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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1939
Page
2
Meigs County commissioners suspend purchase of six graders and a bull dozer after Prosecuting Attorney Manning D Webster cites legal defects in financing arrangements. Some equipment already delivered is being returned. State examiners say authorizing resolutions were not properly drafted. Purchases funded by anticipated gas tax notes require a tax levy for payment.
Telegrams report Paul Groppenbacher 21 in the U S Navy fourth year seriously injured by a neck fracture from a shallow water dive in Reno Nevada He was moved to Washoe Hospital and described as paralyzed His grandfather Capt John L Lyons and relatives live in Dayton and on Race Street in Dayton.
Letart Falls Mrs Rachiel Chapman leads the Married Ladies Sunday School Class in a playlet titled Gran'ma Says I Do to be staged Wednesday night Aug 77 at Community Hall. Cast includes Granma Genevieve Powell Peter Perkins Maw Higgins Hazel Allen Herbert Higgins Alice Balser Ernest Higgins Cora Webb Emalina Higgins Rose McDade Phoebe Edna Shields Chris Hixby Gladys Shields Rev Whittlesby Chiorus Grimm with ice cream and cake after.
Pomeroy men Rich Qualls and Reuben Swartz were arrested Sunday night near Hobson for intoxication by Deputy Sheriff Charles Wise. Qualls pled guilty at a Monday hearing before Justice FE Titus and was fined five dollars plus costs. Swartz received a Monday hearing before Justice P L Peoples and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
Dick Stabile and his orchestra will perform a one night engagement at Moxahala Park Ballroom in Zanesville on Thursday evening August 3. The band lists recent bookings at Hotel William Penn Pittsburgh Statler Buffalo Edgewater Chicago and Gibson Cincinnati with coast to coast broadcasts. Stabile, formerly with Ben Bernie, now leads a leading outfit featuring Evelyn Oaks and a saxophone sextette. This marks the fourth name band booked into the park this year.
A shower honoring Mrs. Frank Lewis Knopp was hosted by Mrs. D. S. Farmer and Mrs. Hubert Mace at the Knopp home on Seventh Ave. Neighbors enjoyed games with prizes to Mrs. J. K. Smith, Mrs. P. A. Hysell, Miss Vivian Middleton and Mrs. C. E. Vance. Pink and white treats followed, and guests admired a pink and blue decor centerpiece.
Mr and Mrs George Reynolds invited the Pos sum Holler Boys to a dinner at their home extending a warm hospitality gesture in a small town social note.
Mrs. C. E. W. Downie hosted the WCTU gathering on Lincoln Hill with a picnic supper and a Frances Willard program directed by Mrs. Parker Mrs. People and Miss Bing. Southeast Ohio Guernsey Breeders plan an Aug 3 picnic at J. A. Walsh's. Several residents visited relatives in Cincinnati Cleveland and Lancaster and several are recovering from operations or returning home from travels.
Capt Albert Miller his wife and five year old daughter Ann visited Lincoln Hill and stayed with Mrs A P Miller and Mrs Edison Hobhstetter before departing for the west coast and then to the Philippine Islands where Captain Miller will be stationed with the U S Army He is a Pomeroy High School and West Point graduate and recently led CCC camps in Baltimore Also guests included Mr and Mrs Fred Groff Hazel Miller of Cleveland during the visit.
Mrs Dor Schaefer of Lincoln Hill is recovering satisfactorily after a goitre operation at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. She will convalesce at the home of her brother in law Dr William Hartinger in Spring Valley following dismissal.
Pomeroy residents with Meigs County youth group joined a weekend camp at Camp Ross-Hocking near Chillicothe returning Sunday evening. Mary Ellen Miller Mary Williamson Ruth Morgan Geneva Humphreys Esther Frecker and Wesley Green accompanied the group. Paul Brown joined Mr and Mrs Jesse Brewster from Lancaster after Methodist meetings. Rev Ralph Kuether left for a four week vacation to Ann Arbor Michigan with his wife and son due to an aunt’s illness.
Sheriff George Beards noted a crowd of mayoral hopefuls at his office as M. D. Hartley, P. L. Peoples and Clyde Fisher discussed national affairs. The three Republican candidates for mayor of Pomeroy and Middleport arrived and talked politics and world events.
At a Pomeroy Bend Coal Operators Association meeting Frank Dugan of Columbus was chosen to appear before the Coal Code Commission in Washington to win a coal rate for the district equal to the Hocking Valley and other fields. The local rate now runs ten cents higher than elsewhere. Association president M C Hobart traveled to Columbus to meet Dugan, while H N Swift C O Fisher and Esta Hines will also present the case to the state purchasing agent. Local operators seek the rate reduction to ease the price disparity.
Miss Rosemary Angelo of Marysville visits the Rev and Mrs L O Grant while arranging a showing of the talking motion picture Golgotha at the school auditorium Saturday at 8 p m. The First Baptist Church sponsors the film with a complete projector sound system and modern screen. Golgotha cost 800000 and features a large cast with authentic settings. A matinee will be offered Saturday afternoon for grade and high school students at a reduced price.
