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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1930
Page
2
In Pomeroy Aug 18 officers note radios run day and night disturbing workers and neighbors. Residents report late returns and loud listening. officials suggest remedies, echoing village action against noisy motors and advocating curbs on morning radio use.
Report from the sheriff's office says Ida Call fell from a car Saturday night and was run over. One leg was fractured and she was taken to a hospital.
News from Rutland notes the death of Mrs Presley Gardner formerly of Rutland who lived at Tippecanoe in Harrison County at death. Ill for over a year from complications she leaves two Rutland sisters plus another in Columbus. Funeral was in Greenville with burial in Greenville Cemetery.
A. D. Wilcoxen former Mason mayor and his wife Auburna attended the National Spanish American War encampment in Philadelphia as the only local delegates. Annie L. Giles was granted a divorce from Clair W. Giles with custody of two children, Claudia Cummings also secured a divorce and child custody. Both alimonies were settled out of court. Dr. A. B. Bingham of Middleport was notified that a tuberculosis test plan will proceed in Meigs County on September 2. Kenneth Bing and family from Cambridge, Nebraska visit their Meigs relatives before moving to North Carolina for Mr. Bing to teach high school.
At convention middleport August 18 Captain H. H. Bennett and his wife Mrs Tom W Jones Marcus Chambers and Rodney Downing are among those from here attending the American Legion convention in Cincinnati from Sunday to Wednesday of this week Captain Bennett is the delegate from the local Yeenie Bennett Post while Mrs Jones is a delegate from the auxiliary.
Large turnout of relatives and friends attended the funeral of the late Dr. W F Price at the family home on Sunday afternoon. He had wide acquaintances in the district and lies in Beech Grove Cemetery with cortege.
Mrs W T Moore and daughter Nancy of Huntington visit sister Mrs C F Rathburn. Robert John Jones of Greenfield and John Newell of Detroit join relatives near the end of week. Several others visit family in Columbus and Huntington with trips to Akron and Nevada noted.
Mr and Mrs Silas C Seckman of East Liverpool visited relatives here. Blaine Newell returned from a West Coast automobile trip. Arthur Fellows of Long Bottom spent Friday with Mrs Josephine Pickens. Elwood City Pa Mrs Charles Stillwagon visits soon. Alfred Randolph returned from East Liverpool. H G Webster Long Bottom visited Friday. Dan Hill family Parkersburg visited relatives here. J Dillon went to East Liverpool for a visit. George Geiser Akron visited with niece Carrie Brooks. Fay Gladys Pickens returned from Portland. Floyd Fought Clarence Petty Albany spent Monday with Rev J W Barnes. District Superintendent J R Holcomb of Athens attended Quarterly Meeting. No births or deaths reported in Olive Township in July. Some attend Seventh Day Adventist Camp in Mount Vernon. T Denna family Belair W Va moved here. Exama Sisson returned from Long Bottom. E E Coleman and two grandchildren Annabel Ruth returned from Parkersburg. A C McDole Fostoria visited his brother W A McDole. Caroline Cottle went to Marietta for a visit.
A Pomeroy report notes Martin birds massing before southern migration and changing their name to Rice birds. The text describes flocks gathering to eat capers in the air, then flying south with chatter, landing in rice fields and foraging on insects and other foods. It compares their cycle to robins and to human plutocracy.
In Pomeroy on Butternut Avenue a misidentified victim occurred after an August accident. Initially named Mrs. Howard Wilson of Harrisonville, the victim was clarified as Miss Nora Gilkey, Pageville teacher and Wilson’s former daughter. Police found driver Frank Hill not at fault.
Pomeroy marks the third anniversary of a devastating fire that wiped out nearly two blocks. The area has been rebuilt with sturdier structures including the Huber Block Ewing Funeral Home and Oscar Myers business rooms and home. The Democrat Building stands as a notably suitable replacement.
Local classified notices and advertisements for circulation are available through Norman Durst. Call 7OX for more details or listings.
Claud Gilliland, assistant to President Wyatt G. Plantz of First City Bank, moves from the upper end of Pomeroy to the Plants homestead and adopts Lyman's role as the town’s noted early riser. Lyman, famed for rising at 4 a.m. in all seasons, is replaced as the first to arise in Pomeroy. Gilliland says he has a headache if he stays in bed past daylight.
Rev and Mrs C H Eichinger attended the dedication of the new Methodist Church at Portland reporting a large attendance and strong speakers. Next Sunday he resumes duties in Heath Church as his annual vacation ends.
Mrs. Joseph P. Morgan of Washington recalls her dog Tino at the dentist. The pet's tooth incident arose when the dentist asked to open wider and Tino reacted with a single tooth involved in the scene.
Mrs. Robert Warner Mrs. Raymond Ebersbach Mrs. Otto Kreinbeilh and Mrs. Ben Leiselstein all of Pomeroy are attending the American Legion auxiliary meeting in Cincinnati this week.
Ohio University senior and Athens Messenger sports writer John Alden suffered a fracture of the right leg in a motorcycle crash on The Plains Road near Cozy Corners. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital then to his parents’ home. he planned to graduate next year and work as a full time reporter for The Messenger.
Wendell Haas aged 29 of 138 Helen Avenue New York and Nancy De Ellis 21 of 313 East 116th Street New York received a marriage license at the Municipal Building in New York on Saturday Haas is a former Amesville resident born there to Thomas I Haas and Anna Dorman Haas De Ellis is NYC native daughter of Salvatore and Anna Isabella De Ellis No location or date for the ceremony was announced.
North and South Carolina largely dodged the 1986 drought impact as tourism returns to Athens. Roy Dupler of The Messenger and J. L. Bobo of Lancaster, formerly of Jerseyville, report tobacco and cotton crops best in years, with peaches also promising. They traveled through Virginia and the Carolinas. Bobo visits nephew Ray Bobo.
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