Summer News From Athens Ohio University Happenings
A condensed Athens Messenger summary highlights summer events for Ohio University students and Hocking Valley residents. It notes marriages, awards, accidents, campus changes, and local developments from June through September including student achievements, faculty moves, paving, a fire on East State Street, and plans for a swimming pool and playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Hock- M
Valley
Athens
William Moler
Legion of Honor
Moser
Sigma Pi Fraternity
L M. Foster
Thomas E. Garvin
Indianapolis
Edward Jackson
Indiana
A. L. Meyers
Rotary Club
Messenger
Joe $Chwendeman
Sereno Shaffer
Morrison Hull
H. G. Good
Ohio State
East State Street
Fheta Chi
Gardens
Soarry Foster
Frank Murphey
Maude Mathews
Franz Woodworth
Warr Copeland
T. R. Biddle
George Hopkins
Carl Stickney
Charles Brown
Mrs. A. 'S
Lawhead
Barrett Young
Channing Pollock
the Fool
Hocking Valley
Hocking
George Stewart
Crooksville
Paul Cotton
Gordon Phillips
Here
J. R. Morton
Thee Izaak Walton League
North Hill
Myers Cooper
Athens Court House
Athens County
Helen Mansfeld
Ohio State University
Wiliam Moler
Lancaster
T. L. Morgan
Europe
Robert Goodwin
Little Newsboy
University Hospital of
Tetanus
Blanche Goodwin
Hazel Fletcher
Bullamo Cetewayo
Africa
Eaton University
England
McGuffey
William H. McGuffey
University
Company L
National Guards
Camp Perry
Therale Sheffer
Bert Barnes
Wheeler Dew
E. B. Bryan
Lancaster Street
Herbert
Gerald Finney
Llewelyn Evans
Herbert Pinney
Logan Woman With Six Sons Noted For Railroad Life
Mrs. Christpher Mock of Fountain Street featured in C and O Howing Valley Employes magazine. Her six sons, all with Hocking Valley, include Charles an engineer in Logan yards Earl a retired educator now in Akron, and Harry Louis both machinists. She supported a forty five year railway marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogan
Christopher Mock
Fountain Street
Howing Valley
Christopher Mack
Hocking Valley Railway
WH. Warren
Warren
Carroll
Kingston
Fanny
Logan
Mock
Hocking Valley
Gore
Hocking
William
Roundhouse
Earl
Columbus
Adrian
Michigan
Akron
Charles
Logan Yarids
Edward
Harry
Louis
Michigan baby wins title as most robust child
Master Leon ard Edwin Johnson Jr., 13 months, crowned the state’s “common sense baby” for perfect health. His mother says he’s breast fed, on a hospital schedule, never cries at night and has avoided sweets and illness. His father, a plumber, celebrates with pride and forgets his tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Edwin Johnson, Jr
Michigan
Atlantic City
Leonid Edwin
Eos
Hocking County Juvenile Court Pioneers Soaring Role
Article traces early Hocking County juvenile court history from 1902 law to Judge Ellinger era. It highlights judges F. D. Martin Joan C. Stoughton C. T. Stephenson E. O. Pettit A. M. Ellinger and community helpers. It notes reform emphasis over punishment and describes probation system with family council style oversight. It also cites Edwin and a strict daily routine as example of juvenile welfare efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Hocing County
F. D. Martin
Joan C. Stoughton
C. T. Stephenson
Common Pleas
E. O. Pet
Ohio governor Donahey’s kitchen party tradition
The Ohio governor Vic Donahey, renowned for cooking, hosts summer kitchen gatherings for statehouse correspondents and families at his camp. Turtle soup is noted as the centerpiece of these dinners with only the governor allowed in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Donahey
Statehouse
Vic Donahey
Sun Spots Forecast Storms Like Florida Hurricane
Scientists link sun spots to 11 year cycles that drive magnetic storms. Observatories in California Chile and Africa gather data to forecast cooler weather and magnesia storms hitting Earth, aiding early warnings for storms such as Florida’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Charles G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Caliifornia
Chile
Africa
Abbot
Ita Pamare
Old Norton house on Court Street to be sold by sheriff
The Norton property between Union and Washington streets, valued at 51 267, will go to sheriff sale on October 30 on the courthouse steps. The building, with store rooms, passed through the Norton and Higby heirs, with Miss Norton having died two years ago leaving the dwelling unoccupied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FTER
Court Street
Norton
Union
Washington Streets
Charles C. Higby
Richmondale
Court House
W. H. Petera
William Wall
Joseph H. Norton
Major Norton
Frances N. Price
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Alberta N. Prather
Wil- Hameville
Joseph A. Norton
Vigo
Abce
Early Athens county vessel The Enterprise forged in Rome township
A historic Athens county vessel named The Enterprise was built in Rome township near Federal Creek on the Hocking river and launched in spring 1812. Captain Caleb Barstow built it at Providence Island and shipped it to New Orleans, marking early Ohio river commerce and inspiring regional shipbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Rome Township
Federal Creek
Hocking
Walker
New Orleans
Caleb Barstow
Providence
Ithede Island
Enterprise
Ohio River
Marietta
Thomas N. Lovell
Massachusetts
Gulf of Havana
Baltimore
Lovell Neat
Ames Township
Haltimore
Mail Carriers in Early Ohio Face Tough Roads
The article recalls Ames Dickey and three riders delivering mail between Marietta and Chillicothe in the early 1800s amid floods and rough trails. Dickey, born 1788, rode 100 miles on horseback and served during the War of 1812, carrying government dispatches. It notes routes from Pittsburgh to Wheeling and the evolution of mail service, including a puncture resistant inner tube and self healing compounds described by the Standards Bureau. It also mentions later 1900s corn picking ladders in Athol Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Chillicothe
Ghio
Dickey
Vasaenen
Ames
Bureau
Atandarda
Northwest Territory
Ohio
Pittsburg
Ax.com
Ohio Company
Pittsburgh
Washington
Pennsylvania
Liberty
Virginia
Wheeling
Fort Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Bureau of Standards
Gallture
Polig
Maryavillo
Washington County
Athens
Athol
Mass
Zanesville
W. E. Blackmer
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Lorene Avenue
Rudolph Pedigo
Sigma Pi Fraersity
Mary Crook
Genia
Betty Jones
Leon Baxter
University School of Commerce
Uride
Chi Omega Charity
Baxter
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Ohioniversity
Homer Cherrington
Marta #rover
L. L. Cherrington
Cherrington
Vernice Taylor
Woodland Avenue
Parkersburg
Clarksirs
E. C. Mariner
Joe
Alored
Mariner
Sheltering Arms
Claude Westfall
Athens Country Club
Youngstown
Clarence Bolin
The
Green and White
Bolin
the Messenger
Ohio Uiversity
Our
Rhlhnie
Detroit
A. M. Ellinger
Clinton
Edwin
Ellinger
F. P. Martin
Cora Brown
Margaret Lutz
Red Cross
Elinger
Hocking County
Johnson
Nursa
Vic
Maie
Old Norton
Amesville
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