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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1928
Page
5
New York October 2 Mae West author of The Pleasure Man 66 cast members and musicians are out on bond after being charged with presenting an obscene play. Police guarded the Biltmore Theater as the third act prompted many patrons to walk out and some urged action to District Attorney Joab Banton.
Miss Lillian Sweeney daughter of Mrs. Sylvia Sweeney and Clarence Tucker a Nelsonville trucker were married Saturday at the Church of Christ parsonage with Rev. F E Roberts officiating. Witnesses were Miss Doris Love and Richard Dew. The bride, Glouster High School graduate and basketball team member, will reside in Nelsonville for now.
In Glouster on October 2, Calvary Baptist Church will host a church meeting at 7 30 PM. All congregation members are asked to attend as business of importance will be discussed.
Athens County commissioners take over the Glouster to Murray City road and designate it a county road. The route will be graded and gravelled this fall, creating a year round link about a 20 minute drive. Gravel will also be added from Musselwhite residence to Derthick company store for winter motor access and Greens Run road near Modoc crossing will receive gravel paving. Townships trustees Koons Henshaw and Clerk Williams attended. Trustee Leech was absent.
Katharine Kee wed Edwin A. Jones of Jackson Ohio at Trinity Episcopal Church Haverhill Mass officiated by Father Malcolm Smith. Attended by sister Granville Evans and brother-in-law. Reception at Country Club. They plan home in Jackson after October 15. Jones is Yale 1923 graduate and Globe Tron Furnace executive.
Regular monthly meeting of the Esther Class of the Christian Church was held at 46 Morris Avenue with 40 members. President Mrs Laughlin led the business session and urged attendance at the October 14 Sunday School Rally Day. Various officers and members were noted for roles and activities.
An obscure preparation touts to cure malaria and rapidly ease headaches and other ailments from temporary constipation. It is promoted as removing toxins and inducing frequent watery evacuations and is highly regarded by its sellers.
The Lambda Chi Alpha first dance of the season was held at the fraternity house on 16 South Congress Street. About eighty members and guests attended with out of town visitors listed and Ohio State graduate students noted in attendance.
Swanton October 2 Two Fulton County farmers were killed when their automobile was demolished by a Toledo bound Toledo and Indiana interurban rear end.
Glouster October report states Holter, principal of Glouster schools, rushed to Minersville after his mother died of pneumonia following influenza. He returned home Sunday night then learned of the death hours after arriving. Attorney George W. Rose attends Ohio Kiwanis convention in Cleveland as Glouster Kiwanis delegate.
Delmar Lenigar 20 and Edith Roberts 18 both of Glouster received licenses yesterday in Athens County Probate Court with Reverend Christman to perform the ceremony. The case of Bert Wolfe vs Middle State Coal Co was settled at defendant's cost and the record dispensed with. Fred C Cabeen's deputy sheriff appointment was confirmed by the Athens County Common Pleas Court with the record and oath filed.
A September 80 gathering at the Johnson home in Athens celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Johnson’s 50 years of marriage. Relatives and neighbors shared a lawn picnic meal and offered gifts and well wishes, with many attendees named.
The German airship Count Zeppelin started at 7 a.m. on a trial flight toward regions lying north of Germany. This marks the third test voyage as preparations continue for a possible flight to the United States.
Lorain grand jury questions 40 witnesses in a probe of county vice dens and general crime amid ongoing review of the shooting of Betty Heywood, 22, by three city officers. Heywood has improved and returned home after the head wound from a raid incident.
Fines of 1 dollar were imposed on Arch Knowlton R W Lamborn and W Webster for overtime parking on Court Street by Traffic Officer James Lewis. Albert Love of Athens pleaded guilty to intoxication in Mayor Alex Moore's court and was fined 15 dollars plus costs and jailed if unable to pay. The arrest was made by Lewis.
Mrs May Squires, 54, collapsed and died while dancing with her husband Charles at the Lakewood Masonic Temple. Physicians blamed heart disease for the fatal event.
An advertisement touts Thoxine as quicker relief for sore throat and cough than gargles and salves. It claims internal action, safety for the family, and a money back guarantee. Sold by Chinese Drug Store and others at 60 cents to one dollar.
F H Seeley Co expert from Chicago and Philadelphia will be at the Berry Hotel in Athens Friday October 5, 9 am to 5 pm and daily thereafter. He touts the Spermatic Shield as a non surgical rupture remedy with rapid 10 day results and nationwide patrons. CAUTION against unsuitable elastic trusses due to risk of strangulation.
Twenty five persons pleaded guilty to liquor charges when arraigned before Federal Judge Benson W. Hough. Sentences deferred until Saturday. Named defendants include Vincent Nigrosky Kres Larkin Glenn Brows Raymond Moose from Steubenville and William Woltz Rome and Jesse Bader Murray City, others from Columbus.
Mrs. Hester Dickson and her grandson John Worley hosted a group at their Pleasanton area home. Guests included the Beery family with children, Homer Mason and children, Ray Chapman and children, Fred Mason, and Levi Mason with their children from McArthur.
John Merz, 75, a gardener from Circleville, died in Columbus hospital from injuries suffered September 15 when struck by an automobile. He sustained a broken leg several broken ribs and a broken collated bone.
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