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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1934
Page
2
Meigs County Commissioners voted to divert 8,500 dollars in gasoline tax to relief expenses as requested by the State Relief Commission. The board had previously secured 15,000 dollars for bills from January to March and approved a two payment plan, 4,500 dollars in June and a second installment.
Report notes a September 4 000 dollar figure and a shift to payments that ensure road work funds by summer. It cites an estimated 10 000 dollar gas tax due in June and signals officials favoring the new funding approach.
Mrs George Perry ended her life at home by revolver Sunday morning and was buried at Salem Center Cemetery after services by Rev Marley Bolton. She leaves a husband and a 16 month old son Billy. Miss Mollie Brannon a Mason City teacher for years died at her home after months of illness and resig nation in January. She is survived by sisters Ellen Maggie and brother Mike. Hemlock Grange to hold Degrees and a spelling match with Pres Heller Orchestra this Saturday night.
Health advice promotes Kellogg's Aut-Baan as a remedy for constipation. It claims the cereal provides bulk and vitamin B plus iron, aiding appetite and energy. Two tablespoons daily recommended, with medical help if chronic symptoms persist. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
Attorneys and state highway officials spent Thursday resolving legal problems over a 1800 payment tied to property in the James W. Welle estate to repair the Red Bird Mine tipple. The dispute stalls Route 7 progress near Hobson as poles sit on the old highway and the contractor moves on to other tasks. Local social notes mention residents LETART FALLS and visits with family in Charleston Racine and Belle W. Va.
Virgil J. Packard, Civil War veteran and former M E Church minister, schoolteacher, and justice of the peace, was honored in funeral services at the Reedsville Methodist Church conducted by Rev J W Barnes. Burial followed in Reedsville Cemetery. He long served as superintendent of the M E Sunday School for forty years.
The revival at Lottridge runs through Sunday night with crowds often exceeding church seating. The churches of the local VU B Charge hold a joint baptismal service Sunday at 3:30 PM at the Gayesville Bridge, with Revered Bremer assisting Reverend D. Vause Snyder.
Middleport and surrounding communities share a page of social notes. Dr and Mrs George Lasher of Columbus visit relatives in Rutland while Mr and Mrs James Murray spend time in Charlestown with daughter Mrs Randolph Ward. Mrs Elizabeth Kirby is ill at Grant Street home. Lewis Ohlinger of Akron and wife announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday April 14. Mrs Mildred Fowler travels for business to Newark and Columbus. Lewis Moore remains seriously ill at Broadway home. Mrs Elia Wyatt of Dayton visits sisters Miss Vesta and Nora McCoy. Mrs Charlies Howard has been ill at Pleasant Hill. Mrs Sara Taylor undergoes a minor operation on her left foot for a long running condition.
Syracuse all officers of the Parent Teacher Association were re elected at the final meeting of the school year. Mrs Thomas Clark serves as president. The association is sponsoring a Boy Scout troop with F A Shumway as scoutmaster and Herbert Leiber as assistant. Memorial services for Mrs Anna Holmes were held by Guiding Star Council last Thursday night. Mrs Mollie Clark entertained relatives at dinner for her son Harry of Monroe Michigan.
The common pleas court overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of William Kauf against M. L. French, as recorded by the clerk of courts office.
Syracuse note lists distant mourners who traveled to the service including Mr. and Mrs. ER H. Holmes of New York City Abner Turley Cincinnati John Holmes Burning Springs W Va Mrs William Reynolds Mr and Mrs Jake Miller Rochester Pa Mrs Mildred Babcock and Mrs Paul Reinheimer Elmwood City Pa and William Turley Hartford Va
The Haskins family has purchased the Jack Wingett property near Carleton church and will move there soon. Darwin school and the PTA plan an all day meeting with potluck dinner at the grounds on April 29.
Announcements state the upcoming marriage of William Moore to Miss Marjorie Steele, both of Canton, on Saturday May 3. Moore is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore of Canton, former Middleport residents, and he is nephew of Mr. and Mrs. William Michl.
Several residents attended church at Lottridge Sunday night. Sherman Henderson is ill of rheumatism. Mr and Mrs Murray Hopkins plan to move to Harley Wood residence. Charlie Bahr and son of Tuppers Plains visited Mrs Martin Keehler Monday. Miss Nina Follrod spent Thursday with Miss Smith of New Haven West Virginia. Silver Ridge Sunday guests were Mr and Mrs Dana Swarts and daughters of Alfred and Wilbur Colburn Pratts Fork. Ula Swan Long Bottom recently visited grandmother Mrs Horton Smith. Doris Gaul Sumner spent Sunday with Alta and Edna Harper.
Miss Carolyne Louise Erwin becomes bride of Mr. Fredrick W. Schroath at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Huntington with Rev. C. G. Slater officiating. The bride, a Middleport High School graduate and Pearl Street School teacher, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Madison Erwin. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schroath of Maiden, W. Va, employed by Carbide Carbon Chemical Corporation. They will live at Diamond, West Virginia.
Pomeroy and Tuppers Plains notes list Columbia High School seniors including Westina Gillogly Ada Belle Trainer Mary Alice Worley Marguerite Crabtree Harold Robinson Elwood Swearingen Ralph A Turner and Aislin V Verigan. Baccalaureate services planned for April 29 with commencement May 3 at 8 o'clock in Carpenter. Nearby social visits noted at Kincade and Parker households and travel of Kim family.
Past Noble Grands of Nimeveh Rebekah lodge met at the home of Mrs. William Kalt with Mrs. Harold Phillips presiding. Prizes were awarded for contests won by Mrs. Martha Kloh and Mrs. Robert Grimm. consolation to Mrs. William Hallam.
Daily and weekly rail timetables list New York Central timetable numbers 2 4 3 9 with varied daily and Sunday exceptions. Chesapeake and Ohio items show No 30 and No 11 schedules with arrival times around 11 p.m. and service gaps on Sundays.
H. H. Thomas a Pomeroy druggist and Jewel Owens daughter of Mrs. Bertha Owens of Rutland were married Thursday at the Baptist parsonage in Gallipolis. The bride, living with Dr. and Mrs. Harold Crumley, is a Pomeroy High School student. Thomas previously taught at Pomeroy High School.
Local Modern Woodmen of America members announce a free motion picture show at the Masonic Temple on Saturday evening followed by a free dance after the screening.
Mrs. Koehler and her young daughter Connie remained in Jacksonville with Mr and Mrs Praag while Koehler underwent a tonsil operation. The note records a Thursday morning visit and the family’s temporary stay.
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