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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1940
Page
3
Philip Killinger and Willard Meier escaped serious injuries after a car struck a bridge abutment on Route 7 near Pomeroy early Sunday. The vehicle was demolished and county officers had not filed an official report by Sunday night.
Annual reunion of the Roush and allied families will convene August 23 and 24 in the New Haven West Virginia community building. Officers include Dr Dwight L Roush president Oscar E Roush vice president and Mrs Frances Roush Life secretary. Dr Roush recently moved from Rutland to Continental Ohio for a medical practice. Sea lions require about 30 pounds of fish daily to stay healthy.
Mrs Emma Cotterill was taken into custody by local officers and is held at the county jail pending an investigation. Also jailed Saturday were Dana Covert and David Napper charged with driving while intoxicated, Paul Anderson for non payment of an old fine, Ira Fleming with unclear charge, and a transient named Chester Deafersbaugh taken for investigation.
William Holman of Racine, a CCC recruit, received a medical discharge and returned home. Gilberts Weeks of Kerri Run plans county fairs in Iketon Washington County Wellston and Zanesville. Lige Williams of Racine and Alva Williams at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Herman Scholl reports 100 perch on a Grand Rapids fishing trip. Thelma Biffle from Racine RD is in Parkersburg for an appendectomy. Four churches held an all day picnic at Will's Grove. Dr and Mrs C E W Downie and T A Downie visited Pleasantville.
Tom Leifthiet buys Pierotti family business renaming Steeple Jack's Place to Idle Hour Restaurant. The W Main Street site is enlarged with rear section added, doubling floor space.
Mrs. William Easter, previously at Holzer Hospital, was sent back to her home on Ash Street Saturday. Mrs. Martha Bryant remains in critical condition at her Locust Street residence with Mrs. William Huggins aiding her care.
Friends gather at State Roadside Park on Route 33 to honor Mr and Mrs W L Whaley of Darwin on their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Family members attend a noon dinner and a reception in the afternoon as Meigs County communities extend congratulations.
The Middleport social page lists dinner guests Mrs. D. B. Hartinger and the Hartingers plus Mr. and Mrs. William B. Thomas who will travel to Athens to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murphey and then Bellevue, Ohio for a family christening. Numerous neighbors attend Miss Laura McKay’s seventy fifth birthday and other local social movements, visits, and travel across Ohio.
Members of the Church of Christ in Middleport held a two month run of "Slamming the Summer Slump" with 350 attending Bible School. Loyal Berean and Loyal Women's Classes tied for first with 51 members each. Gerald Rupe spoke in the evening on "A Little Farther" as part of the Adult Month program.
Racine residents and relatives host and visit kin across Ohio and West Virginia. Guests include Mrs. A J Schaefer and Gloria Schaefer with Rita Duffy from Pomeroy, plus Anthony and Frank Schaefer of Youngstown and Columbus. Others travel from Parkersburg and Reno to attend church and family events.
Athens County Common Pleas Court will sell the east half of In Lot 56 in Marshfield New Marshfield at public auction on Wednesday August 14 1940 at 1 30 PM at the east door of Athens County Court House. The property appraised at 1500 and may not sell for less than 1000 terms cash. Sheriff Charles W Bayless announces the sale.
Miss Ernestine Burton and Robert Reibel wed Saturday at the home of Rev. Don McMillin on Palmer Street. She wore navy blue with white gloves and a red rosebud corsage. he is a Bellefontaine Construction Co. bookkeeper on the Meigs County Five Points project. Both plan home on Main Street Grant property.
The probate court reports Bertha Oliver as administrator of Hiram French’s estate with inheritance tax exemption. Leonard Brown’s will in Salisbury Township approved and allowed. Hazel Humphrey and Edward Humphrey appointed executrix and executor. Estates of Fannie B Varian and Lucetta Bailey not subject to inheritance tax. Owen Kennedy, administrator of Minter Kennedy’s estate, filed a writ against Forrest Jones for withholding assets. Jones ordered to appear for examination. Will of Milton J Hamilton, de-
The court ordered a writ of citation against Mary H. Bridgeman executrix of Carl Y. Bridgeman's estate to file an account of administration. Subscribing witnesses were O. H. Stewart and Dorothy Dillard, with the American Surety Company of New York applying for the writ.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Daniels announce the birth of a daughter at 9 30 Sunday morning at the home of Mrs Daniels parents Mr and Mrs Will Thomas of Minersville. The baby weighed eight pounds three quarters at birth and is named Diana Ruth. The paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Daniels of Pomeroy.
Kenneth Griffith Pomeroy aged 19 son of Fd Griffith injured Sunday at a Barnesville swimming pool. He suffered a back injury of undetermined seriousness and was taken to Ohio Valley Hospital Wheeling West Virginia for treatment. Ed Griffith left Sunday afternoon to go to the hospital. Further word was expected.
Mt. Vernon Ohio resident Mrs Gladys Sellers says a short course of Vendor cured her constipation and cleared her dull pimply skin. The ad urges readers to try Vendol an alkaline root and herb extract for stomach upset belching heartburn and related symptoms claiming quick relief.
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