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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
2
Mrs. Roscoe Fowler sails to Europe accompanied by her husband and her mother Mrs. A. J. Beaver in Middleport as they travel from the town to Columbus for the trip.
G W Ash began surfacing Hysell Run Road in Rutland Township with red cinder from Mine No 6. Contractors Schall of Columbus completed surfacing on the State Farm Athens County Line Road linking State Route 143 to US 50, shortening the route to Athens for Western Meigs residents.
Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters held a Tuesday meeting led by Most Excellent Chief Lillian Steiff with 90 in attendance and 15 Past Chiefs present. Ten new members from Gallipolis were initiated as delegations from Temple No. 76 watched.
The Harrisonville case of Jesse Hull centers on delinquency charges for two underage sisters, with Hull arraigned in Probate Court and bond set at 2000 dollars. A later accusation in a justice's court raised Hull's bond to 2500 dollars, and he remains jailed.
In promoting United Artists new film The Woman Disputed the actor notes cigarette use appears in several scenes. The remark highlights on screen smoking as part of the movie’s portrayal and atmosphere.
The Middleport Presbyterian Church Woman's Missionary Society meets Friday evening September 14 for its regular monthly session. Topics include Challenging Our Youth and The Younger Generation with Mrs. E G Probst presiding and Mrs. G H Stansbury as program leader. The program features children under Miss Freda Carl, plus a paper on the younger generation by Mrs. O H Stewart. Gifts for Mrs W T Cook of Hongkong Manchuria will be received by Mrs. Louis Seyfried, gift committee chair.
Miss Eunice Winegar of Roanoke Virginia visits relatives and friends and recalls former residence in the area. Several residents including Mrs. J. C. Fisher serious influenza illness and trips by H. J. Russell Ralph Graves and Leland Saxon to Toledo.
Middleport ranked highest among exempted villages in the state on the April 14 and May 12, 1928 eighth grade exams. The report lists Middleport's top medians in Grammar History Geography and Arithmetic, notes geography grading adjustments, and credits the village with strong retention across a year.
In Pomeroy on September 13 the Probate Court probated and read the will of the late R D Young leaving all property to his widow for life. George Tabler of Rutland was brought in by Prohibition Officer Sines and Deputy Welker on charges of possession of property designed for illicit liquor.
A defendant was arraigned and a hearing was scheduled for 2 o clock. Marriage licenses issued included Noah Carlisle aged 27 of Cincinnati and Mary M. Randall aged 24 of Rutland. Ralph Clark 21 of Belpre and Daiss E. Watson 18 of Portland. Benni H. aeease en Middleport and Verna Neal 21 of Middleport.
Rev C H Eichinger, who attended the New Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference in Springfield, arrived home Tuesday night. The conference adjourned that morning after two years of residence he has been returned to Heath M E Church with few changes reported in the pas torate of the conference churches.
ROUSES POINT New York Sept 13 Pio Ziegfeld and Dr Jerome Wagner were fined 614 after customs men found more than 100 bottles of liquor and a private car at the Canadian border crossing last night The car was reported owned by J L Replogle of Warren Pa president of the Replogle Steel Company
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