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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1929
Page
2
In Middleport on Mill Street Hill the old Springston homestead owned by Earl Springston burned down with most contents lost. Lemley family escaped with minimal clothing as electrical wiring is blamed for the blaze. Springston carried insurance. Lemley had none on household goods.
The column reports Josiah Sines and family visiting Jackson Michigan for a Sines reunion. A monument to August Goessler is sealed with his urn. Updates include Clark Jiiden’s return home, J B Graham’s silver fox farm purchase, Mrs George Dissinger’s death, Meigs Water Company office move, Meigs County Farm Bureau pins, Pomeroy Knights basketball plans, Katrine Rousey’s return to study, and Paul Dye’s recovery from a Harrisonville plane wreck.
The State Highway Department announces Bremen Junction City Highway is open for travel after six months closed. Traffic will use the old covered bridge route at Bremen while finishing remaining work. full completion expected later.
In Pomero y Ohio Marion Estep aged 18 son of Mrs Mayme Estep Middleport is jailed on charges of driving an automobile while intoxicated after a Saturday wreck in Pomero y that damaged a second car driven by Gerald Rice and injured Mildred Joachim. The car belonged to Lief Bolin of Langsville who loaned it to Estep. Bolin later posted a $500 bond for release until Monday’s court before Justice I W Gilmore.
In JACINE, a church belfry accident as the bell clapper and rope collapsed at the Methodist Church. Janitress Eva Wolf avoided injury as the rope snapped during the second ringing for Sunday School, halting further bell sounds for the day.
Marjorie Stewart two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Stewart of Middleport died Sunday morning from membranous croup and pneumonia after a week of illness. Parents and three siblings survive.
In Syracuse on Second Street the Capehart residence was engulfed by flames Sunday morning due to a defective flue. Ab Capehart and his grandson were inside. most belongings were saved across the street at the Kields home. The two story frame house had just been mortgaged to L J Hess and carried no insurance.
River View Camp Royal Neighbors of America and Modern Woodmen of America held a joint minstrel show at Woodmen Hall in Middleport on Friday evening. The event drew a strong cast, followed by a social hour with refreshments and dancing to close the night.
Miss Mary Louise Kent hosted the Senior High School Class of 1927 at her South Third Avenue home in Middleport on Friday night. Attendees included Mr and Mrs George Schaaf Carroll Meadows Wilbur Curtis Miss Demetrus Keffer Miss Mildred Futtersnickle J B King Miss Mary K Riley and Robert Allensworth. June Lansbury served refreshments. Bridge was the diversion.
Word arrives of Capt. W. B. Caldwell’s promotion to major. He is a Meigs Countian born at Letart Falls and brother to Dr. George Caldwell of Pomeroy. He recently faced the loss of his Porto Rico home in a tropical hurricane. He is married and his family accompanies him.
The Middleport high school band wore blue and gold uniforms for the first time at the Thanksgiving football game. Directed by Prof. Charles Clark, the band joined Gallipolis Wellston and Jackson bands, all under state color regulations, with plans to attend the Ohio State Fair next fall as a consolidated group.
Middleport December 2 report marks the final trip of Conductor S P Tinklepaugh on train No 9 from Charleston to Hobson. After 29 years of service with New York Central Lines he retires at age 70 on pension, with gifts and a banquet planned by coworkers.
Local social column records gatherings and travels around Thanksgiving. Names include Gail Penn Lloyd Conklin Jack Sarver from Chicago and Misses Ievelyn Frances West from Pomeroy with many Middleport residents. trips to Columbus Huntington Cleveland and Toledo are noted along with a potluck at Miss Louise Talbotts home and visits by Perry Weaver from Parkersburg.
The Needle and Thimble Club met at Mrs. Dell Martin’s home with ten of twelve members present. Mrs. Martin served a refreshment course. The next gathering with Mrs. Alice Soles will be a farewell event for a member.
Warren Bussey aged 41 of Somerset and Hattie Wood aged 30 of Sullio wed with Justice of the Peace Fr Braddock in the probate judge's office after securing the license, showing they believed in no delay.
Chauncey reports fourteen mines on the working list for today. Entries include No. 9 percent, No. 72, No. 255, No. 267, No. 10, Ohio No. Poston No. 6, L. D. Poston, Iree port and Chauncey No. 25.
