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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1927

Page

5

Social notices span visits and pledges across Athens area

Dr. Monroe Higgins arrives from Baltimore to visit Salisbury relatives at 3 Park Place. Teachers’ institute in Decatur, Ohio for Dr. Matheny. Mrs. Burgett visits Athens. Needle club picnic at Dr. Gard’s North Hill home. Numerous local families host guests from Ironton to Ravenswood and Buckeye regions. Pi Kappa Sigma pledges listed with a Colonial dinner. Elizabeth Horn improving in New York hospital. Initiations at Alpha Xi Delta for Betty Hill and Barbara Kantzer. Weekend guests include McKays visiting from Schenectady and friends from Delaware. Henry Zenner plans a ten day motor trip through Virginia and the Carolinas, with earlier Northwest trip. Multiple Sunday visits cited among Athens residents and surrounding towns.

Monroe Higgins Salisbury N. C J. Mag Iiggins Park Place

Automobile Club Plans Dinner Drive Launch Tonight

One hundred business and professional men from Athens county attend the Dutch Treat dinner at Hotel Berry. The Athens County Automobile Club will announce its annual membership drive starting tomorrow at 7 oclock under drive chair L B McCune. Dr C F Welsh will preside and Mayor Alex Moore will be toastmaster with Judge S M Johnson Will Coe W E Moler and others speaking. EF W Bush and L B McCune host the guests.

Athens County Berry Athens County Automobile Club L. B. McCune C. FE. Welsh Nelsonville Alex Moore M. Johnson Will Coe W. E. Moler EF. W. Bush

Letter Golf Back to France Convention in Paris

The MATES return to Paris for their annual convention with a par of three. If you cannot attend, the answer is printed on the last page today.

Paris

Mirities Pair Is The Rules

The article outlines rules for letter golf puzzles. Each move changes one letter while keeping order, forming valid common words at every step. The goal is to transform a starting word to a target word in a set number of strokes.

Patrols Form School Boy Guards At Crossings

The safety council of Athens County progresses under Captain H N Burgett secretary of the Athens County Automobile club. Eight boys from each county school will guard smaller youngsters at dangerous crossings near schools. They will be issued white Sam Brown belts and patrols will operate on homeward and school-leaving times. The auto club secretary will monthly visit to inspect and instruct the patrols.

H. N. Burgett Athens County Automobile Club Burgett Sam Brown Auto Club

Football player Carl Berry Dies After Injury

Fifty hours of effort by teammates to sustain life by artificial respiration failed. Carl Berry died from injuries suffered in a Saturday football game after suffering paralysis and being treated with a serum.

Palacios Tex U.R Carl Berry Berry

Mock Wedding Staged by Junior Class at High School

The junior class presented a mock wedding in an assembly with home room skits. Students wore costumes to seem authentic. Sara Bailey played the groom and June Kimball the bride.

Sara Bailey June Kimball

Burial planned for unidentified woman found on Lorain beach

Lorain residents learned the body of a woman found partly buried in sand last week will be buried today after authorities failed to identify her. No details on name or cause were released as the investigation continued.

Lorain

First Social Session For Athens Lodge Elks Tonight

The Athens Lodge of Elks holds its first fall and winter social after the lodge meeting at 7 30 this evening. Refreshments will be served and a large attendance is expected, announced Francis Lavelle exalted ruler.

Athens

Twelve Wounded In Birmingham Shootout Ends With Suspect’s Death

In Birmingham on October 11 a crazed Black man barricaded in a home wounded twelve people before police killed him by shooting from a neighboring roof. Earlier, he stabbed George Kirchoff and wounded Deputy Sheriff Williams as crowds gathered. Efforts with fire, machine guns, armored car, and tear gas failed to end the siege.

U.P Charles Pinkard George Kirchoff Kirchoff Pinkard Williams Winkard

Unusual Sunflower and Zinnia Grow in Mrs. Shaw Garden

Mrs. I. B. Shaw of New Marshfield reports a sunflower twelve feet tall with fifty two blossoms from a volunteer seed that sprouted last year and required no cultivation. Her garden also produced a zinnia four and a half inches in diameter.

Chaw New Marshfield

Snowville M. B F Church Homecoming Announces October 16

Homecoming at Snowville M B F church scheduled for Sunday October 16 features a program by Union Church of Downington and Snowville M E Church. Rev Selah Weatherby serves as pastor.

Snowville M

West Africa St Louis Senegal flight limpia first leg

Dieudonné Costes and Joseph Le Brix arrived in Saint Louis Senegal at 11 10 a m on the first stage of their flight toward South America as part of their West Africa to South America expedition.

West Africa St, Louis Senegal Dieudonné Costes Joseph le Brix South America

Miners’ Furnishings Sold to Pred Broad in Relief Sale

At a constable’s sale in Pittsburgh on October 11, Pred Broad a New Kensington real estate dealer and friend of miners bought the house furnishings of about 200 miners’ families from Republic Tron Steel to cover rental claims. He invested between 14000 and 18000 dollars and returned all goods to the miners promising repayment when they could.

Pittsburgh Constable Pred Broad New Kensington Republic Tron Steel Company

Court to press bank for safe deposit box contents

In Lansing Michigan a court order will be sought to compel disclosure of a safe deposit box at a local bank. The box is tied to George Remus the bootleg king who claimed his wife Imogene placed 1 800 900 in securities there. Remus had killed his wife in Cincinnati last Thursday. A Remus representative said he located the bank and would pursue access to the box immediately.

