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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1935
Page
3
The PRA work site moved from the Main Street area to the Wolfe Building adjacent to the campus. The former river and wall projects remain noted with a wall stretching to Kerrs Run. Total costs are estimated near one million dollars.
The report lists Mr. and Mrs. H Y and accompanying relatives visiting Dayton for a weekend. Names include Francis Harry Harrison Mrs Bessie A Miller Mrs Emmett and Clarence Gilmore with family. The text notes various relatives visiting from Morgantown Cleve Villa Zanes and other places and mentions a son taking a trip and returning.
A birthday party was held at a residence Sunday honoring Oman Ts fei on his birthday. Attendees included Mrs. Charies ters Guy Dorcas Apple Grove Syracuse Basia Whitesburg Mr. and Mrs. Jake Gaul Bro Mrs. Har Anna Yorn Beers and Mr Mallory and child. The event took place in Racine with several family members present.
Middleport reports the death of Lewis Chase 83 of Carpenter at the Rutland home of his grandson J. E. Denison obituary listing son W. E. Chase of Middleport and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
Theobald funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 at Rutland Methodist Church with burial in Miles Cemetery. Family and friends gathered as services honored James L Theobald. Local residents from Columbus Sumner Gravel Hill and Ripley area attended in memory.
The final session of the Boy Scout Leadership Training Course is postponed from Tuesday evening to Tuesday May 7. The Rutland Methodist Church will host the banquet served by church ladies with an elaborate menu. Leader M. W. Essex, Middleport High School principal, directed the course which has drawn strong attendance across communities with scout troops.
Middleport members of the Literary Club will meet Wednesday evening with Miss Vivianne Middleton on Cole Street. This will be the final meeting of the club until fall, per president Miss Middleton.
Pomeroy reports the Farmers and Workers' Organization selects A. W. Hoover as president William Smith as vice president Towne Bailey recording secretary George Kittle financial secretary Eber Bass count organizer Sidney Byers and John Kamp assistant organizers. Officers sit on the county council with unit chairmen on the county grievance committee. The group replacing Meigs County Unemployed League opens to all who support worker interests.
Hemlock Pomona Grange will meet Friday May 3 with a literary program and refreshments. Hemlock Grange also meets Saturday May 5 with a roll call tribute from members, songs poems stories and a short play. Marriage license issued Monday in probate court to Alvadore Hull 45 of Pomery R D and Grace Dewees 37 of Middleport officiated by Rev H F Bolton.
Judgment for 1089 dollars was issued in the common pleas court on Monday to the State of Ohio ex rel S H Squire superintendent of banks overseeing the First City Bank liquidation against A R and Helen G Clifton.
Fox Hunters of Rome will hold its first coon chase and fox races on Sunday May 5 at the Clarence Petty farm. Raymond Cook Rome Township trustee grades Green Valley Road and will lime stone it using stone quarried by the CWA. Nearby notes include visits by Mr and Mrs Lawrence Robinson of Akron to Mr and Mrs Leslie Petty and a report on Mr Herman Wright who recently fractured an arm while working for Ohio Fuel Gas. Byron Frost did two days of papering for the Grubb family. An 1885 bicycle propelled by steam, now owned in Philadelphia, is mentioned as a forerunner of steam bicycles.
LONG BOTTOM L P Summerfield and his daughter honored the forty sixth birthday of Mrs Summerfield with a surprise birthday dinner Sunday. Guests included Mrs Malissa Summerfield and Wilma of Tuppers Plains, F R Summerfield of Charleston, W Va, G P Damewood and William Damewood with Ruth and Paul, Milo Caldwell, Argil Wickhart and Barbara Ellen, Mrs Charles Osbourne and daughter, Mrs Harley Koenig, Julia Osborne, Charlie Massar Jr and William Starling with family.
Mr and Mrs Lee Rudisell hosted the Couple Club at their South Fourth Avenue and Williams Street home Saturday evening. Two 500 games were played with high scores going to Mrs Charles Price and Charles Howard.
Mrs. Luella Brown arrived home Friday for an indefinite visit after spending fourteen months traveling to Florida and New York.
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