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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1927
Page
5
People travel and visit kin across Ohio and beyond as society items note multiple trips to Columbus for the state fair. Families and guests gather at homes in Little Hocking Centerville Clarksville Jackson Logan and Zanesville with plans for travels to New York Europe and Columbus.
A list of visitors and transfers from Athens includes Joseph Hunter, Ruth and Edith Pollard, and Wilda Hunter. Others travel to Canton Barberton and Columbus. Lucille Hunter joins Salvation Army assignment in Canton. Miss Van Dyke begins teaching in Barberton. Dr. Lena Hatfield and Mrs. Horn attend a funeral in Athens. Dasa Long returns from Columbus to see her mother hospitalized after a hip fracture.
Five of today’s quiz items ask about melodies from a past generation. Answers are printed on the last page. The questions cover lines from classic songs, historical events, and notable figures, including requests about war era songs and presidential assassinations.
Mrs Anna McLean travels with Mr and Mrs Walter Steffen and two sons from Zanesville for Ben McLean's funeral in Springfield Illinois. Mrs Steffen and the children return home today. Mrs McLean will remain in Athens for a week staying with Dr and Mrs J S Basom at 72 West State Street.
A state truck and a roadster collided at Ellis avenue and Drake street in Chauncey. The truck, carrying Homer Shields Jr and his father, overturned. the roadster driver Gabriel Trencilli was uninjured apart from a sprained wrist for Pencilli and a hand laceration for Shields.
A Wallace family homecoming and picnic was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Weed in New Plymouth Ohio on Sunday. Attendees included various Wallace relatives from Hocking The Plains Athens Barberton Lima Pomeroy and nearby communities along with extended family members Ruth Frances Spray and baby Ruth Frances Spray among others.
The primary and junior classes from Nazarene Holiness Church Sunday school at The Plains held their annual picnic in Porter's Grove Chauncey on September 2. Thirty two children attended with dinner, ice cream, and cake in the afternoon. Teachers were Mrs Walter Wharton and Mrs Carrie Channell.
Mr and Mrs John Karr announce the birth of a daughter at St Ann s hospital Columbus yesterday morning. The child weighs seven and a half pounds and is named Constance. She is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Sands of this city and Mrs Margaret Karr of Pomeroy.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Knowlton of Albany spent last Sunday with Mr and Mrs H G Nichols. Mrs Okey Benedum is visiting relatives.
Mr and Mrs George Gabriel Jr of the Lower Plains and Mr and Mrs Floyd Barker of Athens spent two weeks visiting relatives in West Union, W V. They spent Sunday in Parkersburg visiting Clell Thorne, who accompanied them on their return visit.
Twenty two members attended the Christian Endeavor social at the First Christian church Wednesday evening held at Miss Jeanette Palmer's home. The event concluded with games contests music and a refreshment course after the social hour.
Chauncey residents and guests travel to Columbus for state fair events and educational matters. Lillie Boling and grandson Dale Warner visit Elmer Nida’s family. Guy Osborne promotes Chauncey-Dover high school automotive course. Mrs. Frank Sands visits daughter Mrs. John Karr.
A fragmentary note recalls Linn Ogg Jr of Portsmouth attending a homecoming style event with Mr and Mrs Charles Ogg and other former pupils of the city.
Mrs Guy Stewart of Pittsburgh visits Mr and Mrs Robert Graves to bring home her son Jimmie after a summer at the Graves residence. Mrs R E McClain and daughters Dorothy Jane Nelsonville and Bob McClain Stonington were guests of Mrs Lucy Surgeon and Mrs Floyd Linscott yesterday.
Charles Lawyer has logged 500000 miles over 19 years driving a car whose tires collectively covered 2000000 miles. Each tire is credited with 500000 miles based on the total distance driven.
A new tire-assembling machine is described as suitable for daily production. The device promises improved efficiency and reduced labor compared with manual methods, enabling faster tire assembly throughput for factories.
A machine runs 19 hours with one man and six girls operating it. The skilled workers achieve 30 to 40 tires per day.
The imperial household has not endorsed using cars as the official royal transport and Japanese aristocrats continue to rely on horses and carriages for travel.
The City Council of Boston authorized 432000 dollars for snow removal with six percent allocated for automotive equipment to be delivered this fall.
Receipts from motor vehicle license fees in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have surpassed 606 thousand dollars and already exceed last year’s total of 800 thousand dollars, signaling a strong revenue year. The record indicates sustained fee collection across the province and neighboring region.
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