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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1934
Page
2
Pomeroy public meeting to fund a sewer under Main and Second Streets and through Sugar Run Creek bottom will be held at City Hall Wednesday night. County engineer A H Moellenkamp said 800 feet of tunneling costs about 7169 for stone and equipment or 8569 for concrete and equipment.
Middleport residents hosted relatives including Mr and Mrs J 8S Child and daughter Jean from McMethen West Virginia who visited Edgar Ervin and his sisters Mrs O H Stewart and Mrs G E B Probst. EB Wilcock went to Cleveland on business Monday.
The Middleport Public Library will reopen Thursday August 9 after a three week closure for repairs. Librarian Mies Alpha Bomerville announces the restart.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 2 PM at the Hainesville Church for Roy Ward. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery. several local friends joined the funeral party.
Pomeroy society notes list Mr and Mrs T H Bean of Pittsburgh hosting at Lincoln Hill with local families including Mr and Mrs Dor Schaefer. Several residents visit Columbus and White Sulphur Springs while others travel from Flint and Huntington to stay with relatives.
Middleport village treasurer reports about $53 000 in bonds with $24 270 retired so far this year. William Lowe is named fire chief of the local department, a selection confirmed by the mayor and council. Mayor Harley notes $4 70 collected in fines and licenses during the past month.
Three marriages occurred Saturday night in Pomeroy. Edmond Grueser of Minersville wed Irene Flint of Pomeroy at the Methodist Episcopal Parsonage. Thelma Phillips married Mrs. J Willis McMurray at the bride's mother's home, both employed by Ohio Power. Mary Baer wed William Grueser at Pt Pleasant. Grueser, a 1934 Pomeroy High School graduate noted as a football and basketball standout.
The Pomeroy homecoming and carnival were moved from the Sept 3 week to the first week in October after the committee could not secure a carnival attraction. Next meeting is set for Aug 21. Firemen also agreed to cooperate with Middleport on a Labor Day celebration at Middleport High School athletic field.
Meigs Lawrence and Vinton Counties join staff to host the tenth annual 4-H Camp on Racoon Creek Ohio drawing 260 campers. Norman Dillinger led athletic contests while Mildred Smin directed vesper services and the Green couple supervised campfires. County agent George W Kreier called it the most satisfying Meigs County 4-H camp yet with progress in the three counties.
Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM from Burlingham Church for Mrs. Marian Mart who died in a Sunday automobile crash. Burial in Burlingham Cemetery. Services for Samuel Kyson, 53, died Saturday at his Turtle Creek home. Burial at Syracuse Hill Cemetery after services at Mrs. Elizabeth Duckworth’s home in Syracuse.
Mr. and Mrs. Shan Russell are very ill while James Russell returns from West Virginia with a foot injury. Numerous relatives, including Mrs. Bud Russell and Glenna Ruth Carsey, visit Emma Gleuckner in Hysel Run and others in Marietta, Columbus, Coonville, Denver, Logan, East Fiocod wood, and Dayton. Glena Ruth turns ten with a party hosted by Mrs. Ruth Carsey. Charles Pierce recovers from an operation and resumes work at B. H. Bailey Dairy Farm.
D. P. Wilcoxen, 43, of Lancaster, and Frances Baney, 2, listing Racine, obtained a marriage license in proper court Monday. Gilbert Wheeler, 25, and Dollie Western, 23, both of Pomeroy, son and daughter of local residents, secured a marriage license Saturday.
L D Swan and relatives from Huntington attended a Swan family reunion at Meigs County Fairgrounds before returning home. Kathryn Anderson, after a week in McMechen W Va, returns home. Schroath of Diamond W Va visits her Erwin relatives and joins Evangeline Chapter of Order of Eastern Star. Columbus visitors C T Wilson family leave Lincoln Street for Columbus. Newark visitors J A Dingess and Redecker family with E C Willock. Bradford family travels from Rutland to Columbus with Edna Bradford. Frances and Dorothy Crowell visit Brownell Avenue cousin Elizabeth Bradford.
The Holiday Stitchers 4-H Club met August 1 with nine of ten members answering roll. Plans were completed for a trip to Old Man's Cave on August 12 and a post meeting picnic was enjoyed. Next meeting set with Faye Marie Sapp as news reporter on August 4.
The Champion Stitchers 4-H Club met at the M. W. A. Hall to plan an ice cream social at Darwin School with Aug and Helen Burson and Jean O'Brien demonstrating seams. The next meeting is set for Aug at the M. W. A. Hall.
