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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1928
Page
3
Ohio briefs report officers and trustees of the Harding Memorial Association re elected at the annual meeting in Marion. In Steubenville, brothers Andy Tuhi and Adam Tuhi were held in connection with a stabbing at a christening at Ignatius Zack's home, injuring N Komneski.
Former world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and his fiancée Miss Mary Josephine Lauder arrived in Rome from Naples. They completed wedding arrangements but thwarted outsiders seeking the time and place.
Nurses from the County Health office in Athens County conducted 415 inspections in September. Of these, 223 were found deficient in throat, eye, skin, or posture. New patients totaled 211 with 466 visits. 21 children received skin or conjunctivitis treatment.
Nelsonville Oct 2 Mrs Sarah Ruth Spencer 66 wife of Calvin Spencer died at her Murray City home Monday evening A well known resident she belonged to United Brethren Church and Pythian Sisters Funeral services will be at the Methodist Church Murray City Thursday at 2 pm leaving the house at 130 pm She is survived by her husband a son a daughter and eight brothers Ira Swingle Nelsonville is named as a brother.
Er and Mrs Don R McGill of Columbus spent the end of the week with friends here. Miss Irene McDowell social service worker at Deanville returned after vacation in Kansas City Missouri. Mrs Nelle Johnson and daughter Pauline and Mrs Bernice Johnson and son Junior were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs James Patton at Zanesville. Mrs E B Beard returned home after two weeks with daughters Mrs Ben Smith of Lancaster and Mrs May Heckert of Columbus. Frank O Mara and daughter Beryl motored to Columbus Monday with Mrs O Mara who has been taking treatment at White Cross Hospital. Mr and Mrs Austin Ball of Columbus Miss Julia Casey and Miss Elizabeth Casey and Mrs Drake and daughter Florence of Zanesville were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Ball. Miss Kathryn Patterson is spending the week in Akron visiting relatives.
The Notary Boys Work Committee including Harold Mechem Donald Shafer and Lloyd Evans will join Boy Scout troop leaders at the YMCA after the Rotary meeting to plan the winter program. A meeting at the Test is set for 7 o clock tonight.
Ray Baird, an Akron Goodrich Rubber Company inspector and Nelsonville native, has enrolled in Akron University night classes beginning with the September 24 semester start. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Wilmer Baird of Nelsonville.
The ladies of St Patrick's Church Buchtel will host a euchre party in the parish hall at Buchtel on Wednesday evening October 8 at 8 o'clock. Friends of the parish are welcome.
Mrs James Knight Mrs Herman Ruble and Miss Dorothy Vor kes hosted the Circle of Ruth at the Presbyterian Church parlors Monday evening. Dinner preceded a program with Miss Irene Mc Dowell leading devotionals. Mrs E B Acomb spoke on India Mrs Mable Haffner on Alaska and Miss Freda Smith on the year book of prayer.
Nelsonville city council adopted a new salary and wage schedule reducing pay for six engineers and firemen at the municipal electric light and water works by about 13 percent. The chief engineer loses about $30 monthly to $189, two stationary engineers drop to $165, and three firemen to $155 monthly. The total cut is about $175 per month.
State supervisor George M. Morris warns that a negative vote on the November bond issue could end Amesville's first grade high school. He notes chartered status and state aid depend on local desire, with four teachers and 73 students, crowded rooms, and poor facilities as conditions prompting the warning. Transportation has been provided for distant students, but the state says the school cannot continue under current conditions.
The article notes the high school fails to meet first grade standards with only two good rooms and one divided room for three elementary teachers and pupils in a brick building. It warns that without proper housing, the state may revoke the high school charter.
Emmett Keenan announces creation of a Ladies' Democratic Club branch for Athens County at the Al Smith-For President gathering. A large turnout of women voters attended, with county reports discussed and a speaker expected next week to address the group.
About 10 000 Ohio State University students start class work today in Columbus. Roughly 3 000 are freshmen, who have been in the city since last Wednesday for Freshman Week to learn university rules and locate buildings. Freshman Week concludes tonight.
Nelsonville October report shows Room No 2 third and fourth graders achieving 100 percent attendance for September. Names listed include Bertha Hoskins Lillian Coon Florence Hutchinson Lucille Six Audrey Cable Helen Shackett Mary Jean Nixon Mary Ellen Covert Arretta Warren Phyllis Thompson James Warren George Hunley Charles Thompson Ernest Nixon Earl Carpenter William Thomas Andrew Loudner Bobby Blair and Charles Powell.
The Nelsonville Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular October meeting on Friday at noon at the YMCA. Speakers connected with Farmers Day and Old Home Week will attend as guests, and the Pocahontas lodge will drape their charter in memory of Mrs. Fanny Herrold at the Wednesday evening meeting.
Nelsonville, Oct. 2 Mr and Mrs Robert Kinney announce the birth of a son at their home this morning He has been named Charles Robert and is the couple’s first child.
A joint meeting of the executive board and the Democratic Central Committee of Athens County is called for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Democratic Headquarters over Bethel's Store on Court Street opposite the Athens County Court House. Plans for the county campaign will be discussed, announced D. A. Bardin, secretary.
Edward F. Schlee and William Brock abandoned a sustained flight after a leaky gasoline line forced them to land at Rockwell Field. They logged 59 hours 30 minutes, setting a new American record and surpassing Halde man and Stinson, while the world mark remained held by Risticz and Zimmerman at 65 hours 25 minutes.
