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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
2
Meigs County Junior Fair plans school work displays tied to the fair dates September 19 21 and 22 in Pomeroy Ohio. C O Chapman junior fair superintendent says awards will be given in four categories based on school size and type with no entry fee and entries due by 2 PM on opening day.
Pasteeth powder offers a firmer fit for dental plates without gummy taste. Each grain provides secure comfort, with three sizes available. Sold at Quick's or your Gruggist.
Five Meigs County Unemployment League delegates traveled to Columbus for the state meeting on unemployment. Delegates Pearl Bolin Elmer Delay H C Beards John Wilson and Albert Fick argued Meigs County unemployed receive less assistance than others in the state. Bolin said about 7000 attended the Columbus gathering.
POMEROY Aug 24 Word has been received of the death of Rev Louis Miller of Mount Vernon Ind at the age of 108 years 11 months He served as pastor of the old German Methodist Church in Pomeroy from 1876 to 1879 He was father of the late Mrs T P Eiselstein and grandfather to Mrs Gorge McQuigg and Victor Eiselstein Funeral services will be held Friday in Mount Vernon with his long service noted in the Central German Conference now merged with the Ohio Methodist Conference.
J W Young and two sons Frank and Wilbur travel to Columbus for the funeral of Laurine Kennedy's five year old grandchild killed when a northbound car overturned on a curve. The father suffered minor injuries and Mrs Kennedy a dislocated hip. Attending from Rutland were Mr and Mrs Von Price, Mr and Mrs William Buck and family, and the Rev Bolton. Burial followed near Columbus.
A church notice states a Mt Union Church business meeting Saturday at 3 PM. Sunday services follow with Sunday School at 9 o'clock and preaching at 10 30 led by Mrs Leiah Weatherby of Athens.
The Letart Falls M E Church will host the fourth quarterly meeting led by Dr. Bowman of Portsmouth this Friday. The Ladies Aid Society will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Waldo Kelstiing.
Word reached relatives in Middleport of the death of Mrs Edward Griffith on Sunday August 20 at her Vandalia Missouri home. The Griffith family formerly lived in Middleport and owned a home there.
A small park beside the Carpenter Post Office has been planted and tended by Mrs. Libbie T. Reeves. Fully grown flowers attract favorable comment from passing motorists and draw neighborhood attention.
Aug 24 report from Pomeroy about Clay Jones’s hog near Stiversville weighing 1980 pounds described as a cross between Graf Zeppelin and a submarine. County Commissioner Arthur Beegie notes the hog’s size might affect pork prices and suggests government action to prevent pork surplus.
Middleport hosts a string of brief visits as Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wiley and relatives depart for Washington D C for relatives before returning to West Orange New Jersey. Mrs. Thomas A. Elder of Schenectady visits her family here as her son stays since May. Miss Dahlia Pauley takes a two week Eastward vacation from Downing office. Mrs. D L Lansbury and daughter Dorothy visit from Columbus. The Sansburys once lived here and now reside in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. J O Leonard motor to Gallipolis with Mrs. Leonard staying a few days with Mrs. Margaret Ralph. Mrs. Lucy Downing and daughter Pauline and Miss Alpha Somerville visit Ravenswood West Virginia. Harley Cunningham rents the James Stevens property, South Fourth Avenue, and occupies it today. Oscar Scholl announce a daughter born August 22. Mrs. Ethel Jones and children and W E B Chase return home from Virginia Beach after two weeks.
Fire discovered about 8 o’clock Wednesday evening gutted a barn on the Dow property atop Rose Hill where city water is inaccessible. Firemen saved cattle and prevented the flames from reaching a nearby house. Spectators crowded the hill causing a traffic snarl as cars backed out along the narrow road.
Dan L. Farmer travels to Indian Lake with his uncle W. E. Russell and friends. They will return to Middleport Sunday. Farmer, Chambers, and Harris head to Ohio State University this fall for a music program. Chambers starts as a freshman, Harris and Farmer begin their third year majoring in music. All are noted for their local musical talent.
Mr and Mrs O H Stewart and daughters Margaret Isabel and Dorothy Nelle leave Middleport for Chicago to visit cousins Martha Stewart and Carrie Stewart Besserer and attend the Century of Progress Exposition. They will stay in Columbus with Mrs Edgar Ervin before returning home ahead of the September 11 school opening.
The Foreign Missionary Society of Simpson M. E. Church held a picnic Wednesday evening at Mrs. Charles Ebersbach's home on Lincoln Hill. Attendees included society members and several invited guests.
The Rev. Carl Cole of Remington Indiana preached at the Trimble Church of Christ last Sunday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A W Cole of Trimble and spent his boyhood days in the village.
The Greene Line will operate an Labor Day excursion from Louisville to upper Kanawha River and Charleston. Steamers Tom Greene and Chris Greene, the only all steel pack et boats on the Ohio River, report strong summer business in Louisville and Cincinnati trade. Island Queen of Cincinnati will run up river excursions after Labor Day, carrying over 4,000 passengers and reaching Huntington.
