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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1936
Page
3
The annual Pomeroy Firemen and Boy Scouts toy drive opens with a goal to exceed last year’s $950 value. Scouts will visit homes to collect usable toys for repair and distribution to needy children. Toys need not be perfect as Firemen will restore them to good condition.
The Whatsoever Class of the Asbyterian Church held a Christmas party in the church lecture room with 35 members and three guests. Gifts were exchanged, devotionals led by Mrs. C. T. Shumaker, a Christmas story read by Mrs. R. M. Sherman, and a recitation by Patricia Sherman. Mrs. Dea Hayes presided briefly. Mrs. W. G. Huddleston became president. The January meeting will be with the Women's Missionary Society on Jan 8.
Friends and neighbors held a miscellaneous shower Friday at Lincoln Street for William Huggins Jr. and family who lost their house and all belongings to a recent fire. Guests gave gifts for starting anew, and Mr. and Mrs. Huggins Sr. thanked attendees for their kindness.
Pomeroy Lend A Hand Society meets at the M E Church with Mrs Parker and Mrs Googlein hosting. Local families visit relatives in Columbus Huntington Parkersburg and Charleston. Several dinners honor Daniel Tracy on his 78th birthday and various residents entertain guests from nearby towns.
Racine's basketball team edged Amesville 16 to 13 in a short season opener at Amesville after Racine reserves beat Amesville reserves 17 to 16. Amesville girls won 58 to 22 led by a 39 point standout.
The Busy Bee Class of the Baptist Church in Middleport elected officers Friday night. President Mrs. Shirley Mills, vice president Mrs. Ray Turley, secretary Mrs. Leo Russell, assistant secretary Mrs. James Souders, treasurer Mr. Virgil Edwards, pianist Mrs. Paul Smart, teacher Mrs. J. O. Leonard. They planned a Christmas party at the church with a covered dish dinner.
Charles E. Tate of Athens describes marked relief after two bottles of Vendol. He reports improved digestion, sleep, and regularity, with rheumatic pains gone and kidneys and liver strengthened. Vendol advertised by the Vendor Man at Athens Pharmacy and Hickman’s in Nelsonville.
Pomeroy Quincey Adams, 72, of Antiquity, attended his first theater showing Thursday night at the new local theater. He hadn't been in a theater before and was drawn by a radio entertainer's personal appearance.
H E Thomas longtime Middleport resident and former railroad conductor died Sunday at 12 10 PM at his Lincoln Street home. He was about ill for a year and was a Presbyterian, Knight Templar, and Elks member. Survived by wife Louise two daughters and several siblings. Funeral Tuesday at 1 PM at his residence led by Rev C C Bailey.
Funeral services for W. H. Steiff, who died Saturday in a Gallipolis hospital after a pneumonia illness, will be held Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at his residence conducted by Rev. C. C. Bailey. Burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery. Steiff, ex village clerk and American Legion member, leaves wife Lillian Lewis Steiff and two uncles. A military funeral will be held. Also noted, in South America giant snails lay eggs larger than robins.
The State of Ohio Athens County invites public sale of real estate at the courthouse door in Nelsonville on Monday January 4 1937 at 1 30 PM. The property is lot number 436 in Nelsonville located at Third and High Street appraised value fixed and sale requires cash payment only. Sheriff Charles Stratton and Attorney Harry Mettler announce the order of sale under Home Owners Loan Corporation case 16585.
Middleport society notes list H N Swift critically ill for days and Will Starkey in Holzer Hospital. Local residents visit Charleston and Columbus, with families from Covington and Pomeroy returning home.
Jacksonville society notes report a wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. William Tippie and a birth of Alfred 8, with family celebrants and grandparent names. Church and school events include a M E Ladies’ Aid meeting, PTA plans, and teacher changes. A Christmas party for the Mother's Club is planned with gift exchanges.
Gwendolyn Strait, born last week at 192 Fourth Ave, Gallipolis, is the seventh generation direct descendant of Ann Bailey. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs Weldon Strait, with great grand mother Mrs Ellen Higgins and grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Cremeans and Mr and Mrs Blake Strait. She has three younger brothers.
Several American Legion and Legion Auxiliary members attended the National Commander's banquet in Columbus Saturday night honoring Harry Colmery of Topeka Kansas National Commander of the American Legion. Attending from here were Mrs Mildrad Fowler Frank Fugate Pat Thornton and John Frank.
Chico State College plans a date bureau to track the social proclivities of all students. The system aims to pair up couples using business methods and will record interactions of both male and female students.
Gordon B. Grey of Athens Ohio has been appointed administrator of the estate of Save Hunter, deceased of Guyeville Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months or be barred. Dated November 27 1936 at Athens County Probate Court.