Mrs. Mattie Misner former Kimberly resident died Saturday at her daughter’s home in Dorr Run. Funeral services were held Monday at her Chauncey home burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery. Her husband Orren Misner was killed in an auto accident a year ago. She is survived by a daughter Mrs Keifer. Relatives from Chauncey attended.
Mrs George Fluhart of Main Street Chauncey is seriously ill at home with neuritis and has been confined for about eleven weeks in a reported case from the Chauncey area.
Charles E Headley from Columbus spent Sunday with his family in Chauncey. Mildred Russell was at her parents home on Lexington Avenue. William Locke shows slight improvement after a serious illness. Mr and Mrs Peter Keasey and family and Mrs Ella Bumgardner of Columbus were guests of Mrs Mary Keasey.
Wellsburg reports Rev. A Blosser of the Free Methodist Church of Follawsbee as the first casualty under the new speech law. In Cleveland, retail mil prices will stay unchanged for now despite an increase by the Ohio Farmers Cooperative Milk Association. seven distributors agree.
Floyd Wilkes, 16, is jailed in Perry County pending outcome of injuries to his father Clayton Wilkes, 45, of Rendville. The youth allegedly struck his father with a club, fracturing his skull after a money dispute. John Carr, 54, who was released from Ohio Penitentiary in 1927, escaped from London prison farm Sunday night. Ohio State game tickets sold out for Michigan and Princeton matchups at Ohio Stadium.
Kiwanis Club will meet delegates arriving by train for the P T A convention tomorrow. About 100 to 150 cars will be provided for courtesy transport. Volunteers will greet motorists at the city limits and escort them to convention headquarters. West Wing rooms will display delegate interests. Final plans rest with the entertainment committee.
Rev and Mrs Maxwell Hall and their son and Miss Margaret Sisson were in a car that went over a 406-foot embankment a mile below Beverly Sunday evening. They were returning from the Waterford Township Sunday school conference and sustained only bruises and cuts.
Rev. O. L. Monkamyg of Cincinnati will lead services at the Church of Christ in New Marshfield on Wednesday Thursday and Friday evenings with Friday's service serving as his farewell sermon.
Football stars find drop kicking tough but letter golf players should handle it. A par seven puzzle offers a solution likely on the last page today.
The article explains letter golf rules: change one letter at a time to transform one word into another within a fixed number of strokes. Each intermediate must be a complete common word, without changing letter order. A sample solution appears on the last page.
Miss Mattie Manhorter, 62, was brought to Sheltering Arms Hospital from New England after sustaining a fracture when she tripped on a rope and fell Saturday afternoon at her home.
Ramsay MacDonald, former prime minister, led a Labor Party resolution in Birmingham urging disarmament. It called for a general disarmament act, abandoning the Anglo French naval pact, and the withdrawal of foreign troops from the Rhine. The party will press for publication of the naval agreement and all notes in a White Paper when Parliament meets in November.
In Riga on October 2, two German students from the Latvian University died after a pistol duel in a forest near the campus. The mayhem followed a dispute described as a duel of honor. Local authorities investigated the incident.
Governor Smith leaves Rochester for Albany and rest before western campaign. Hoover works on Elizabethton speech and delays New York address due to registration. William White praises Smith while calling himself a free lance Republican. Senator Curtis heads to Chicago to plan role in GOP drive as Robinson accuses leaders of trifling with farm relief.
Ye Old Time club of Millfield met at the Pattons country home for an autumn themed evening of dancing. Hostesses assisted by several members served refreshments. The next gathering will be at the Lafolletts home with many members and guests in attendance.
Eben Gillespie was elected as delegate from the Millfield association to attend the state meeting in Athens. Mrs. William Hartley, president, was chosen but ill and unable to attend.
G W McGrath and family from Malta visited the Triplett and Crabtree homes in Millfield Sunday. Marion Crabtree and family hosted Emanuel Crabtree in Millfield. Herman Theisen of Troy spent Sunday in Millfield. J R Wade is ill at home in Millfield, and his mother in law Mrs Jamek Sayers is also ill at the Wade home.
Pleasant View Temple of Pythian Sisters in this city hosts a social hour after installation ceremonies this evening. The Blue division, winners in the recent membership contest, will entertain Red division members with a unique program and a surprise supper planned by the arrangements committee.
Mrs. L. L. Howard and sister Mrs. J. R. Wade returned to Chauncey from Cleveland where they attended the Grand Temple Pythian Sisters Lodge convention. They traveled as delegates from Pleasant View Temple No. 135, Chauncey.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Millfield Church of Christ will hold an all day meeting at the church on Wednesday. Activities include quilting a business session and a pot luck dinner. All women of the society and church are urged to attend. Mrs. Celia Boudinot is president.
Chauncey area on October 2 reports Mary Chauncey hunters taking advantage of the opening of the squirrel season with a morning trip to local woods and successful bagging of squirrels.
Orchardists and home producers attend a demonstration at the Southeast ern Test Farm in Carpenter. T H Johnson county farm extension agent leads Athens County farmers through apple growing problems and discusses spraying and dusting experiments and their significance.
An old newspaper ad-style note promises quick relief from indigestion acidity and heartburn after meals. It touts Pape's Diapepsin as a magic neutralizer, enabling normal eating without fear of pain or discomfort.
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