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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1937
Page
3
The wedge shaped stone wall of Pomeroy’s 89 000 dollar WPA parking lot nearly finishes this week. The project replaces a collapsed riverside lot and will top with a two foot rubble wall. Lights atop the wall will be on 13 rock pyramids.
Fifty relatives and friends gathered at Mrs Hugh Kennedy’s Langsville home to celebrate her 78th birthday. The day included a basket dinner at noon and attendance from families of Huntington Lesage Charleston Hurricane Holden Worley Rutland Columbus Athens and Pataskala.
Mr and Mrs Richard Folden plan to relocate their house and garage from E Locust Street to West Locust Street on Gravel Hill a half mile away after buying two lots there following January floods Excavation for a basement has begun in the Hill property.
Pomeroy social notes recount weekend visits and travel. Theron Ohlinger and son Douglas Wickham return to Dayton after a stay with relatives. A O Tracy visits Logan. Enos Thompson and family dine with Mrs Oliver on Mulberry Ave. Floyd Mees and wife visit Columbus. Edna Hetzel returns to Charleston after visiting family. Various locals plan fishing trips and reunions. Heaton reunion set for Aug 29 at Etta Wills Grove. Mr and Mrs Hartley celebrate birthday with guests.
Between 300 and 500 poultrymen and farmers are expected to attend the second Atkins Poultry Outing and Picnic at the Tom Anderson farm near Dexter. The event features an expanded program with music, a radio entertainer, single-farm tour, short talks, contests, and a noon picnic. Three tours depart Atkins Chickeries Pomeroy Gallipolis and Rameys Jackson at 9 to 9:30 a.m. and join the farm by 10 a.m.
Guests were entertained at the home of Dr and Mrs E W Downie on Lincoln Hill Sunday evening. Present were Charles Otto and daughter in law, Mr and Mrs George Ziegler of Marietta, Mr and Mrs H W Carl and Mrs Margaret Bengel Jones of Union Ave, Mr and Mrs T W Bengel of Butternut Ave, and Mr and Mrs Ted Downie.
Mrs. Mary Korn hosted her son and wife Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Korn and daughter Mary Louise Reed in Reed West Virginia and Henry Korn in Marion over the weekend. Sunday a family dinner honored Mary Louise’s third anniversary.
Mr and Mrs John Kurtz and their two children of Oberlin spent the weekend with their aunt Mrs Lena Huber at her Union Avenue home. Mrs W H Kurtz, the former's mother, joined for a few days before returning to Dubuque Iowa.
A 16 member group from Rochelle Illinois and nearby towns joined Rollin Neutzling at Ravenswood West Virginia for a weekend outing. An automobile belonging to Neutzling narrowly escaped serious injury when a radius rod broke sending the car into a field flanked by deep ravines.
Doris Duke Cromwell, tobacco heiress, has secured a building permit for a $300,000 residence on shoreline property costing $100,000 extra. The Cromwells expect to spend about six months annually in Honolulu.
East and west bound B&O lines list multiple trains with arrival and departure times and service notes. Chesapeake and Ohio schedules include Southbound and Northbound departures. New York Central lines show daily routes with Sunday exceptions. Athens Municipal Airport adds through airline tickets and limited Airtaxi service with multiple leave times and connections.
Henry Sprouse Pomeroy was granted a decree of divorce from Gertrude Sprouse after she did not answer or demur to the petition alleging wilful absence. Rutland Township Trustees were authorized to transfer 1000 from the road and bridge fund to the general fund. Two damage suits stemming from an automobile accident were dismissed on motions by plaintiffs Bennett L. Barton and Theadoshia Barton versus Charles J. McCullough.
About $15,000 was distributed yesterday in Middleport as refunds to New York Central Lines employees. The refunds cover the difference between 3½ percent deducted earlier and 2¾ percent under the new Retirement Pension Law amid a Supreme Court decision.
Herman Ohlinger departs Sunday for Columbus to attend the American Legion convention and visit Buckeye Lake. His niece Dame Joan Hamilton joins him as guest of her mother Mrs Bertha Hamilton. A Friday dinner honors Mrs Thomas Longstaff’s birthday with L L Boyer and C A White among attendees.
Local residents and visiting kin are listed with weekend and upcoming trips across Ohio and nearby states. Families from Columbus, Cincinnati, Welch and Pomeroy visited Middleport while others planned motor tours to Virginia, New York, Niagara Falls and Canada. The Heath M E Church Women’s Missionary Society met for a business session with officer elections due in September.
More than 70 relatives and friends attended the Gardner reunion in Coolville hosted by Tom Gardner. Among those traveling from the area were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Juhling, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gardner and daughter Lorena, and Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Gardner and daughter Dorothy.
POMEROY Chester base ball club will meet the Zanesville Armces Sunday August 22 at Kings Park in Syracuse. The Zanesville nine is among the leading Negro teams in the state. Chester won 10 to 8 last Sunday against Parkersburg at Syracuse Park after trailing early. Burns started for Zanesville, relieved by Nutter in the eighth after a single a walk and a double steal, then Cottrill pitched five hits allowed for Chester.
Miss Janet Hecox hosted a swimming party at Pt Pleasant Monday in honor of cousins Miss Dorothy Jean Kerr Miss Marjorie Kerr and Miss Ulah Ann Lewis of Troy. Other guests included Miss Minerva Mathews Miss Easter Martin Ewing and several Misses.
Charley Ruffing of the New York Yankees continues to excel after losing three toes on his left foot in a mine accident in Illinois. The same report notes the House Appropriations Committee recommended 23 million dollars for 1938 federal building projects including post offices and courthouses.
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