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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1931
Page
2
A short society and locals note from Meigs County via A Hartley lists contact details for The Messenger telephone service. It directs readers to call John Sauvage at phone 453L for circulation and classified advertising inquiries.
POMBROY Aug 13 Two cases heard in Probate Court yesterday afternoon William Wells of Harrisonville pleaded guilty to possession of liquor and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and jailed until paid. Mrs Lucy White of Dead Man's Curve pleaded guilty to contributing to delinquency by giving sour mash to Alma Laudermilk and was fined 75 dollars plus costs and jailed until paid.
In Meigs County many banks and the building and loan companies announce they will pay the two mill tax on deposits without naming individual depositors. Officials believe the move preserves privacy while boosting deposits and funds for business, and it may raise interest payments to depositors.
POMEROY Aug 13 Superintendent Harvey Eastman of the Meigs County Children's Home says the new farm will raise annual income by 1000 dollars and repay the farm in five years. He notes success in teaching the boys to work on existing acres and expects all youths to stay active, learning farm skills while receiving board clothing and shelter.
Mire Lawrence Bing stays at Beach Hill with her mother Mrs. Sommers and relatives while Iva Brown visits Rio Grande for several days. Emma Richards plans to remain until after Rio Grande College alumni events next Saturday. Stout, Pan Handle Railroad accountant from Pittsburgh, visits former Middleport resident J. N. Humphrey and spends a day in Langsville with cousin Curtis Stout. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Delville and Frances return to Columbus after a weekend with T. F. Ferguson. Mrs. J. K. Jones returns to Charleston after a few days with nieces and their families. Mrs. J. W. Longstaff travels to Akron to visit relatives, aided by sister Mrs. Margaret Elison of Columbus. Foreign Missionary Society of Heath M E Church convenes with Mrs. M. R. Roller. Rev Eichinger leads an Extension Work program, September meeting planned with Mrs. Charlotte Burnell. Henrietta Ewing and sister Bether go to Columbus to stay with aunt Mrs. J. H. Martin and Mr. Walter Brown for several weeks. F. S. Powers and wife return from Bucyrus as moving van arrives to relocate them there. Laura McKay, recovering from an operation at Holzer Hospital, stays with brother A. W. McKay. Bertha Hamilton of Columbus visits Longstaff family. R. G. Bailey recovering from surgery at Holzer.
In Pomeroy Aug 15 three youths aged 10 to 12 observed election returns at a polling site. They discussed candidate strengths, predicted outcomes, and framed the issue in terms of political rights, signaling budding local interest in politics.
Meigs County drilling concentrates in the Wolfpen District near Pomeroy with the Ohio Fuel Supply Company leading prospecting. Wells are in progress on the John Chase farm and two on the Will Seyfried farm, with local men P L Peoples and Dr L G Gribble drilling on the Vining farm then moving to Edgar Morris. Numerous prior wells in the area have been productive.
A Pomeroy farmer drove from town with a 50-gallon cider barrel strapped to the car fender. It was an unusual cargo addition alongside calves poultry and hogs observed by locals yesterday.
Mrs Rebeca Cottrill of Bowmans Run was brought home from Gallipolis hospital after a serious major operation. A daughter from California by plane and another daughter from Syracuse are with her. The widow owns a Bowmans Run farm with many paying gas wells.
Mr and Mrs A A Simmons of Pittsburgh visited their sister and brother in Huntington. Mrs Frank Guinther returned from Huntington. Miss Myrtle Smith plans to move in with her brother in Michigan. Cedric W Clark and J A Kent traveled to Columbus. Jessie Billinger spends week with Jessie Johnston in Columbus. G E Cook in training in Cleveland visited family in Huntington. Numerous relatives from Columbus Langsville and Tonawanda joined in local visits over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs I M Swett and Mr and Mrs W H Hampton came home Tuesday after visiting relatives in Columbus D B Williams Syracuse Gerald Bowers Zanesville Clarence Long Springfield and sister Alice Long of Tennessee at G C Gorbys home. Misses Margaret James and Augusta Swett Columbus visited W I Swett and accompanied the Swetts home.
Preparatory to undergoing an operation for goitre Mrs W A Compton and children from Pomeroy have gone to Lake Shawnee near Princeton West Virginia to spend a month in a cottage owned by the Comptons Alvin Norris formerly in business in Pomeroy has taken charge of a Kroger Store in Gallipolis
Prof. Isaac Hoffman and his daughter travel through the village to visit Emma Hoffman in Silver Ridge. Hoffman has led East Liverpool schools for 16 years as neighbors host many guests, including Waterman, Parker and Bahr families with local visits and camp meetings noted.
Middleport announces a playlet titled Lets Be Friends to be presented Friday evening. The event features local performers and aims to entertain the community with a light theatrical piece.
