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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1928
Page
3
The Tenth District Convention of the Relief Corps is set for Thursday October 18 in Elks Hall. Delegates and members are notified to attend the gathering and participate in the program of exercises and speeches.
About 106 attend the semi annual reunion and banquet of the Hocking Valley Past Chancellors Association at Union Furnace with dinner by the Pythian Sisters. The district convention of the Woman's Relief Corps opens October 18 at Elks Hall Nelsonville with about 100 delegates expected and programs by district and department officers.
Speakers at Farmers Day in Nelsonville included Rev. C P Pridgen of Pilgrim Holiness Church who told of his Arkansas youth and education at 21. The event featured state and national agricultural leaders, a Grange parade, and a evening address by Renick W Dunlap on national political issues.
Funeral services for Jack Rutherford were held Sunday afternoon as part of a broader discussion on tariffs and cattle import figures. The remarks supported Herbert Hoover for general manager, citing his engineering background and readiness to run a major organization amid plans like Boulder Dam and flood control. Farmers' Day in Nelsonville drew a large turnout, noted as one of the community’s largest gatherings.
A second meeting of the Buchtel Parents and Teachers group met in the Buchtel School Building on Friday evening. Principal Fred O. Linscott presided. Monthly meetings were set for the first Wednesday, with 43 members in attendance and the eighth grade winning the banner for the most parents present.
A sheep treating demonstration was given at the A Wilson farm one mile west of the Carthage Church on Thursday morning. Treatments using wine sulphate and bluestone were shown on 40 ewes 52 yearlings and 39 lambs. County extension agent T H Johnson said about 90 percent of Athens County sheep trouble stems from stomach worms and the method is simple and inexpensive. One sheep can be treated each minute, Johnson noted.
Augusta E. Stetson long prominent as principal of the New York City Christian Science Institute died at a Rochester hotel. The famed teacher, unrecognized by the Mother Church in Boston since 1909, had been in town since August after a Canada trip with her nephew Major H. W. Stimpson of Rochester. Friends denied illness rumors.
New York Oct 13 an agreement between the Association of Western Union Employees and the company sets annual wage increases of about 2 000 900 dollars for eligible staff.
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