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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1938
Page
3
Nearly 200 children joined a Tuesday event in Pomeroy marking the season’s end. Recreation Director Ray Farnham led the program with playground supervisors, uniting all town children at one ground. WPA supervisors will continue overseeing centers and leave equipment in place for at least two more months depending on weather.
Middleport social items note Violet Osler's 16th birthday celebrated at a dinner party hosted by Mrs. David Osler with relatives and friends including Susie Vieth Mae Lewis and several others. Also featured are visits among Troy Hecox and Welte families, 4-H fair preparations, a Crestview parade of guests, and a Parkersburg trip due to a death in the Barnes family.
Miss Ruth Garber daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Garber will attend a Cincinnati Reds night game with her brother William and Charles Lewis after accompanying them to Cincinnati. They will return by the midnight train arriving Friday.
Pomeroy social notes record visits and returns from trips to Parkersburg Columbus Cincinnati Seattle and Portland.Multiple residents and families including Sommerville Burdette Beller Crumbley Dilgard Heines Kasper Bowers Gibbs Middleswart and Hager are listed with guests ill health and recoveries. Attendees visit fairs campuses and relatives with ties to Ohio and nearby states.
Social notes from Rio Grande recount trips to Quebec and New England, visits in Albany and Ashland, and gatherings with friends in Columbus, Chillicothe, and Waterloo. Mentions include the Allen family, Miss Chubbuck, Dr. Winans, and Mrs. Wickline, with church notices and school moves.
Zaleski brief lists community gatherings and visits. Descendants of Connor Dowd held their annual reunion at the old Herrold Dam. Local families including Daft Atkinson Gaskill Cavanaugh Parker and McKibben clans share weekend visits in Columbus Lancaster Hope and Roanoke. A birth is announced for Mrs Googe’s daughter Jenola Gambre's.
A notice announces a special election to be held Tuesday September 20. The ballot asks whether Athens Rural School District should issue bonds to fund an addition to a fireproof school building and sewerage plant with federal aid of 15000 and a tax levy outside the ten mill limit. County auditor estimates 0.60 mills for up to 20 years to cover principal and interest. Athens County Board of Elections, clerk McCune.
Mrs Ward Ross and Mr and Mrs Joseph Ross of Jackson Mississippi visited Frank Ross and Ralph Ross in Racine on Wednesday and Thursday. Frank Ross will visit Jackson for two weeks. W N Hovis of Mercer Pa arrived for a week with Owen Watson. Will Pool family and Joe Meyers of Delaware spent a week with Mr and Mrs Joe Lovett. Ralph Ross and others visited Cincinnati. S H Fadely and family attended Junior Late Fair in Columbus. Cecil McClaskey and Jake Holman at State Fair in Columbus. Ben Petrel and Lena Petrel left for Washington DC to visit relatives and attend the State Fair.
Middleport schools instrumental music instructor Gordon Harris, who is earning a Master’s in Music from Ohio State University, announced that all marching band members must report to the high school. Practice starts Saturday at 10 o’clock with plans for fall activities and a tentative schedule leading to the Sept. 16 football game. Texas has more miles of railroads than any other state in the Union.
In the James Titus country yard north of Rutland Mrs. Arline Graff Stansbury, new wife of William P. Stansbury, was honored by the Beech Grove Harrisonville and Rutland Home Extension Council. Guests included Middleport friends who presented a large electric roaster. tea followed amid white floral arrangements as she resumes duties as county home agent.
POMEROY The annual Moore family reunion was held August 28 at the country home of Mrs Abie E Rose Morning Star A picnic lunch preceded the election of officers for the coming year Bertha Smith Florence Circle and Thelma Orr were named president vice president secretary and treasurer. The group planned to hold next year’s reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Smith Chester.
Two Athens County residents have enlisted in the United States Navy and are undergoing training at the Norfolk Virginia Naval Training Station. William Lee Bateman of Nelsonville and Stephen Thomas of Greens Run passed local preliminaries and will transfer aboard ship after 12 weeks of training, with Athens recruiting closed until September 6. Waterloo Station in England is noted as the largest passenger station in Great Britain, covering 24 1/2 acres.
Miss Mary Gladys Higley daughter of Mr and Mrs James Higley married Mr Frank H Heidergott of Los Angeles in a front porch double ring ceremony at the Higley home Rutland. Dr A P Higley officiated and about 67 guests attended with out of town relations from Indianapolis Dayton Columbus Athens Zanesville Gallipolis Vincent Parkersburg and more. The couple will reside in Los Angeles.
The annual Michael reunion was held Sunday at Carpenter Park in Rutland with eighty eight members present. The oldest attendee was W. H. Fulwider of Columbus, age 83, and the youngest was Olin Koehler, 13 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Koehler of Buchtel. Represented towns included Akron Albany Athens Groveport Harrisonville Langsville Minersville Pomeroy Philo Rutland and Sumner.
Publication totals show Charles Dickens works in print at 25,000,000 copies, underscoring enduring popularity. The milestone reflects decades of demand for classic novels across markets and editions.
Steve Tanky and Frank Marcus resume their 380 mile river trek from Wheeling toward Cincinnati. On Tuesday they stopped in Pomroy for a meal and rest after about two hours in town. Tanky, 22, and Marcus, 23, from Windsor Heights travel by a worn skiff with baggage, pausing nightly on river banks.
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