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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1928
Page
2
Cleveland August 21 George Piper, sixteen, remained on a narrow thread of life after being rescued from a rowboat peril in Lake Erie by Joe Kovach.
Aug 22 reporters describe two delegations from Pomeroy traveling to Columbus. One group urged the central committee dispute between Fred Shifler and William Robinson, while the other met with officials including Prosecutor Peoples and Village Solicitor A P Miller to discuss Main Street rebuilds from Kerrs Run to the Middleport line. Both towns likely require a bond issue subject to November voters.
Miss ado Lichtensteiger who taught home economics at Pomeroy High School for several years became the bride of Henry Collis on Saturday. The ceremony took place in Wren Ohio with only close families present. After a wedding trip they will reside in Massillon.
Two Middleport youths attending a speedway event with Altoona companions missed a turn and wandered 32 miles off course into the Allegheny mountains. They slept in slickers at high altitude while enduring cold and hardship. Lou Southgate won the 200 mile race at Southgate California adding a $7000 prize. Meyers earlier secured a major victory at Indian State Memorial Day speedway event. A 62 000 crowd watched but the race see action.
Lydia Mae Elberfeld daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob B Elberfeld married Emerson Sid Siddall son of Rev and Mrs Siddall in a family wedding at the Elberfeld home on Mulberry avenue Dayton. Only immediate family attended and a four course meal followed. The couple planned a Mackinaw Island honeymoon then will reside in Dayton.
An advertisement touts Gas Tablets as a remedy for stomach and bowel discomfort. It claims the pills ease gnawing pain, anxiety, and palpitations, restore appetite, reduce drowsiness, and prevent limbs from going cold or sleeping, urging readers to buy genuine tablets at Cline Pharmacy.
Pomeroy village council cracks down on traffic offenses. A two hour parking limit will be set and officers sworn in to patrol next Saturday night. Streets will be zoned with directed parking, one way sections, and marked blocks to enforce the ordinance.
The new Athens to Pomeroy mail route, started Monday, speeds first class mail and newspapers to Pomeroy by 5:15 am and Gallipolis by 6:45 am via the Hocking Valley. Clerk Bengel led the effort with Kiwanis and community clubs backing the plan to improve morning mail from the B and O night crossing.
Miss Esther Sayre of Chicago joins Homer and Mae Roush in Middleport for a week with Oscar and family. The group picnicked near Gallipolis and plan the West Union Roush reunion, a longtime clan gathering tracing to seven German ancestors. Mr. and Mrs. R L Smith return from a 10 day motor tour of the South including West Virginia Virginia North Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky praising the trip.
Leo J. Bentz files for divorce from Dorothy Bentz after a marriage on November 11, 1922 in Pomeroy. He alleges abandonment for over three years. no children. Margaret Lagrippe sues James G. Lagrippe for divorce. Ced ric W. Clerk withdraws papers. Defendant lives in Hurricane West Virginia. Lagrippe in Meigs County.
Not enough members attended the Middleport council session on Monday night. The next meeting is set for Monday September 3 on Labor Day. Helen Beeson and family visit Quanacut camp, where Miss Helen plans to open next season with her father assisting improvements.
Mrs. Paul Bean hosted a six o'clock dinner for fourteen relatives on Chestnut Street. Attending were F. A. Bean and family, L. G. Bean families, Bertha Rathburn, Gallipolis doctors, Dayton families, the Star family visiting Athens, and others, with several members traveling from Huntington and Wellston for the occasion. Noted travel includes Rob ert Bean, Miss Elsie King, and the Mossman family.
ARE HAVING OUTING MIDDLEPORT Aug. 22 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Galbroner of Columbus and their son Homer Galbroner
A group of relatives including Mr and Mrs W G Huddleston travel to Lansbury's farm for a two week summer outing. Others from town are staying as part time guests of the Galbrowers. Guests arrived Monday and plan to stay until mid next week.
Columbus August 21 The Ohio American Legion calls for resignation of the board of trustees of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans home at Xenia. The convention resolution urges individual or collective resignations and asks Governor Donahey to vacate the trusteeships if not tendered and appoint new personnel.
Columbus August 21 Gov Vic Donahey announced the appointment of John P Haas of Derton to fill the late Judge Alfred McCray on the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court bench. He succeeds the late jurist and takes the seat immediately.
Circleville Ohio August 21 bankers from the Ohio Bankers association began a three day agricultural tour to study farm success factors and how banks can better aid agriculture. Newspaper men accompanied the party to probe farmer views on politics and farm relief. The trip started in Columbus and moved toward Circleville amid vast corn fields along the Scioto river.
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