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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1923
Page
14
Edenville townsfolk react to football fever as Lancaster Independents face Bennet Creameries in a Sunday game. Players are largely unfamiliar to fans but will showcase skills in a spirited contest in Haydenville.
The city undertakes street repairs on Hunter Street from Market to Spring. Workers remove brick sections to lay a new base after uneven ground caused rough conditions. The project aims to smooth the street and raise the quality of the surface.
A former Logan resident will speak at the Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday evening. Rev. Earnest Spoehr of New Lexington is listed as a guest speaker at the local event.
The speaker, son of the city’s former minister, will deliver a message to the club deemed worthwhile. Several New Lexington Club members are set to join his party.
Amos Dowler employed by the National Fireproofing Co. at Haydenville suffered a severe foot injury Monday when his foot was caught between two mine cars. A local physician treated him and the final outcome remains undetermined after several days.
City Health nurse Mrs. Groome increased her workload as schools reopened. She weighed and measured 1,193 children, assisted in eight operations, made 59 visits, and logged 21 hours on duty during the past month.
Workmen dragging an excavation for the foundation of an addition to the Wharton property on West Main Street. The lot was recently purchased by L. C. Yocum and vacated earlier this week by Mr. Wharton. The addition will have four rooms.
Mr. Yocum has moved into a new purchase and plans to relocate his entire undertaking establishment to the 25 by 59 foot site to gain more room for his furniture business at the current location.
Dr. R H Zemer inaugurates a complete x ray laboratory with the latest equipment in his new Haydenville office offering modern diagnostic imaging services.
Harry Alberts of Gore plans to open a restaurant in this city leasing the former National Woolen Mills room on Main Street. The room is being remodeled to fit a modern dining room and the clothing company goods are stored for now. A store is planned to reopen in Logan.
A Sunday dinner at Chris Mason's home in Starr celebrated his 66th birthday with a large gathering. Attendees included Mason relatives and family friends from Starr Logan Nelsonville Mineral Bremen New Wrymouth Friendly West Virginia, spanning multiple households and generations.
Word comes from Lancaster that Miss Helen Pond daughter of Mr and Mrs Myron Pond has taken a position with the Episcopalian board of missions and will sail to Tokio Oct 14 from Vancouver. She will serve a four year term as a dietitian at St Luke's Hospital in Tokio and is granddaughter of Mrs Wo W McCray and niece of Mrs Charles Lytte of Logan.
Due to cancellation, Chauncey High faced no Friday game until a contract arrangement brings East High of Columbus to town. Capital City eleven and Logan High are set for a fast paced clash to challenge their fast opponents.
After three days of deliberation the Hockines COURTY grand jury finished its term on Wednesday afternoon. The panel heard 73 witnesses and examined 25 cases, returning 15 true bills and ignoring 10 cases. Ephriam Lane served as foreman.
McArthur William Trainer and daughter Mrs Steve Brine of Hamden were business visitors. Miss Garnet Smith returned home from Marion after a week with relatives. Dr A W Paffenbarger visited Columbus. Thomas Felton’s ankle injury from a scaffold was later ruled a bruise. PD A Martindill and D R Martindill with John Peoples brought in a large herd from Meigs county. Mrs I Cox and family visited Jackson. A farewell reception noted.
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