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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1929
Page
14
In Hadgenville, a large P T A crowd gathered at the high school for a Monday evening meeting. Pupils from grades three to five performed patriotic songs under the direction of Miss Loomis Saunders and Miss Johnson. A business session followed. the group agreed to provide milk for undernourished children and buy a toy orchestra for the primary department. Membership reportedly rose to 85.
Aaron Lanning aged 238 a Willoughby plumber and Iris dena Locke aged 16 a clerk are listed with parental names in a local record. Magistrate J. P. Miller officiated the ceremony.
Rev. Joel H. Webb of the Free Methodist Church warns Sunday night that many drift through life chasing worldly ideas and find no rest because they fail to search the Bible. He argues honesty and divine promises reveal themselves when scripture is read and urges sabbath observance and the pursuit of holiness.
R K Ricketts 69 a former county commissioner died at his home in New Lexington after a stroke of paralysis.
Logan November 20 Mingo Lodge No. 171 I P and A M held its annual election naming W. E. Brehm to succeed Lawrence Adcock as worshipful master. Installation followed with Rolland Bright and C Wood Bowen in charge. Other officers include Luther Timberlake Neal Shaw Lawrence Harden Charles Huffman Harry L Smith D M Soliday Lawrence Adcock Tyler and Rolland Bright trustee. Refreshments served to about 100 members after.
Logan November 20 plans are under way for a joint achievement meeting of the Sunshine Club and the Happy Valley Food Club at the Courthouse Auditorium Friday evening. The Sunshine Club led by Okley Hysell has 19 members. The Happy Valley Food Club, led by Mrs. Okley Hysell, has six members and completed its projects 100 percent for the year. Members will receive certificates and awards. similar honors will be given to the boys club.
Judge A M Ellinger and family joined Mr and Mrs A W Ruff and family in Marion Township on Sunday. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Henry Ellinger. Mrs Frank W Harden and Mrs Clinton Webb with her son Ned visited in Columbus Tuesday. Alfred Campbell, clerk of courts, reports about 1000 hunting licenses issued this year. Health commissioners from Ohio meet in Columbus this week. Walter North named master of Hocking Grange with John Rheinschield re-elected master of Ewing Grange.
Logan Black Cats led by Phil Henderson won three straight games against Glouster bowlers in Logan on Monday evening. Henderson averaged 910 pins for the trio of games.
Classified notices for The Messenger reference circulation contact LD Milne and provide phone Logan 272 for inquiries.
Logan, Nov 20. J. S. Oatley, an invalid for two years, was taken to Columbus hospital Monday evening for surgery. He has lived with his sister Mrs Blosser on East Street and his advanced age makes his condition serious. Judge A. M. Ellinger traveled to New Lexington Tuesday to confer with Probate Judge John D. Davis.
Charles Delos Waggoner of Telluride Colorado, a banker, was ordered to serve ten years in the Atlanta Penitentiary for mail fraud linked to manipulations that drained $500,000 from New York banks. He left New York for Atlanta and refused to aid the banks seeking restitution, citing his constitutional rights.
In New Lexington Judge J D Davis received a $110 check from Fred McIntyre of Sugar Creek for fines and costs on illegal liquor possession. The incident followed a crash on the New Lexington Crooksville road en route to a football game where a bottle was found in McIntyre’s car. The same day Rt Rev Paul Jones will visit Athens to administer confirmation at the Episcopal Church at 7 pm with a prior 4 pm talk in Fine Arts Auditorium on Forces That Make for War.
In Two Harbors Minnesota Beatrice Barton a 17 year old mute girl was killed by her father John Barton 54 who then killed himself. Beatrice and her father died in an automobile on a snow swept road. Beatrice had a crippled condition and the family widow spoke of relief and long suffering.
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Teresa McConnell 82 a Perry County pioneer will be held at St Rose s Church this morning She died Sunday from a heart attack within Perry County community reaches back to early settlement with her active church involvement
A brief list notes errors in a workshop: shingles misidentified as laths, no nail in the saw handle, hammer head misaligned on the bench, and a scrambled word TITION. corrections implied to tidy the scene.
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