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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1929

Page

12

Tau Delta Delegates Return From National Convention

BE Ray Lash Dillon ConJift Kendall Query Norris Beasley and Marlette Covert returned Sunday from attending the national convention of Delta Tau Delta fraternity held last week in Indianapolis. John Sprague also represented the Ohio University chapter and visited Pittsburgh before heading home. The next national convention will be in 1931 in Seattle Washington.

Ray Lash Dillon ConJift Kendall Query Norris Beasley Marlette Covert Delta Tau Delta Fraternity Indianapolis John Sprague Ohio University Hittsburgh Seattle Washington

Danny, Only 4, Flies Alone in Glider

Four year old Panny Crawford of Cleveland makes a solo glider flight, signaling a bold start to a future of world flights. The report notes his early achievement and hometown.

Danny Panny Crawford Ais Credit Cleveland

Miss Terrell Weds Ft. Wayne Man in Columbus Ceremony

Miss Alice M. Terrell daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Terrell of near Logan and Earl G Playford of Ft Wayne were married at the Broad Lincoln in Columbus at 6 o clock Saturday evening Rev Frederick Ross officiated. The couple will reside in Ft Wayne where Playford works after a short wedding trip.

Ft. Wayne Playford Ohio State University Terrell Columbus

Petitions Pour In For November Elections In Logan

Frid ay midnight closes petition filings for the November elections in townships and municipalities. More than one hundred candidates are active in races with trustee and school board posts drawing the most filings. Three candidates, J M Lanner Starr Township Carl C Poling Marion Township and Irvin Kohler Laurelville, filed for the county board of education.

Logan County Election Board County Board of Education J. M. Lanner Starr Township Carl C. Poling Marion Township Irvin Kohler Laurelville Lanner Poling Kohler

Green Lantern Confectionery Changes Hands in Logan

Emma Lanning of East Hunter Street becomes owner of the Green Lantern Confectionery after a Saturday closing. Former owner Minna Green retires. Mrs. Lanning will run the shop with her son Frank Lanning, previously proprietor of a Knights of Pythias Building confectionery. Purchase price not disclosed.

Lanning Green Lantern Logan Emma Lanning East Hunter Street Minna Green

Engagement announcement for Margaret Lytle and Raymond Divney

Columbus papers publish the engagement of Miss Margaret Catherine Lytle daughter of Mr and Mrs William J Lytle of Columbus to Mr Raymond A Divney also of Columbus. Divney attended Ohio State University and works with Morgan Engineering Company of Alliance. The Lytle family formerly lived on North Street in Logan.

Logan Columbus Margaret Catherine Lytle William J. Lytle City Raymond A. Divney Divney Ohio State University Morgan Engineering Company Alliance Lytle North Street

Kleinschmidt Family Reunion Set on Union Furnace Road

Logan residents note the Kleinschmidt family will hold its third annual reunion next Sunday along Union Furnace Road. Mrs. J N McHarg serves as secretary of the family association.

Logan Kleinschmidt Union Furnace Road J. N. McHarg Family Association

Baby Is Second in Second Series in Italy

Signora Mussolini gave birth to a daughter named Anna Maria at the Mussolini family residence in Carpeta Italy. The premier’s fifth child, described by Mussolini as the second infant of the second series, follows Bruno now 11 and Romano born in September 1927.

Carpena Italy U.P Signora Mussolini Mussolini Anna Maria Bruno Romano

Woman Sends Letter Telling of Robbers

Logan officials probe a letter from Alma Soelsheim of Coburg Germany claiming robbers have entered her 78 acre South Perry farm house despite heavy locks. She left for Germany in 1926 and says neighbors once protected her. she plans to stay abroad until she feels safe.

Logan Phi Henderson Alma Soelsheim Coburg Germany South Perry Soeltheim

Schools Open In This City Logan

Logan opens for the new term with an updated registration system for grades nine to twelve and new faculty including Fred Burchfield as principal Miss Margaret Smith and John Longley. Rural schools in Hocking County begin early while some wait until next week according to Supt J W Coleman.

Logan Fred Burchfield Margaret Smith John Longley Hocking County J. W.coleman Coleman

Marriage license issued for Carl Nestor and Clarice Root

A marriage license was issued Saturday in Probate Court to Carl Kenneth Nestor 21 of Creveland Saborer and Clarice Elizabeth Root 18 of Coolville at home.

Carl Kenneth Nestor Creveland, Saborer Clarice Elizabeth Root Coolville

Edison’s Condition Not Serious Despite Pneumonia Atack

Thomas A. Edison 83 lies in bed at Llewellyn Park West Orange with a slight pneumonia attack but doctors say his condition is not serious. He caught a severe cold at work on August 10 in a draft, which developed into his current illness.

West Orange N. J Thomas A. Edison Llewellyn Park Edison

Hazel Deane Hosts Millfield Party Guests

Miss Hazel Deane of Millfield entertained at her parents home on Friday night. Games were played with guests including Phillip Border Madison Border Christine Mingus Pauline Tracy Mary Mae Dunkle Marietta Chadwell Ruth Mae Howard Hazel Willis Doris Cole Isabel Merle Brown Clara Misner Katherine Dorothy Gillespie Loreine Deane Dennis McDaniel Paul Tycen Dana Simpkins Ernest Howard Ralph Deane William Smith William Sykes Pearl Misner Vergie Charles Willis Lewis Tracy Oris Chadwell John Rankin Paul Dortie Andrew Willis.