Chauncey December 2 Wilbur Grandstaff of Chauncey sustained a broken leg Friday when coal fell in White Ash Mine on Bailey Run near Chauncey where he worked as a leader His leg was broken below the Nip Joint Dr Warren V Sprague Chauncey was called and Grandstaff was moved to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bred Grandstaff of Mill Street Chauncey
Phillipine Lodge No. 709 in Chauncey will hold its regular meeting this evening at 7 o clock, with members urged to attend.
The Chauncey Dover High School football team announces its annual banquet will be held Wednesday evening in the high school building.
According to Dr. W. V. Sprague Chauncey Charles Staten Bailey Run, now in Columbus hospital, is in improved condition after weeks of serious illness. He was previously confined in Athens hospital before transfer.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hatch entertained with a Thanksgiving turkey dinner honoring the late sister and niece and their families. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Luster Levering and children Tiehard Donna Mae and Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Humphries and baby Wilberta Maxine, and the Hatch family.
December meeting of the Friendship Bible Class of the Church of Christ Chauncey will be held Wednesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Donald Henry. Mrs Andrew Jackson class president will chair with Miss Ruth Fiske as devotional leader and Mrs William Collins Jr and Mrs Arthur J Smith on the program. A Christmas tree and gift exchange will occur. All class members are asked to attend.
Mrs. J. O. Verrel of High Street Chauncey hosts the Loyal Woman's Division of the Church of Christ at her home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Floyd Nye will chair and Mrs. Watt Verrel will lead the program. All church women are invited.
Evan Morgan Jr and sister Maggie Morgan of The Plains and aunt Mrs. Mary Meinhart of Chauncey returned from a visit in St. Clairsville Ohio with Mr and Mrs Burgie Morgan Mr and Mrs Henry Morgan of Chauncey hosted dinner guests Sunday Miss Marie Morgan and Harlan Blosser of Lancaster and Mr and Mrs Eugene Morgan of this city Patty Curran of Chauncey spent weekend in Lancaster with father Mike Curran who works there John Miller Tippie 82 Civil War veteran of Chauncey ill at Mill Street home
Reported to be improving. Mr and Mrs Ray Varry and children Marylan and Geraldine of Chauncey spent Thanksgiving in the home of Mr and Mrs Win larry Nelsonville. Mr and Mrs Hay Columbus have been in Chauncey visiting Mrs Donald Henry and family.
Ohio University selects Alberta Heid of Pittsburgh and Clyde Newell of Rocky River as the healthiest girl and boy among 2,500 students. Newell, a multi sport athlete, urges exercise and apples plus rest. Miss Heid, a math major senior, plans to graduate in three years, while Newell is a junior and Delta Tau Delta member.
A four year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Rome Stewart died at their Bradbury home Sunday morning from membranous croup. The family had recently moved here from West Virginia.
The condition of A. W. Ullom and his daughter Mrs. Harry Stadler, both injured in a Wednesday automobile accident near Sharpsburg Hill on U S Highway 50 North, was reported improved. Ullom, 59, suffered a broken right collar bone and Stadler endured badly bruised knees while en route to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. D. H. Thomas in Marietta.
A. Parker of 11 Stewart Street bought the first 1930 passenger car plate at 7:15 Monday. Deputy David Johnson opened the Courthouse basement sale at 7.00. H. G. Householder of North Court Street purchased the first commercial plate around 8:00. By noon 25 passenger licenses and five truck plates had been sold.
Father Mathias Kreutzin, a Calumet Michigan priest, was freed by Chinese bandits who abducted him last month and is safe at Tayeh. Consul General Frank P. Lockhart in Hong Kong said there were no terms disclosed for the release and did not reveal any bargain details.
In Newark New Jersey a fire in the X ray room of the crippled children hospital forced 69 patients ages four months to 15 years to be moved to a nearby evacuated building. Dr George Osawa alerted the fire department after faint fumes spread through the hospital. Nurses and interns assisted in an orderly transfer with no panic.
Columbus reports a milder but still sharp cold wave heading into Ohio from Washington. The prior storm last week brought heavy snowfall across the state, causing multiple deaths and many fires, with numerous traffic accidents on icy roads.
A five-plane air mail search unit launched from Cleveland seeks Pilot Thomas P. Nelson missing after his Bellefonte takeoff. He was due in Cleveland at 2 15 am. witnesses heard his craft over Brookville before vanishing in a heavy snow storm on a new route.
The Army Engineers report estimates more than 500 million dollars needed to complete river, harbor, and flood control works now under way in the United States. Of this total, 216,444,110 dollars is for river and harbor completions and 291,660,100 dollars for flood control.
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