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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1928
Page
3
Nelsonville reports the Summers family from Florida disaster likely perished. Mrs Summers and their daughter June are missing while Mr Summers and son are presumed lost after flood waters swept their home and a neighbor survived.
Louis Seindenfeld travels from Murray City to San Antonio for the national American Legion convention. In Logan on Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gibson, Mrs. Fred Coakley, and Miss Elsie Coakley. Mrs. Tom Evans visited relatives in Columbus on Thursday. Athens hosts parent teacher convention with Mrs. Herbert Lancaster and Mrs. Carl Coakley in attendance. Mrs. Harry Jackson attends a Foreign Missionary Societies convention as Athens district delegate. Keplar family members spent Thursday in Columbus. Will Simonton’s sister-in-law guests include Mrs. Ben Davis of Montgomery West Virginia. Several district delegates, including Mrs. Huenefeld, attended the state Parent-Teacher Association convention in Athens. Mrs. C. A. Stover and Misses Beth and Lucille Verity were in Columbus on Thursday. Mrs. Charles Myers visited Athens Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hinman.
The Gleaners Class of the Methodist Sunday School met Wednesday evening with Miss Margaret Stuart on Jackson Street. Elected were Elmo Higgins president, Helen June vice president, Marie Warehime secretary, Imogene Brown treasurer. The meeting closed with refreshments and plan for program leaders Thelma Howard and Helen McKibben.
Lady Heath, Britain’s noted female aviator, climbed to 22 000 feet in a Moth Plane at Croydon marking a new British altitude record for light aircraft while flying solo.
In Nelsonville on October 4 the Hocking Sub-District reports 2278 miners at work while 3 mines Coonville Briar Hill York Clay are down. Opening of squirrel season Monday reduced labor but most miners returned, with some increases noted. Local social notes list regional visits and travel of residents to Atlanta Miami Havana Columbus Albany San Antonio and Little Rock along with a benefit euchre event at Parish Hall.
Seventeen women from Nelsonville Presbyterian Missionary Societies attended the district meeting at Union Furnace Tuesday. Speakers included Mrs. Lloyd Evans and Miss Irene McDowell. Mrs. J. M. Hyde serves as district chairman and Mrs. Loyd Evans as Presbyterian chairman.
Coroner L F Jones rules self defense in the shooting of Clint Hook age 49 owner of a pool room near Glouster by Marshal Henry Williams. Grand jury to hear October session testimony from Norman Jewell corroborating the marshal’s account. Williams released from custody after coroner telephoned in the verdict.
In Cambridge on October 4 two city employees C F Stilgenbauer and H M Fuller died from sewer gas in the ejector plant while a third, Walter Turner service director, was overcome but expected to recover.
Nelsonville Oct. 4 John Rife of Buchtel suffered a severe foot injury when a fall of slate at Manhattan Coal Co Mine No 36 trapped his right foot. Dr. C W Cable of Nelsonville attended, and it is believed the bones are broken.
In Athens, Charles E. Poston of Nelsonville was chosen by district party chairmen to fill the Democratic ballot for the U.S. Congress seat in the Tenth District after Lewis J. Eberle withdrew. The meeting, with about 20 attendees from six counties, discussed ballot printing and potential sticker use. Meanwhile Judge James S. S. Thomas of Portsmouth received backing for the Court of Appeals, filling the late E. D. Sayre’s unexpired term and running on a non-partisan ticket.
Senator Charles Curtis once a jockey will attend races at Lincoln Fields as a potential Vice Presidential candidate. He will be guest of Illinios Turf Association president Stuyvesant Peabody and ignore campaign duties for the day. He plans eight speeches in Northern Indiana en route to Gary for a Republican rally then a Northwest campaign stretch.
Mrs H J Long was elected president of the Junior-Senior High School PTA in Nelsonville at a Tuesday meeting in the high school auditorium. Other officers include L E Buell and Mrs B H Lancaster as vice presidents and Miss Helen Shaw as secretary. Delegates to the Athens state convention were Mrs Long and Mrs H E Zuber. The group planned monthly meetings and discussed forming a high school band.
Dover physician Dr. J. F. Douthitt was held to the Grand Jury on $1,000 bond charged with shooting 19 year old Mrs. Margaret Ickles with intent to kill. The shooting occurred after a quarrel over alleged auto tool theft by Mrs. Ickles’ husband, prompting a move order for two families living in the doctor’s garage.
Canal Winchester hosts its fifth annual fall festival opening with a Republican rally featuring Myers Y. Cooper for governor and John C. Speaks for Congress among invited speakers. A Democratic rally is planned for tomorrow as part of the festivities.
Columbus Oct 4 Be lief that the State Utilities Commission will sustain the Logan Gas Companys valuation on its physical properties and disallow its going concern value and most leasehold valuations was strengthened by reports engineers found the physical property value not excessive. Commission members had not reviewed the engineers report and no figures were released. Engineers refused to disclose but said it coincided with the companys submitted valuation. The Logan Gas Company denied any concession to cities to end the case open since 1925.
Governor Vic Donahey issued requisition papers to bring back Clarence Beard the Cleveland murderer who escaped from Lima State Hospital for the Insane and was captured in Salt Lake City Utah after his recent apprehension.
Radio stations coast to coast will link to a microphone at Yankee Stadium for the first World Series game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees. NBC will provide play by play from Graham McNamee, with CBS carrying J Andrew White describing the action.
Secretary of Agriculture William Jardine will speak at 9 p m over a NBC coast to coast network in the Republican National Committee series. Col Herbert H Lehman will follow at 9 30 p m over WABC and 30 CBS stations as Democrats showcase Lehman who chairs the DNC finance committee and is a candidate for New York lieutenant governor.
In Newcomerstown today one man died and four others were injured when two cars collided. George Evangelos a confectioner from Zanesville died en route to Coshocton hospital. His wife and Gus Morris were injured. Adam Hothern of Newcomerstown and his wife were in the opposite cars. Hothern turned toward a side road, Evangelos’ car hit his bumper then struck a porch.
The Republican National Committee disclosed to the House and Senate committee on campaign expenditures that September collections reached 1 074 870 70 dollars, bringing total receipts to 1 748 289 70 dollars.
Mrs Clifford Smith of Milwaukee Wisconsin died when the car she rode in overturned on a short curve on the National Pike near St Clatksville. Her eight year old daughter Edith was injured in the crash.
Workmen uncover a four foot diameter stone well about 25 feet deep beneath a towering elm on the Ohio University campus near the new Auditorium. No water found. the well likely dates to early educational buildings on the campus, with ties to the 1809 Academy building.
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