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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
8
Meigs County officials traveled to Columbus to seek state relief funds. The group included County Commissioners Herb Riggs and A. B. Bingham, Rep. Floyd F. Mees, Co-Relief Directors Willard Ashworth and Glen Simpson, Wil Hawley, and County Auditor George Daniels. The county has no funds to continue relief distributions, though surplus commodities continue arriving, including eggs potatoes and salt pork alongside grain and graham flour.
Local relief office released July announcements listing three groups of young men entering Civilian Conservation Camps. First group names published. second group includes Charles Davidson Norman Hawley William A Hicks Dale W Hill William Holman Herman M Kincaid Henry G Kindle Charles O Lisle Frances Levi Pickens Owens Randolph James L Riggs Charles Widemuth Alfred Young Herbert W Boring Claude Buskirk Oris Frederick Richard Smith Ernest Ward Norman O Weber. Third group contains Charles R Alkire Felix R Alkire William Carnahan Richard Ellis Robert B Gibson William H Knopp Donald McKinzie Samuel W Smith. Wasps paralyze prey by stinging, targeting vital spots. Pomeroy business meeting notes Southeastern Ohio Broiler Producers Association at City Hall. W O Atkins discussed broiler plant inspections from a recent East tour.
A Tuesday afternoon meeting at the local AAA office organized a Home Conservation Committee to link farm women with the county Agricultural Conservation Association. Representatives from multiple townships attended along with ACA chairman Edson F. Roush. future meetings are planned.
Middleport Merchants softball team the All Stars defeated McCullough Pharmacists 12 to 5 at Pompey. Searles pitched six hits against Middleport while Arnold led the locals with 14 hits. The All Stars plan three games in Pt Pleasant Sunday and will host a Liberty Theater film event August 6 7 to raise funds for the Marietta state tournament.
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Greathouse will take place Friday at 2 30 PM at the Federated Church. Members of the Daughters of America will hold services at the home Thursday evening prior to the burial.
Portland hosts a picnic and home coming at State Park on Saturday August 3. A varied program will be offered with proceeds for the church.
E E Cartwright, seriously injured in a two car crash near Kananga with Mrs. Sidney Pickens, will be transported to Huntington hospital today. He has been treated at Holzer Hospital for arm injuries and will be accompanied by Miss Hilda Chapman.
School bus drivers in Pomeroy must apply to the county board of education for a certificate. All drivers need certificates unless previously employed, and new drivers without first aid training must enroll in a first aid class.
Blueprints and specifications for the shelter house at Roadside Park are circulating among lumber dealers for bids. Senator Tom W. Jones and local citizens push the project seen as vital for flood relief and community needs. The plan aims for a dual use as a picnic shelter and emergency food relief center, with flood history highlighting the park site value.
An unconscious man found by the highway below Hobson near Pomeroy was identified as Orville Mayes of Pt. Pleasant. He told deputies he had been struck by an automobile, was revived at the scene, and taken by ambulance to Holzer Hospital where officials reported he was probably not seriously injured.
Members of the Meigs County Pioneer Society met at the president Mrs. E. W. Kingsland home to finalize plans for the annual meeting on Thursday August 8 at the Racine Methodist Church. The program opens at 10 30 a m with an invocation by Rev Charles Stephenson and an address of welcome by Racine mayor G Clyde Wolfe.
Howard Carpenter of Letart Falls reports 36 bushels per acre wheat yield and C E Wheeler of the same area reports 29 bushels. Both farmers use clover sowing and lime application as per the AAA office statement.
Removal of the large canopy and cannon, the War Memorial’s largest components, was completed yesterday afternoon in Meigs County. A tree branch bent the eagle’s wing during relocation. wings will be re aligned. Contributors are asked to send donations to secretary Mrs. Charles Sauer.
Meigs County schools will open on Tuesday September 3 as shown in the 1940 41 calendar issued by County School Superintendent C C Chapman The calendar lists monthly starts and ends with 160 days taught for eight month schools and adds 20 more days for nine month term ending May 20 for the extended term
Pomeroy notes report the Women's Civic Club annual picnic set for Friday at 6 30 p m. A farewell party for C A Schaefer and family at the Masonic Temple honored his Masonry service before moving to Tampa Fla. Births and illnesses touch locals including visits by Mrs Kenneth Hysell and Bess Rose.
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