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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
2
A brief item notes A Hartley has been sent news from Poureroys via the messenger, with a telephone contact listed as 322 for follow up.
Professional director leads middle school drama as Port High School presents the upcoming play this Saturday. Audience members are invited to attend and watch student performers showcase their work.
Meigs County investors hear of progress as a professional director joins rehearsals for a Middleport High School musical production. The show Page the Prince will be staged May 2 and 3 at the Masonic Temple with cast from Oklahoma to local towns. Northwest Oklahoma oil plans and a flood control dam project affect Meigs landowners with potential gains from public works.
Mrs. R. A. Heeps will host piano recitals for her pupils at her parlor studio with two programs set for Thursday and Friday evenings. Participants include Janet Hecox Eunice Gilmore Ruth Masine Izbersbach Dorothy Fauer Olivia Reed Virginia Russell and many others. The note also reports local obituaries and community notices from Pomeroy and surrounding areas.
A grieving woman credits Skonjola as the first medicine that benefited her during a severe complication. The tribute honors the healer who helped her through a critical medical crisis.
The Chester High School pit produced a two act comedy The sun bonnet Girl Tuesday evening under Miss Chambers Middleport count supervisor of music. The Girls Glee Club directed by Miss Chambers sang several songs and Gordon Harris played a pane solo. Twenty five in the graduating class with more boys than girls marked the first year girls were in the minority. The stage setting featured early spring flowers and dogwood buds.
A hurried trip to Shinnston West Virginia resulted in the return and jailing of deputy Ged Alonzo Hagey who was previously held on a non support charge. He will face the court as his wife and child reside near the Pomeroy Harrisonville Road.
Middleport April 18 Miss Tears Grant daughter of the late Ted S Grant died at her home here at noon Wednesday after a long illness. She is survived by a brother Wa Grant and three sisters Bertia Nuria and Mary Grant. Funeral will be in Middleport Cemetery. Pomeroy April 18 Mrs Gelgen wife of the Rev John Gelgen pastor of Bethany I Church for many years died at her home after a long illness. She had just returned from a trip with a sister in Florida. Ballet Is Success Middleport April 18 The ballet given by Miss Margaret Ruey pupils was an attractive event of the week. Miss Riley and pupils were received by a large audience.
Undertaker W. Fin sterwidd and four assistants from Pomeroy disinterred two Welch children from Wells Cemetery to place them beside their father who had been buried two weeks earlier. An infant and a young male were moved and photographed before resealing the vaults.
Mrs A Howell and Mrs GH Stansbury announce a parish event tonight at Parish House in Pt. Vleasall. A bridge dinner is planned with Mes Tollescoi Stelbbolingy, Mrs Charles Oliver Weisenberger, Mr Wathter AL, Windsor and Mrs Harold Sayre among those invited.
Thousands seek relief by tackling the root of stomach upset through Hilwards Olive Tablets. The preparation aims to improve liver and bowel function, banishing indigestion and bad taste. Suggested as a gentler substitute for calomel, it is widely marketed for digestive comfort.
George Clark formerly of Middleport died in Pittsburgh at 8 o clock Wednesday evening after flu illness and a hand wound caused blood poisoning. He married Bisa Frances Steele, daughter of Ed and Mrs Steele, and leaves an eight year old daughter. Burial will be from Sacred Heart Catholic Church Saturday morning. In a separate item, M Roberts aged 56 and Mrs Gertrude Wilson aged 52 were married by Justice R. G. Webster at Pomeroy and will live at Apple Grove.
The Masonic Lodge room on the second floor of the Masonic Temple Building is nearly ready with walls painted doors hung and windows to be installed. Members of the Masons and Eastern Star will move into the new quarters by week’s end and plan a large gathering next Thursday when Mrs. Lucy Weber of Marietta visits to inspect Evan-
Dr. C. A. Poindexter and his wife depart with Mrs. Miriam Daniels for a week in Baltimore. They will visit her brother Major Tom Daniels. Mrs. Daniels, over eighty, had been visiting since Easter and has now returned home.
A testimonial advertises McCoy's Tablets promising underweight individuals gain at least five pounds in five weeks. If not, the customer gets a refund. Product also markets McCoy's Cod Liver Oil and emphasizes drugstore availability at Cline Pharmacy.
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