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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1934
Page
2
Pomeroy citizens will meet at City Hall at 7 PM to hear experts propose financing for the Sugar Run sewer project. Officials seek a prompt start with an 800 foot tunnel costing 4000 to 7000 dollars, aiming to use federal and state labor funds. Two options include a voter approved bond issue or a sewer user tax.
Capt Edwin Hull motored to Greenfield to visit relatives. Dorothy Caldwell of Walland Tennessee visits her mother Mrs A A Dillard. Kathleen Bush recovers from appendicitis at Holzer Hospital. Erlewine family in Cleveland. Fairlie Erlewine finishes summer courses at Ohio University and taught at The Plains School. Billy Barker wins free trip to World's Fair in Chicago in a newspaper contest. W C Ramsey returns to Ravenswood after visiting his daughters. Gene Rice of Crown City here with grandmother Effie Rice and aunt H L Reday. William Fenwick and Virginia of Norfolk visit. D H Gay and son of Charleston visit Stephenson and Schupp families. Helen Harbach of Derry Pennsylvania at Lera Roush home.
Gene Rice of Crown City Clyde Baker and Cecil Rice of Middleport and Gerald Rice of Pomeroy celebrated birthdays Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Russell Rice in Crown City.
Middleport notes The Philothea Society of the Church of Christ will hold a regular meeting Thursday evening at the church.
Mr and Mrs James Clark and two children and Mr and Mrs Lyman Weed with their son attended the Clark reunion Saturday. Attendees also joined the National Branch picnic at Athens and the Grange gathering at Carpenter. Mr and Mrs Hall Frost announce the birth of a daughter.
Rutland Lee Brown was taken to a Charleston hospital with gallstones. The C. O. Chapman family is visiting the World’s Fair in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Carl Reeves and Mr and Mrs Pearl Reeves with Mrs Spile Nichols were at Ash Cave on Sunday. Mrs Faye George occupies the house vacated by Mrs Chloe Fink and Lang Spires occupies the house vacated by Mrs George.
Mrs Nan Moore and Misses Mildred Hawley Ruth Drake Clair Minor Elizabeth Moore and Doris Bailey left this morning for Benzie Lake in Michigan where they will go into camp for three weeks.
The Loyal Pals Class of the Church of Christ held their annual picnic at Shenang Springs on Tuesday evening in Middleport.
Mr and Mrs Clair Taylor and children visited Akron. Kenneth Leach moved to Zaleski to serve as school superintendent. Wayne King remains unimproved after a mine accident. The Albert King family from Columbus spent the weekend here. John Beckley and his wife are seriously ill.
Funeral services for Theodore Jacobs who died Monday night in Columbus will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock from the Ewing Funeral Home. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Grass Run side Hill George Nicholson of Shawnee and Mr and Mrs F D Nicholson with two daughters from Wewoka arrived Tuesday to visit relatives and old acquaintances. It is Mr Nichol s son Floyd s first visit here in 33 years. The Rev Charles W Perry of Caldwell spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs C F Anderson. Norman Will returned from the Citizens Military Training Camp at Ft Thomas Ky. Kiggins Oil and Gas drilled a good gas well on Mrs Eva Welsh farm. Lon and Glen Thompsons and Saxton couples hosted guests. Mrs Tillie Yeakle of Los Angeles spent the weekend with the Nicholson family. Ina Stone of Parkersburg W Va spent the week here. Rev W W Crabtree of Lamont Mo and his son Rev Marvin Crabtree of Chillicothe visited friends Monday.
Dorothy Russell and Elizabeth Sauvage were appointed by Meigs County commissioners to work as investigators at the local relief office. Welfare Director Henry Corradini announced two new employees were needed. Bids on the $6,950 poor relief bond issue were opened. Bills were paid and the meeting adjourned.
Mrs. C. E. W. Downie and son William and Howard Ewing returned to Lincoln Hill after visiting the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. The Magonalia Temple Pythian Sisters annual picnic will be held Thursday at Shenang Springs. Mr Harvey Eastman and daughter Thora and Mr Milo Stewart with their spouses left today to attend the World's Fair in Chicago for several days.
Letart Falls notes mention George Sayre burial at Plants, with nearby visits by Adam Slaughter of Florida to Polly Ann Wagner and Sam Noll. John Sayre and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Frank McClinton. Mrs. Mattie Custer stays with her children in Hemstead and East Orange relatives. Olson Frazier of Akron visits aunt Mrs. J D Roush.
Thomas Eynon Pomeroy and Everett McDaniel were arrested on intoxication charges and jailed awaiting preliminary hearings. Gertrude Verian was fined $18.70 for breach of peace in Middleport and also jailed.
Langsville notes report an ice cream social at the church this Saturday evening August 11. The Reverend Lewis, Vinton, completed his pastoral visit here. Elza Brown is constructing a poultry house. J. B. Chase and W. McKnight are visiting Mrs. Kermit Brown, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Witmer have returned to Wadsworth with Helen and Clarice Miller.
Rome Stewart sold his farm to Charlies Sauer of Middleport. Mrs Maggie Chaney and Mrs Nellie Nelson are ill. Hysell Nelson returns from Chicago. Millfield defeated Dexter 6 0. Mr and Mrs Malcolm Davis of Gloucester and Mr and Mrs Richard Carey visited Mr and Mrs G B Davis. Maude Dulaney of Charleston is here with her mother Mrs Mary Dulaney.
