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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1918
Page
8
Pomeroy residents enjoyed a public patriotic sing featuring attorney Manning Webster and heard remarks on World Liberty. A double ceremony followed with Rev. L. L. Cherrington officiating, a Lohengrin march, and a brief reception.
Ten colored boys left yesterday for Camp Sherman to train for service in the trenches. They received an ovation and departed with determination to do their best in Uncle Sam's big war.
The Fifty-seventh Meigs County Teachers Institute opened at the court house with between 140 and 180 teachers in attendance. Supt. C. T. Coates presided as F. C. Landsitter of Ohio University Athens, G. F. Morgan of Athens City schools and Supt. George W. Crow of Pompey spoke on teaching and community education. Morgan discussed the school and community, Crow honored the county’s teachers who passed away, and Landsitter and Landautel led sessions on reading and historical adjustments. The program included miscellaneous work and afternoon activities with music planned throughout the week.
A wedding was solemnized at the home of Judge and Mrs. A. P. Miller on Butternut Avenue Saturday at 8:30 pm. Their daughter Hazel became the bride of Corporal Fred D. Groff of Lancaster as ferns and the National colors decorated the house.
While driving toward Rut land Sunday afternoon a garage man named Wm. Hogue discovered the auto on fire. He and the two small boys with him escaped before the machine was consumed. only the iron ribs remained.
Mr and Mrs A D Weed and Mr and Mrs I B Weed and family left Saturday for a visit at Buckeye Lake.
Those Happy Hustler crowd will have a picnic supper at the home of Misses Ilda and Jennie Davis on Wednesday evening.
Mrs Dr Lawrence and daughter visit old time Coolville friends this week. Miss Rea V Webster returns home after a visit with Athens friends. Mrs Richard Campbell Mrs Will Bartells and Mrs Jessie Mitch were Sunday visitors at Camp Sherman. Middleport barbers advertise haircuts and shaves. N L Oppeheimer leaves for a short east business trip. John T Swanson of Pittsburg spent the weekend in Pomeroy.
From the American front Eddie Rickenbacker explains the term gimper as a loyal air squadron member who stays with you, fights hard, and never quits. He details how gimpers earn trust, improve through action, and keep a unit intact under German fire.
Master Delmer Nelson visits grandparents near Five Points while Grace Leadman and children from Delaware visit relatives in the area. Various calls and visits are noted among the Clark, Russell, Cole, Logan, and Barnhart families including Easter and Sunday gatherings at Frost Stewart and Stewart area homes.
Mrs Anna Clark and her children with Mrs Callie Logan visited relatives near Coolville. Miss Dora Wooton of near Coolville spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs William Wooton.
In the Athens Nelsonville case Charles Sheldon versus Co G Kern, a court dismissed the initial suit for want of prosecution. Testimony showed Sheldon intoxicated and hogging the road on a muddy stretch between Athens and Nelsonville, Kern car skidding and incurring $100 repair costs. Judgment awarded against Sheldon for $100 plus costs.
Local event listing promotes the Athens County Fair and Races with dates and activities. Community organizers invite residents to attend featuring livestock displays and horse racing at the county fairgrounds.
A Church of Christ series is held in the YMCA Carnegie Library room with H. W. Banks of Malta preaching each evening. Tonight’s subject is The Mission of John the Baptist and the time is 7 30. An invitation is extended to all to attend.
The local regular army recruiting officer and assistant have been inspecting and sending to Columbus Barracks a number of young men who enlisted in various branches. Most accepted recently by Corporal Chapin are under twenty one and not draft eligible. Many over thirty one are expected to enroll before the eve of registration.
Athens school board meets to set opening date for all district schools on September 16 aligning with Ohio University. They pay current bills including summer repairs and supplies, retire $3,400 in bonds, and note bonded debt at $72,100 with four percent interest. Superintendent Morgan recommends new subjects and confirms no teacher resignations. Playground director Porter joins naval reserve. manual training position vacant.
The roster shows new acceptances by unit including coast artillery Robert D. Mulpas and Ed L. Shaukis in Athens. infantry names Charles F. Hathaway Glenn Allen and Wayne M. France. cavalry R L Ogg and Frank E. Davies. field artillery John Cotter. medical John Urban. quartermaster Donald M. Clutter. Locations include Nel sonville Batavia Broadwell Sugar Creek Wales Mills and Sharpsburg.
Columbus August 6 A month long drive to provide better recreation facilities for children is underway in Ohio. The effort is led by the State Health Department and the child welfare committee of the Council of National Defense with local welfare committees organized to implement the program. The campaign also emphasizes established child welfare measures such as baby clinics parental care infant welfare work school nursing and disease protection. August focuses on general recreation and tests for boys and girls as prep for a Patriotic Play Week in early September featuring pageants community events picnics and athletic contests. Baby weighing has concluded in most counties to support health statistics on children under five.
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