Lansing Mich U.P George Remus Remus Imogene Remus Cincinnati

Beating Death Sparks Detective Hold On Suspect

In Youngstown a 31 year old man is held after 11 month old Eddie Ballog died from injuries and the mother, 19 year old Ethel Ballog, is seriously hurt with a fractured skull. The father Andy Ballog 22 was released from city jail yesterday. The mother denies beating her child and says the suspect in custody struck them. The father was arrested after claiming he slept in another room and heard screams.

Youngstown Ure Eddie Ballog Ethel Ballog Andy Ballog

Revolution Declared Broken Eight Days After Start

Mexico City reports that the revolution is broken eight days after it began as government troops pursue rebel generals Gomez Almada Medina and Aguilar who fled with about 50 soldiers each. General Iscobar leads the pursuit after the decisive battle at Qahualulco and Cozautlan in Vera Cruz. The first engagement occurred Sunday afternoon at Ayahualulco, lasting six hours before the rebels were routed.

Mexico City Gomez Almada Medina Aguilar Iscobar Qahualulco Cozautlan Vera Cruz Ayahualulco

Child Bolton dies of diphtheria in chase home burial

Oct 11 Carl Robert Bolton three died Saturday night at home of parents Mr and Mrs Edward B Bolton from diphtheria. Private services were held at Haning Cemetery at 1 p.m. officiated by Rev Selah Weatherby. He leaves five brothers and four sisters all at home except Harry Bolton Smithers W Va Mrs Gene Stanley Mrs Martha Penning and James Bolton of Newark.

Chase Carl Robert Bolton Edward B Bolton Haning Selah Weatherby Harry Bolton Smithers W. Va Gene Stanley Martha Penning James Bolton Newark

Child Dies in Cemetery as Tombstone Falls

Roy Edward McCann aged 16 months was killed in Columbus on Sunday when a tombstone toppled onto him as he played near graves. He wandered from his parents visiting the cemetery and a stone fractured his skull after dirt shifted beneath it.

Columbus U.P Roy Edward McCann

Remus Wife Buried Secretly in Chicago

The body of Mrs. Imogene Holmes Remus was buried in Chicago with the utmost secrecy after she was shot and killed by her husband George Remus in Cincinnati on Thursday.

Chicago Imogene Holmes Remus George Remus Cincinnati

Easingwold district council lifts smoking ban at meetings

In Easingwold England the district council rescinded its rule forbidding smoking during council meetings. The move ends the prohibition and allows smoking within meeting chambers.

Easingwold Eng

Calonite Powder Promises Fresher Night Skin

End oily sallow skin with Calonite powder rubbed on a wet cloth each night. It aims to reduce shine and clean pores of dust and dirt while improving brightness. The product claims to refresh the skin and aid a good night’s rest.

Election of High School Class Officers

Senior class officers were elected with Roy Clanahan as president, Stanley Cooley as vice-president, and Ross Sama as secretary-treasurer. Junior class officers elected include Jack Swanson as president, Hollis Shaffer as vice-president, and Russel Hall as secretary-treasurer.

Roy Clanahan Stanley Cooley Ross Sama Jack Swanson Hollis Shaffer Russel Hall

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W. A. Matheny Decatur Doctor Matheny Athens Needle Club North Hill W. L. Gard Sue St. Ghalson Lydia Hartman Lida Thomas Ironton John Cross the Maples W. G. Westfall Mucille Ardeth Elmer Spencer Guy Kelley Leo Frost G.A. Westfall Athns Edward Romine Charles Brooks Middleport John Clark Downington A. M. Burchfield Stroud George Johnston Ashford Hatch Chillicothe C. A. Smith Frank Adair Massillon Charles Mitchell K. RR. Wolfe Coolville P. J. Walburn Stimson Avenue Mrs. Wolfe Pi Kappa Sigma Nevan Reed North Canton Virginia Paul Lewisburg Kathleen Thomas Portsmouth Beatrice Stephens Cambridge Mable Nutter Reefsboro The Colonial Josephine Evans Joy Cutler Frances Lewellen Omicoron Marshall College Huntington Danielson Elizabeth Horn New York CC. H. Horn Alpha Xi Delta Betty Hill New Lexington Barbara Kantzer Bucyrus Ruth Miller Kathrine Morrison Gallipolis Willard McKay Schenectady N. Y Red M. McKay Elmwood Place McKay Virgene Brill Delaware Tuttle Detroit Florida Henry Zenner Zenner Virginia Carolinas Washington, D. C Northwest Charles Breinig R. F. Marzluss H. P. Dowler Canaanville Road Akron Wade H. Dowler Mr. Dowler William Bush East State Street Frank Turnbull Charlotte Ravenswood Howard Bush Murray City Mollie Clark Syracuse Automobile Club France Antacid Chase Phillips Chemical Magnesia Phillips U. S Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company Charles H. Phillips Sromas, Inc Court House Birmingham Ala Friend Rens Carl Bolton Hallowe’en Baby Goods Slingluffs Collegienne Shop Lady Nicotine Mee Chas. C. Millikan Optometrist Masonic Building Kerr Hardware Go Ole Fuller Shoppe Shop For Children Ohio Taylor Amy Tima Cas Pop V. S. Pat NEA ABC Thrifti-Chyne Prints Saturn Evershyne, Yd Moonbeam Latino, Yd Summer’s Store
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