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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1929
Page
5
Chauncey residents hosted a stream of visitors this week. Mr and Mrs Clarence Blackford spent Sunday in Columbus with relatives. The trip included Mrs T J Blackford and family and others from Chauncey and nearby towns.
A special Shade Consolidated School District meeting is set for 8 PM Saturday at the High School. The board will explain a bond issue to be voted in November to raise funds for adding to the High School building. The directors say a larger building is needed and the plans will be outlined.
Athens will gain enhanced long distance service as Ohio Bell builds the first underground float cable between Columbus and Circleville. The project costs about 600000 dollars and covers 42 miles of cable with extensive wire, ensuring capacity for 15 or more years. Branches extend to Canal Winchester and Groveport, with a spur toward Groveport.
Automobile drivers are warned that a coat of tar is being spread on Tuppers Plains road State Route 7 and on Ameesville Road and on National Route 60 east from the end of the concrete road in Sue war Creek by H N Burgett secretary of the Automobile Club. The roads are not impassable and can be driven over without tar splashing machines if drivers observe a slow rate of speed.
Relatives gathered in Millfield for the funeral of Glenn Earich three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Earich. Attendees included family members from Chauncey Cleveland Columbus New England and Crooksville among others. Several guests from Chauncey and Newport joined relatives for Labor Day visits with Preston and Mary Stanley noted among attendees.
Chauncey opened the season Tuesday with 17 teachers serving more than 500 students in the high and grade schools. The Plains, Sept. 5. Harry Wallace accompanied his wife and daughters to their Chauncey home after visiting Mrs Pitz and family. Mrs Denzil Gabriel underwent a tonsil operation in Dr Nelson’s office on the Lower Plains this week.
Mr and Mrs Herman Huamyph rey of The Plains spend a few days in Columbus with the late rs parents Mr and Mrs Frank O Neill Mrs Robert Bagley Nelsonville guest of Mrs Robert Graves James Terrel Jr Tillie Gladys Boring Lansing Mich visit Mr and Mrs James Terrel Sr and Mr and Mrs Harley Worthg Mr and Mrs George Reynolds Carbon Hill entertained over Labor Day at the lat ters mother Mrs Mary Evans Mr and Mrs Guy Stewart and son Jimmie Pittsburgh have been in The Plains visiting Mr and Mrs Robert Graves Mrs Pat Moore and daughter Evelyn have returned to Akron after a three weeks visit here with Mrs Moore s mother and sister Mrs Lucy Singeon and Mrs Fred Linacott
Society notes report Judge Thomas's son Andrew Thomas, a Dayton attorney, will wed Miss Hilda Williams of Cleveland at The Ramparts in Gloucester Mass. The couple includes Harvard Law School graduate Mr. Thomas and Miss Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Williams of Cleveland.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church will elect officers at the church Friday at 2 30 P M. Mrs H Carpenter leads devotions, Miss Mary Ward presents the program, and Mrs L W Kelley’s group serves as hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos H England of Chauncey announce the birth of a son, David Frederic, to Rev and Mrs Edward Darita in Singapore. The Rev Dabritz formerly served at Chauncey Methodist Church before going to the foreign field as a missionary. He also oversees the missionary school supervision there.
Guests in the Millfield area include Mr and Mrs John Blake and Amber from Yoledo and Ralph Brown of Pontiac Michigan. Hugo Theisen and Tyrus in Athens visit Clarence Brown’s home. Frances Farich returns to Millfield from Duncan Falls after visiting Herman Barich. Frank Ferrel and daughter Mary Lou visit Abe Rankin family in Portsmouth. George Wendis seriously ill in Millfield. Stanley Howard returns from a summer in Kentucky. Sidney Simpson and daughter Elizabeth Jones visit James Bulloch in Columbus.
Miss Mary Stalder will study interior decorating at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts while remaining in New York for the school year. Miss Dorothy Louise Drake heads to North Canton for a second year teaching Home Economics. Guests at 20 Pratt Street included Mrs Clifton Hatch and others from Youngstown. Francis and Mrs Frebault announce the birth of a son, Hubert James, August 30 at Sheltering Army Hospital. Mary Kircher returns from Allegheny State Park Girls Camp and tours New York before reuniting with the Kircher family at Buckeye lake. Mr and Mrs A Sloane visit Greenfield to see his brother. Ruth Jones leaves for Cleveland to begin as physical education teacher at West Tech Junior High School.
A tangle of weekend visits spans Columbus, Lima, Dayton, Newark and East Liverpool as the Shellman, Cook, Moore, Dicken, McCathran, Birchfield, Rarick, Powell and Wood families travel to see relatives. Highlights include O C Shellman and family in Columbus with E Cook and Curtis Shellman, and Clarence Powell and son Junior visiting East Liverpool parents.
A. J. Wilson of Columbus visited his brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. P Woods in The Plains. Mrs. Woods, who had been seriously ill, is reported improved during the visit.
Miss Anne Morgan, Athens County Health Nurse, accompanied two patients to special hospitals in Columbus. She plans to bring back a little girl who has been treated for crippled children. The child’s feet were turned in and she walked on the sides of her feet, but recent Columbus pictures show her standing normally.
Dayton report says John P. Rice, a city workhouse guard, suspended by city manager F O Hichelberger, faces investigation after being charged with being intoxicated with two federal prisoners during a Cleveland police raid at a speakeasy on Friday.
The K. T. Crossen Post No. 21 of the American Legion at 78 South Court Street outlined improvements including a cement sidewalk, a ground level entrance, a merged two-roof meeting room, interior redecorating, and other upgrades at a Wednesday night meeting. The post also offered to assist city officials in painting regulation aviator markers on a building top, with the city to supply paint. Officers to be elected at the next meeting on the first Wednesday in October, with urged turnout for full attendance.
Cleveland Sept 6 officials of the National Air Races faced charges of mismanagement from a group of prominent tyers who aided the event. Participants called the show among aviation history’s classics though many left unhappy due to prize money delays and trophy presentations.
Steubenville reports an employee named Charles Flannagan was arrested on charges of embezzling about $4,000 in money order funds over a quarter century, according to post office inspectors.
Annual Graham Chapel Church Sunday School picnic set for next Sunday September at Athens County Fairgrounds. Sunday school begins at 10 a m under B C Kenney with church service to follow. Eyeh family to bring own food for a picnic lunch at Boon.
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