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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1932
Page
2
Meigs County probate and common pleas court merger unlikely to reach a vote this November as lawyers say petitions filed in 1931 fail to meet the law requiring submission 90 days before general elections. Judge Peoples decision on petition validity will be final.
In Pomeroy Aug 2 sheriff and matrons faced a giant rat in the county jail basement delaying the wash. They fled as the rodent returned, and finally the creature was found dead, bloated from poison, guarding the washing machine.
About one hundred thirty persons attended the ninth annual Young-Hayes Reunion at Miss Susie Young’s home one mile from Burlingham in Meigs County. Speakers included Attorney Pearl Hayes of Phoenix Arizona and Prof. B E Saunders of Ashland Kentucky with Harold Hayes. a musical program featured Lucille Hayes at the organ and stringed selections by Celim Stiles and Willie Thompson. A basket dinner was served and Claud Hayes was re elected president with other officers retaining their posts.
Funeral rites for Charles Smith 84 who died early Sunday at his daughter's home in Rutland were held at 2 p.m. from the Rutland M and Church. Smith a Civil War veteran reportedly the last Civil War soldier in Rutland Township is survived by son George of Columbus and daughters Mrs. Roy Phillips of Wellston and Mrs. Plummer of Rutland.
Pomeroy reports the annual Heaton family reunion, announced by C. Curtis, will be held next Sunday at Flat Woods in Villa Grove, the site used last year. A large crowd is expected to attend the day’s program and gathering.
In Gallia County near Mills Station 100 Fulton family members attended a reunion Sunday. President Mr Smiley led the event with a main address and a musical program accompanied the day’s activities.
Adrian Carson 19 and Rose Elien Lovsey 17 of Middleport R D received a marriage license in probate court on Monday. Carson listed farming as his occupation.
John W. Thompson and Eva Peannette Jones tied the knot at 2 a.m. in Middleport after a spontaneous search for a justice of the peace. Horton Brown, deputy clerk, arranged the license and the ceremony with Squire J. W. McCullough presiding.
POMEROY Aug 3 Meigs County Meigs County school winner Jeanette McKay Middleport High School student will be guest of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce during State Fair week with all expenses paid The essay on Morgan's Raid Through Meigs County was judged best by Prof C J Rhodes Judge C E Peoples and Judge J E Cameron She will represent Meigs County in the Historical Pageant each evening at the Ohio State Fair
POMEROY Aug 23 C W Pusey who calls himself a minister faced Justice H H Mees on a charge of defrauding an innkeeper. He pled guilty and was fined 10 dollars plus costs but could not pay and was jailed. The offense occurred July 15 at the New Martin Hotel. Charlies Butcher arrested in Middleport for a drunk charge pled guilty before Squire Mees, was fined 5 dollars plus costs, paid, and released.
Rev. Fred I. Gardner and his wife and daughter returned from a vacation to conduct services at the Church of Christ and then left for Pittsburgh with his mother and her brother. Gardner begins evangelistic meetings at the Dexter church that evening.
Robert Harris of South Second Avenue leads a group of seven boys and girls to Quannacut Camp on Monday. Mrs. Grueser will join them in camp as they rent the facility for a weeklong vacation.
Local residents visit relatives and return from trips in Columbus and Akron. Mrs Helen Underhill spends weekend with Karr family in Columbus while Mrs Margaret Lawrence and daughter Bertha are joined home from Cincinnati by Mr and Mrs Olivier Rollins. Various residents travel to Dayton Weirton Huntington and Akron for visits and business. Sunday school classes meet and officers are elected at Nazarene Church.
Pioneers in Meigs County plan a Thursday meeting to discuss completing reclamation of the historic Chester Courthouse in Pomeroy. The old building, partly repaired last year with help from Daughters of the American Revolution and county commissioners, needs further repairs. Attendees are asked to bring relics relating to Meigs County history for the all day event with a noon basket dinner.
Thomas Edgar Ervin, recently graduated with distinction from Ohio State University, plans to enter Columbia University for a law course about mid September. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Ervin of Columbus, formerly of Middleport, and follows in his father’s footsteps as an attorney.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Walter of Washington spend the week at the Schlaegel home with John Schlaegel and Eugene Schlaegel visiting from Uniontown Pa. Mr and Mrs George Reibel John Reibel and daughter Miss Mardel with Mr and Mrs Charles Lyons and son Jack of Columbus visit Mrs Catherine Reibel in Spring Avenue. William Griffith of Columbus leaves after a weekend visit. he is joined by his wife who stayed with local relatives Mrs J L Fauber and Mrs Leland Peoples.
