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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 27, 1928

Page

5

Church Services in The Plains Planned This Week

Chauncey Nov 27 services stated for Wednesday at 7 PM in The Latter Day Saints Church The Plains conducted by Rev Charles Foster of Columbus Prayer services Thursday at 9 AM followed by Thanksgiving sermon at 10 AM by Rev Vickrey of Lancaster Evening service at 7 PM with pictures to be shown Public welcome to all services.

Chauncey The Plains Charles Foster Columbus Vickrey Lancaster

Chauncey P T A Plans Home Talent Play

Chauncey High School auditorium was filled for the Chauncey P T A meeting. Members planned a home talent play, conducted dues, and a post session program featured grade school students with songs dialogues and playlets for Thanksgiving. Miss Louise Dew read an account of the first Thanksgiving.

Chauncey Parent-Teacher Association King Louise Dew

Society and Personal Mention Highlights Athens Activities

Night program by Woman's Music Club of Athens featured Schubert works and chamber pieces with Miss Joy Cutler directing. Greek wedding reception for Rosa Maniskas and George Varlos held in Athens with guests from several states. club meetings and visits to Columbus and Zanesville noted.

Franz Schubert Woman's Music Club of Athens Music Hall Gounod Oleg Speaks Music Club Chorus Harry G. Stalder Margaret Merwin Alice Holmen W. RK. Phillips William A. Ruston Rosa Maniskas Flora Manishkas West Union Street George Varlos Columbus Green Church George Manisgas Woodard Avenue Wheeling W. Va Parkersburg

Marriage License Issued in Athens County Probate Court

A license was issued to Walter Tucker and Lucile Sickels in Athens for marriage with Mayor Alex M. Moore to officiate. Probate proceeding granted for admittance to the will of E A Weekly with citation to Ida L. Weekly. A guardian appointment for two minor children was filed by Drusilla Christman.

Athens County Walter Tucker Athens Lucile Sickels Alex M. Moore E. A Ida L W. J. Driscoll Gert Raymond, Jr Drusilla Mace Drusilla Christman

Move to Toledo as Chauncey couple leaves town

Mr and Mrs Charles Syx and family depart Chauncey for Toledo this week to set up a new home. Their sons Lester Syx and Dr Bernard Syx are in Toledo and a daughter Mrs Mildred Thimmel works there. They sold some household goods here.

George Whipple Wellston A. B. C. Leach Mr. Leach Columbus Chauncey Charles Syx Toledo Lester Syx Bernard Syx Mildred Thimmel

Miss Marjorie Thomas visits Chauncey home

Nov 27 report notes Miss Marjorie Thomas a nursing student at Grant Hospital Columbus spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Rice Thomas at Circle Hill Chauncey. Pleasant View Temple Pythian Sisters hold regular meeting with degree staff practice this evening all staff urged to attend. Mr and Mrs A M Linscott and Mr and Mrs Coral Wooley Hooper Ridge were guests at The Plains home of Floyd Linscott. Ralph Porter moves back to The Plains from Chesterhill after several months away.

Chauncey Marjorie Thomas Grant Hospital Columbus Rice Thomas Circle Hill Pleasant View Temple Pythian Sisters A. M. Linscott Coral Wooley Hooper Ridge Plains Floyd Linscott Ralph Porter Chesterhill

Columbus to Visit Relatives This Week

Columbus residents plan to spend today and Wednesday visiting relatives and return Wednesday evening. Mr. J. L. Bickering left this morning for Youngstown to visit Thanksgiving with his son Kenneth Pickering and family for a week.

Columbus J. L. Bickering Youngstown Kenneth Pickering

Guardianship Bonds and Probate Actions Reported

Guardianship orphans bond of 10500 issued and estates processed as executors named. George Burley appointed as executor in Hannah Bradley will with 6000 bond. Will area probate admission for George Adamson eyed with December 5 hearing. George Allen pleads guilty in probate court and receives 100 fine plus costs. Ordered to pay 15 weekly for minor children and 60 days jail until fines cleared. Non support of wife affidavit also cited.

Hannah Bradley George Burley George Adamson George Allen Athens County Allen

Ezra Meeker Near Death in Northwest

Seattle reports Ezra Meeker a 97 year old Northwest trail blazer slipping into unconsciousness at the Frye Hotel. A bulletin said he likely would not live 24 hours, after recent hospital confinement in Detroit and a long decline in strength.

Seattle Wash Ezra Meeker Northwest Oxteam Frye Hotel Meeker Ford Detroit

Oregon pioneer Meeker remembered after long life

Meeker, born December 29 1830 in Butler County Ohio, migrated to Oregon in 1852. He revisited the route in 1910 and, three years ago, traveled by airplane over the path, recalling a long frontier life.

Meeker Butler County Oregon

Labor Federation Back Immigration Reform Demands

The American Federation of Labor urged stricter U S immigration laws in New Orleans with calls for stronger entry safeguards against bootlegging and improved detention and deportation of aliens. It cited an estimated one million illegal entrants and complained equity courts abridge citizens rights.

New Orleans United States Equity

Courts Misused and Call for Legislation Urged

A statement warns that powers of courts are being misused and emphasizes the need for legislation on the subject to curb abuses and clarify authority.

Ohio Secretary Proposes Election Inspector Position

Columbus November 27. Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown proposes creation of an election inspector and advisor in the state budget. The new role would specialize in investigating election complaints with a $3000 yearly salary. Brown cites probes after the November election and says the department lacks staff for investigations.

Columbus U.R Clarence J. Grown Brenneman Brown

Escaped Inmate Dies After Chillicothe Escape

Lewis F. Parker 30, a World War veteran from Toledo, died in Wilmington after escaping from the Federal Hospital at Chillicothe last Saturday. He succumbed to burns from rolling down a railroad embankment into burning cross-ties as a Baltimore and Ohio train neared. Train crew rescued him and rushed him to the hospital.

Wilmington U.P Lewis F. Parker Toledo Federal Chillicothe Parker Baltimore and Ohio

Mrs Hattie Day Dies at 54 in Cananville Home

Mrs. Hattie Day 54 daughter of George and Martha Cone of Strouds Run died Monday evening at her sister Mrs Theodore Rhypma’s home in Cananville where she had lived three months after moving from Wheeling West Virginia. Burial will be in West Union Street Cemetery after funeral arrangements are finalized. Surviving sisters are Mrs Minnie Rose Wheeling West Virginia and Mrs George Kassel Wilmington Minnesota.

Hattie Day George and Martha Cone Strouds Run Theodore Rhypma Cananville Road Wheeling W. Va Dowler’s Undertaking West Union Street Minnie Rose George Kassel Wilmont Minn

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