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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1934
Page
2
Twenty five percent payment on funds held in the defunct First City Bank is to be made to depositors, court records disclosed this morning. This will be the first payment since the bank closed amid legal entanglements tied to the Wyatt Plantz estate. Further liquida tion proceeds expected and some quarters hope for a high payout.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Thelma Wehrung and Ralph G. Spencer. The ceremony was Saturday night at Pt Pleasant by Reverend Shiffiet. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Wehring and worked at Pomeroy Cement Block. The groom is son of Albert Spencer of West Shade and was principal of Central School. They honeymoon in Chicago and will settle in Pomeroy.
Community notes from Middleport and Tuppers Plains list visits and departures. Rev D Vause Snyder will leave after two years as United Brethren pastor. Ladies Art Society presented a handmade quilt. Nearby reports mention visits by Rev EB Wilson and W Bahr, plus Parsonage guests and local social gatherings.
State examiner Pomeroy F C Stiles, guest of honor, attended a farewell dinner Tuesday night in Meigs County. Sheriff A O Tracy and Mrs Tracy hosted the event for Billes, who will complete his work in the county next week, with guests including J B Hartenbach and others. Stiles, a Mt Ephraim resident, had been in the area several months.
Kimer Hagey waived examination in Justice J. W. McCullough s court and was held to the grand jury after arraignment on a charge of cutting with intent to wound. The case stems from an alleged Sunday stabbing by Hagey with a pocket knife, brought by M. V. Shuster.
Pomeroy resident W F Cowdery filed an appeal in common pleas court on Tuesday to set aside a five dollar judgment issued by W F Osborn Olive Township Justice of the Peace in favor of Watteran White over a car sale debt. In Long Bottom a crash on Shade River Hill left Frank McGinnis with minor injuries as his car rolled over a 15 foot embankment but caused little damage. Emma Jacobs of Sugar Run celebrated her eighty sixth birthday in Columbus with a post card shower from friends in town.
Pomeroy County Recorder George Meinhart faced a deep arithmetic problem after learning the First City Bank would pay 25 percent. He had exactly one cent on deposit when the bank closed and wonders how to determine the proportion of the deposit now due. Friends suggest waiting until 100 percent payment to present a claim.
Pomeroy residents and relatives traveled to Detroit Columbus Akron and Newark after visits with family and friends. Elizabeth Ann and Mary Jo Skidmore left for Detroit while others visited Pittsburgh Columbus Millfield and Washington DC. Bridal shower honored Mrs Willis McMurray as guests included Mrs Rice and Mrs Holter.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Dutton of Lincoln Street leave Monday for Chicago to visit their son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dutton and attend the Century of Progress Exposition. They will return with their daughter Miss Luckile after a week or ten days’ stay.
In Middleport the Primary Department of the Church of Christ Bible School held its annual picnic on the B. H. Rawlings farm near Rutland Tuesday. Superintendent Mrs William Bradford led the group with four teachers Mrs P A Hysell Mrs George Meinhart Mrs Charlies Howard and Mrs George Childs. Children rode to the grounds by automobile after meeting at the church.
Rev Kenneth Reed filled his Hemlock Grove appointment on Sunday night and a surprise party honored Carol Guthrie Saturday. Hemlock Grove 4 H Girls and families visited Holzer Airport Gallipolis on Sunday. R E Whaley and family and Dc and Gilliland visited Mr and Mrs J Violet Bridaygnight. Edith Van Nem Columbus is visiting Setonee bene.
Middleport residents host relatives from Cincinnati Cleveland and Miami Fla while others plan moves and visits. Oscar Bauer rents property on Rutland Street as Whites relocate to Washington D C. In Langsville the 4 H Club met and planned a party. Rev Snyder preaches farewell sermons in Tuppers Plains and South Bethel Church.
Albany Grange members enjoyed a Saturday evening program led by the younger group with Master Sands in charge. Performances included piano solos by Aldine Radcliffe and Lucille Wingett, a Wendall Baughman vocal, and readings and violin numbers. Refreshments followed.
Charles Copeland of Athens County won the Jersey championship at the Ohio State Junior Fair dairy exhibits in Columbus with the top judged cow among 55 Jerseys. No other Athens County 4-H members placed in dairy. In beef, Phillip Linscott of Trimble took third in Class A steer and Paul Linscott second in Class B.
John 8. Pop Wilson age 90 famed as a practical joker in Perry and Vinton counties died at his New Lexington home after months of illness. He had spent much of his life in Vinton County and later worked in a tailor shop run by his nephew Charles L. Wilson in New Lexington. Born in New Plymouth, Vinton County, he was well known locally for his humor.
Dr. C. H. Creed superintendent of the Athens State Hospital is listed as faculty for Ohio State University second short course in police administration Sept 3 8 on the Columbus campus. The program includes an advanced section for returning officers and a beginning group for first time enrollees with simultaneous classes. Creed speaks at 3 30 p m Tuesday Sept 4 on The Work of the Bureau of Classification before the new students.
Glouster Ohio Collieries defeated Millfield Sun King 4 to 3 on the local grounds Tuesday night after runs in the first fourth and seventh innings and an extra score in the second. Several hundred fans attended as the teams traded scoring bursts.
The Pickering family held its first reunion August 19 at Mt. Hermon Church near Sharpsburg with 47 descendants of Mordicai and Julia Pickering across four generations. The oldest present was Julia Pickering, 77, and the youngest was the one year old child of Ansiem and Gamwell. A noon dinner, photos, games, and contests filled the afternoon as officers were elected and plans made to hold the event annually at Mt. Hermon Church.
Frida Glouster longtime New York Central employee died in heart trouble after leaving rail work in 1933. Survived by Carl Jr and Clair, with services at Bernard's Church at 9 o'clock. The story also notes Main Street property later owned by Burson Chevrolet Co and a mention of Velvet cocktails from pre prohibition days.
Toledo invites 37th Division veterans to its 16th national reunion set for September 12 and 13. National president Harry L. Dickey expects about 15 000 attendees, with many from Athens County and other Ohio regions making reservations.
Athens County school busses were found in excellent condition by State Highway Patrol inspectors led by Walter Waston at the county fairgrounds. Inspectors named bus owners in each township and ordered uninspected owners to notify the superintendent of schools.
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