdale.
The band will present Miss Orton with a silver loving cup and invite her to accompany the group on its trips away from Athena acknowledging her devoted support and participation in band activities.
Steve Gibbs and Jim Cotter plan to open a pool room and soft drink shop in the Moose Building business room, formerly Burne barber shop and pool room. The site is a large, well located space in the city.
Cleveland reports Mrs. Condetta Lonardo, widow of the slain Big Joe Lonardo, cleared of murder charges and at home with her five children after five months.
A registrar report notes 22 states and 83 Ohio counties represented this semester at Ohio University. One foreign country Columbia provides the sole non United States student on campus, with enrollment from regions including the Atlantic seaboard, the far West, the Northwest and the South.
The enrollment list shows students from West Virginia to New Mexico and Ohio counties Brown Ful ton Geauga Portage and Warren absent from the student body. County tallies place Athens 224 Cuyahoga 168 Mahoning 104 Meigs 78 Washington 64 Hocking 50 Fairfield 49 Perry 48 Scioto 48 Belmont 43 Stark 42 Tuscarawas 41 Muskingum 39 Morgan 48 Trumbull 38 Jackson 36 Vinton 34 Jefferson 32 Franklin 41 Lorain 27 Columbiana 24 Monroy 24 Ross 23 Licking 22 Ash tabula 29 Noble 19 Lake 19 Knox 18 Crawford 19 Dickaway
A dense list of Ohio counties with associated numbers appears, including Coshocton Richland Summit Huron Guernsey Erie Lucas Gallia Wayne Lawrence Marton Pike Allen Butler Delaware Hamilton Greene Harrison Medina Shelby Union Fayette Adams Hancock Logan Madison Van Wert Ashland Auglaise Carroll Champaign Clark Clermont Clinton Drake Defiance Hardin Henry Holmes Paulding Preble Putnam Morrow Seneca Miami Madison Mercer Ottawa Wyandot Wood Williams.
Alabama rivers overflowed their banks as constant rains swelled the Alabama Goosa and Tallapoosa rivers. Towns warned residents of rising flood risk amid fears of damage similar to last spring’s Elba flood.
A longtime user praises Clabber Girl Baking Powder for biscuits cakes cookies and corn bread noting its light flaky pie crust short cakes and superior flavor. The testimonial credits the product with reliable texture and firmness in finished baked goods.
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