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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1928
Page
3
A White House hairdresser recounts tending to four First Ladies. Helen Taft, Ellen Wilson, Florence Harding, and Calvin Coolidge's wife are described with details on hair color, length, parting, and styling tips. The piece emphasizes grooming as a mark of poised public life.
Five prominent political figures will speak in Nelsonville during Home Coming Week with events on October 11. Senator Arthur Cooper of Kansas, Nicholas Longworth, Myers Y. Cooper, Gilbert Bettman, and Theodore Burton will address attendees in the afternoon and evening. Harry Kelly chairs the local Republican Rally Day committee.
The Daughters of Veterans announce a regular meeting at 7:30 in the Junior Order Hall. Officers urge strong attendance and participation from members.
The plant and traffic department of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company held their annual picnic Sunday at Moxahala Park in Zanesville. Nelsonville attendees included S. M. Skinner and family, Robert Mehl and family, Emma Connors and daughter Margaret, Velma Cordell, Gail Blackburn, Mable Johnson, Edna Laughlin, Dora Matheny, Frances Somers, Minnie Laughlin, Sylvia Matheny, Susan Zarkise, Henry Stage, Joe Barrows, and Fred Nye.
The Past Councilors of the D. of A. plan their first meeting of the new year on Thursday evening September 20. Members are asked to bring a new member and a dish for a pot luck dinner.
Thomas Mulligan 81 longtime Hocking Valley Railroad man died after a two week illness at his Nelsonville home on Myers Street. A locomotive engineer before retirement 8 years ago he leaves his widow and eight children plus a sister. Funeral at St Andrews Church followed by burial at St Joseph's Cemetery Columbus.
Max Corwin ten dies after a several day illness at home in Buchtel. Parents Mr and Mrs Robert Corwin and four other children survive. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 3 30 p m at the family residence with burial at Greenlawn.
The Spanish-American War Veterans seek to form a Ladies Auxiliary for Camp No. 78 in Athens. Past commander R. A. Dalton says organization should precede the state convention in Athens next summer. Wives sisters and daughters of veterans are eligible. interested members should return applications to state headquarters before installation. Dalton will travel to Columbus to confer on installation plans.
A Logan West Virginia man writes to advocate better gravel road maintenance, arguing that proper treatment saves the state time and money in road services and improves overall traffic conditions. The letter emphasizes practical repairs over expensive projects.
Services were held at the residence in Buchtel for Mrs. Dell Archer who died Saturday. Her husband died by his own action three weeks earlier, apparently tied to worry over her illness. She was buried at Buchtel. The Rev. Mrs. Cook of Murray City led the service. Surviving are two sons and three daughters.
Funeral services were held at the late residence near Haydenville for Mrs Homer Stiers with Rev. Lloyd Evans presiding. Burial followed in Wolf Cemetery beside her husband and son Wilford who died in World War I. A letter from Merrill R Atkinson noted dust-control calcium chloride treatment on Logan Huntington road and Route 2, costing about 100 per mile, with 24 miles of gravel roads between Athens McArthur and between Athens Coolville totaling 2400.
Nelsonville All-Stars defeated a Columbus Hocking Valley machine shops team 7 to 3 at City Playgrounds. Former Nelsonville players Carl Kline Pea nut Kline and Tow head Pospichel starred for Columbus as Garner held until the sixth. Ed Sharp Eddie Stewart and Denny led Nelsonville batting with Cheshire Garner and Denny contributing hits.
A girl driver loses control four miles below Guysville and crashes into a 12 foot ditch. no injuries. The sedan owned by Harry Wolfe is brought to Athens by the South East Ohio Motor Club for repairs estimated at 50 dollars. Another sedan with students from Steubenville to Athens falls into a ditch but sustains no damage. a South East Ohio Motor Club tow rescues it. Homer Graves’s car collides with another on Mill Street. right front fender and running board damaged. repairs to be paid by the faulting driver.
More than 100 men worked Sunday at Mine No. 255 Drydock to open new territory this week. The expansion aims to provide jobs for over 100 additional workers after current hiring limits were eased. Visitors included Biddison family members from Mansfield and Detroit area, with locals J V Baw hosting Yaw family from Adrian.
Bloomer Girls cancel a scheduled Tuesday afternoon game with Glouster A C for the second time. A telegram from Charleston, W Va explains the tourists cannot secure nearby bookings. Miss Gertrude Price returns home to Corning after a visit with A J Price and family. Miss Alyina Turkopp of Columbus visited the Ochs family.
Reorganization unites Tick Ridge and Mechanicsburg schools in Athens Township. Fifty Mechanicsburg pupils share one teacher in first and second grades, while eleven Tick Ridge pupils join Mechanicsburg. Jerome and William McGucken travel to Jerseyville by Pomeroy Athens bus to attend high school with sister Edith.
Herbert Hoover will open his campaign in the east with a Newark New Jersey rally expected to draw 120000 supporters. Alfred E. Smith moves west by special train to Chicago and Omaha for farm belt speeches. Senator Joseph T. Robinson offers two rail cars for relief if needed as West Indies hurricane asserts itself. Washington straw vote: Hoover 233315 Smith 197408 38 states to 16.
A jelly salad flavored with chopped cucumbers shines when mixed with chopped corn and peppermint for a crisp, flavorful dish.
Chief Herb J. Parker, after six years leading Athens Police, resigns effective Saturday night to devote full time to his campaign for Athens County sheriff in the November election. Mayor Alex M. Moore and Safety Director Franz Woodworth were informed June 15. successor to be named in days. Parker has a long career, including four years as sheriff and previous service as deputy sheriff and Trimble marshal.
E. J. Bumsted, a U.S. mining engineer, who had been kidnapped and held for a $20,000 ransom, has been released by Mexican bandits, according to information received by the State Department. The seizure occurred in late August, and the release was conveyed as confirmed.
Several defendants face charges in Athens area courts after Saturday arrests. Coss and Kinney Alexander Town ship pleaded guilty to intoxication and were fined ten and twenty dollars with costs. Eddie Turner of The Plains pleaded guilty to assault to rape and was bound over to the grand jury with a 600 dollar bond. Sam and Earl Pyles of Big Bailey Run were arrested on an inhabited dwelling break-in charge and pleaded not guilty.
A court ordered the accused bound over to the grand jury under a $600 bond. The matter moves to the next judicial step as prosecutors prepare formal charges.
Athens County Interdenominational Tent Meeting Association elected officers for the coming year at a Sunday gathering held at the Fair.
Grounds discussion lists President BE Kinney and Rev Luster as business manager with Rev Reed secretary and C H Cox treasurer. A second meeting was announced for tonight.
A simple DIY tip suggests screwing a small towel rack into the closet door or back panel to create a necktie holder. The compact contraption frees closet space and keeps ties neatly organized.
Coroner J C Wetherill ruled the death of Nick Kosma a 65 year old beet worker accidental after he was killed in an automobile crash east of Bowling Green on Saturday.
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