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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1930
Page
2
Classified and circulation notices from The Messenger section urging readers to contact Virgil Marsh for society and locals items and mentioning Hartley staff correspondence and services.
Meigs County growers face the federal Licensing Act. Ohio Bureau of Markets chief C. W. Waid explains licenses required for car lot buyers and traders shipping across state lines. Growers selling only their own products need no license. those trading four truck loads yearly may be licensed. Contracts and written confirmations recommended for protection.
Syracuse December 10 Mrs Fannie DeWolf dies at her home aged 87 widow for 60 years. Her husband Captain Tap DeWolf was killed when the towboat Raven exploded. Uncle Sam DeWolf was badly injured losing use of an arm. The DeWolf family long operated steam boats from Civil War era to decline with Capt Dan DeWolf’s era ending. Mart DeWolf son of Captain Dan has retired as Ohio River mate and joined the Salvation Army.
Middleport scene shows Chari Beac AM DN council No 245 D of A electing officers Monday evening. New member Grace Anna Murray initiated. Officers include Amy Bowen junior past councillor Linna DeVol councillor Madge Mossman associate Fannie Mourning vice councillor Edith Sauer assistant Theresa Autherson conductor Emma Marie Russell warden Mary Louise Stephenson inside sentinel Rebecca Stevens outside sentinel Sadie Thurst eight month trustee Ematine Allensworth. Installations planned for first January meeting. inspector Mrs Claude Darst Pomeroy reports fine condition. Social time and refreshments followed.
The Guild of the Heath ME Church held a regular social and business meeting with officers re-elected: President Mrs FE M McCarty, Vice President Mrs Jessie Lansbury, Secretary Mrs Alan White, Treasurer Mrs Nora McCoy. Christmas party gifts were exchanged at Heath Bible School host Mrs O B Stout. Dan L Farmer, a high school senior, returned after illness. Ray N Smith travels to Parkersburg WV for days on business. Mrs Waldo Miller and daughter visit from Pt Pleasant WV. Donna Walters, 18 months, in Holzer Hospital after a nail injury. condition improved and expected to recover.
A 16 member committee from the state organization of township trustees and clerks will gather in Columbus on December 12 to prepare push for legislation before the upcoming Legislature.
In the season opener on the Junior High School floor, the Pomeroy Independents defeated Tuppers Plains 24 to 16. Central team beat Lincoln Hillbillies 18 to 13 in the preliminary. Sisson starred for Central. Green scored 18 for Tuppers Plains.
Dempsey Martin a Negro minister jailed in county for liquor offense was removed by ambulance to his home on Wylis Hill Pomeroy suffering from double pneumonia with 104 fever. He had been ill two days under care of Dr Manning S Daniels. His cellmate J C Ward a Rutland minister tended him. Ward faces separate charge of stealing apples and chickens from Carson farm on Treading Creek.
George W. Kreitler county extension agent reported a War Department inquiry asking for the number of horses and mules in Moore County suitable for Army service. No reason for the request was given.
George Gloeckner, a blacksmith in Pomeroy, keeps a pet hen at his Sugar Run home. Each morning the bird hops onto a perch to watch the hammer ring on the anvil, then leaves when he steps away, and returns with the sound of the smithy’s hammer.
Donations are solicited for the Meigs County Children's Home in Pomeroy. Fruit, nuts, candy, toys, books and other suitable gifts are requested as many children lack little luxuries. Used books or toys are welcome and parcels left at Whaley dental rooms will be collected and delivered before Christmas.
Charles Hudson of San Francisco, son of the late Rush R. Hudson, visited Pomeroy Bend yesterday. The Hudson family, once leading in salt transport from the bend, later moved to Utah in 1884 where the elder Hudson promoted a short line railroad. The visitor, now a San Francisco stock broker and president of the Stock Brokers Exchange, spent an hour with W. F. Reed, an old family friend.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the Christian Church met Monday evening with Mrs. R. H. Horden on South Fifth Avenue. Group Six, chaired by Mrs. Clyde French, hosted and led a program. Plans were made to send a barrel of fruit to children at the Christian Church Home in Cleveland. Hostesses next month will be Group One.
The Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Middleport meets Friday evening December 12. The program features papers on Persia Syria and Mesopotamia and the Mormon Era led by Mrs R A Sherman with contributions from Miss Anna Weed and Mrs Carl Owens. President Mrs HB Thomas will handle society business and the Year Book of Prayer will be available for subscriptions.
Pocahontas Lodge at Pomeroy elected officers at Friday evening’s meeting. Officers listed include Mrs Verna Hysell Pocahontas Sallie Allison Wenonah Helen Cooper Prophetess Howard Hysell Powhac an Marjorie Brailey Keeper of Records Edna Howard Collector of Wampan Gertie Clase Keeper of Wampan.
The funeral for Zachariah Dye, who died at his son Andrew Dye’s home in Harrisonville, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the residence with interment in Shipman Cemetery. The Meigs County item also notes appeals, a liquor case, a mortgage, a surgery, a death in Tipton Iowa, a notable dentist, and a poultry thief incident on Leading Creek.
In ten months of 1930 U S crude oil production totaled 761,106,000 barrels versus 847,648,000 in 1929, signaling a drop of about 86,543,000 barrels due to proration. Full year output is projected near 901,000,000 barrels, with prices averaging around 1 15 per barrel, down from 1 27 in 1929.
The Daughters of Union Veterans in Pomeroy plan their annual dinner for Meigs County Civil War veterans at Odd Fellows Hall on Court Street at noon Saturday December 13. Last year about a dozen attended. several have since passed away.
In Middleport on December 10 a surprise party honored Miss Ruth Grate on her seventeenth birthday. Sixteen guests played cards and danced after which gifts were given and refreshments served. Miss Ruth, the second daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Grate, is a high school junior.
Rev Homer H. Vian will preach at Airline next Sunday morning and at Marshfield Church of Christ Sunday evening. Sermon subject is The Promised Messiah in Prophecy.
Manchester English weather watcher R M L Lowe retires after 34 years of measuring sunshine and fog, marking a long career in local meteorology.
Glouster Kiwanis Club met Tuesday night at the M. B. Church social room for a chicken dinner hosted by the Priscilla Class. A musical program included a violin and sax duet by Mrs. Mary Taldie and Gail Wallace with Miss Burness Candoo at piano, two vocal numbers by Patsy Winters, two by Miss Candoo, and a short talk by Attorney George W. Rose.
After the Moose Lodge session tonight Glauster P T A members will gather at Moose Hall with assistants to erect and decorate booths for the bazaar opening Thursday at 11 30 morning with a jitney lunch. A chicken dinner runs 4 30 to 7 30 followed by a program and dance. The event aims to raise funds for wiring the Madison Building for electricity. Rev Paul F E Kemper assists in a revival at Carbon Hill M E Church with song leader Donald Householder.
The Farmers Savings Bank of Stony Ridge O a bank ten miles south of Toledo was robbed late Tuesday by four bandits who fled toward Toledo. It marked the bank’s third robbery in the past year and a half.
Mr and Mrs Robert Angle announce the birth of a son Bobby Bert born Saturday at Bethesda Hospital Zanesville Grandparents are Mr and Mrs B R Angle and Mr and Mrs Bert Sorrell Zanesville Great grandparents include Mr and Mrs I N McHarg of Athens and Mr and Mrs H Co Angle
Hollister Missouri near Hollister Louis Sass was taken to Grant Hospital Columbus Tuesday for typhoid fever treatment by local ambulance. His ten year old son at the Sass home is ill with the same disease but the mother can care for the one case.
Mrs L G Cary of Trimble Heights is convalescing at University Hospital Columbus following a major surgical operation performed Monday. Miss Mabel Cary, a daughter, is at the hospital with her mother.
An advertisement promises permanent relief from stomach and bowel gas with Baalmann's Gas Tablets. It claims improvement of digestion, reduced heart palpitations, easier breathing, and restored circulation, urging purchase from Cline Pharmacy in the yellow package.
Glouster bowlers edged Logan 2683 to 2679 at Burns Alleys on Tuesday night in the tightest bowling game ever played in Glouster. The narrow margin and dramatic finish highlighted a memorable local contest.
A schedule confusion led to the cancellation of the Friday night game between Corning High and Gilouster High in Glouster. The two teams are expected to reschedule for a later cage season matchup. Saturday features Nelsonville High vs Glust High on the local floor.
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