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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1932
Page
2
Pomeroy announced September 12 as the opening date for the new school year. Assembly for pupils to organize classes will occur September 8 and 9. Superintendent C. J. Rhodes noted staff appointments were completed earlier, with high school books ordered and junior high athletic field work under way for the upcoming term.
Eleven members of the local girls 4-H Club plan a Saturday departure to Buckeye Lake for a few days with chaperones Mrs. W. M. Cowdery and Mrs. A. H. Curtis. The report also notes visits, family moves, and local travel among residents including Miss Minnie Hannum, Marvin Cross, James Cross, and Iris Coleman.
Pupils slated to attend Olive High School at Tuppers must report Tuesday August 14 for registration. Report times are 1 30 P M. School bus routes will be covered by district officials led by J S Vis, superintendent.
Jacob Brecht 75 died at his Minersville home after a illness of old age. Survived by four children Katherine and Jack of Minersville, George Brecht and Mrs Elizabeth Link of St Louis. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 PM at Minersville Methodist Church with Rev Theophil Meir officiating. Burial in Minersville Hill Cemetery.
Word of the death of Mrs. Nora Roecher last Saturday afternoon at her Bozeman Montana home has reached Chester. She formerly lived in Bedford and Chester Townships and had resided in the West for several years. She is survived by her husband Albert Roecher and two children. She was a sister of the late Mrs. Desta Perry of Flora. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Bozeman.
Several Bing family members in Meigs County plan to attend the annual Bing Reunion on August 18. The event will be held at the Big Locust Tourist Camp, three miles southeast of Logan on Route 31, per a recent secretary’s announcement.
Frank Lowery and his three sons Lawrence Delbert and Val entine of Pittsburgh visit relatives in Pomeroy Lawrence recently returned from Oklahoma and other western states with Gerald Welker Welker remains in Tipton Iowa Mrs Lady Kibble of Reedsville visits Pomeroy Arthur Probst family attend Horace W Karr funeral then return to Cincinnati Tom Hennessy resumes work after infection and surgery Bertha Lawrence a Youngstown teacher visits Syracuse Miss Bertha Lawrence part of nearby obituary notes Lee Archer recovering from gallipolis hospital Ellen Tracy Nora Sybia Jeffere visit Geneva New York Mrs George Nye heads to Columbus for Mt Carmel Hospital treatment Miss Kitty Gardner and Mrs J C Ruby Rochester visit G H Caldwell family Rev Father Frank Gloeckner visits after Europe trip Elberfelds Martin Earl Alfred in New York City on business.
Philip Donovan, found at Point Pleasant West Virginia after eight months away from Meigs County Children's Home, was sentenced by the probate court to one year at the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster. Juvenile Officer H L French transported him to the institution Wednesday.
Dr and Mrs A Z Junkerman have been at Sugar Grove since Saturday due to the serious illness of George Junkerman, brother of Dr Junkerman. He has suffered heart trouble for over a year and is now in critical condition.
Dr. Stanley Rinehart husband of famed novelist Mary Roberts Rinehart, recovering from illness in Utica New York, was scheduled to be moved to the family home in Washington District of Columbia amid grave fears for his life previously.
Pomeroy Ohio Aug. 11 Meigs County residents claim Meigs County produced the first flowing crude oil in the United States. An old Pittsburgh Dispatch clipping cites 1851 finds at Coalport Meigs County Ohio and notes Samuel Kier used oil for medicine while the Coalport Salt Company struck petroleum during salt drilling.
Middleport’s Miss Ruth Humphrey and Pomeroy’s Hugh Davis are among 200 students who will receive degrees at the close of Ohio University summer term. Graduation exercises are set for Friday morning and several locals plan to attend.
Mrs Herbert Fink of South Fourth Avenue and Main Street entertained 14 guests on August 11 on her lawn for Richard Fink's 12th birthday. The party featured lawn games, two birthday cakes including one from cousin Jackie Hysell, ice cream cake and candy.
August White returned from a two week East trip to Middleport on Wednesday. He was joined by Lewis Gibbs of New York City who left for Columbus to escort his mother back to West Orange New Jersey where her daughter Mrs Rosa Wiley is in a hospital. The Wiley and Gibbs families once lived in Middleport and have many local acquaintances.
RACINE August H Clinton Sharpnack 72 died Tuesday night at a Parkersburg hospital after a recent hernia operation His wife died eight years ago and he had no children He is survived by one brother Captain Hiram Sharpnack of Apple Grove a noted steamboat man Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the Racine Methodist Church with burial in a nearby cemetery
Albert Priode and Giles Hysell with families left Gravel Hill for a two week motor trip. They will visit Washington DC and New York City, staying with Priode's sister Mrs Robert Fessier and family. The Fessier farm near town remains a local landmark.
Two members of the 1932 Middleport High School graduating class, Miss Jean McMaster and Miss Jean McKay, will enroll in college courses at Ohio University in Athens this fall and intend to be roommates there.
Epworth League members of Heath M. E. Church held a wiener roast at the Syracuse bathing beach Tuesday evening. Thirty six attended enjoying swimming rowing and games with guests Mr. and Mrs. Noah Haskins and James Euler.
