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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1927
Page
12
In Logan on Monday night the Woodworkers upset 1,005 pins in their first game and Collison of the Pythians hit 267 in the final contest. The Woodworkers won two of three games as the Knights of Pythias faced a strong showing during the bowling match.
Logan Nov 16 John Patterson superintendent of Athens schools spoke to the Logan Rotary club on Rotary Education. Roll call counted 43 countries with Rotary chapters and noted Germany as the latest addition to the list.
Sheriff W R Lloyds office reports numerous brawls in Hocking county on Sunday. Seven Columbus residents were arrested in one incident. Arthur Nungesser was beaten at Clayton Hustons home in Pike Run Western Hocking. Evans brothers from Sand Run fought but disappeared. Murray City saw James Hugh and Porter Shuttleworth brothers in a game side quarrel.
Judge Harley M Whitcraft grants Ad die Paxton a divorce from Charles Paxton on adultery grounds in a lengthy opinion that also addresses property division. The court values Paxton real estate at 1202 acres in Laurel and Benton townships plus other assets totaling about 24000 dollars and fixes a 2250 dollar alimony.
A reader returns with one solution to the LET TER GOLF puzzle published on page five, providing a complete approach and final arrangement for the brainteaser.
Notice describes a 10 KW, 275 V direct current motor generator set rated 2300 V AC, in A-1 condition, suitable for small mine use. It states the unit is complete and ready for immediate installation and invites inspection at the posting location.
Logan reports 572 hunting licenses issued in November in Hocking County. Clerk Alfred Campbell said 134 permits were issued on November 12 with deputy Helen Rochester and 234 issued on November 14. The year’s total in the county reaches 72.
Logan court records show Mrs. Edward Emerick changing her plea from not guilty to guilty before Judge Harley M. Whitcraft. She was fined 190 dollars plus costs for possessing intoxicating liquor.
Mrs. Wiley Thurness hosted the FE Z bridge club on Monday afternoon at East Main Street. Substitute players included Mrs. Charles Lutz Mrs. Harry Ambrose Mrs. Edward Kemper Mrs. Byron Wolfe and Miss Emma Becker.
Mr and Mrs George Smith entertained a group of friends at the Smith cottage on North Walnut street Sunday Their guests included Mr and Mrs C N Deishley and daughter Mary of Columbus Mr and Mrs William Delong and Mr and Mrs Lewis Michel and family of Logan
Miss Mary McCray hosted the Junta club Saturday at North Market street. Noel Forest's Ways of Escape was discussed with a review by Miss Ella Rochester. Roll call noted the topic. A 6 o'clock dinner preceded the program. Guests included Mrs. H. L. Geddes of Logan and Mrs. George Cunningham of Lancaster.
Mrs D Notestone served as hostess to a small gathering for the Dum Dora Bridge Club on Monday evening. Three tables of players were present with substitutes including Mrs W G Bowen Mrs Walter Becker Mrs Theodore Lytle Mrs C F Rauch Mrs Samuel Primmer and Mrs Judson Shriner.
In Logan on Saturday 43 Junior Red Cross members from local schools, led by Blanche Stone Joyce Fields Wilhelmina Brooker and Elma Gail Mooney, distributed Red Cross literature to every home. The effort was prompt careful and spirited reflecting strong leadership and dedication.
The document lists individuals responding for service headed by a group of names including Donald Steward Audrey Trimmer Margaret Lecrone William Horn Pauline Robey Francis Robey Ruth Kitchen Dorothy Mattox Helen Erwin Violet Erwin Violet Erwin Forest Heft Freda Redick Letha Trimmer Betty Kessler Hester Lee White Ruth Angle Dean Collison Ruth May Imles Ermagarde Bliss Dorothy Franks Helen Pleuckharp Glendon Bright Nelle Schwenke Iola Courter John Westbrooke Mary Brooker Betty Brooks Elizabeth Brooker Esther Shaw Josephine Tom Fearne Schultz Ruth Frazee and Claude Ralph.
Regional gathering in Zanesville brings 200 committee chairs officers and delegates from ten Southeastern Ohio counties. Miss Sybil Burton urges voter education through government understanding and local league laboratories for better economics and efficiency. Grace Peters leads talks on membership and finance while Mrs. G W Hixon directs a model league board meeting.
Dr. A B Sias of Ohio University education college told the Athens Rotary Club that education is the world’s greatest business. He defended school expenditures as necessary for greater social efficiency, better salaries, longer terms, and better facilities, urging education to become a state function. He defended youth and blamed elders for many pitfalls.
Rockbridge and nearby residents traveled to Whettel county W Va for the service of Mrs. Marion Gorby. Attendees included Calvin Gorby and wife and son Croeoksville Virgil Gorby Logan L Gorby Grattes Gorby Athens Alfred Gorby Carl Oniel Gorby Rockbridge Miss Austria Gorby Lancaster T H McHenry and daughter Athens.
Richard C. Newman of Little Hocking pleaded guilty to stealing gasoline from W. E. McGee & Son road contractors. He received a $10 fine, costs, and a suspended 34 day jail sentence in Squire O'Neill's court. The offense occurred October 22 when caught by deputy sheriffs on a road job below Little.
Hoching reports that the pair began to run and Newman was hit by buckshot from a deputy's shotgun. He was transported to a Parkersburg hospital for treatment and remained under a doctor's care for several hours.
Fire swept the nuns quarters at Mt Mercy academy in Grand Rapids early today endangering 90 children. All nuns reportedly escaped uninjured and led the children to safety from adjoining dormitories.
An old advertisement touts Schenck's Mandrake Pills as a cure for skin problems by cleansing intestinal poisons. It claims the pills are vegetable and asks readers to buy a box for 25 cents at any druggist or by mail.
Merritt Hill a 14 year old San dusky high school freshman was found hanging from a stairway in his father Dr Lyle Hills home. Coroner says overstudy blamed for the death. Also reported gun wounds from hunting accidents in Summit county residents hospitalized.
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