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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1930
Page
8
W A Craft reports from Sunday Creek Valley on local developments and community updates. Details cover area events, notable residents, and civic notices shaping the region.
In Glouster on September 18 high school students act as traffic officers at noon and after school. They stand at railroad crossings and street corners to guide younger pupils and prevent accidents following a near incident at the start of the term. Parents are urged to teach children to follow the officers and observe the crossing rules.
Notice from Glouster dated Sept 18 says Magic City Lodge XY. O. O. F. learned of September events at its latest meeting. Only two lodge meetings remain this month and organizers aim to boost attendance, expecting Friday’s session to draw a larger crowd.
Glouster September 18. An important meeting of Chickamauga Council Degree of Pocahontas will be held Friday night to arrange for the district school to be held at Murray City on October 3.
Mr and Mrs Chester Davis relocate from Columbus and Glouster to Richmond Virginia where Mr Davis works as a civil engineer for the C and O Railway. He previously held the same post in Columbus with the same company.
William Moody, a C. and O. Railroad employee between Carey and Toledo, wrenched his back at work and has returned to his Hollister home after joining the railroad crew following the mines closing for a strike.
Mrs Eliza Cheeseman of Nelsonville writes The Messenger praising a $49 check from Messenger Accident Insurance. She cites timely payment and fair treatment, and credits the policy for helping during eye infection from a grape vine injury. She offers to let her letter be used as support for Messenger Insurance.
In Toledo near Perrysburg city officials moved to tear down a fence on what they claim is city street property. Mrs Lamb fired a rifle at officials, a machine gun was brought to deter her, and a federal injunction halted the demolition. Edward Lamb then arrived with a U S Marshal and rebuilt the fence.
E. E. Curtis former safety director of Canton and Arthur Drunkenbrod former Canton councilman faced trial in Federal Court in Cleveland on charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws.
Frank McCann Post No. 414 American Legion in Glouster elected a full slate for one year. Named were Post Commander H. F. Hambel, First Vice Carson Vernon, Second Vice Harry Trasin, Adjutant C. K. F. Williams, Treasurer Mike Sharlike, Sergeant-at-Arms Robert Skinner, Historian Harry Trasin, Chaplain C. F. F. Danford, Service Officer H. F. Hambel. Installation is set for October 7.
Glouster Ohio reports the Corrine Road between Burr Oak and Corrite will not open this week due to unfinished work. Motorists face hardship as rain requires a detour via Murray City. Dry weather allows a rough Burr Oak to Irish Ridge route but after rain the dirt road detour is impassable.
Harold N. Kinzig new athletic coach at Troy Township High School will be assistant scoutmaster of the Coolville Boy Scout Troop. Samuel Pailet scoutmaster announced. Kinzig is Wilmington College graduate who played football basketball and baseball.
Urbana University starts with 64 students enrolled. The 47 boys in the school plan to form a football team and have a full schedule arranged.
President Hoover has named Ralph B. Williamson of Yakima Washington Marvel Garland of New Orleans and Claude L. Draper of Wyoming for a five member Federal Power Commission to replace the former cabinet board. The trio will be submitted to the Senate for confirmation in December.
Cool Wednesday night and Thursday morning dropped the thermometer to 44 degrees at 6 30 with a rise underway. Residents reported a rainbow around the sun about 7 30 as sunbeams passed through fog, observed in The Plains area by E V Wolfe at the government weather station.
Marguerite W. L. Beery wife of Noah Beery returned to Hollywood from Las Vegas after a nine day disappearance that spurred a-wide police and husband search. She said she went to establish a residence and did not reveal divorce plans.
Fayette County mid September report says road work was halted due to lack of funds after Ohio State Bank failure. County had 150000 dollars deposited. suit filed to recover the money but coffers remain dry amid drought conditions.
Md Couples pilot for Clifford Ball Airlines completed the first air mail run in a plane with automatic guidance landing at Cleveland Airport at 2 a m after an open cockpit mail plane flight.
Lola Long, 18, ruled to stay with Milton and Mrs. Reiff of Attica after Probate Judge James H. Platt allowed her to select her future home. The case, centered on a debt bondage claim tied to her parents, highlights Lola’s bond with Robert Reiff, the couple's son, over returning to her birth parents.
Cleveland report states that Ohio Bell Telephone Company announced the completion of a long-distance telephone cable that circles the state, marking a milestone in statewide communications.
An explosion on the city’s south side leveled three business rooms and shattered windows in over twenty homes, sending shock waves through neighborhoods and shaking blocks around early today. No injuries were reported in the initial reports, and authorities began investigations into the blast's cause.
Chicago broker Roy W. Ammel plans a nonstop New York to Paris flight in his Lockheed aircraft nicknamed The Flying Gas Tank. He aims to beat Lindbergh’s trans Atlantic record by following a great circle route to Paris and continuing to Berlin or Rome if fuel permits.
Mrs. John Smith was surprised by a birthday gathering at her New Marshfield home on Sunday Sept 14. Relatives and friends attended including Vaughn Cox, Walter Linscott, Wade Cox and children of Nelsonville, Boden family of Philadelphia, Trune Russell family, Sam Riggles family, Charles and Rolland Smith, Ruth Llewellyn and sons, Pauline Withers, Esther Smith, Ana Russell, Solomon Goff, Chester Hawk, and Ed Hawk of New Marshfield.
In Wellsville Ohio September 18 the death of three year old Donald Culp and illness of his mother and three siblings were attributed to impure Ohio River water. Dry conditions exhausted Yellow Creek storage and Ohio River water was pumped directly. City planned a $25,000 bond to install a meter system to curb water waste.
The Coast Guard Cutter Cahokia moved at full speed to a Scattered report area off Cape Blanco Oregon where the steam schooner South Coast is believed to have foundered with 15 to 20 men aboard.
Newhall Calif Sept 13 UPI The bones of four men and a boy found on a Tehachapi slope may confirm the lost Horse Mine legend. Anna L Rose says the remains tie to the 1870s shooting by Trish Charlie Reilly and could help locate the old quarry once linked to Doc Benjamin Franklin Graesg, who allegedly took 806000 in gold ore.
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