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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1931
Page
2
Boy Scouts of Athens host 45 Sidney scouts arriving Saturday for a two day stay. Activities include swimming, sight seeing, a large campfire, games, and contests. Sunday features a church service and a nature hike with knife and ax throwing events and a mock trial.
The Hal Red Cross executive secretary arrives from ten to train local staff for winter work. A new office will be set up on the second floor rear of the post office, with rooms available for training volunteers. The local chapter plans to become active and take charge of Red Cross activities in the coming season.
An afternoon program is planned on Thursday the 27th at Rutland golf area. Golf and other games will fill the schedule. Attendees should bring a picnic lunch and details will be announced at Sunday School at 9 15 following the picnic dinner.
Sir and Mrs Guy Reynolds and relatives visited. Downing of Silverton and Mrs Lucy Downing left for Zanesville. Miss Anna Morarity and family traveled to Columbus. Miss Josephine Morarity remains critical after a stroke. Doan Jenkins and others visit Columbus. many spouses and relatives announced weddings and illnesses amid busy week.
Ball family gathered for a reunion at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. PF Haning on Sunday August 16. A picnic dinner was served on the lawn and attendees included Mae Balanda, Frances Harriet, Harold Rye, Lydia Welsh, James Harrisonville, Marion Bodwell, Rutland residents, Mr. Haning, iter Saylor and others.
Pomeroy schools will open September 14 after a pupil organization meeting on September 10 and 11. Dismissal will occur on the final day of the County fair, per Superintendent Rhoades.
Miss Norma De Petro and John Waddell, former Middleport residents now in Columbus, married at St Francis Church this morning at 8:30. Father Reynolds officiated. the groom is a 1923 Middleport High School graduate who has worked in Columbus for a year. Misses Helen and Mabel Waddell travel to Columbus to attend and visit for the week.
Rev. P. A. Bright of Pomeroy Methodist Church takes eight to ten boys from his Sunday School on a picnic today at Ash Cave in Hocking County.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Epple entertained a large group at their Midway home on Sunday with a bountiful dinner. Attending were A. C. Davis, Mary Epple of Minersville, Albert Baer, Guy and Vernon Bing, Timothy Shea of Forest Run, Dena Epple, M. A. Epple and children Calvin Jean Richard and Bobby of Bunker Hill, Etta Eastman of Athens, and Freda Margaret Dolores Epple of Midway.
Meigs County items report Samuel C. Fugate visiting relatives in Pomeroy while convalescing in Columbus. Captain Harry Bennett is absent for treatment in Columbus. Homer Webster plans cider tanks for his Keno orchard culls. Rev W Williams wins a round in the garden contest with Phillip Meter. Meigs County Jail holds 20 inmates and Bailey returns from Washington. Camden Park merry-go-round secured for the Meigs County Fair. Street markets show abundant home grown produce at lower prices. Harrison, 76, dies in Clifton, W Va. Lowell Wingett returns after working in Alabama. Cotton price reports and peaches in markets. Hilt to move to Florida. Riverfront poles replace old ones along Pomeroy business district.
A local column urges citizens to awaken to their role in government, warning against apathy and internal decay. It contrasts democratic self-government with Soviet and one man rule, calling for voter education, petitioning representatives, and active participation to preserve liberty.
The piece urges citizens to engage in government as shareholders, arguing the United States Government offers the best dividends. It laments neglect of citizenship and calls for action to honor the legacy of George, who has been dead since October 1929.
Betty Ashe and June Yount both 18, of Charleston West Virginia, were detained by Bloomingburg Ohio authorities while no charges were filed. They were hitchhiking when accused of stealing the automobile of W M Owens of Parkton Maryland after receiving a ride.
Daily trains schedule notes No 3 Northbound arrival at Athens 10 47 am No 9 Athens 7 41 pm No 4 arriving Athens 11 19 pm and 6 22 pm Daily Trains listed for Athens service.
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