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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1928

Page

3

Women of Presbyterian Church Organize New Class

Nelsonville scene as Rally Day kicks off with the Presbyterian Sunday School women forming a new class. Members plan to elect officers and adopt a name, inviting all church women to attend. Dr and Mrs W E Howe visited Columbus. Pearl Carey left for Dayton to finish the term and stay with parents.

Presbyterian Church Nelsonville The Presbyterian Sunday School Woman's Bible Class W. E. Howe Columbus Miss Pearl Carey Deanville Dayton

Coal Advances at Mine Push Prices Higher

Coal prices were raised by 50 cents per ton at the mines with Athens reporting the announcement this morning. Retail increases are expected after October 1 as dealers cite a production shortage. West Virginia coal priced at 5.50 per ton would rise to 6, while docking fuel could go from 4.50 to 5.00. Ohio coal remains more plentiful according to dealers.

Athens West Virginia Ohio

Nelsonville O U A M Members Plan Lodge Visit

Members of the Nelsonville lodge Jr O U A M will visit the Logan Lodge on Saturday evening. The degree will be exemplified. Local members will provide transportation and attendees should meet at the hall by 5 45.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Lodge Logan Lodge

Mrs. Martin to Speak Here at State P T A Convention

Mrs. Carl W. Martin editor of the Ohio Parent Teacher Magazine will speak at the state convention in Athens October 3 to 6. She has aided Athens County in obtaining clothing and food for needy schoolchildren. Decorations, posters, and stickers prepared by local teachers and students promote the event.

Parent-Teacher Magazine Carl W. Martin Ohio Parent-Teacher Magazine Ohio National Congress of Parents and Teachers Athens Martin Athens County Laura Bailey Holger van Aller John Glover J. E. Bain Information Service O. PD. Morrison E. C. Bibbee T .W. Craig T. N. Hoover T. M. Wolf Scott Haney Clarence Fultz Harry

Community rooming committee assists at event

Registration is handled by Mrs. H R McVay with help from Mrs. Evan Jones Mrs. Homer Clark Mrs. Carl Beasley Mrs. C E Atkinson and Mrs R P Imes. The committee will oversee Wednesday into Friday. Fifty women aided the rooming chairman Mrs E R Walker and Mrs Frank Gullum with lieutenants Mrs Clarence Gill and Mrs F D Forsyth.

Frank Gullum Clarence Gill F. D. Forsyth

Contributions for Relief Work To Be Received in Athens

Athens Red Cross calls for $750 relief fund to aid Florida and Porto Rico storm victims. Donations accepted at three banks and two loan offices. clothing or food not accepted to speed rapid dispatch to disaster areas. Teams telegraph updates weekly while funds are sent to Washington base. Local board members include Russell Finsterwald, Mrs. W. L. Gard, Mrs. H. Bing, Mrs. W. F. Copeland, In F. Jones, and L. B. McCune.

Athens County Florida Porto Rico Savings and Loan Association Miss Grubb Red Cross Washington Miss I the Red Cross Russell Finsterwald W. L. Gard H. Bing W. F. Copeland F. Jones L. B. McCune

Mine Workers Seek Relief Records From Deposed President

United Mine Workers of America petitions Athens County Common Pleas Court to recover records of relief fund transactions from March 21 to April 28, 1927, during the Hocking Valley Miners Association strike. Daugherty led the fund and did not hand over books and receipts. The dismissal followed policy disputes with international officers.

Oral Daugherty Hocking Valley Miners’ Association United Mine Workers of America Athens County Common Pleas Court Daugherty International Organization

Nelsonville M. E. Church Begins New Conference Year

Nelsonville Ohio September 28 The Nelsonville M E Church starts its new conference year with strong interest and improved facilities The Rev C W Hoffman from Miamisburg is now settled in the parsonage The first prayer meeting was well attended Next Sunday is annual Promotion Day with diplomas and a short address The following Sunday October 7 will be Rally Day urging 100 percent attendance in Sunday School classes A rally of the young people is planned for 6 30 PM

Nelsonville Nelsonville M. E C. W Hoffman Miamisburg

Gene Tunney Arrives in Rome Amid Marriage Rumors

Gene Tunney arrived by train from France and is widely expected to wed Miss Mary Lauder soon in Sorrento. The engagement follows his return to Italy, with plans reportedly advancing toward a wedding.

Rome Gene Tunney France Sorrento Mary Lauder

Greece’s Venizelos to Visit Paris on Peace Tour

Premier Eleutheros Venizelos of Greece will be received by French Premier Raymond Poincare in Paris on Saturday. He then plans to depart for London on Sunday as his ministry, confirmed by a large election majority, continues a whirlwind peace tour across Europe.

Paris U.R Eleutheros Venizelos Ofreece Raymond Poincare London Greece Europe

Zeppelin Count Count Zeppelin Trial Flight Sets Sail

The dirigible Count Zeppelin began a ten to twelve hour trial flight at 7 a m from Seventy Five on ship Friedrddichshafen Germany with seventy five aboard including the crew.

Frieddrichshafen Germany Zeppelin

Presbyterian Missionary Society Hosts Thursday Meeting

Mrs. C. W. Backus welcomed the Presbyterian Missionary Society at her East Franklin Street home. Miss Leona Stufflebean led devotionals, and Mrs. Charles Tedrow oversaw the yearbook of prayer. A missionary skit titled When We Were Young was performed by several members, followed by a Ladies Aid session and card sales.