Gus Jackson age 31 of Gallipolis died in Logan West Virginia after a back injury from a slate fall at a mine. He was paralyzed from the waist down and died Saturday after his mother cared for him in Gallipolis. His father Andrew Jackson died in Fayette County last March.
Gallia County schools receive a total of fifty thousand dollars from the state in the fourth quarterly distributions. Addison District obtains two thousand one hundred nineteen dollars and fifteen cents, Bidwell Porter six thousand five hundred nineteen dollars and seventy eight cents, Cadmus three thousand nine hundred twenty four dollars and sixty four cents, Centerville five thousand four dollars and seventy one cents, Cheshire Rural five thousand four hundred forty three dollars and seventy three cents, Clay three hundred five dollars and forty five cents, Crown City one thousand one hundred thirty nine dollars and thirty eight cents. Other districts receive Green three thousand eighty dollars and eighty four cents, Greenfield two thousand forty eight dollars and ninety one cents, Guyan six thousand three hundred seventy seven dollars and twenty two cents, Harrison two thousand five hundred fifteen dollars and eighty one cents, Ohio three thousand eighty four dollars and ten cents, Perry seven hundred eight dollars and twenty eight cents, Raccoon four thousand one hundred seventy six dollars and twenty four cents, Vinton four thousand nine hundred twenty nine dollars and ninety three cents, Walnut one thousand seven hundred four dollars and forty one cents. Supt. H Bion Bradbury notes Morgan District was overlooked and may receive later funds.
At the Third and Cedar Street intersection two people were hospitalized after a collision involving Frank Rader and Joseph Vancoe. A pint of liquor was found in the Rader car and he was arrested. Rosa Vancoe and John Vancoe were also injured, with John initially unconscious but later awake. Julia Vancoe was uninjured. Names of other occupants include Francis Cottrill Harold Harrington and Bertha Kennedy. Local boy Louis Lup ton, 15, is ill at Holzer Hospital.
A daughter was born Friday to Mr and Mrs Donald Hutton of Glen Summit Road. She has two brothers. The father is an employee of Chrysler Motor Sales in Detroit.
Marriage licenses issued in Gallipolis to Carl Scarberry 24 laborer of Gallipolis and Lois Kuhn Curry 31 Bladen. Vernon Sheets 22 clerk son of Lawson Sheets of Gallipolis and Ruth Smith 22 laundress daughter of Hollis Smith of Gallipolis.
From 18 to 23 students from five Gallia County high schools will perform at the county Christmas program Thursday evening at the Gallipolis Presbyterian Church. County music supervisors will train the entrants with rehearsals December 14 and 15 at 1 p.m. Edith Keller, state music supervisor, will direct. The program aims to showcase local youth talent.
National reemployment officers urge public relief recipients to seek private work though Gallia County lacks manufacturing and hundreds involved in road and dam relief projects may struggle to find new employment. Former Rio Grande College students Thelma Wilson and John Clarke wed after a Greenup Ky ceremony. A son was born Sunday at Holzer Hospital to Barstow and wife with a daughter already.
The Gallipolis city commission approved a 10 year renewal of the Southern Ohio Electric Company franchise cutting residential and commercial rates. From 1937 to 1940 homes pay 6c per kWh for the first 30 kWh then 3c for over 100 kWh, minimum $1. 1941 to 1946 rates drop to 5c for 40 kWh, 3c for over 100 kWh. Commercial rates start at 6c for 50 kWh, down to 2c over 2,500 kWh, with 1941 onward at 5c for first 100 kWh and 2c thereafter. Monthly savings projected at $509. Construction planned for lines to Bulaville and other routes along Kyger Creek and nearby areas.
Gallipolis Masonic Lodge contributed $50 for underprivileged schoolchildren, per Supt. E. E. Higgins. Miss Carolyn E. Cahill of Toledo will serve as health nurse in the city.
Gallia County report says the Hartley Devore home near Vinton on the Danville Road burned Friday. Firefighters saved most furniture and nearby fruit. the blaze likely started from roof sparks. Built in 1929, the modern house stood a half mile from Vinton.
Kerr Mc Claskey home on Glen Summit Road was quarantined Friday by county nurse Margaret Jones after her discovery that 10 year old Delmer Mc Claskey showed signs of diphtheria.
The Gal lipolis tobacco market failed to open this year causing dismay among farmers who must seek buyers in Huntington West Virginia or beyond. Merchants and hotelkeepers report disappointment while a restaurant owner notes the season’s loss as Gallia County yields only about a quarter of its normal crop due to weather. In normal years up to three million pounds of Burley tobacco are sold on Gallipolis floor.
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