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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1939
Page
3
A meeting is planned in Pomery to discuss WPA aid policies for Meigs County workers. Officials will cover classifications and monthly earnings while addressing agriculture job status and possible county wage adjustments. The gathering will include county alliance members and local residents.
Relatives and friends gathered Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Ray Manley’s home on S Third Ave to celebrate Mr. Manley’s birthday with two large cakes and an impromptu Moonlight Riders concert. Guests traveled from Hartford, Gallipolis, and Covington, while others attended garden club events in Rutland and a Michael reunion at Rock House near Logan.
The Pomeroy community hosts the nineteenth annual Heaton reunion with about 100 attendees. A noon basket dinner followed a program with Rev. Brown of Chester and Rep. Floyd Mees of Pomeroy speaking. Attendees traveled from Detroit Columbus Athens and nearby areas. The gathering notes family events including a marriage announcement and a sixty fifth wedding anniversary.
Middleport High School plans fall football practice at 9 15 a m with Coach Marshall McCuen. Morning sessions focus on blocking tackling and limbering up while heavy afternoon drills begin, and the first scrimmage is set for the next Saturday. Returning letter men include Dick Roush Hackett Entsminger Allen and Joe French.
Meigs County 4-H members completed their summer work with livestock judging and dress display competitions. Outstanding girls’ work is exhibited at the State Fair, with Mildred Morgan and Ruth Moore entering major contests. Additional teens from several clubs entered dress and sewing exhibits, while boys from Rock Springs and Harrisonville clubs won prizes at the Athens County Fair.
St Louis circuit Judge Frank C. O Malley notes that many marriages rest on pretense. In an annulment case a wife testified her husband misrepresented intentions and wed for money, prompting the judge to say most marriages involve some fraud.
Mrs William Leonard died Monday evening at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a period of ill health. Her body was sent to Lincoln Nebraska for interment. She had come to visit sister in law Blanche Ballantine when illness began. Survivors include Mrs Ballantine Mrs H S Roush a niece Mrs Earl Roth of Lincoln and another niece Mrs Jack Frazier reared by the Leonard couple.
Norwichtown farmer Everett M. Rogers reported radishes reaching 12 inches long and 16 inches in circumference. He notes these oversized roots are unusually mild in flavor for such large vegetables.
Earl Brown 17 of Rock Springs was treated at Dr. C A Poindexter's office after a gun discharged during groundhog hunting. The left ankle was badly shattered and he received a tetanus shot after being transported by highway station to Middleport Community Hospital.
Meigs County Pomona Grange hosts Laurel Grange at Columbia School Auditorium Carpenter Friday Sept 1. Rose Drill Team directed by Eddie Lou Hower features members from Carroll County to Langsville and Rutland with state level performances planned.
A life size portrait of the late W. E. Russell, longtime vice president of Citizens National Bank, has been received from Bachrach Studio in Columbus and will be hung in the bank walls at an early date.
Mr and Mrs Harry Kent announce their daughter Mrs Mary Louise Kent Dahnke is seriously ill at White Cross Hospital Columbus with only a small chance of recovery. The former local residents request prayers and support from friends.
County wide NYA meeting was held at Middleport High School Auditorium. Robert Kleinschmidt explained NYA aims and listed local projects including septic tanks at Rutland School and Children's Home, a Middleport state park, and a Pomeroy street project. Seventy five NYA workers are employed locally.
Citizens National Bank directors approve extensive repairs for modernization of the bank building and fixtures. New offices and a directors meeting room will be added at the rear. During construction business will be conducted in the rear room, currently Rawlings & Son’s automobile display room.
The Meigs County Fair in Pomeroy begins its first day with the Pine Ridge Follies as the main attraction. The Pine Ridge Swing Band accompanies the troupe for an evening program starting tonight.
Eleven Nelsonville Eagles visited Meigs Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles for the regular meeting. Forty one members attended. After the business period refreshments were served to the members.
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