C. W. Backus Presbyterian Missionary Society East Franklin Street Leona Stufflebean Charles Tedrow N. Hill H. D. Krieg Lloyd Evans John Saltz Krieg Ladies Aid Society

Hoover to Speak in New York October 13

Herbert Hoover will headline a Madison Square Garden address in New York on October 13 under the Union League Club National Republican Club National Women's Republican Club and New York State Republican Committee. The speech is expected to focus on foreign relations.

Washington U.R Herbert Hoover Madison Square Garden New York Carnegie Hall Union League Club National Republican Club National Women's Republican Club New York State Republican Committee Hoover

Local Social Notes Highlight Steubenville and Columbus Visits

Miss Maria White of Steubenville and Mrs. John T. White of Gallipolis were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Matt White for several days. Several residents traveled to Columbus for business or medical reasons. Mrs. L. J. Eberle, Mrs. Fred Hall, and Mrs. Harry Davis visited Columbus. Mrs. Davis had eye surgery. E. A. Frissell and family left Painesville for a Florida winter home after visiting Edna Mae Frissell, a recent nursing graduate. James Carey and daughter Marguerite returned to Dayton after a funeral. Alice Delong returned to Dayton due to illness and death in the family.

Maria White Steubenville John T. White Gallipolis Matt White L. J. Eberle Columbus Will Powell I. E. Hellyer Fred Hall Harry Davis Painesville New Port Richey Florida E. Weltzheimer Edna Mae Frissell Painesville Memorial Hospital James Carey Marguerite Dayton Alice Delong Oral Daugherty Delong

Fool Group in Veteran Clan Plans Lair of Snakes in Fall

The Chillcothe Lair will organize a Lair of Snakes in the fall for the Military Order of the Serpent. R A Dalton announces at a City Building meeting that Snakes will portray Philippine characters in grotesque costumes at the Spanish War Veterans Convention in Athens next year. Committees and officer appointments are set for October 18 with dues rising to 2 dollars annually and a 2 dollar initiation fee starting January. Members of Middleport and Athens camps may vote on consolidation.

R. A. Dalton Athena E. C. Woodworth Athens Mr. Dalton Clyde Edmundson A. O. Sloan E. C C. Woodworth C. O. Pickering Dalton Middleport O Nation

Expect Marines To Be Quitting China

Washington reports another step in the U.S. China relationship will spur further withdrawal of United States Marines from China. The State Department indicated the withdrawal program begun earlier would be continued under the new de jure ties between the two nations.

Washington U.R United States China State Department

Daughters of America Hold Regular Meeting Practice

At the regular meeting tonight there will be practice. All officers and guards have been requested to be present.

the Daughters of America

Attorney General to Probe Thousands of Cleveland Primary Votes

Cleveland voters in 1 038 precincts will be examined as Attorney General Edward C. Turner and a team of assistants begin reviewing thousands of ballots from the August primary. The special grand jury hearing election fraud testimony will resume deliberations Monday.

Cleveland U.R Edward C. Turner

Jefferson County Indicts 71 Persons

Steubenville report says the Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted 71 people including two law enforcement officers a dry raider and a village marshal. Joseph P. Tice of Irondale is named in an indictment charging shooting to kill for wounding Tony Soldani, 18, during a liquor raid.

Steubenville U.P Jefferson County Grand Jury Common Pleas Paisley Joseph P. Tice Irondale George Baynham Tony Soldani

Giauque Plans Boys Chapter At Athens Presbyterian

Prof. Charles D. Giauque of Ohio University announces a high school boys chapter of Kappa Sigma Pi at the Athens Presbyterian Bible School this fall. The group will meet Sundays as a class and one night weekly for study and recreation under Giauque, who led athletics and music at a national camp in Clarksburg. The interdenominational fraternity has over 1,000 chapters worldwide. A few Athens boys have already joined.

Kappa Sigma Pi Knightee St. Paul Athens Presbyterian Bible School Charles D. Giauque Department of Physical Education Ohio University Giauque Clarksburg W. Va Athens Presbyterian Chaner

Mrs Lindberghs Plane to Fly Columbus Departure

The aircraft, which carried Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh from Detroit to Mexico City, will be flown from Michigan City to Columbus on Saturday. The plane is now in passenger service.

Columbus U.R Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh Detroit Mexico City Michigan City

Man Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot Wounds in McConnelsville

William Deedrick 64 a wholesale gasoline distributor in McConnelsville area died in a Zanesville hospital at 7 am Thursday from self inflicted gunshot wounds in a personal crisis at his home Tuesday evening. Funeral and interment will be in McConnelaville. Surviving relatives are listed.

Zanesville William Deedrick Tce McConnelsville McConnelaville

Family Connections Tied to Deceased in Malta and McConnelsville

Widow and a daughter Walter A. Deedrick of McConnelsville Tien Deedrich of ees and Mrs Anna Pennell of Malta Mrs O D Green and the W J Thornileys of this city are cousins of the deceased.

Walter A. Deedrick McConnelsville Tien Deedrich Ees Anna Pennell Malta O.D. Green W. J. Thornileys City Ges

Delegates Named for Ohio PTA Convention

At Rufus Putnam School organization meeting three delegates were selected for the Ohio branch National Congress of Parents and Teachers. The chosen delegates are Mrs. Tom Rosser, Mrs. Fink, and Mrs. Vickers.

Ohio National Congress of Parents and Teachers Rufus Putnam Tom Rosser Fink Vickers

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