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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1930
Page
2
The First Baptist Church will hold a sunrise prayer service on Easter morning from 6 to 7 o'clock in Sunrise Middleport. Rev. F. C. Kreager will lead the service and attend the day’s events. The pastor and congregation prepare for two weeks of evangelistic services with Mr. Moody to conduct the music.
James G. Lewis finishes tasks in the Third Ward and resumes duties as a traveling salesman. Charles Asa Bradbury and Maggia Thomas are reported ill.
Robert W. Jones as guardian files the second and final account for Basil Alonzo Jones in the probate court. S. M. Johnson, Probate Judge, signs the order dated 4-11-1930.
Contempt citations were issued against John L. Lewis and 31 members of his UMWA faction in Springfield Illinois. The order directs them to appear on April 30 to respond to why contempt should not be issued and why punishment should not follow for alleged court interference. The action stems from a fall injunction by Judge Norman L. Jones restraining Lewis from disrupting Illinois District UMWA activities.
A move proposes holding the 1931 Ohio Valley Apple Blossom Festival at Meigs County Fair Grounds with Rock Springs as the main site. The plan envisions a cross river parade from Point Pleasant through Gallipolis Cheshire Middleport to Rocksprings, inviting Ohio and West Virginia residents to participate.
April 18 Pomeroy Mrs Margaret Mordhorst Sargent a former resident now teaching in Idaho prepares a five week trip to Germany with her daughter and two grandchildren. She invites Mrs Maggie Bengel Jones of New York to accompany her as guest. They were Pomeroy High School classmates. Mrs Jones a Bengel family member spent years in Korea as a missionary.
Park Street School pupils will hold a violet sale at the La Salle Hotel on Saturday morning noon deadline. Miss Pearl Childers is in charge of the event.
Clever trim gives bolero effect to a grown up style dress with a flared skirt. Pattern Design 1884 uses printed pique percale gingham dimity batiste shantung and more. Sizes 4 6 8 and 10 only priced fifteen cents pattern book ten cents with pattern order to The Athens Messenger Pattern Cent New York City.
Disappearance of Marie Milhoan, a infant born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Milhoan near Reedsville in 1928, follows a probate court dispute over custody. After court actions and a sheriff transfer, the parents and child vanished on a road near their Mason County home, with reports suggesting the baby was taken to West Virginia by relatives.
Mrs. Eva Noe of Marietta Ohio credits Orange Brand Tonic with curing sleepless nerves stomach trouble and weakness after six bottles and Nuggets. She praises the product as grand nerve tonic and recommends it with Nugget cleansing pills. Sold at Lash's Drug Store and other outlets.
The Meigs County Savings and Loan Company at Pomeroy sues A J D Smith of Rutland to recover 1600 on a January 10 1925 note with interest totaling 949 44. Also notes local moves and jail release and residents on Columbus business and Pomeroy housing.
Miss Lucile Parker of Chester and Rupert B F Shrader of Oklahoma were married by Rev. M. E. Chatley. Parker is a Meigs County school teacher, Shrader an oil tool dresser. The couple, who plan to move to Oklahoma, were reported from Pomeroy.
Douglas Grover of Middeport arrested by Constable Lloyd Mysell on count of non-support of an illegitimate child and jailed. A hearing is set for later in the week.
Pomeroy reports the packet Liberty arrived in Pittsburgh on its latest trip carrying 2 800 cases of eggs 90 head of calves and many coops of chickens. The packet business is said to be good in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
The third annual rally of District No. 138 of the Daughters of America held at the Masonic Temple Middleport includes morning sessions led by District Deputy Elizabeth Durst with welcomes from Mayor J E F Harley and state officers. Afternoon features council participation, officer elections, and a 28-candidate initiation. evening offers music, speeches by state officers, a draped charter, and a Guiding Star fancy drill.
Press dispatches say Mrs Helen Weifel and her brother in law Ind Jenkins owners of local picture show houses plan a new Jackson theater costing 100000 with seating for 600. Dowght and Donald Jones join as property owners. Building to be completed by September 1.
Mr and Mrs Arch Brown and their son from Portsmouth spent several days checking on the Brown property at the corner of South Fourth and Hooker Streets.
Middleport residents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sauer hosted a birthday gathering on Wednesday evening. The Virgil Edwards family of five and the J. M. Buchanan family of four joined the Sauer family of five at the Sauer home on Hudson Street for the birthday event.
Mrs J M Stevens and Mrs Charles McName hosted State Daughters of America officers at their home in Middleport with a noon dinner. Attending were Mrs Josephine Stookey Ashland Ky, Mrs Myrtle Woods Cleveland, Mrs Luee Dennison, Mrs Carrie Faulkner, Mrs Mary H Floyd and Mrs Emma Dickens Portsmouth, Albert Basson Youngstown, Max Roth state and national secretary.
The article lists students from Ohio University taking Easter vacation with many returning home and planned visits. It records residents from Midport and surrounding areas visiting family, plus enumeration work by Miss Vivian Middleton for the Fourth and Fifth Wards and mentions Cecil P. Bradbury involved with First and Second Wards.
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court Case 14455 The Nelsonville Home and Savings Association Plaintiff Harry Gibson Winnie Gibson Defendants I will offer for sale at public auction May 3 1930 at 1 PM at the courthouse door Athens County Ohio Yorktown Township Lot No 1 part described property located Deanville premise appraised 600 Cash sale day Sheriff William Williams Deputy Wayne Wingett Attorney Immbett Keenan 44 Rot
Probate court lists accounts filed and hearings suspended for publication and exceptions until May 5 1930. Various estates are represented with administratrixes executors guardians and trustees filing first second or final accounts between March and April 1930 including Baughman Humphrey Starkey Rife Townsend Brown Wagner Patton Bosworth Ziggafoos Addis Ackley Tabler etc. Court schedules require no further action until the stated date.
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio accepts application from P. T. Winner to operate a property transport service. Route covers Athens and Frost via U S 50 to Guysville with a one two ton truck. Four round trips weekly Athens Stewart and one weekly Stewart Frost. Hearing details available from PUCO in Columbus.
The Chadwell Bus Company of Trimble Ohio files for extension of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No 137 from Corning to Shawnee routing via State Routes 155 and 75 with one 12 passenger car and one 7 passenger car. Five round trips daily. Hearing set for Friday May 1930 at 1 30 p m in Columbus at the Public Utilities Commission.
An advert promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for women with stomach and bowels not functioning well. It claims to invigorate the system, balance digestion, enrich the blood, and restore pep and vitality, with sparkling eyes and clear complexion. Advice and confidential medical guidance offered from Buffalo, New York.
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