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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1930
Page
2
Prime Minister J Ram’s remark on McDonald’s return to London from vacation was interpreted as implying that all treaty details were settled. The statement sparked speculation about finalizing negotiations and timelines.
A. B. Chaney of Carpenter Ohio loaned his car to a girl who said she would travel to Columbus. Police briefed by Columbus detectives sent a telegram stating Jeona Burns was confined for 30 days for misconduct and the auto was held in the stockade awaiting pickup.
River Division of the Ohio Good Roads Federation will meet at the Hotel Lafayette Gallipolis with representatives from Washington Lawrence Athens Meigs and Gatlin counties. Semater Alsdorf and other speakers will discuss Route 7 and state road improvements. A Knights of Pythias Hall Middleport gathering will plan No. 7 Route efforts and attract industrial enterprises per Ralph Wilson’s outline.
Mr and Mrs Tom Johnson and their daughter travel from the northern part of the state to visit Mrs R E McBride and family.
Two Athens automobiles owned by Dale Whaley and T W Craig collided on the Athens Pomeroy Road near the Canada Church Sunday afternoon. Both cars were damaged but no injuries occurred. Mrs Whaley, already recovering from measles, felt the shock most.
Easter services were held across Pomeroy churches including Christian Bethany and Simpson ME. Five Simpson Church members were baptized. A private Easter morning wedding at Bethany ME joined Pauline Wetzel and Joseph McCullough with a brief ceremony officiated by Rev Tennell. The couple later left for Columbus.
April 21 in Pomeroy Meigs County residents discuss two rattlesnake dens. One on the old Dabney farm inside Pomeroy, the other near Keno on Shade River opposite the Darst farm. Farmers note additional venomous snakes exist, while most are harmless garter, water, and blacksnakes.
Bee g rove Cemetery presented a striking Easter scene with hundreds of dogwood bushes in full bloom among gray grave holes. Snow white blossoms contrasted with beds of red pinks on the graves as caretakers prepared the grounds for the day.
Mrs. Jon Harier president of the East District of the Federation of Women's Clubs leads delegates including Mrs. C A Poindexter Mrs. F A Bean Mrs. M C Hobart and Mrs. E G Probst as they travel to Columbus for the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs thirty fourth annual convention with the keynote Women Work at Home and Abroad.
Saturday evening the Ewing ambulance transported John Lemiey, a coal miner at Stalter Essex Mine No. 5, to Holzer Hospital for emergency surgery after a fall caused serious injuries.
Mrs. H. Grate hosted a Saturday afternoon party from 2 to 4 o'clock in Middleport honoring her daughter Mary on her eleventh birthday. The event featured games and music with refreshments as neighborhood girls attended.
Mr and Mrs Barl French and two children visited relatives here with Edn French and Mr and Mrs Charles Yost then returned Sunday to Columbus. Mrs Iaila Mason went to Parkersburg for three weeks with her sister Mrs Claude Crawford. Mr and Mrs A A Chappelle of Columbus visited Easter at the home of sister Mrs John Talbott on South 7th and Hooker Streets.
Sam Mayes travels with his mother Mrs. Fannie Mayes of South Third Avenue and his brother Charles Mayes after a brief stay, as they set off en route to Cuba.
Miss Helen Hess spent Easter at home visiting Mr and Mrs Lewis Sauer.
Meigs County will receive 63000 this year from the gasoline tax for road work and has already collected 109000. Advance figures aid budgeting for 1939 road projects with township shares of 1850 and payments to municipalities per registered car. Miss Virgie Corbin visits Toledo with nephew Charles Womeldorff and daughter.
An old and young friendly laxative ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe, thorough bowel aid. It claims gentle action without weakening bowels and invites readers to request a free trial bottle from Monticello Illinois, noting related health cues.
A stretch of Easter weekend visits shows Everett McCloud and Mrs. Ida Dodson hosting visitors in Los Angeles and numerous relatives and students traveling to and from Columbus. Residents including Ruth Hawkins Sara Louise Scott Kath ryn Hawkins Edith Schreiner Mabel Wilson Marjorie Harris and others spent time with family or returned to Columbus and Ohio State University for study during the holiday.
A sequence of short notes records Easter visits by residents and friends from Bucyrus Columbus Akron and Charleston. Families including the Wysongs and Boices hosted relatives while Jep Swisher Wayne McElhiney Pat Baldwin and Sue E Saunders joined Easter gatherings. Heath M E Church welcomed ten new members at Sunday services and T A May attended a Knight Commandery memorial in Pt Pleasant.
London April 21 official St James Palace said the final plenary session of the Naval Conference would convene at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for the signing of the five power naval treaty, marking a major diplomatic milestone.
J. A. Smith of Guysville Ohio is appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Augusta Evans late of Athens County Ohio. Dated April 17 1930. Probate Judge M Johnson announces on April 21 1930.
J A Smith of Gui Sville as administrator de bonus em with the will annexed for the estate of J D Evans, deceased, Athens County, Ohio. Dated April 17. SOHNSON Probate Judge 421-30th County
FER Nelson Athens County Ohio. Will annexed of Harley B Nelson deceased. Dated April 1 1930. S M Johnson Probate Judge seeks actions regarding the estate in Athens County Ohio.
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