Miss Evelyn Aleshire stayed two weeks with her aunt. Mrs Lillie Hysell and Miss Mabel returned to The Plains Ohio. Leo Searles and Maxine travel to Huntington to visit his father. Mrs T A Griffin of Charleston visits her son Herbert Fink. The Greasers of Belle Vernon and Mrs Anderson of East Liverpool visit Mrs George Wittmer. Mrs Harris spends time in Point Pleasant with sister Sally Jordan and Edith Jordan who is improving. Cordelia Murphy hosts Sara Horn and Marcella from Athens. Daisy Barker and daughter return from Lancaster Camp Grounds. Thelma Lloyd of Penie visits Capt Tom W Jones and wife.
Kansan Joseph S. Chontos, 42, died in Kansas City after a bare handed fight with a wolf found in a rabbit hatch on July 15. He was scratched and bitten and developed hydrophobia three weeks later despite receiving anti rabies and tetanus serum.
An advertisement urges mothers to use Mentha Pepsin, claiming a tablespoon with meals helps underweight children gain firm flesh and blood. It asserts no force feeding and easy consumption, promoting Dave’s Drug Store and a money back guarantee if any bottle fails to help.
The Faithful Circle Class of Millfield Church of Christ met in the home of Mrs. Erwin Stauffer. Plans were made to organize a choir to sing at the Sunday School. Mrs. F. E. Boudineot led a Bible contest with Mrs. Lewis Sanders and Mrs. William Sisson tying for first. A wiener roast is planned for the next meeting at Mrs. Boudinot's home.
The Courtney family annual gathering will be at the Athens Fairgrounds on Sunday August 14 at noon with dinner from 12 to 1:30. A business session and program follow featuring multiple vocal duets and solos by members from Chauncey Columbus Athens Springfield Millfield and Chauncey participants listed.
The Kirken dall residence welcomed Grace Noland and her children Frances and Barbara Lou from Athens and Allen Banfield from Portsmouth. Bessie Wendel of Nelsonville visited. Ralph Maynard and Fred McClellan groups traveled to Columbus. Dane Osborne is home in critical condition after surgery in Columbus. Ronald Miller and two children visit relatives in Pomeroy. Elizabeth Fabinette and Lorena Mae Sisson from Millfield visit Zanesville guests. Amos Matheny from Millfield in Trimble due to his mother Jane Matheny's hip fracture from a fall.
Millfield reports Harold Blower William Wemmer Grover Patton and son Woodrow enjoying a week of fishing on the Muskingum River at an Ohio town.
Millfield residents Mrs Henry Hefkin Miss Ada Leake Mrs Harold Brower and Mrs Dora Hefkin left today for Akron to visit Mr and Mrs W D Coy through Sunday.
The Southern Ohio Electric baseball team, winners of the Athens Twilight Baseball League, is shown to be mainly built from Chauncey and Millfield players including D McDaniel B Theisen and An derson from Millfield and P Theisen Hillyer Boling Shine Smith Simpson and G McDaniel from Chauncey. Haddox of Athens pitched. Chauncey fans supported the team. A party at the Ohio Theater Thursday night will honor the players.
Collin Shields of The Plains and William Poston Jr family members returned home after a week visiting relatives in Akron. Ruth and Jimmy Konkle resumed residence in Cleveland after staying with grandparents Mr and Mrs Steve Koffman. Robert Hawk of Columbus visited in the home of his mother Mrs Elizabeth Hawk.
Evangelistic meetings are held nightly at Zion Baptist Church. Rev. Fred Fields of Athens leads the sessions with special music, drawing large crowds throughout the week.
Miss Eleanor Minister entertains her bridge club with a dinner bridge session at the home of her sister, Mrs. Theron Goodson, on Ellis Avenue.
Mrs George Gabriel Sr entertained her Sunday School class of boys and girls in THE PLAINS on a Wednesday afternoon. The group hiked to a mound and played games before a 4 o clock refreshment course in the dining room, with Miss Helen Gabriel helping. Attendees included Gladys Shields Frances Sickles Grace Dicken Iva Dell Marnes Ida Frances Virginia Pearl Dorothy Mae Berenice Gabriel Fauna Bell Marion Norma Guseman Bobby Hale Billy Joe Gabriel Ralph Langle and Ralph Gabriel.
Columbus reports an agreement on a wage scale for Federal funded road work. Minimum common labor rates range from 35 to 50 cents an hour by locale with skilled labor at 50 percent above. The scale applies to Federal construction let on August 19 20.
In a colorful ceremony aboard the flagship Pennsylvania on August 11 Admiral Richard H. Leigh will assume command of the United States fleet. The event marks a high point in his naval career as he takes charge of fleet operations from the flagship.
Harbin residents endure floods from the Sun gari River while guerilla clashes with Manchukuo and Japanese troops devastate Ilan region livelihoods. Desperate families offer daughters for sale at about fifty yen as poverty deepens amid war disruptions.
Advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to stimulate two pounds of bile daily, relieve sour feeling and digestion issues, and cleanse the body. It warns against laxatives and minerals, claiming the pills are safe, effective, and branded by the red label with a 25 cent price.
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