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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1928
Page
2
A delegation from along the Athens-Pomeroy Road asked the county to rescind highway improvement assessments under a recent act. The commission planned to grant relief but adjourned before formal action due to an out of county appointment. Delegates left satisfied to be relieved of the burden while the highway remains valued.
A rabies scare in Pomeroy prompts officers to kill a Scotch Collie owned by the Hostetters after it bit the family and a neighbor. The head is sent to Columbus for analysis to confirm rabies or poisoning. The dog had disappeared for days and may have bitten others in the area.
The Rev. C H Fowler a Methodist evangelist conducts a series of meetings at Syracuse's Methodist Episcopal Church. Large crowds attend as he tours from east to coast using stereopticon slides. Mrs. Fowler assists youth work and school visits. The series runs until December 9 with baptisms and member transfers, followed by a Rutland district campaign starting December 19.
A vintage ad touts Musterole as a mild form for children to relieve chest colds sore throat rheumatic and neuralgic pains stiff neck and feverish symptoms. It claims quick relief and ready to apply packets with no mess or fuss.
Electric lines have extended to cover most principal towns in Meigs County including Chester Rutland Harrisonville Syre Racine and Tuppers Plains. Southern Ohio lines reach New Haven and may extend to Letart W Va then Le tart Falls Ohio as Ohio Power works from Pomeroy in three directions. Meigs Bend is well served by two large companies with Appalachian lines approaching Ripley. Energy use in Meigs County is more than ten times higher than a decade ago.
In Middleport on December 4 Harry Ward 14 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Ward remains in serious condition after a broken arm. The arm fractured weeks ago. after removing the cast pain returned and another cast failed. He was treated at Holzer Hospital and later at home. A radium treatment was given Sunday and doctors fear amputation may be needed. Harry is a Boy Scout and well regarded by friends.
Huntington visitors Mr and Mrs James Meadows and their daughters stayed on Third Avenue for several days. Mrs Frank Knopp and nephew John Smith Jr saw Mrs C H Duffy in Nelsonville who has been ill. Foreign Missionary Society met with Mrs Vina Sanborn and adopted a no refreshment policy. H and Frank Williams in Chicago due to sister illness. Mrs Winifred Skidmore returned from Athens. J E Lyons travels from Hot Springs to Cuba and Porto Rico for months with nurse and secretary. Four grandchildren staying with relatives in Rutland. Mrs Bechle of Mt Vernon visiting with her son C F E Bechle and wife. Mr and Mrs G B Waddell and Mr Sanners returned to Columbus after visiting Mrs Waddell’s parents James and Beverages.
Pomeroy reports Clifford Carson son of Mr and Mrs J E Carson once of Meigs County now in Ripley has been named to the six member livestock judging team representing West Virginia State University at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago this week. Mr Carson leads the team.
Dan Manley 41 of Carlton dies from injuries suffered two weeks earlier after being struck along the Gallipolis Middleport Pike. He died at Holzer Hospital Sunday. Survived by mother two brothers and a sister. Funeral Wednesday 2 p m at Cheshire Baptist Church burial Gravel Hill Cemetery.
Middleport hosts Bishop Theodore Henderson of Cincinnati for the Athens District sessions at Heath M E Church. Ministers gather for Evangelism talk this morning. board members meet pastors this afternoon on church welfare, followed by a chicken supper and an evening service with special choirs.
Arthur Beegle of Racine and his prize fox hounds travel to Jackson for the Southern Fox Hunters Association annual meet. Directors include Mr Peele and Senator Roy Gillen serves as vice president and corresponding secretary. Hunters from West Virginia Kentucky and Southern Ohio attend with hounds.
Thirty seven fine turkeys owned by Beagle Produce Company were stolen from the Joe Coon barn on Salt Hill near the Charleston Pike. A Chevrolet truck used in several night raids is suspected, with raiders possibly operating from Pomeroy Bend.
The Rev. and Mrs. C C H Esichinger traveled to Reedsville for a county ministerial meeting. Other M E K ministers from the Pomeroy Bend were in attendance.
Five hundred letters bearing Christmas seals were mailed to Athens residents by the sales committee. Recipients are asked to purchase stamps, with return envelopes for remittance or unpurchased seals. The message highlights fighting tuberculosis and aiding needy cases as physicians and nurses reported in Athens County, hoping to extend this aid in 1929.
Two views aboard the U S 8 Maryland show forward elevated 16 inch guns and two forward turrets. The battleship carries eight such enormous guns that can hurl a ton of metal 38 miles as it accompanies President-Elect Herbert Hoover on a goodwill voyage to South America.
A volunteer driven effort plans a seal sale to raise funds for health work in the community. The committee states no salaries or office costs will be paid and that proceeds will be directed to local health initiatives. The letter is signed by F. E. Harshman, chair. W. L. Gard, sec-treas. A. M. Moore. F. J. Beasley. C. Woodworth. H. R. McVay. Mrs. John Finsterwald. About 500 letters go out with more to follow in days.
About $12,000 in stock has been subscribed toward establishing an Athens County branch of the Ohio Farm Bureau Corporation. When $15,000 is raised, branch plans will begin. A discussion of opening the branch is set for tonight at a meeting of the Athens County Farm Bureau Board in the office of county extension agent T. H. Johnson. J. L.
Heffernan special representative of the corporation and Prof E R Wallace of Ohio University plan to attend the Farmers Institute meeting. The text notes many districts have not yet been asked to subscribe and cites subscription figures and needs to build Athens branch offices and sub-branches across Athens Meigs and Vinton Counties with Athens County averages of 850 to 400 dollars per subscriber.
The Industrial Arts Club presents a moving picture on paper making in Ohio University Room 312 Super Hall Wednesday evening at 7 30. Admission is free.
Seven or eight members will join the Kappa Sigma Pi chapter at the Athens Presbyterian Church on Thursday night. The initiation will start at 6 30 rather than 7 o clock due to the length of the ceremony and the number of candidates, announced Prof. C D Giauque, chaplain.
The charter and grand charter members of the chapter at First Christian Church are being signed. The charter is expected to be sent to Cincinnati headquarters within the next week. Twelve boys will become charter members and five men have been invited as grand charter members.
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