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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1927
Page
2
Edward Morris died Sunday night at his home at Mill and Fifth streets after a year long illness from tuberculosis. He leaves a widow two children and parents and other relatives. The funeral will be in Marietta with the cortege leaving Middleport early today for burial there.
POMEROY Oct 25 Mrs Rice matron at the county jail was hostess yesterday morning to an even dozen bidden guests. Six regulars. Three Kerrs Run citizens John Shack Young Ed Ginther and John James central figures in an alleged rum running encounter with the sheriff and deputies the night before. James Hawley overcome with James in Charter Oak Hollow Sunday. Emmett Pickett brought in Saturday night to sober up over the Sabbath. Samuel Gibbs also there. John Medley joined the colony. He is charged with placing five children in the county orphans home in his wife’s absence. She sued for divorce and Medley turned over to Officers. grand jury will consider his case.
Mayor C J Hess warns newspapers to urge youths not to celebrate Hallowe en early and to avoid window markings and nuisances. He says a ban may be lifted on the night, but any pre celebration will incur legal penalties.
Sheridan Evans, longtime Pomeroy resident later living on Leading Creek, died yesterday morning from injuries suffered in an accident at Hobson Shops two years ago, later followed by a stroke. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Bradbury Church with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Pomeroy October 25 Thursday evening brings the Men’s Bible class at Simpson M FE into political topics. Speakers will cover the Marshall referendum, chiropractor initiated measure, with invites extended to ladies and the public. Rev Howard Pilchard of Athens will speak on the referendum. Dr Byron Bing and Dr Keog Naturapath argue the opposing stance.
The body of Mrs. Mame Maloney Chapman was brought from Columbus and taken to the Russell home for visitation. The funeral is this afternoon with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery. Chapman, who grew up in Hartford, was married to Carl Chapman who died years ago. She attended Roy High School, class of 1911, and leaves a brother Arthur Maloney of Detroit and other relatives including Mrs Ella Waddell of Middleport.
Oct 25 report lists two cars stolen near the end of the week in Pomeroy Bend. In a separate incident Miss Phillips had her Ford stolen from her parking area on the premises.
A woman in Broad Street Columbus reported her vehicle missing after attending a theater on Saturday afternoon. She has had no word on the car and was forced to return home by train.
Mrs Minnie Davis and Miss Sadie Phillips hosted a church tea with Simpson M E church members and friends totaling about 100. Proceeds benefit the church pipe organ fund. A children's party for James Martin aged four drew seventeen attendees with gifts and treats. The Loyal Berean class hosts a masked Halloween social tonight at Pearl Graves's home with games and music supervised by Rev Mc Corkle.
A detailed listing of residents and visitors in the region. Families from Columbus Parkersburg Marietta and Charleston hosted and traveled between Huntington Downing and Woodfield with multiple family gatherings and weekend visits. Notable names include Frye Sells Seipel McCormick Tracey Fisher Lallance McBride Grogan Williams Leifheit Brown Randolph Cheadle Ferguson Washington Moore Sauvage and others.
A resolution calling for the discharge of all teachers over 60 was defeated by the Association of Education, preserving older staff amid a debate on age-based dismissal.
Six people were hurt when a sedan parked on the Sugar Creek road was rear collided by a passing coupe. Mrs Waymer suffered lacerations and arm fractures while Mrs Durchfield and others received injuries. Dr Sprague treated the injured and reported some improvement.
A spokesman for the Anti-Saloon League will speak at the Methodist Episcopal church in Chauncey this evening on the Marshall bill. A large attendance is anticipated for the address and discussion.
Chauncey reports Luther Cruikshank employed in Columbus spent the end of the week away from home.
An old advertisement promotes Pape’s Cold Compound tablets as quick relief for colds and flu symptoms. It claims the product works even when a cold has reached the throat and lungs and can be bought at drugstores for thirty five cents.
The narrative describes a group that accompanied a man to Lancaster on Sunday including Mrs. Cruikshank and children Thomas Leslie and Ruth Holt Courtney Mr and Mrs Morrison Eisenaugle and son Wiley and DeWitt Walker who visited at the home of Harry Wolfe, a former local resident.
CHAUNCEY Oct. 25. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Andervisk of Sandy Ridge report having strawberry short cake for their dinner Sunday. The berries were large and well flavored, picked from their garden patch that yielded well this past summer.
Members of Mazon Council No 93 Daughters of Pocahontas and guests held a masquerade Halloween party Saturday at Miss Louise Guerra's Millfield home. Decorations luncheon and costumes reflected the season with prizes awarded to Mrs W A Hartley and Mrs F E Boudinot.
Mr and Mrs Charles Martin and family of Zanesville spent Sunday in Millfield at Mrs Martins parents home Mr and Mrs William Matson Arthur Welling Corning and James Welling Toledo spent Sunday in Millfield visiting Mrs Eliza Pidecock Miss Clara Welling who has been visiting in Millfield accompanied her brother to Toledo Mr and Mrs George Shaner Jr and two children of Millfield have gone to Columbus for an extended visit Mr and Mrs Elmer B Learned and grandchildren Julia and Elaine and Mr and Mrs Russell Learned all of Columbus spent Sunday in Millfield visiting Dr A G Learned and other relatives They also visited friends in Athens
In Nottingham England Simon Awl faced accusations of renting six single family houses to 36 families, prompting scrutiny of local housing practices and enforcement. The case outlines alleged occupancy patterns and potential regulatory concerns.
The piece explains Hallowe'en meaning Hallowed Evening and notes it was the day spirits of ancestors were believed to rise. It invites readers to advertise real old time pumpkin pies to Messenger reading families for parties.
The merger would transfer all Ohio gas properties of the Ohio Public Service Co to Columbia Gas & Electric and its subsidiaries, including plants in Toledo Sandusky Mansfield Warren Sebring Alliance and Elyria. The Ohio Public Service Co assets would be subject to Public Utilities Commission approval before finalizing, with an estimated price reportedly between ten and twenty million dollars.
Reports to coast guard headquarters say Atlantic storms crippled rum runners and cleared the eastern seaboard of liquor vessels. Air patrols saw no black ships near Old Rum Row. planes spotted hundreds of cases adrift and fired on them, sending alcohol to the sea.
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