A Lawrence Chapel Church group presents The Stoning of Stephen Thursday night. The Tuppers Plains Methodist Church hosts an ice cream social in the auditorium at the same time.
Local relatives attended a McCullough family reunion at Moxabala Park on Sunday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Grogan, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Grogan, Mrs. Fred Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Quivey, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Grogan and son Kelly, and Mrs. Cordelia Murphy.
Hanlin Avenue was closed to traffic yesterday as city crews regrade the street for permanent improvements with FERA assistance. Curbing installation on Highland Avenue, graded earlier, will begin soon as another city-FERA project.
Large packet steamers Tom Greene and Chris Greene will reach Gallipolis on Monday September 3 for excursions from Louisville and Cincinnati. The Shawnee may come from Pittsburgh for boiler work at Acme Boiler Works and be converted to a single deck. Captain Fred Hornbrook of the Ouachita toured the area with his family. the Ouachita has carried passengers and freight in the Pittsburgh Cincinnati trade and is the smallest packet in that service but adequate for the demand.
City council approved assessments for paving East State Street from Park Street to the east corporation line at about 48 cents per front foot. Payments are due within 30 days at Athens National Bank. Unpaid charges may be placed on the county tax duplicate for nine years with 6 percent interest.
Gallia County Board of Commissioners redirected funds from Swan Creek state road to multiple patching projects across Gallia County. Planned gravel work for Stewart Chapel Road and Fox Branch Road, Criner Road work, and sandstone transfer from Prospect Road to Springfield Township. Also approves $300 for the re employment office to keep it operating.
The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. R. M. Jones home with 41 present including five of Jones granddaughters. A program featured recitations and solos. Rev Watts led officer elections with Rose Eagle as president and Minnie Brandebury as treasurer. Refreshments followed.
Gallia County resumes tobacco sign-up for one week to give non signers a chance. Contracts may be signed at the county agent E. H. Reed's office or on August 8 and August 10 at M. E. Gatewood Fenimore Johnson W. E. Slagle and Charles W Ward residences. Signers will receive rental and adjustment payments under the same provisions as earlier signers.
Dr. C. E. Holzer reports July work at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis set a new high, with twenty five percent more activity than any prior month. The new building is 17 years old. Recent admissions include Herbert Calloway Pomeroy miner treatment James E Robertson Gallipolis ticket agent treatment and Joseph Buttericks Middleport treatment with dismissal.
August transfers include Thomas Jefferson Spurlock to Malissie Adeline Brown for 100 acres in Green Township. F E Kerretux to Oscar and Helen Davis, one Gallipolis lot. Nancy E Keith to Millard Parsons, 43 acres in Springfield Township for 1800 dollars. W W Phillips and wife to Eric Phillips, 50 acres in Ohio Township. Samuel Good and wife to W E Welker, 64.5 acres in Springfield Township.
Monroe Winston of Gallipolis sues Delphos B. Noble for 1271.25 dollars in Common Pleas Court over the July 19 car collision at Chickamauga Park.
Miss Margaret Jones and Glen W. Pryor will offer free health examinations to all 4-H Club members in Gallia County. A member from each club will compete in a county test with a free trip to the Ohio State Fair awarded to the winner.
In July 25,000 yards of concrete were poured at the Gallipolis locks. For August the plan calls for 1,050 yards daily, six days a week, totaling 27,300 yards for the month.
A marriage license was issued in Gallipolis to Guy French age 17 a Bidwell farmer son of John French and Celia Reese age 21 a Gallipolis daughter of Edward F Reese.
McDougal John Adkins and his son from New England visited H. H. Eisman. Miss Josephine Mayles spent the week end with Mrs. Irene McKibben. Fred Kearns is building a new cellar at his home. Robert Weekly, Delta Mayles and family spent Sunday in Athens. Miss Josephine Mayles also spent Sunday in Millfield. Alonzo Eisman is visiting relatives in Akron.
In Columbus on August 7 Alan J. Jordan of the Ohio Valley Water Conservation and Flood Control Congress outlined possible federally financed flood control reservoirs in the Scioto River Valley.
Pittsburgh tolls rose with four fatalities from weekend traffic incidents in the city. Police reported multiple crashes during the Aug. 7 period, detailing victims and locations as part of early city casualty tallies.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brooks and son joined the fifth annual Matlack-Osborn family reunion at Matlack Grove in Tuppers Plains on Sunday. George Lu Beards attended as a guest of Charles Brooks. About sixty people were present. Judge C. E. Peoples of Pomeroy delivered the principal address.
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