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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1936
Page
3
POMEROY Improvement of the Pomeroy Rutland Road from Union Ave bridge to beyond Dead Man's Curve nears completion. Half the concrete laid and workers advancing on the bridge approach. The curve was eliminated and the road raised at flood prone points to keep it open during floods.
MIDDLEPORT Miss Jean McMaster resigned from her teaching post at the local school. She plans to enter Ohio State University in Columbus for graduate work. Miss Mildred Feeney of Middleport was hired to fill the vacancy. POMEROY Jesse Brewster attended the funeral of T. F. Dennison at Salem Center.
Miss Mary Williamson of Pomeroy selected as a princess in the Court of Queen Daphne II at the Ohio River Festival in Ravenswood for September 5 6 7. She is a senior at Pomeroy High School and leads the Shakespeare Club and Home Economics Club and plays in the Glee Literary and basketball teams.
City officials face opposite orders after a court required the return of 3901.53 in taxes to a collar manufacturer for over assessment and later held the city responsible for 1116.75 in legal costs. A separate note reports a 3 inch steel shell burst into 2378 fragments during a military explosives test.
County health officials and local doctors prompted voluntary closures at Churches of Christ in Chauncey Trimble and Taylor Ridge. Infantile paralysis cases led to barring children under 16 from Sunday Schools while Greens Run church remains closed to all activities for two to three weeks. Pastor G B Courtney says only under sixteen are affected for now.
Chauncey George Van Meter Jr celebrated his 27th birthday with a party at the Lower Plains road home hosted by Mrs Van Meter. Guests enjoyed singing and dancing, a refreshment course, and gifts were given to the honoree.
Chauncey hosts annual Hines family reunion and 83rd birthday observance for W. H. Hines with 80 attendees from Burr Oak Glouster Chauncey Hemlock Corning Bishopville Rosseau Ohio. A noon basket dinner followed music by Baz Roberts Edmund Latta Henry Dew and Frank Pedicord. Next year’s reunion planned for the same site.
Announced marriages include Edith Sykes and Virgil Evener solemnized in St. Marys West Virginia on Aug 20. Edna Evener and Clifford Kirkendall of Chauncey also wed. Evener is son of Mr and Mrs ndna Evener. Kirkendall son of Mr. Steven Kirkendal. The couples plan to live nearby. Dorothy McKinney returns to Chauncey for vacation from missionary work in Bedford Indiana.
Tuppers Plains girls softball won four of five against Reedsville and Kerra Run last week. They beat Reedsville 23 to 11, Kerra Run 14 to 13, and a charity game against an older men team 14 to 7. A game at Reedsville is slated Tuesday at six.
Mrs Belle V Simmons, 70, died suddenly from a heart attack at Vale Street Sunday. A longtime newspaper distributor with her son Wayman, she and her family supplied papers from multiple publishers. Widow of Rev B L Simmons she leaves two children and church ties to AME. Funeral Tuesday at 1 30 from Ewing Funeral Home with Rev McAllen delivering the address. Burial Beech Grove Cemetery.
The Middleport Garden Club will hold a picnic on Monday September 14 at Shenang Springs. The event was rescheduled from the original date. President Mrs J B Downing announced the change and provided details.
Pomeroy social notes list weekend visits and departures for residents and friends. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Mason of Letart, Mr. and Mrs. Beards, Mrs. Florence Russell, Miss Yolanda Dilgard heading to Cleveland for nurse training, Gertrude Mees visiting her parents, and several others visiting families in Parkersburg Columbus Zanesville Portsmouth and Cincinnati.
Realty transfers across Meigs County list numerous parcels and deeds. Transactions include Lucy Smalley and others transferring lots in Chester Township, multiple acres to John W Frank, and various heirs and estates moving parcels in Lebanon Letart Orange Rutland Middleport Naylors Run Scipio with warranty deeds quit claims and sheriff deeds.
Philip Sommers and Conrad Seitz left Sunday for Columbus on a short visit. Seitz will visit his sister in Mansfield before returning home. Sommers was accompanied home by grandsons Phil and Bob Harbrecht who played tennis the previous week, reaching finals in singles and doubles. both earned silver medals with Phil, Paul Clifford, and Bob advancing through the rounds.
Meigs County Probate Court actions include E R Titus appointed administrator de bonis non of H J Simpson estate with a $100 bond. Six heirs share George F Gloeckner estate Rosa Hartenbach Lewis Gloeckner Margaret Smith Norman Gloeckner Fannie Amberger Albert Gloeckner. Cordelia Murphy fixed sale price at 350 for F B Murphy lot. Authority to omit inventory in William Karr Jr estate granted. property Insurance $1216. Wilmetta Mulford appointed administratrix of Ella Daniels estate with $5000 bond. William Myers estate net taxable assets valued at 988.26. G H Pratt appointed administrator with $200 bond. Will copy of Cyntha Edna Smith admitted to probate. Malcolm Graham Smith applying. Stella M Ebersbach named executrix with $5000 bond. Arctic insects revived after being frozen in Soviet tests.
Mr. and Mrs Plummer Beeson return home after two weeks at Big Level mountains and elsewhere. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Stout of Pittsburgh, Pa visiting in Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Humphrey’s home. Other guests travel from Miami, Fla to see relatives in Rocksprings and Coldwater Lake Michigan.
Descriptions of Long Bottom Syracuse Hill Cemetery and Mound Hill Gallipolis views along the Ohio River highlight scenic overlooks. A skiff car maker at Long Bottom is noted and Chauncey Church of Christ softball faces Greens Run at 6 PM Tuesday. Raymond Brier is cited as Paris blood donor with 98 transfusions in 1935.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Foster hosted a Sunday dinner with guests Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Brewster, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Meier of Pomeroy, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jenkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jenkinson of Gallipolis.
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