Alfred residents Mr. and Mrs. Vern Shumway and son along with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Betzing and daughter returned from trips into Canada and Michigan. Sunday School classes of the Alfred M. E. Church held a Shenang Springs picnic. Do. V. Dixon of Athens visited with his children. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dixon and Mr. and Mrs. Dana Swartz and J. M. Bentz spent the weekend at Derry, Pa, returning with Mrs. Bentz who visited her sister Mrs. Parrish.
Regular meeting of the Auxiliary to Feeney-Bennet Post, American Legion, elected Mrs. Mildred Fowler as a delegate. Edith Sauer and Emma Wayland joined as delegates, with Mrs. Ernest Muiford named as alternate.
The column lists relatives and guests visiting Racine and nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Wallace Pickens of Columbus stayed with Mr and Mrs Butler Pickens and Mr and Mrs Oren Wolfe. Mrs Harold Weatherholt and two sons from Gallipolis visited the Ji den family. Boy Scouts camped at Harris Landing Great Bend. Effie Fadelay and three daughters and her sister Helen Pullins left for Pt Pleasant to visit relatives then to the University of Maryland to join her husband after six weeks away. they plan to return Saturday. W B Cross Curt Johnson and Robert Salaer left for Chicago for the World's Fair. Mr and Mrs Ralph Neigler and family and Mr and Mrs Eber Neigler with two daughters hosted a picnic in Athens Sunday. Jess Musgrave and two children from South Springfield were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs W J Krider.
Mrs. Anna Miller of Huntington testified the road through the former Miller farm, now the Carters home, was open to the public from 1870 to 1904 in a $300 money damage suit by Martha A. Greenlee against W. H. Carter and Harry Carter. The case was continued.
A. F. DeWerth, a florist at the O. H. E., resigns to accept a new position immediately at the Veterans Hospital in Chillicothe.
Silver Ridge hosts an ice cream social at the Theatre Shaf er home Saturday night August 1 for the benefit of Bethel U. M. Church.
Mr and Mrs Noah Haskins announce the birth of a son at Holzer Hospital Tuesday. The baby is named Charlies Preston. The mother, Miss Blanch Matthews, is a former English teacher at Middleport High School and has a year’s leave of absence from teaching.
Thomas Edgar Ervin formerly of Middleport and son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Ervin has won a law scholarship from Columbia University. He will finish his law course by year end and this marks the third such award he has received.
Mrs Nanna Rothgeb and daughter Evelyn return from Cincinnati and Columbus after a week with relatives. Mr and Mrs George Boardman and daughter visit Syracuse. Charles Lee and wife announce the birth of a son on Wednesday August 1. Norma Jean Raike, seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Raike, celebrated a birthday with friends and ice cream. Reverend McMahon called on friends Saturday. Mr and Mrs Perry Gorsuch of McArthur visited Mrs Emma Comstock. Ladies Aid Society met at F F Thornton's home with new members and guests. Miss Lona Hall assists with housework as Mr White remains ill.
Beatrice Day sues Ernie W. Day in Common Pleas for divorce alimony and child custody. She asks restraint on Rose Day Roy Day and Pearl Day from disposing property shared with the first defendant. She accuses gross neglect. couple wed in 1914 and have 10 living children.
Gallipolis resident Charlie Bunyan was captured by Deputy Sheriff Howard Gates after escaping from the Boys' Industrial School at Lancaster. He was found on the river bank between Kananga and the Silver Bridge and turned over to Lancaster officials.
The ad touts Peterson's Ointment as fast relief for irritated pimples and red blotches. It claims a single application brings a pimple to a head and aids natural healing, with a money back guarantee and century of customer benefit.
Gallia County farmers receive 4643 in checks for corn and hog reductions under the corn hog production control program. Checks held by M. S. Gatewood and payable to 78 signers. 2870 for hog reduction at 2 per head and 1773 for corn reduction at 15 cents per bushel on land removed from corn.
Gallipolis Harmony Club and Gallia County N A A C P chapter back Dr. E Le Fever Glouster for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Tenth District. LeFever was in Gallipolis Tuesday meeting local constituents.
Trustees of Bethelhem Church Guyan Township and members seek court action to appoint a moderator for a church schism by majority vote of both sides, with a hearing set for September in Common Pleas Court.
Gallipolis announces Lieut Earl Barnes of Cincinnati as general supervisor and manager of the New Holzer Airport set to open Aug 26 during a water air carnival and Gallipolis Regatta. The 100 acre $90,000 CWA FERA field features three runways up to 3,900 feet. Air taxi service planned to connect to midwest communities. Barnes, former airmail pilot and Charlies Lindbergh teacher, also to run a tying school.
The Harrison Rural District Board of Education votes to construct two new school buildings in Ohio Township, one with two rooms and one with three rooms. Sites are not yet selected. Several teachers are hired for Ohio Township including Papaw Grove Lee Rose Oak Dale Donald Rose Waugh Bottom Francis Greene Rose Bud C vy Waugh Bladen James Davis Beth el Helen G. Mills Pine Grove Grant Johnson Hickory Grove Emmett Church Mooney Lewis vy Campbell. Delbert Boster will drive buses to Mercerville for high school pupils. the Bethel three room building will house Rose Bud and Bladen pupils.
Gallia County report by ER Reed shows twenty three tobacco growers signing A A A contracts or applying for tax exemption certificates at the Gallia County Agent office. Growers who do not sign or apply face a 25 percent tax on all marketed tobacco this fall under Kerr-Smith Tobacco Act provisions.
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