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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1936
Page
3
WPA workers returning to local projects Thursday faced rain and high water halting progress on repairs. Lincoln Hill Road saw temporary tar and stone base work after flood damage. Councilmen urged rapid laying of the new stone base to prevent isolation and fire hazards on nearby properties.
Political battle in Meigs County builds as May 12 primary approaches. Four Republicans seek the representative nomination, five vie for sheriff, and central committee control narrows contenders across precincts with multiple candidates for committeeman. Funeral notices and probate court items follow in the edition.
William Hutton age 79 died Thursday at the Meigs County Infirmary where he resided formerly at Long Bottom. He is survived by one brother and two sisters. Funeral services were held at 10 this morning with burial at Great Bend.
Easter Sunday services observed at Middleport churches with sunrise rites at 6 a.m. across First Baptist and Church of Christ, plus varied worship, pageant, cantata and special music. Rev. Kreager to preach Life From Death and What Does Easter Mean to You. Heath M E Church adds sunrise prayer, cantata Life Everlasting, and new member reception.
Kathleen Bush of Ohio State University will visit Middleport to spend the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs H E Bush. Mrs Sam Roy will visit her daughter and sisters in Columbus until Easter. Lyston Fultz of the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Xenia to stay over the vacation with her parents. Miss Marie Hysell rests at home on Third Ave. Mrs William Bradford hosted the Needle and Thimble Club on Brownell Ave. Cecil Grogan traveled to Columbus with his mother in law and daughter returning the same day.
Deputy Game Protector A H Joachim announced closures on Leading Creek and Middle Shade River to protect breeder fish. The four miles near Brown Bridge at Meigs Siding and Knights Bottom in Chester Township will be closed until July 1 with enforcement against violators.
With the Ohio River high and creek bottoms waterlogged, residents of Pomeroy face rain as a nuisance. Officials say there is no immediate flood danger unless heavy general rain returns.
Marriage notice for Miss Anna Boggs of Gallipolis to Owen Fink elder son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Fink of 8 Fourth Ave and Main St The wedding occurred Wednesday evening March 20 at the Baptist parsonage in Gallipolis Rev George Sagan officiated Fink a Middleport High School Class of 1934 graduate has worked at Chambers grocery The bride has many acquaintances here illness prevents immediate home establishment with plans to reside in Middleport later
Grange at Hemlock Grove held a large Saturday gathering with Easter Sunday School study and songs. An Easter supper was served. The next meeting April 18 features a Flower Exchange Night inviting members to bring extra seeds bulbs and shrubs. Communion services Sunday at 2 PM at St Pauls Evangelical Church Minersville with an Easter sermon by Rev R C Ditter.
Death of Mrs. Gladys Hamilton Fultz of Columbus after a surgical operation. She was 32, formerly of Middleport, and had been ill for some time prior to the procedure.
The Federated Church hosts a Sunday evening program led by the Junior Choir and Beginners and Primary Departments at seven o'clock. Repertoire includes Victory Through Cross and a mix of classical pieces. A surprise service precedes with Holy Communion offered. marriage licenses issued for H J Osborne and Alice Cole in Pomeroy.
Elevators in Carlshad Cavern New Mexico rank as the world’s second steepest, plunging about 740 feet in descent. The system operates within the cavern’s rugged routes, drawing curious visitors and researchers to study its extreme vertical drops.
John Scott of W Main Street has sold almost three percent of his flood photographs taken with a box camera during the recent flood. The images are regarded by many as the best flood pictures available. One photo has been secured by a chain grocery company for reproduction in a trade journal.
At the Chester Grange regular meeting next Tuesday night the lecturer will present a program with instrumental music by Will Hoff man Val Harting Eber Gillian and son a roll call My First Teacher reading class lesson Forty Years Ago teacher John Frank discussion Cutting the Losses on Baby Chicks led by C N Jones a vocal duet Lelia Mora and Lettie Meree dith. Meat sandwiches deviled eggs and coffee will be served after the meeting.
Advert reads felt promotion for END-O-CORN claiming thousands in Athens have removed corns and calluses in three months. It urges readers to use tonight for morning relief, touts value and price of 50 cents versus $50.
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