Athens and Meigs County Granges plan the annual meeting and picnic at the state experiment farm near Carpenter on Friday Aug 18. Hemlock Grange held a picnic on Route 33 with 75 present. prize for largest family went to the George Paulson group. Emma Heilman was oldest in Hemlock Grange service and Clarence Cummins oldest in grange service. Stacey Stockton was the oldest attendee at 70. Nail driving contests were won by Emmett Hawk and Maud Tubbs, with J E Bailey beating Herman Beards in a walking contest. Dinner was served at noon.
H. H. (Pete) Mees was appointed to the Pomeroy Recreation Commission by Mayor M. D. Hartley for a two year term. The Meigs Aerie Eagles Hall meeting noted the organization has backed the recreation program financially and will gain representation on the commission.
Lionel Barrymore stars as Gramp in On Borrowed Time a dramatized Broadway hit now at the Athena Theater. Supporting the all star lineup are Sir Cedric Hardwicke Beulah Bondi Una Merkel Bobs Watson Una Merkel Nat Pendleton Henry Travers Grant Mitchell and others in a tale of a grandfather fighting Death to save his grandson Pud.
POMEROY Mrs Will Sauer a Monkey Run resident died Monday morning at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs T H Eiselstein in Huntington after a stroke of paralysis She is survived by two children Will Sauer of Bucyrus and Florence Eiselstein of Huntington Funeral arrangements are being completed today
Gordon Harris announces a Wednesday 10 AM full Senior Band rehearsal at the High School as part of a vacation instrumental program for students from local school organizations. Junior Band rehearsal time to be announced. beginners urged to meet Saturday 8:30 AM at the high school for instrument purchases and introductory instruction.
Jimmy Lowery a 12 year old Chauncey boy born crippled received a wheel chair funded by chauncey residents and a drive led by Lillian Mae Henderson and his mother The gift will let him ride with his friends and visit the local playground a milestone for the family and community support.
Mr and Mrs Charles Walburn and children and Mr and Mrs Edgar Allensworth and daughter Susie of Middleport visited Chauncey Sunday. Walburn known as the singing salesman of Meigs County and an active Middleport Church of Christ worker gave a vocal solo at services. He is a former Chauncey resident and nephew of Mrs Effie Fennell of Chauncey.
A piano recital at Miss Alice Mae Wilsons home featured pupils Annabel Lan frank Phyllis Mindigo Thelma Latta Verna Vanhorn Barbara Penrod Donna and Betty Murray Imogene Hodgson Bobby Reich Lois Hodgson and Donna Thompson. The U B Church Woman's Missionary Society plans a picnic Aug 1 at six at Mrs Isabel McLain's lawn. W S Potter 93 died in Columbus. Funeral at St Bernard with burial New Lexington Cemetery. Many local visits, births, and society notes follow including church, school staff changes, and community events.
Glyde Jorden age 50 a lifetime Chauncey resident died Monday at 7 30 p m at the family home on Mill Street after a brief typhoid pneumonia illness. He was a miner and well known in the district. He is survived by his wife Nell Swart Jorden and one son Eldon of Chauncey. His parents preceded him in death. A sister Edna and twin brother Glen of Bow Island Canada survive. Funeral arrangements were incomplete this morning.
Chauncey girls, led by Lauretta Ogg, defeated Corning in softball Friday night 12 to 7. A return game is set for Tuesday night August 1 with Chauncey lineup including E Stewart and S Schoonover among others.
Chauncey Mr and Mrs Everett Devore and Lois McClead entertain Mrs J F McClead and her husband and other relatives. Ruth McClead has spent the summer with Ruth in Lucas Ohio and will leave for Colorado to attend school. The Devores hosted Mrs Charlie Cameron Mrs C L Martzolff Ralph McClead and Eulie Cassidy and Anna Blanche Starlin among others in Athens County.
Chauncey resident Frank Ogan was struck by a mine run train in Chauncey railroad yards Monday evening. He suffered head injuries and body bruises, thought not serious, and was taken to Marietta Hospital by Stouts ambulance with brother Scott Ogan accompanying him.
Dover Grange schedules a 7 30 PM session at Chauncey K of PP building with Worthy Master Earl Tarleton urging all Grangers to attend for important business after several weeks without a meeting.
Pearl Lowery Chauncey entertained as week end guests Mr and Mrs Richard Dye and children Carl Margery Otho Kathryn and Billie and Miss Jean Dye of Greendale Ohio Mr and Mrs Roy Ware and son Leroy Columbus Miss Pearlie Lowery and Virgil Ball Athens Mrs Ware and son returned to Columbus after a week visit with her parents.
Mrs Leona Minister entertained at her Ellis Avenue home for her husband Charles on his birthday. Guests included their children and his mother and brother Sally Janice and Florence Minister and Elbert Minister.
Staffinger Chauncey F. H. Staffinger has been at the Dayton government hospital for nine weeks undergoing eye treatment. He returned home Friday with slight improvement in his eye condition.
Mrs Homer Harvey former Chauncey resident died Monday in Wheeling West Virginia from a heart attack. Funeral services are planned for Thursday.
Andrew Nichols defendant. Sheriff will offer at public auction the Lot No. 1905 in Sycamore Heights Athens on August 25 1939 at 1 30 PM. Property fronts Columbia Avenue Athens Ohio 45 by 90 feet appraised at 210 dollars cannot be sold for less than two thirds of that. Cash in hand day of sale. CHARLES W RAYLESS Sheriff Esther B Gross Deputy Co K Parrett Attorney.
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