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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1935
Page
3
County members prepare for Grange sessions next week with opening ceremonies scheduled Tuesday. Turner and other officials will speak on the platform while county and state Granges reveal progress and county excellence.
A formal announcement from Bleoy W. Bartrum indicates he will seek the sheriff’s office in Meigs County. The notice mentions local political alignment with the Republican party and outlines compensation details for city officials in Athens Ohio with legal enactments taking effect.
A 1928 Chevrolet owned by Wayne Harrison was reported stolen Monday evening while he attended a lodge meeting. Night Officer Walter Wolfe filed the report with state police.
Chester hosts the Chester Farmers Institute starting Thursday evening through Friday afternoon. Principal speakers include C. J. Nobis Amelia and Mrs. Everett J. Noland Hanover state lecturers. Program features music, grade programs, soil conservation and soil fertility sessions, and officer elections with a lunch by the M F Church Ladies Aid.
J C F Class members gather Thursday at Mrs How ard Ebersbach Mulberry Ave for a kid themed party with Lydia Ebersbach as assistant hostess Guests arrive in child costumes A Christmas exchange will be held Raymond Maness recovers from a tonsil operation at Union Ave and will later depart for Baltimore to enlist in the navy
Members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Racine Methodist Church gathered at Mrs. Sidney Fadely's home with Mrs. Dale Lee assisting. Mrs. Gomer Lewis led, devotionals by Mrs. Fred Philson on "A Light Taken From Thy Word," and Christmas program items included "Christ mas Thoughts" roll call, carols, and a reading "The Littlest Child" by Miss Edith Hayman.
Residents attend funerals and visit relatives across Middleport and nearby towns. Captain Ranolph Randolph, longtime Ohio River steam hoist pilot, remembered in Reedsville service. Burglars strike Detroit post office substation stealing cash, stamps, and 100 registered letters in a vault break.
POMEROY The staff and person nel of Camp Meigs Rock Springs conduct test plantings of Black Locust trees on Charles Gray’s Rutland land. Eight plots across one quarter acre test different spacing and methods to study erosion control and reclamation of waste land for timber.
Mrs. Charles Preston Hedges, a missionary with twenty years in Africa, spoke at the Church of Christ in Middleport. She described her work from a base 250 miles from the coast and noted plans to return to Africa after her children finish schooling. She currently resides in Cincinnati and departed Monday after an overnight stay with Rev. and Mrs. F I Gardner.
Mrs Ruth Ebersbach hosted the Home Missionary Society of Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church Monday night. Devotional services led by Mrs Edith Mallory included readings and Christmas hymns. Jean Mallory read, and Mrs George Parker reviewed book chapters. President Mrs Ruth Ebersbach presided over business, then refreshments were served. In Reedsville, E G Kibble and Jamie Wiley escaped injury when their truck overturned on the Success Long Bottom Road near the Halsey residence. Kibble suffered head injuries, Wiley lighter injuries.
An experimental plot in Ohio studies growth of one year old European Black Locust trees planted on six by six foot spacings. The project is unique in the state and will be overseen by local technical staff or Mr. Gray who helped arrange the trial and may guide visitors.
Nearly one hundred tickets were sold by noon for the Civic Club Rally to be held Wednesday evening at the I O O F Hall. The event starts with a banquet at 6 30 and is a social gathering open to all citizens. Performers include Mildred Fowler Dick Wiley Fern Bradbury Denver Rapple and Henrietta Fruitt.
Harry Haning, fur dealer of Downington, was arrested by Conservation Officer A. H. Joachim for illegal possession of muskrat pelts. He was fined $25 and costs in the court of Justice of Peace EF. R. Titus.
The Guild Society of the Heath M. E. Church in Middleport held its annual Christmas party on Monday evening. Members and invited guests contributed gifts to be delivered to the Meigs County Children's Home for Christmas. Many gifts were collected to bring happiness to the children, and light refreshments were served at the end.
Plans for a Christmas party in the Junior Department of the Baptist Church will be arranged at a Wednesday meeting. Superintendent Mrs. F C Kreager will meet with Mrs. Clyde Winebrenner Mrs. L L Lyons Mrs Stevens Mrs Virgil Edwards Miss Margaret Ella Hysell Paul Smith Will Haptonstall and Randolph Ward. ADA -P- Workmen begin razing Ada town hall aged 57 to clear way for a new 34000 building public works project.
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