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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1935
Page
3
Fragmentary notes mention lacing, timing, and seating with unclear context. Readers should not infer events, dates, or involved persons from the garbled phrases. The readable bits offer no concrete actions or identities to summarize.
Fragmentary text indicates an event titled Port of Legion Will To Be Held In Evening. Reference to timing is unclear and names are incomplete.
Fragmentary text references education levels and divorce terms, mentioning survey findings and applicants difficulties. Names and places are partially obscured, with scattered phrases about betterment and a county notice. The readable bits suggest a 19th or early 20th century local notice item.
Charles Gardner has moved to Montevideo where he becomes superintendent of an American company there. He travels with his wife and son and plans permanent residence. Gardner is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Gardner of Rutland Street.
Hill Top Troop No. 3 of Girl Scouts outlines a Christmas party for Friday December 20 with location to be announced. The event follows their sponsor Philathea Women's Class Christmas party on December 19 at Church of Christ and includes a December 14 hike. Members present included Betty Brown Ruth Pickens Marcella Cunningham Beulah Bass Lena Wolfe Beulah Rusk Iris Winebrenner Ruth Hamilton Louise Winebrenner Dorothy Dorst Lenore Bingham and Mrs G O Reynolds.
Middleport residents note a Middleport meeting as the United Christian Missionary Society of Church of Christ gathers this evening for its regular session with Miss Etta Gaskill presiding. Several locals travel for visits and events, including Mrs. Roscoe Satterfield and others visiting family or attending a high school play in Pt. Pleasant.
A bingo party by Republican Women of Meigs County is set for Wednesday December 18 at the I O O F Hall. Nelsonville seeks bids for two bond groups by December 26. real estate auction in Athens County slated for December 30 with two acre lot No 10 in Moore subdivision offered at cash bid.
A dairy barn owned by Ed Raybold west of Mason City burned Saturday night. Discovered about 8 pm, the rapid blaze prevented saving the structure. Cattle and other animals were present, with all except the mule saved. Several tons of hay burned. fire origin not reported. The blaze could be seen from Main Street Mason City. Night Officer Walter Wolfe said the Pomeroy Fire Department was not summoned due to speed of the fire.
POMEROY George Harvey age 145 and Thruman Searls age 16 were arrested Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Hank Young on complaint by Andy Hatfield of Langsville who charged that the two boys had stolen furs from him They are being held for investigation by juvenile authorities Richard Russell was arrested Saturday by Night Officer Walter Wolfe on an intoxication charge Lloyd Priddy was arrested by Sheriff Roscoe O Fowler on a similar charge Lang Spires was jailed for alleged disturbance of the peace
A Camp Meigs staff reorganization elected Tex Myers as editor in chief with Carl Kerns as associate editor and John Boyd as field editor. Fred Geisinger and Charles Sommers share feature duties, Steve Liptok handles sports, and Jerry Del Greco serves as special reporter. The first issue by the new staff will appear before Christmas. Clyde’s shipbuilding industry suffers its worst year in 1991 with business down 70 percent from 1930 and 80 percent from 1913.
Middleport Garden Club members will hold a Christmas party Monday evening December 16 at the home of Mrs E A Reed. Club president Mrs J B Downing announced the event. Members will exchange gifts and committees have been appointed for party preparations.
Theodorus Council of Daughters of America presents an American flag to Pomeroy High School Band Saturday at the Junior High School Auditorium. Mrs. Elizabeth Darst flags the band director Konrad Scholl while Ben F. Turner delivers a patriotic address and hands the bandmaster copies of flag rules and the Constitution.
POMEROY The Doris Rebekah Lodge elected officers at its regular Saturday session. Elected were Noble Grand Josie McCullough Vice Grand Grace Stace Finance Secretary Nellie Smith Recording Secretary Katie Beck Treasurer Cora Warner Deputy President Blance Roller.
Mrs. C. H. Stewart Mrs. H. E. Thomas and Mrs. M. B. McAllister named by J. H. Grate Presbyterian Sunday School superintendent to sponsor the Christmas entertainment at the church. Santa Claus will attend with treats for all the children on Christmas Eve.
Election of new officers for the Past Chiefs Association lists President Mrs. W. C. Allman Vice President Mrs. T. W. Autherson Secretary Mrs. Zella Cross and Treasurer Mrs. R H Horden for the ensuing year. A total value of 210,924 church edifices in the United States is reported at 3,839,500,610 dollars.
A group of Middleport men departs Sunday for ten days of deer hunting in the Allegheny mountains of Pennsylvania. The party includes Phil Meinhart O C Greenlee A J Beaver Dr George McCullough Sheriff Roscoe Fowler and Dr B A McCullough of Pomeroy and Mr Greenlee of Leon West Virginia, father of the Greenlees.
Several Meigs County Grange members will travel to Lima to attend the state Grange convention, set for Monday through Wednesday. A note on Ituri forest practices mentions pygmies using decayed human flesh poisoned arrows to hunt animals.
River traffic remained brisk last week with steel coal and gasoline moving in large quantities by barge. Vessels like the Isthmian Plymouth and Fair Play carried steel and oil from Pittsburgh to Louisville and Memphis. The John G. Britton is due in Pittsburgh with tin plate and oil for Campbell Transportation. boiler repairs were needed after a trouble at Cincinnati.
Chauncey Dover High School seniors posted the top scholastic average with half the class on the honor roll. The roll lists seniors Frances Atkinson Richard Daugherty Mary Dunkle Anna Pearl Earich Anna Ruth Gretz Maxine Hartley Gloria Hintz Gresanthy Keasey Eli Laboski Margaret Marshall Clara Misner Ralph Moody Louise Nagle Woodrow Patton Frederick Ross Erle Bridgewater Jr Juniors Andy Benyi Ray Chadwell Alice Johnson Virginia McQuade Sophomores Florence Blackford Ruth Close Helen Ferrer Betty Hanning Virginia Wagle Edith Northrop Iron Rivers Chester Simpson Homer Sayers Olaf Darnell Freshmen Helen Bedder Juanita Bowen Betty Jane Courtney Elizabeth Gretz Betty Heffkin Julia Johnson Grace Hillen.
Chauncey December gathering of the Friendship Bible Class of the Church of Christ will meet Wednesday night at Mr. and Mrs. Donald Henry home. Andrew Simpkins will lead. devotions and program by Sarah Thomas and Marjorie Thomas. Christmas gift exchange planned. members enrolled in the recent attendance drive are urged to attend.
John Peel and Victor Glenn of Redford Indiana will start a revival at Floodwood tonight following a successful Morristown Holiness Church meeting. Special music will be provided and services begin each night at 7 o'clock with the public invited.
Sixteen mines reported activity in the Chauncey district on Monday with numbered mines including 4 69 107 9 28 16 219 255 and others such as Ohio 1 Coonville Lick Run Chauncey NY 25 Kimberly Poston 6 Carbondale and Black Diamond noted among the working sites.
Chauncey area residents report family visits and medical conditions. Immogene Locke, removed to Mercy Hospital Col umbus, listed seriously ill though slightly improved Sunday. Charles Karns back home on Ellis Ave after Mercy Hospital stay. Clifford Shafer improved after appendicitis attack.
Chaunckey event announces an exchange of gifts and a potluck supper for members of the United Mine Workers Ladies Auxiliary. The gathering will be held Wednesday night at 7 o'clock in the K of P Hall.
An estimate cites more than 1,000 snake bites annually in the United States with a death rate near 22 percent. The figure highlights the danger posed by venomous snakes and the need for awareness and treatment.
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