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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1929
Page
6
Columbus hosts the Gateway Jubilee starting Sunday with Emancipation Day at the state fairgrounds. Ohio cities send top contenders for the Gateway queen title as crowds gather for a week of events and fairs across the Buckeye State.
Mrs. Sarah Richards 85 known as Aunt Sarah in Athens died Saturday night at 10 at her daughter Anna Boone's home in Mechanicsburg Ohio after a long paralysis illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 in Mt Zion Baptist Church Athens with burial in West Union Street Cemetery beside her husband Floyd Richards. She lived in Athens most of her life and moved to Mechanicsburg four years ago. Survivors include her daughter, son John Richards of Columbus, and grandson Guy Finnett of Zanesville.
A public address radio and amplifier were bought and installed at The Plains Ilsini High School by friends, parents, and teachers. Ray Michael and Harrison Davies built and wired it. School programs will follow a regular schedule and the set will serve meetings and entertainments. The Plains home rooms elected officers for each class, led by seniors president Tom Fitzer and junior president Clara Stalder.
Chauncey news records the death of Mrs M J Woodruff at 3 30 Sunday morning at H P Dowler’s home on the Canaanville Road. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 at the Dowler home with Rev A Y Wilcox of the Athens Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial follows at Nye Cemetery Chauncey. She was a widow for nearly 30 years, had no children, and was aunt to Eben Gillespie of Millfield.
The Friendship Class of the Church of Christ led by Miss Nelvalene Goff changes venue to the home of Mrs. James McCollum. The event moves from Wednesday to Thursday with a pot luck supper served.
The Chauncey Parent-Teacher Association meets in the High School Auditorium for the first session of the year. A business meeting precedes a program performed by the primary grades.
Earl D Billingsworth of Pontiac Michigan attends the Chauncey funeral of Billingworth at Goodson Services. He is accompanied by Robert Cochran also of Chauncey. Cochran visits his parents Mr and Mrs Willom Cochran during his Chauncey trip.
Chauncey Sept 23 Fifteen mines across the district were marked for work today. Active mines include No 9 No 12 No 2 No 255 No 267 No 10 No 6 percent Ohio No 1 No 68 No 24 No 86 Peston No 6 Black Diamond Chauncey No 25 Freeport and L D Peston mine.
The Church of Christ in Chauncey hosted a Sunday funeral for 28 year old Raymond Goodson son of Mr and Mrs B F Goodson. Rev Gilbert B Courtney led the service with a floral church setting and a trio singing. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery. Surviving relatives include parents two brothers Theron and Herb Goodson a sister Ruth Goodson Hale and extended family in Chauncey Amesville Wellsville Columbiana and nearby towns.
Bank cashiers and directors certify the bank's condition with assets and liabilities listed including loans on real estate and collateral U.S. bonds and securities and deposits. The notarized statement is sworn to by cashier I G O Bliness and directors Forsyth Goworstell and others in Forsyth County.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Brown Chauncey celebrated the first birthday of their son Ralph Brown Jr with a two course dinner at their High Street home Suday evening Guests included Mr and Mrs Harvey Courtney Mr and Mrs G B Courtney and children Betty Jane Eugene Isabel Charles Harvey Marguerite Mrs Lottie Cannon Mrs Lucille Sanders Charles Bradfield Carroll Tippett and Mr and Mrs Ralph Brown and son Ralph
N H Fielder of Pontiac Michigan spends days with family in Chauncey. Floyd Nye and son Robert visit Charleston West Virginia with cousin Mrs G Guthrie. Mrs Meinhart returns to Chauncey from Lancaster after six weeks. Mrs Shaffer returns to The Plains after a Chauncey visit with daughter Mrs Latul. Mrs Fewell and children from Columbus visit Chauncey with Mr and Mrs James Lock. Mr and Mrs J A Carter of Columbus visit their son B E Carter and family in Chauncey.
NEW LEXINGTON Sept 25 George W Funk 88 Civil War veteran returned after a 2000 mile East trip He attended the G A R encampment in Portland Maine During the journey he strolled Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC and recalled marching down the same avenue 64 years ago at age 19 on his wartime return
Three people died Sunday in Campbell in a incident described as tragic. Two victims were murdered and the third died by own action, according to initial reports.
Edward J. Obermiller Jr., 11, died from a gunshot believed fired during a soldiers game with his cousin Glenn Patton, 15. Police say the weapon discharged as Patton fell.
Piqua reports that Harry Alerich, 30, of West Mitton, was electrocuted when he touched a high voltage wire. An employee of Dayton Power Light Company, he suffered fatal injuries at the scene with authorities investigating the incident.
Search crews scoured woods near the town for the wreckage of an air plane believed to have crashed Saturday night. The missing aircraft prompted a full search with local and state responders and authorities urged any witnesses to report sightings.
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