Local society notes report Prof. R. R. Thompson and Mae Shramer Thompson from Emporium Kansas arriving in Gallipolis for the Ecker family reunion. Other notices include Mrs. Herbert Wolke visiting in town, visits to the World's Fair, and Delia O Connor returning from Indian Lake and Springfield with relatives. Holzer Hospital notes list Edwin Reese and Jackie Corn admitted for tonsil operations and discharges for Mrs. C M White and Wayne Barnett after a self inflicted gun accident.
More than sixty members and guests of the Service Club of the First Presbyterian Church gathered for a corn roast at the home of Arthur Gilman at Mill Creek near Gallipolis on a Wednesday night.
Gallipolis Sun day School class led by Dr. Ella Lupton of First Presbyterian Church met for a picnic supper this afternoon and evening at the home of Mrs. J. W. Lane in Gallipolis Ferry West Virginia.
City workers applied gravel on lower Vine Street after completing graveling rolling and sealing of the Chillicothe Pike from the bridge to the city limits. Other dirt streets will also be surfaced and leveled.
The late Dukie Walburn a frisky terrier that died after an auto accident will have a Vermont marble marker. Joe Walburn Jr and neighbors Frank and Emmett Cross arranged a white shaft bearing the name and a sketch of the dog's head to honor the pet buried on the family lot on West Union Street.
Gallipolis reports the Cotton Blossom showboat, a major Ohio Mississippi River vessel, sold under a Federal Court judgment for about $20 to C Stanly of Baton Rouge who plans repairs for a theatrical comeback. The sale settles a towing claim above $100 against operator Capt D O Hitner, a former Chicago theatrical man.
The large steel towing steamer Youghiogheny, owned by Carnegie Steel and leased to American Barge Line, passed up Wednesday with a tow of empty and loaded steel barges from Memphis for Pittsburgh, including several barge loads of scrap iron. The Unique, a 20 year old Ward Engineering tug, once on the Kanawha and later a U S Government vessel on the Mississippi, is on Paducah marine ways for hull repairs and overhaul by Ayer and Lord Company.
C J Yeisley noted dry crusader will speak at the Gallia County Temperance Convention in Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 30. He will discuss plans for the dry campaign at the November election. The meeting is open to the public.
Real estate transfers recorded in Gallia County include Davis Black to Margaret Walter Black for 42 acres in Bidwell and William H. Smith to Loma Smith for six acres in Addison Township. Additional deeds involve multiple heirs and Stan ley M. Hall with 4.25 acres in Walnut Township.
Gallia County Health Nurse Margaret Jones visited families in the southern part of the county and examined numerous pre school children yesterday. Letters asking parental consent for diphtheria immunization before school entry were mailed this morning. The nurse will continue examinations through the week.
Kenneth Cline 26 welder of Marietta and Ruth Gildow 33 of Gallipolis obtained license to marry. The marriage ceremony was performed Wednesday afternoon by Justice of the Peace Fred Millisor.
Plastering and repair work at the county home near Gallipolis has begun and should be completed by the end of next week.
Gallipolis residents profile local figures including Mayor A J Stormont who keeps long hours at City Hall and responds to calls such as removing a dead dog. The piece also highlights Justice of the Peace Leo Carter and his German war relics, gun collector Capt H E Houck, wood craftsman John McNealy, Rotarian A P Kerr and River towns memories of the Park Central Hotel and steamboat era along the Ohio River.
In Gallia Court News Inter-Cities Oil Company v James Betz seeks 412.69 and interest. Betz may file a petition in common pleas. Judge W R White overruled a new trial motion in the State of Ohio v A J Glassburn et al related to back salary for teaching at Harris School after state board closure.
Pittsburgh mills sent heavy consignments of construction steel through here in the last 48 hours. The tow included the Steamer William Larrimore Jones of Jones and Laughlin, Eclipse of Campbell Transportation, and the American Barge Line vessel American which halted for boiler repairs in Gallipolis before continuing to Memphis. Inspectors Harry Pullem and John Lozier examined the American’s boiler prior to repairs. The American then resumed its voyage to Memphis. The J C Rawn, operated by Wilson Sand and Gravel, was listed as in charge at Huntington.
In a Gallia County Common Pleas Court entry filed Wednesday afternoon Clara Brammer was allowed use of premises and cultivation of tobacco on one and a half acres leased to defendants Emzie Shafer Ray Beaver and Lawrence Shafer. Defendants were also to pay the costs.
F KE Cherrington guardian of Roy A Irion petitions for permission to lease several parcels in Clay Township to oil companies. Hearing set for Sept 18 before Judge J B Clark of Gallia County Probate. Elise H Smith named trustee of Henrietta L Henking estate. bond posted $10 000.
Local histories and names of Revolutionary soldiers from this county were sealed in a copper box by City Manager John R. Gwinn and placed in a post of the D A R Memorial Gateway at Mound Hill Cemetery. The gateway is expected to be formally dedicated within weeks.
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