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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
6
Meigs County Sheriff deputies report arrest of sixteen travelers on the Pomeroy Chester Road for gasoline thefts and stove repair scams. Those taken into custody include Melaik Lovell and Louise Lovell with five children and Evelyn Morris with her 14 month old, plus additional Lovell family members.
Funeral services for Mrs. Tom Price of Dyesville were held today at the Dyesville Church with burial in Wells Cemetery Downing ton. She formerly taught in Meigs County and is survived by her husband and three children from a prior marriage, plus several grandchildren.
The Middleport High School Activity monthly issue distributed yesterday shows the latest honor roll. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors are named with a long list of students including Lois Bailey, Jean Bennett, Bill Diles, Ruth Hamilton, and many others across grades. Junior high lists include eighth grader Janet Dillard and seventh graders Patricia De Vol and Nan Fisher among others.
Marilyn Young of Pomeroy won one of the county prizes in the Prince of Peace Declamation Contest held at Rutland Sunday. Other contestants included Leona Chase of Columbia High School Pauline Holmes of Syracuse and Lorene Wilson of Harrisonville. Young advances for the district prize.
Pomeroy Cement Block sues Ethel Philpott and Maud Ryan for 355.15 for labor and materials. Edward Ebersbach sues J. W. McCullough and Giles G. Smith for 420 plus interest on rent. Blanch Brinker seeks divorce from Harry Brinker on cruelty. Helen Ervin sues Samuel Harlow for cruelty alimony and custody of four children.
Quebec experts under provincial entomologist Georges Maheux lead a campaign to transform the Gaspe Peninsula into vacation land for hay fever sufferers. Workers have rooted out ragweed in some areas as part of the effort.
Mrs Lena Huber hosted guests on Union Avenue for a quilting afternoon. Mrs Russell Brown entertained at Main Street with contract bridge and Dor Schaefer won a prize. Farewell dinner honored Nellie Eickelberg and Florence Bowen before their departures to Denver and Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Karr entertained at their Spring Street home Tuesday for the Five Hundred Club. Awards went to Mrs. Henry Ewing, Clair Karr, and Mrs. Norman Russell. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Norman Russell, Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Boice of Pomeroy, and Edgar Ebersbach with Giles Bailey of Sarasota Florida. Refreshments were served during the social hour.
Mr and Mrs George Mees of Mason City announce the engagement of their daughter Ellen Mees to Donald Fogelsong of Mason City. The wedding is set for Christmas Day at noon at the Methodist Church in Macon. Afterward the couple will take an extended wedding trip.
A fire in the Hearst Meadows home on S Second Ave started by an overheated stove at 6 45 am Wednesday. Firefighters quickly confined the rear blaze to the room, keeping the house from major damage. the residence was formerly the Sally Young property.
Mrs Allen Eichinger and Mrs Clarence Curtis entertained about 40 guests Tuesday evening for the pleasure of Mrs Paul Frick a recent bride Mrs Frick will be remembered as Mrs Ruby Curtis Brown Refreshments were served and she received many attractive gifts from friends.
Donations of toys furnishing or clothing for the Meigs County Children's Home can be left at Sommers Shoe Shop or Clover Farm Store on Second Street Pomeroy. The annual drive for Home wards is now in progress in Meigs County.
Broadwell The Ladies Aid Society gathered at Mrs. Freda Nice home on Wednesday to tie a comfort. Attendees included Miss Hazel Burke Mrs. Albert Ogg Mrs. Ralph Young Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. Freda Nice.
More than 4,000 persons have taken out hospital insurance at Abington Memorial Hospital since the plan began last April. George F. Tyler, president of the board of trustees, says members pay an average of 3 cents a day to insure against unexpected hospital bills.
An Athens Gallaher Drug Store ad offers a 49 cent bottle of Old Mohawk Indian Medicine with a 1 week money back guarantee if it fails to relieve stomach liver or gall bladder issues. It promises 10 doses ease arm and back pains 12 doses reduce stiffness and swelling and one dose helps gas bloating and indigestion with a full refund if claims aren’t met.
Middleport high school gym hosted a season opener as Middleport Yellow Jackets defeated Cheshire in both varsity and reserve games. Varsity 35 19 and reserves 27 16 with John Harley scoring 17 points. Lineups included Middleport Bradbury Haskins Bennett Yeager Harley and Rothgeb with substitutes Entsminger Walters Bennett and Chesire Sheets Rife Butcher Bradbury.
Carl and Dorothy Barsotti hosted a dance and card party in the Barsotti hall with guests from Middleport and Pomeroy. Garden Club refreshment committee met to finalize plans for the Christmas party at Mrs. Tom Jones home. Birthday Club supper at Mrs. C. P. Gallagher’s featured card play and awards for several members. Homer Wells, returning G company C veteran, visited Middleport. Mrs. Walter Harris and Mrs. Frank Vroman toured Cleveland and New York, returning home with others visiting Columbus and Logan. Patricia McElhinney and Marjorie Hughes out with whooping cough. Cheshire basketball drew Mrs. Coughenour’s party. J. E. Griffith from Athens visited Middleport.
An average of 140 million persons around the world attend motion pictures weekly, reflecting strong global cinema interest and widespread entertainment demand across continents.
At the installation ceremony of the Eastern Star Tuesday evening the following officers for the term were installed by Mrs. Elsie Smith and Mrs. Thelma McMurray. Worthy matron Mrs. Ednad Schoenleb, worthy patron Edison Hobstetter, associate matron Mrs. Virginia Smith, secretary Mrs. Ella Bryant, treasurer Mrs. Charity Seakus, conductress Mrs. Nellie Tracy, associate conductress Mrs. Marcia Hobstetter, star points Ada Annette Ashworth Ruth Mrs. Clara Lewis Esther Miss Virgie Hobstetter Martha Mrs. Helen Nease Electa Miss Ada Hoskins chaplain Mrs. Lula Nease warden Miss Maud Grueser sentinel John Leakus. A 6 o’clock pot luck dinner preceded the business. The outgoing matron presented each officer and committee member with a rose handkerchief.
Charles Gillian 82 died at his home in Dar win after a long illness. He never married and lived with a niece. The funeral is Friday at 2 PM at Hemlock Grove Church with burial in Hemlock Grove Cemetery.
A five member Wells players cast presented a three act comedy The Mysterious Mr Mason at the Pomeroy Junior High School Auditorium. Music between acts and brief comments by Miss MacDonald accompanied the show. Civic Club eyes future entertainment sponsorship. In Lancaster Missouri firemen moved a burning pump house to a reservoir after water supply failed.
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