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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1928
Page
5
Society notes list Bush Biddle dinner reservations due by October 22 and numerous local social visits. Athens residents host and travel to Columbus, Canton, Niles and Clearfield for family events, church functions, birthdays, and club meetings including the N T T Sewing Club officers and Girl Scout leaders training.
The Salvation Army announces a weekend of services led by Captain Benton with guest divisional organizer from Cincinnati. Events include open air and indoor services Friday and Saturday evenings, a holiness meeting Sunday at 10, and a full schedule at the Salvation Army Hall in the City Building including open air sessions at Athens State Hospital and a Sunday school and youth meeting.
Dr. Hugo Eckener and Graf Zeppelin companions arrived in Washington from Philadelphia and planned breakfast at the White House. They were greeted by Assistant Secretary Davidson, Assistant Secretary Warner, and Major Frank Kennedy of the U S Air Corps who flew with Eckener across the Atlantic in the ZR 3.
On a tan bark track in Madison Square Garden, professional marathon racing is reintroduced to the American public after a twenty year lapse. The event, held Sunday night, marks a revival of long distance professional competition in the United States.
Secretary of Interior West orders an inquiry into the validity of all oil contracts made by former Interior Secretary Harold L. I. Fall. The move aims to scrutinize potential irregularities in dealings tied to oil agreements during his tenure.
The PTA at Central School began its drive for new members with room charts listing parents by grade and star codes for attendance. Mothers lead the recruitment in each room, with a third grade victory in attendance and plans for parental education groups backed by Ohio State University literature.
In Hamden on Oct 19 Mrs C L Sunnafrank drove a car near the D T I shops at Jackson and avoided serious injury by steering with the train backing up. Passengers Mrs Flo Smiley, Mrs Nan Garey, and Ruth Ester Sunnafrank were injured but not seriously. Dr W R Riddell treated them before they returned home.
Chicago expert Rupture specialist E. J. Meinhardi will be in Parkersburg West Virginia at the Chancellor Hotel on October 24 and 25 from 10 a m to 6 p m daily to demonstrate The Meinhardi Rupture Shield. No understraps sanitary durable and usable while bathing. Only gentlemen invited for the visit. no letters or mail fittings. Inspection offered free.
Brakeman Austin Romine, 84, was thrown from a freight car in the Athens yards when brakes locked. He suffered a broken left leg and three broken ribs and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. He rests comfortably after the morning incident between Wellston and Parkersburg.
Indiana Anti-Saloon League secretary Rev. E. B. Shumaker began a 60 day sentence for contempt of court at Putnamville State Farm amid a family and ministerial procession. He allegedly caused publications criticizing court rulings on prohibition enforcement. Shumaker was pardoned by the governor on arrival.
A Ford coupe driven by Earl Bailey of Columbus left Sugar Creek Road last night and plunged down a 15 foot embankment. Fenders were bent and a door and window broken. Bailey and passenger Miss Louise Ickis of Adena, an Ohio University student, were not injured.
Porter Murphy and Paul Barker of Athens announce plans to buy the Circleville New Lexington bus route owned and operated by the Ohio Transit Company in Columbus.
In Columbus on October 19 Je J Woods of New London Conn known as a Human Fly clung by one hand for minutes while blindfolded before regaining grip and reaching the fourth floor at the Neil House before giving up the ascent. Police had previously refused him permission to climb the A L A tower.
Strasburg Dayton an aged truck driver was killed when his truck plunged an embankment. His home was at Beach City.
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