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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1924
Page
3
Mrs Henry Bardin of Adams street breaks a bone in her hand while lifting a heavy boiler of water at home Saturday. Her daughter Grace Bardin was taken with her parents to Grant hospital for a surgical operation.
Chairman Orley Rider announces a telegram from Director Charles Gaa stating he will meet local talent here Sunday afternoon November 30. Gaa, connected with the Harry Miller Co of Broadway, led last season's big success remembered fondly in the community.
Mrs James Bland hosted with Mrs Henry Rutter and Mrs Charles Pritts for a W B A Social Club meeting. Twenty one ladies attended the evening with needlework and social time. The hostesses served a lunch to guests.
Mrs. H N Johnson and daughter Miss Emma hosted a 12 o'clock dinner with guests Mrs Gene Inboden Mrs Clifford Kerr and son Clarence Mrs Cleve Hallett Mrs Henry Nutter and Mrs James Bland. Mr and Mrs R R Stalter and son Bob spent the weekend in Columbus while Mrs C H Roudebush Roudebush and Miss Bernice Backus drove to Columbus to escort home Mrs Miller Cincinnati grandmother to visit over Thanksgiving.
Mrs Julius Fischer entertained Hyperion club members Saturday afternoon. After roll call the group voted to donate $10 to the Y M C A Carry On campaign. Papers by Frank Jackson and Mrs CC Roudebush covered mural painting development and the role of woman sculptors in the United States.
Mrs M F Stratton and her daughter Miss Nelle left for their future home in Wilkinsburg Pa. The Strattons have long lived in the city. Mr and Mrs Don Davis and two children of Athens visited the Davises. Willis Hickman, a sophomore at Ann Arbor, spent the weekend with his parents. Maes L B Sparks of Basil visited Mrs Retta Howe. Mr and Mrs G A Hamm and son Paul of Lancaster were Sunday guests of the Strattons.
The Missionary society will hold the annual thank offering meeting with Mrs. Martin Ohlinger on Thursday at 7 o clock. A fine program is planned and all women of the church are invited. Mrs. Homer Showers of Toledo visits cousin Mrs. Edith Stiers. Willard Siminton and Miss Gladys Starkey visited Columbus and Naomi Starkey at White Cross hospital. Carl Starkey returns from a hunting trip near Jerseyville. POSSESS LIQUOR J J Sheskey of Buchtel and
William Ray and Sheskey appeared before Mayor Lax on Saturday night charged with possessing intoxicating liquor. Sheskey pleaded guilty and paid a $200 fine plus costs. Ray also pleaded guilty and was fined $150 plus costs.
James Graham and Gene Pierce were arraigned before Mayor Lax on a charge of disturbing a religious meeting on Poplar Street. Pleas of not guilty were entered and hearings will be held Thursday evening. The sect, said to have come from near Pomeroy, attracted attention in the Bend territory.
Mrs Lucy Davidson, 30, wife of Frank Davidson, died Sunday at the family home after tuberculosis. Survived by husband two small children and several siblings. Funeral services Tuesday at 10 at Carbondale church with burial at New Marshfield.
After three weeks of repairs the hotel dining room and restaurant reopen this evening offering a 5 o clock dinner. The room has been refurnished and decorated and will be conducted under the personal direction of Stanley Dew.
In Columbus Ohio on November 17 Judge I F O Levering of Mt Vernon testified before Referee Frederick N Sinks regarding objections to the report filed by former trustee Paul M Ashbaugh in the Knox case.
A Ford coupe driven by Walton Shelton and a Dodge touring car from New Lexington collided at Main and Converse streets Chauncey. Shelton of Murray City suffered facial and head lacerations requiring stitches. Dr Warren V Sprague treated him. Damaged cars included a wheel torn from the Ford and a fender from the Dodge.
N. W. Lees of Athens was arrested in Chauncey by Marshal George Nicholson for running a machine on the street and failing to move to the street intersection. He pled guilty before Mayor Charles W. Walker, who fined him five dollars plus costs, paid.
Two children of Mr and Mrs Alfred Whetlow of The Plains had procedures Sunday at Dr Warren V Sprague's Chauncey office to remove tonsils and adenoids. The girl aged six and the boy four were operated on by Dr Sprague with assistant Dr Lindley V Sprague.
This morning a child of Mr and Mrs Dyer Mitchell of Chauncey had a tonsil and adenoid operation. Dr Warren V Sprague performed the surgery with assistant Dr Jay Hoodlet of Chauncey.
In Detroit Dr. Lindley V. Sprague of Chauncey left Sunday for Detroit Michigan where he will spend a few days on business.
The Loyal Women s Bible class of the First Christian church will gather Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Neal Hessel s residence on Second Street Athens. Mrs Ira Myers leads the session and all members are urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Edward Minister and Janny hosted a Sunday gathering at their Ellis Avenue home. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Clinton Oxley and their four children Lawrence Harold Virginia and Evelyn of Athens.
At Tuesday’s regular meeting the Chauncey Pythian Sisters set a November birthday party for members with birthdays this month. A pot luck dinner will be served. The degree team and all officers are urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Peter Pendergrass and son George F Pendergrass spent Sunday in Athens as guests of Mr and Mrs Ray C Gardner and family.
Walter Boling has returned to Chauncey from Owasso Michigan and is at the home of his mother and sister Mrs Lillie Boling and Mrs Robert Varner.
Miss Vivian Young of Salem attended Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs William Collins on Main Street in Chauncey. Miss Wyona Gardner visited Sunday in Glouster with Miss Dorothy Nida. Walter Boling Mrs Lillie Boling and Mrs Robert Warner traveled to Logan to see Mrs Harve Emmons recently discharged from hospital after an operation.
Mrs Blanche Brown returns to Chatincey after visiting Pomeroy for several days as a guest of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs George Palmer from last Thursday to Sunday.
Chester Michaels of Chillicothe spent the weekend in Chauncey visiting his parents Mr and Mrs John Michaels on Mill Street.
Mr D H North hosted a Sunday dinner at Chauncey with guests including Mr and Mrs Otto Chapman Mrs Bennett and Ruth from Glouster Mrs Thomas Dickerson and Mr Rodney Young.
Fred Williams twenty four single Marion Ohio was instantly killed at seven this morning in an explosion of powder at the Kings powder mills branch factory in Chimaville Kentucky opposite this city The Torrey pine is restricted to the southern California coast.
An old advertisement promotes Gascarets as a bowel cleanser and liver stimulant. It asserts relief for constipation and dizziness, with lines like Feet fine and Cascar ets claim to clear bowels and stimulate liver function.
The Buckeye S showcases large membership and safe finance with deposits via mail money orders drafts and checks. Time certificates offer 6 percent annually with semiannual interest, and compounded certificates also available from the date of issue. It notes nearly 30 years in business handling over 342 million dollars without member loss and outlines a first mortgage loan policy under an able board of directors.
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