The Presbyterian Church missionary society holds its monthly meeting with a program featuring two American girls and two from China. Six Chinese and six American children will participate, the president presides, Mrs Sherman leads the program, Mrs Probst reads, guests are invited, and hostesses include Virgie Corbin Lettie Beaserer and several Mrs. Tedrow Thomas Stewart and Lama.
Middleport superintendent A W McKay and C J Rhoades of Pomeroy attended a Jackson gathering of accepted village school superintendents. McKay said the meeting was profitable and that all represented schools aim to remain in Class A. He also announced Middleport schools will open on Tuesday, September.
F. A. Shiflett and a group of girls spent Tuesday at Buckeye Lake. They rented a cottage for the last weeks of August for a dozen campers. Those in the group were Ruth Moseman, Fern and Faye Abbott, Jessie Mae Russell and Phyllis Horden.
Bernice Rawlings and Charles H. McCall were married August 8 in Pomeroy with Rev. O. W. Williams officiating. The bride, Columbia High School graduate, and groom, Albany High School class of 1927, will reside in Lancaster, Ohio after September 12 where he is a Hocking Glass Company foreman.
The Walburn family held their fifth annual reunion at City Park Chillicothe on Sunday August 9 Officers elected included Harold Barnhart as president and Florence Walburn as secretary treasurer Entertainment committee members were Carolyn Jenkins Viola Stevenson Lawrence Jackman and William Davis Attendees included Lulu Hockenberry William Walburn E R Maple and family Mable Emrick T R Kinsel H E Jackman Harold Barnhart Elmer Davis Jesse Custis Harry Bell Len Walburn and others.
The 1932 Walburn family reunion honored many members including Mrs H E B Jackman Mrs William Chaney and Carolyn Jenkins with prizes. The event set for August at City Park Chillicothe will bring together relatives from Dayton Portsmouth and Kansas City among others.
Columbus August 13 Prices for hogs showed a record spread with common sows at 4 dollars and top light weights at 8 dollars per hundredweight. The 200 pound hogs were in fair demand while heavier hogs moved slowly. Calves and lambs remained strong in places, while common native lambs and lighter weights were sluggish. Receipts were seven percent below last year at seven markets.
Toledo August 13 U.P. Conrad H. Mann renowned Eagles leader and national organizer disclosed a donation of 1,000,000 to combat low spirits and aid the order. He bought 1,000,000 in prizes for new member recruitment, a move praised at the national convention and expected to provide employment for many in need.
Treasury Department notice urges all persons with claims against The Coolville National Bank Coolville Ohio to present proof to Receiver Carlos Draper within three months from April 27 1931 or be disallowed.
State Highways Department invites sealed proposals by two o clock P M Eastern Standard Time on August 21 1931 for unit price contracts Nos 1 to 4 including Athens County projects on the Athens Pomeroy Road and bridges over B and O Railroad and Hocking River with various spans and roadway widths. Estimated cost 133125 43 for Proposal 1 and 49685 48 for Proposal 2 with completion targets of August 1 1931. Bids submitted at Columbus office.
Athens County Ohio invites bids on two bridge projects Athens Township on Athens Port Roy Road and Athens Fonte Roy Road. Bidders must submit a 5 percent certified check up to 10000 dollars with bids plans kept on file at the State Highway Director and Resident Deputy Director of Highways. Director Merrell reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court Case No 14877 J S Radford Plaintiff E sg Bessie Green Nicholson guardian et al Defendant In pursuance of an Order of Sale I will offer for sale at public auction at the door of the Court House in Athens on Saturday August 15 1931 at 1 PM the following described real estate a strip of ground sixty feet in width on the east end of Lots Dover township Athens County Ohio
Mrs. Ben H. Ewing and family, including a little son, left to spend two weeks with relatives in Minnesota. Lydia Powell of Middleport returned home after a three week hospital stay in Gallipolis following an operation. The will of Jennie B. Stowe of Middleport leaves estate to her daughters Carrie Hall of Rutland and Gertrude Goetz of Middleport. Mrs. Will Denny of Pomeroy is recovering in White Cross Hospital, Columbus.
In George Harvey Nye's Addition Chauncey Ohio parcels Nos 19 and 20 on Rorie 13 are offered for sale. Premises appraised at 3.00 dollars. Sale terms require payment on the day of sale. Wayne Wingett sheriff Athens County Ohio, with deputy George Rasp and attorney R Cline. Date 7-9-50.
William Waller of Gloucester Ohio is appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of George Willis of Athens County Ohio on August 3, as recorded by M. Johnson Probate Judge.
No 24198 Oliver Tipie now confined at the Ohio State Reformatory is recommended by the Superintendent and Chaplain for clemency as worthy of consideration for parole The application will be heard in and after August 13 1931 as noted by Wv. S. Sherlock Chief Clerk.
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