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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
3
The Ohio milk market faces an eleven cent price rise from 82 cents, with distributors planning actions to restore pre increase levels. Separately a divorce case in Greenup Kentucky cites cruelty and custody disputes as details emerge. A local committee studies costs for installing an upgraded lighting system at the academy high school.
A one pound eleven ounce silver bar shaped as a paper weight is on display at Claude Wall jewelry in Gallipolis. Inscribed to John T. Halliday from the Silver Belt Mine in 1886, the piece ties to Coin Harvey, the Populist presidential hopeful and relative of local merchant J. B. Halliday Sr.
The New England Presbyterian Sunday School will sponsor a jitney supper on Saturday August 25 in the church yard. The event will be a benefit with music by A J Goulds Orchestra.
Dallas Wetherholt is jailed in Gallia County awaiting Grand Jury action in September on non-support charges. He was arrested at the French City Hotel by Police Chief John Fraley and Constable J H Shato.
Movie page notes Irene Dunne and Mary Marlon star in Stingaree a melodrama set across Australia with daring romance and a mysterious pursuer. Also featured is Registered Nurse with Bebe Daniels Lyle Talbot and John Halliday. a hospital romance of intrigue and spectacle with supporting comedy from Irene Franklin and Sidney Toler.
Local social notes list visitors and travelers including Mrs. Harry Enicks guest of Mrs. Helen Yost and Mrs. Ira Huntington, Mrs. Raymond Burdette on vacation in Akron, U.S. Marine Hospital caretakers in charge by parents, and several families touring Kentucky, Columbus, and Huntington with trips to Buckeye Lake and Portmouth.
Emerson Brown, 79, suffered severe gashes to his left leg when he fell before a mowing machine on the levee. He was taken to Holzer Hospital for treatment. Other admissions included Beryl Elcessor, seven in Gallipolis, for tonsillectomy. Mrs W G Casto, Alice, for a minor operation. James Winn, Gallia CCC camp, for observation and treatment. Bert Siders of Gallipolis, injured in a traffic accident, and Edmond Lemley of Waterloo for tonsillectomy were dismissed.
Gallipolis reports Charles Ealker and Charles Small, both Spanish American War veterans, travel to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania this week to attend the National Encampment event with veterans from across the state.
Gallipolis banquet honors Evans Grocery Company officers and staff. Director A P Kerr notes sales exceeding 400000 for the year. Speakers include S L Evans president Emerson Evans sales manager and H W Miller attorney. The firm operates stores in Pomeroy Pt Pleasant W Va Jackson Oak Hill Chillicothe and Gallipolis. Expansion plans await.
Dr. F. W. Shane health commissioner buys the Ward lot opposite the Courthouse rear. He may tear down the Ward cottage to build a five room Colonial bungalow for his family until spring, then a larger house on the upper lot. Mrs. Wall Taylor trades Second Avenue building to R. M. Farmer for a cottage on Eastern Avenue near the Fairgrounds. Farmer, a Holzer Hospital engineer, will reside there.
Mr and Mrs Malvern Evans of Cleveland called on friends here Saturday. Families from Columbus Harrisburg Warren and Goldsboro visited local residents. Geraldine Meyers returned from Columbus. Other guests included the Elliott Ewing and Lewis groups.
Gallipolis notes Blanche Montgomery proprietress of the Merryland on Second Avenue is leaving the city. the restaurant has been eclipsed by her departure.
Geoffrey F. Morgan of Santa Monica announces candidacy for state representative from the 60th Assembly District on the Republican ticket in the August 28 California primaries. Morgan, a noted lecturer and educator, faces two Republicans and four Democrats, including John D. Frederick Jr. who is the son of a prominent California attorney.
Mr and Mrs Norman Heilman and children and Mrs Emma Slynece visited in Harrisonville. Dana Epple and Leonard Epple visited Al bert Russel in Albany, while Rev Frederic Ross and children stayed with John Heilman in Pomeroy. Clyde Carman returned from Huntington Hospital. Georgia Smith stayed with her aunt Edna Heilman at Wolf Pen. The Denver Carman family and Addie Epple attended a Sharon convention. North Carolina leads peanut yields with Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Texas also producing crops.
James Stephens the famous Irish poet and author of The Crock of Gold and Etched in Moonlight visited the city. He is shown upon arrival and is noted for numerous works.
The Athens County Medical Society schedules its next regular meeting at the country home of Dr T A Copeland one mile east of Stewart on Monday Sept 10 at 8 p m Dr George Harding of Columbus will speak on The Various Personality Types of People We Meet in Our Everyday Practice
Mrs. I E Mickle age 68 died Wednesday in Galena Ohio. Funeral services will be held in Galena Friday at 9 am and the body will be taken to Torch Athens County for short services and burial. She leaves Ira Mickle husband two sons Will of Athens and Lester of Galena and four grandchildren.
Mrs Wanda Sewell of Colorado visits her parents in Printer along with Griff Russell Elmer Burns and Charles Hess. Marcella Russell and grandson John Ellis Russell visit Hyssel Run. Grace Misner returns to West Virginia after visiting friends here. Mr and Mrs William Autherson and Griff Russell with children tour Old Man's Cave on Sunday.
The United States dominates both production and consumption of ice cream, exceeding all other countries combined, reflecting strong domestic demand and extensive dairy industry capacity.
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