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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1923
Page
5
A Tuesday birthday supper for Mrs. H J Brown at 73 North Conarese Street featured friends and potluck dishes served at 6 pm. The day included literary notes, a Conservation League gathering, and several club activities with the Kindergarten Primary Club hosting a fall dinner at the Varsity Inn.
Tau Alpha of Chi Omega announces pledges including Francis Cooksey Theodora Lawhead Elizabeth Jones Helen Burson Athens Eleanor Wernert Toledo Ruth ONeil Middleport Mildred Linchcome Marietta Ellen Higinbotham Shtu uston W Va Dorothy Startzman Charleston W Va Elizabeth Trem an Marion Apets Norwalk Dinner for pledges held at Varsity Inn with 35 covers.
The board of commissioners authorizes experimental road repair on the Marshfield Athens pike. Engineer Sands will direct work between Margaret's Creek bridge and the Baker Settlement road, with scarifying dragging and rolling. If successful, the method may extend to White's mill to New Marshfield and pave next spring with cement curbing and stone fill.
J F Lyons allows field near the Episcopal church for school athletics above the high sea. Boys practice football for amusement as law bans high school football, while Coach Samson reviews raw material. P H S expected to field a fast basketball team and strong contenders in field events.
Kiwanis club members heard plans for uniting Athens city schools with Ohio University to close John Hancock Mish School. Agreement, already signed, becomes effective Sept 1 1922 with termination options June 1 in any year. Details place control with city superintendent and university officials. Next meeting will feature Judge Johnson on juvenile court work.
A seismograph at West Browich Observatory logged worth tremors this morning in London. Observers reported minor ground movement with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Local officials urged caution and await further readings.
Stunning silhouettes of cats witches and pumpkins vie with grotesque crepe papers and orange black festoons. Bright table covers napkins place cards and cut outs for ices ready for your table. Halloween masks party caps and masquerade costumes are advertised. The Bogie Book guide is 10 cents per copy.
Western Republicans support a Democratic move for tariff revision in the next Congress while farm bloc leaders say the Fordney McCumber tariff saved farmers from an agriculture panic. They argue some manufactured-item rates are too high and seek reductions while preserving raw material duties.
Announcement says Rev Dr B D P Evans, formerly of the First M E Athens church and later the Franklin Park M E Columbus pulpit, will move to Asbury Methodist church in Pittsburg near Carnegie Institute. His sons Ralph and Arthur will remain in Columbus as Ralph enters Ohio State University.
Dayton reports the Pei sing bomber expected at Wilbur Wright Field from St. Louis before night for reconditioning. It will prepare for a cross-country flight to the Atlantic seaboard planned to begin mid month. The Barling’s St. Louis display drew strong interest, rivaling the ZR-1.
One man was killed and two women and another man seriously injured when their car left a Knoxville road and plunged down a 15 foot embankment early today.
Dan Sliggins and James Irvin report about 100 dollars worth of blooded chickens stolen from their farm near White Hall school. Thieves entered at night without alarm, loaded birds into a machine and left a car on the road as tracks led away.
Two of four Athens national guard artillery pieces were moved from the fair grounds to the armory for indoor drills this winter. The unit, inspected by Mayor Irwin, prepares for a public wartime maneuvers circus with Athens Infantry and artillery teams to display skills indoors and outdoors.
Banks in Olite state will observe Columbus Day Friday October 12 closing for the holiday. Across the United States institutions mark the legal holiday with closures and nonessential services paused.
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