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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1937
Page
10
John F. McGonagle age 42 died at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus Wednesday night after being brought in for observation. He was former Junction City postmaster and later worked at Joyce's Store and Ohio Collieries. Funeral at St Patrick's Church Junction City Saturday morning. survived by wife Dora Hedfelt and three children Dickie Mary Ann and Patty.
Glouster Church of Christ prepares a Thursday August 12 picnic at Sawyer's Grove for the Sunday School. Rev. David P. Morris and the school superintendent organize games and entertainment as part of the event. The church announces services including Bible School at 9:00, Lord's Supper at 10:00, 6:30 Christian Endeavor, and 7:30 Happy Hour Service with a sermon on Seeking Jesus. Rev and Mrs Boroff and Miss Logue plan a week’s vacation visiting Lakeside Metamora and Toledo after Boroff ends a two week Methodist duty leave August 1.
Glouster social items list weekend visits and travels of residents. Gertrude Pride visits brother W M Matheny in Columbus. Jack Zimmer and Gene Bingman plan a Musk ingum River trip. Galloway family returns from North Carolina. Miss Sabra Armstrong visits parents after teaching in Elyria. Fay Lantz and Gilbert Stephenson back from Los Angeles trip.Nelsonville trip by several locals. Civil War veteran W D Christman attends Sandusky reunion with son Dallas. Nona Clarkson visits Columbus. Esta Cunningham in Columbus. William Howard to begin Ohio University course after graduating this year.
Pomeroy Twilight Garden Club held its annual picnic at Ada Hoskins home on the Pomeroy Athens Road with Mrs. Judge Peoples assisting. A 6 30 dinner on the lawn preceded a farewell for Mrs. John Cranston who soon moves to Ironton.
The Orpha Sunday School Class of the M. E. Church held its annual picnic at Antles Grove on Thursday afternoon. Members and families gathered at the church at 4 30 and traveled to the grove where a picnic supper of delectable dishes was served. The evening was spent socially.
GLOUSTER The local library at 15 Brown St in Mrs. Fred Brown's home has received a large donation of magazines and several books. The library is open to the public from 9 to 4 daily.
GLOUSTER Boy Scout troop 71 of the Methodist Church will spend the afternoon and evening visiting Katooga Boy Scout Camp at Pom eroy. They will be accompanied by Scoutmasters Blower Sikorski and Bingman.
WARS ON CROWS MT. CARROLL Ill The crow population in Carroll County has fallen by at least 555 since a 10 cent bounty began April 1. Hunters from eight of fourteen townships turned in crow heads. Orion Leavens of Thompson led with 325 crows killed.
Indian from Oklahoma reservation, Joe Browneagle, is jailed in Marysville on intoxication charges and demands he be registered as a 100 proof Indian, a claim that adds a noting twist to the court appearance.
Middleport social notes report improved condition for Mrs. Harry Mills after hospital treatment. Billy Williams visits Lexington and relatives in New York, while Billy Fenimore stays with cousin Roy Evans. Various relatives travel for illness, births, and expositions. A motor tour group plans a southwestern trip featuring the Grand Canyon and Death Valley. A farewell party honors Mrs. Fred Healey with a handkerchief shower. Sally Schaaf hosts her fifth birthday party with family and friends.
William Starkey, 50, longtime head of the Pomeroy water plant, died Thursday at 6 p.m. at his Liberty Avenue home after about a year of illness. Survived by wife, two adopted daughters, father Douglas Starkey, sister Mrs. James Stevens, and brother Robert Starkey of Toledo. All residents of Pomeroy except the brother.
Daughters of the Union Civil War Veterans gathered at the LOCF Hall in Glouster Tuesday night for the regular meeting followed by a social hour. Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs Lelia Hashman and Mrs Mary Roberts. The next meeting is slated for August 17 in the LOOF Hall.
Mrs. Fred Foss returned to her Nelsonville home Thursday evening after visiting with Mrs. Thomas Hemsley.
A tubercular patient, Mrs. Boccanasini, 27, died in the hospital's maternity ward after labor began while she was unconscious. Doctors performed a post mortem Caesarean in eight minutes to save the baby, who survived as her husband Dominic sought care for the infant.
Kenneth Hogue 28 will view the Ohio River after 11 years in Belmont County custody. Convicted at 17 for murdering his stepmother over 15 cents for a movie, he began parole December 1 and plans a river visit, having completed courses and found work at the London Prison Farm.
POMEROY The Koehler sisters move into a new home on Butternut Ave built above the high water mark to prevent flood damage. The modern residence enhances the street’s appeal as the flood risk from the river is mitigated. Two thirds of the earth’s surface is water.
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