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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1941
Page
3
Meigs County commissioners install an auditing and expenditure control system to allow officials to monitor appropriations in real time. A billing machine was purchased earlier, and Mrs. Sarah Gibbs will detail work as clerk of the board to oversee the process and auditing.
Miss Margaret Ella Hysell of Gravel Hill will study at Ohio University Athens before starting at Cedarville College near Dayton to teach art and physical education. She is a graduate of Ohio University and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Hysell. The college is Presbyterian.
State highway workers report near containment of a roadside dump fire on Route 33 near Kerrs Run. A trench forms a firebreak and water is used in attempts to extinguish the blaze.
On the tenth day after Ohio's new marriage law the Meigs County probate court issued the first license to John H. Huey 32 of Ironton and Marcella Fay Spriggs 25 of Middleport. A second license went to Scott Lauffer 23 of Irwin Pennsylvania and Louise Klengensmith 24 of Racine.
Pomeroy prepares to open its first school lunch program to operate by the start of the term. WPA workers will handle serving under sponsorship of the WCTU. Earlier funds supported gardening and canning to supply canned products.
Chester Township home meeting held Friday evening August 22 at Elmer and and Mrs. Kautz home. Edson Roush county AAA chairman spoke. G A Young chaired. Mrs Henry Wippel led discussion. Mrs Ralph Lee praised the committee. A musical program followed with singing folk dances led by Mrs Joseph Wippel and Pa McCormick harmonica. Next meeting set for September 19 at Henry Wippel home with Mr Kautz as chairman.
Mrs. Jacob Gloeck ner and Charles Hysell returned home after attending the funeral of their brother James A. Hysell near Riceville Tennessee. The 48 year old World War veteran formerly resided locally. Funeral services were at Short Creek Baptist Church with burial in a nearby cemetery. He is survived by his widow and four children Alvin Arthur Ronald and Verelina. He moved to Tennessee about twelve years ago.
POMEROY business picked up Thursday as Labor Day weekend neared. No special celebrations are planned in this locality.
Middleport trustees R A Miller C M Hennessy and H N Swift report a complete check shows no shortages in the cemetery fund. WPA workers near completion have prepared grave records blueprints maps and plots for the new addition and cleaned and improved the grounds. The project will be finished within four days.
Middleport Ohio roadside park long noted as the only city park of its kind is now a popular picnic site. Visitors sign a wall register, and groups from the Philothea Society Sew ing Club and guests enjoy games, ovens, wood piles, tables benches shade trees and rocks.
Pomeroy premium list for the Meigs County Fair to be held Oct 2 and 3 at Pythian Park in Middleport has been completed and will be distributed in about a week. Committees appointed to handle each department are finalizing arrangements.
Pomeroy residents report health updates and household changes. Jerry Hawk recovers from tonsil and adenoid removal in Athens last Saturday. Mrs. Herman Scholl and children return from Columbus after visits with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hauck move to Osborn Street from West Main Street. The Webbersons take a Eastward vacation. Fanny Amberger remains seriously ill at Osborne Street. Herbert Pendergrass and family visit relatives in Chauncey. A. O. Tracy remains seriously ill on Second Street.
Thirty six members and guests of the Teachers' Association held a farewell picnic at Syracuse Roadside Park for former superintendent M W Essex and Mrs Essex as they move to East Liverpool where he will be principal of the high school. Charles Bing named new principal and Lee W McComas succeeds Essex as superintendent.
Pomeroy Public Library received a state librarian's check as part of 1941 state aid funds for Ohio public libraries. About $100,000 is available for the 1941 42 biennium, distributed by the Ohio State Library board under rules set by a state aid committee. Funds aim to extend library service to rural areas.
Carpenter News Notes reports Columbia Schools will start Monday September 1 with only a forenoon session that day and pupils will be home for lunch. Annual inspection of Columbia Grange set for Friday evening with ice cream and cake served. Local families visit and host each other in Columbus Caledonia and Chillicothe with guests from Mobile Alabama.
Mrs. Jake Lee and family depart for Camp Blanding Florida to visit Lieut and Mrs Easterday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Coe of Rochester Pennsylvania visit relatives in Racine. Harold Carnahan family and Adda Lou McKenzie attend the State Fair in Columbus then visit Henry McCormick and K J Terman. William Poole of Delaware visits Joe Lovette family as Bille Rumple from Warren stays with Delmar Byers.
The final river excursion of the year is scheduled for Thursday night with the Steamer Island Queen. Sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity of Middport and the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Gallipolis.
In the Balearic Islands a Christmas turkey walk is practiced as buyers purchase birds early to display them. Shoppers take the birds on daily strolls to present them before the holiday.
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