Chauncey Hazel Deane Millfield John Deane Phillip Border Madison Border Christine Mingus Pauline Tracy Mary Mae Dunkle Marietta Chadwell Ruth Mae Howard Hazel Willis Doris Cole Isabel Merle Brown Clara Misner Katherine Dorothy Gillespie Loreine Deane Dennis McDaniel Paul Tycen Dana Simpkins Ernest Howard Ralph Deane William Smith William Sykes Pearl Misner Vergie Charles Willis Lewis Tracy Oris Chadwell John Rankin Paul Dortie Andrew Willis

Funeral held for LeGrand Mills in Logan

Funeral services were held at South Bloomingville for LeGrand Byington Mills 84 who died Friday evening at the home of his son in Washington Township Burial took place in South Bloomingville He had been ill for months and his daughter is reported serious Also two sisters and a brother survive The Rev H J Geddes officiated Also noted Esther Johnson 18 submitted to appendectomy at Cherrington Hospital Blue Creek Hocking County her condition listed as serious

Mr. Mills South Bloomingville Logan LeGrand Byington Mills William Anthony Washington Township Mills J. C. Mettler Logan Stacey Hoy Near South Bloomingville H. J. Geddes Esther Johnson Clifford Johnson Blue Creek Hocking County Cherrington Hospital

Logan area visits and scout game reported

Mr and Mrs Theodore Newman and family of Columbus visited relatives in New Straitsville then Logan to see his parents Mr and Mrs Willard Newman and Mr and Mrs Byron Moorehead and son Richard arrived in Logan from Olean New York to visit friends Roy Martin of Webb Summit returned home Monday after weeks in Cherrington Hospital recovering from a fractured leg Mrs Maude Denison of Columbus stayed in Logan with Mrs Jane Addock her mother Mr and Mrs C L Abell and Phil McCarthy visited the Boys Industrial School to see Logan play the officers team Logan and Chillicothe residents were in town for relatives visits Logan Boy Scouts and Nelsonville Boy Scouts to play a game Tuesday at the Athletic Field Rev James R Fields left for Columbus to attend the Methodist Episcopal conference.

Theodore Newman Columbus New Straitsville Logan Willard Newman Byron Moorehead Richard Olean N. Y Roy Martin Webb Summit Cherrington Hospital Maude Denison Jane Adcock C. L. Abell Phil McCarthy Boys' Industrial School Joe Phillips Chillicothe Logan Boy Scouts Nelsonville James R. Fields The Methodist Episcopal Church

Ohio to appoint woman fire marshal assistant

Governor Cooper named Mrs. Adah Dodd Prince of Dayton as an assistant state fire marshal. She will take office Tuesday for a statewide fire prevention assignment, mainly engaging with school children.

Columbus U.P Ohio Cooper Adah Dodd Prince Dayton

Former Residents Held Up at Speech Orchards

Professor and Mrs. J. N. Hizey former Ohio University faculty members were robbed at the storehouse in the speech orchards near Pickerington Friday evening. Two men searched Hizey and fled after finding no valuables, according to reports received.

J. N. Hizey Ohio University Pickerington

Auto Plate Sales Reported for August in Athens County

Sale of automobile license tags in Athens County during August yielded 467.80, per records in the office of David Johnson, deputy registrar of motor vehicles. The amount includes 82 passenger cars 360, 29 trucks 294, one passenger commercial 6.20, and three trailers 7.50. Eighty-three transfers were recorded for a total 179.20.

Athens County David Johnson

Amesville 4-H Winners Win Poultry Contest at State Fair

Heston and another Amesville Athens County youth won first place in the poultry contest at the Ohio State Fair 4-H demonstration contests. The pair earned free admission strips to the Chicago Livestock Show in November as their prize.

Heston Amesville Athens County

Ohio reports diphtheria prevention success since 1922

Columbus report from the state health department notes no diphtheria deaths or serious outcomes among over a half million immunized since 1922. The message stresses the immunization program as protection for Ohio children.

Columbus Ehild Ohio State Department of Health

Moler Assumes County Treasurer Post

W. E. Moler became county treasurer at the Court House on Tuesday, succeeding K. R. Johnson who resigned four months ago for a university position. Moler named Mrs. Maret Maird as deputy treasurer and kept Esther Wilson as office clerk.

W. E. Moler Court House K. KR. Johnson Ohio University

Leiter Golf Puzzle Answer Revealed

Answer to today's Leiter Golf puzzle is MAIL MARL MARE MIRE WIKRE. The sequence presents a wordplay solution with related letter transformations noted in the clue.

Mail Marl Mare Mire

Nurses Favor New French Pace Powder MELLO-GLO

Mello-Glo Pace Powder praised by nurses for purity and skin safety. It supposedly stays on longer keeps shine away and does not dry the skin, according to the D ZENNER COMPANY advertisement.

D. Zenner Company

Judge Bell Endorsed for Ohio Public Welfare Body

Cincinnati September 3 Judge Samuel W Bell presiding judge of municipal court was endorsed today for the vacancy on the state welfare commission by the Welfare Association of the Sightless of Ohio The three day convention here closed and the endorsement will be sent to Governor Myers Y Cooper

Cincinnati U.P Samuel W. Bell State Commission Welfare Association of the Sightless of Ohio Myers Y. Cooper

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