A large Middleport gathering at the F A Fisher farm near Maggie West Virginia includes Mr and Mrs H S Fadely and family Mr and Mrs J F Dillard and children Mr and Mrs C O Fisher and Mrs A A Dillard plus thirty seven attendees. Roscoe Fowler joined later. Prof and Mrs W P Stewart and family visited before leaving for Carapolis and Sewickly. Mrs John Stewart and son remain with her parents in Hopewell New Jersey. Young Stewart attends Rutledge College summer program and teaches in Hopewell.
Local families and visitors dot the region as Don Dufield and wife stay with J M Burchett in Charleston. Clarence Harris prepares for Marshall College medical prep while several others visit relatives, attend events, or plan trips.
Numerous households are shown hosting relatives and friends over a series of days. The records list visits among McKay, Frank, Tucker, Trussell, Baum, Torrence, Starling, Bailey, Yokeley, Orr, Talbott, Archer, Smith, Salser, and Jewett families across Reedsville, Marietta, Bremen, Syracuse, Athens, and Delaware Ohio.
Community members and relatives visit Parkersburg and nearby towns during the week. 4H Camp attendees plan an exhibit for the State Fair while Emma Sisson and L B Sisson host visitors. Notables include Reverend Warren of Portland assisting in weekend meetings with Eddie Griffith.
Gallia County Fair announces half price admissions with adults at 25 cents and children at 10 cents. The three day event September 20 to 22 will feature two harness races and one county race, plus a county horse race replacing a former harness race. Louis Burdette will head a daily baseball tournament. night fair plans await.
Joseph R. Thomas of Columbus will speak alongside Homer Mossman of Bidwell at the Gallia County Trustees Association annual picnic and meeting. The event at the Gallia County Fairgrounds starts at 11 with a 1 o'clock picnic dinner to discuss relief needs and methods.
About 75 Gallipolis residents joined the B&O excursion to Washington D C Saturday afternoon returning at noon Sunday.
Charles McCardell, 28, of near Bidwell, is recovering in Holzer Hospital from a penknife wound in a clash after a Saturday night crash near Mills Station. He says he does not know his assailant and will not press charges, though he admits using his fists during the argument.
Real estate transfers recorded last week include Herbert V. Smith to Loma Smith for 6.5 acres in Addison Township Homer J. Ward to Henry C. Miller for parts of lots 47 and 18 in Binwell Daniel Davis deceased to Finley Davis et al for 122 acres in Perry Township Finley Davis et al to Allie V. Davis for 122 acres in Perry Township City of Gallipolis to Lawrence Leeper for a lot J. L. Coleman administrator to Tenia Coleman for lot 16 in Evergreen Viola Switzer to William S. Switzer for 10 acres in Cheshire Township Frank Swigert to Pearl F. Cotterman for lot 48 in Gallipolis.
Gallipolis Aug 23 Operations at Holzer Hospital since Saturday include Edward Blake Oak Hill removal of appendix Mrs William Davis Bladen minor operation and Ernest Davidson Pomeroy removal of appendix Mrs F B Hutsonotier Gallipolis admitted for observation
Gallipolis residents face loss of Sunday morning mail as the B. and O. passenger trains are abandoned and a new mixed freight mail car runs between Kenova and Pittsburgh. First Sunday mail distribution will occur around 3 or 4 p.m. from the afternoon trains, per Postmaster H. R. Hurn.
Gallipolis reports the Gal lia Development Company will start a second well near its first on the Orria Mink Farm near Eno this week. A gas well drilled to 328 feet recently tests at more than 250 000 cubic feet daily.
G E Wood Smith H ughes instructor at Gallia Academy High School along with Tom Shaw Chauncey Gheets Jeff Perkins of Yetontown and Ralph Davis Patriot attended Orchard Day at the Ohio Experiment Station in Wooster on Friday.
In Gallipolis Aug B The money suit of Clarence Coughenor against Hiram A Carpenter has been dismissed by Judge Wm. R. White. Removal of cause ordered.
Seventeen poultrymen from Central and Northern Ohio stay overnight in Gallipolis as the Ohio Poultry Tour resumes its second day traveling through Southeastern Ohio and into West Virginia. The group from Gallia County includes H. W. Walter O. J. White and Edward Wood.
John McNealy departed for a several days vacation in northern Michigan to fish on Indian River with Mrs. Margaret Carter. Mrs. Carter then took the Steamer Queen City to Cincinnati for a week with relatives before visiting relatives in Louisville for another week.
Gallipolis August 23 a marriage license was issued to William Donald Groves 23 of Milford and Cecila Eleandra Cuckler 21 of Cheshire. The couple is listed in the county clerk records.
Soothing cooling ZEMO promises prompt relief to itching burning skin even in severe cases. The antiseptic lotion targets eczema ringworm rashes and scalp troubles like dandruff. Safe and dependable all druggists three prices.
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