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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1923
Page
2
Ground is broken for the first home in the Alderman Addition on Grovesnor street in Athens. Warren Foss will occupy a two story eight room frame house, designed and built by Mr. Ross acting as architect and contractor. Excavation is progressing, with carpenters expected soon.
The Better Homes in America Council, with national HQ in Washington, aims to place a model Better Home in every city. Notables include Herbert Hoover and secretary officials, stressing cooperation between builders and the movement to guide affordable home construction. Information available from Mrs. William Brown Meloney, secretary, 223 Spring Street, New York.
The East State street residence of Misses Clara and Amy Weiler is near completion of exterior updates including light to medium grade stucco and a green shingle roof replacing the tin. Inside, a bay window is to be added to the rear breakfast room as part of a six week to month long remodel.
The Athens County High School Teachers Association met in the Athens Court House with about 50 teachers and principals. County Superintendent IL Rh McVay urged vocationalizing high schools and highlighted four objectives for girls: citizenship health home making and training for earning work. Officers were elected for the association and the Athens County Athletic and Oratorical group, with a county outdoor basketball tournament planned for Canaonville High on October 12 and another meeting of Chauncey and Dover grade teachers.
A string of small real estate transactions shows numerous deeds in Athens City Cana an and adjacent townships. Buyers include Carl Tinkham James Williams Mary B Stout Effie Corn Martha Fulton Ed Parker and others with consideration listed as $1 in each parcel. Various subdivisions and lot numbers are specified within multiple townships and corporations.
Repairs on the road between Nelsonville and Buchtel underway while Anna Power resigns as Jobs post mistress awaiting commission. In a separate item, a high school football team en route to Logan faced a stalled car on Beaumont road, prompting players to push it off the highway.
Describes an economical bungalow with two bedrooms a bath and central hall. A French door opens to a sun porch from the front bedroom and living room. Features include a grade entrance to a basement with laundry and furnace, lane construction, birch floors, and an estimated build cost of 5800 to 7000 dollars.
Local plumbing contractor C. C. Strawn explains price increases reflect higher wages across industries and rising consumer expectations. He cites costly bathroom fixtures, Enamel ware and vitreous china, and a postwar brass market as key factors driving costs above prewar levels.
Police arrested four youths from Pennsylvania as they attempted a planned double wedding in Detroit. Jenie Thiel and Mary Orcharka both 17 from Monaca were joined by escorts Chester Anderson 20 and John Riley 19 of Beaver Falls. The group was taken to juvenile court after authorities interrupted the train departure. Parents were notified despite claims of parental consent.
Edward Herriot member of the French chamber of deputies spoke before Cleveland chamber of commerce on Sept 22. He is touring the United States to arouse support for the Lyons international fair scheduled for next March in Lyons France.
Excavations on the North Hill bungalow at Woodward and Boyd avenues are finished. Charles Maple plans a story and a half house with a basement, oak interiors, built in dining room china closet, and a large kitchen cabinet. Curtis Cohen of Athens is contractor. the Maples aim to move in late November.
El Paso reports that experts call the Hopi snake dance a fraud and that the ritual may end for decades. Government investigators confirm myths of immunity and fang removal, while Hopi writer from Oraibi claims the dance survives only in a few villages and is performed mainly for outsiders.
Mrs. W U Scott and Ridley Justice, long-time platonic friends, clashed over a breach. Scott rushed with an ice pick into Justice’s garage and caused four tire explosions on his twin-six auto. In court Recorder Johnson fined both $10 and costs.
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