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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1940
Page
3
The Republican Women’s Federation led by President Mrs. E R Lama announces a Christmas party at the ILCF Hall in Pomeroy on Thursday at 7 30 PM. Republican women are invited to bring a favorite dish and table service for a potluck dinner with an arranged program.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Hysell of Harrisonville Road have bought the Mulberry Avenue house owned by Mrs. Jennie Allen. They will raze the existing building immediately and, when weather permits, start constructing a new residence on the south side of Mulberry Avenue. The unoccupied house was once used by J. E. Mahoney as a residence and business location.
Meigs County farmers institute officers met at the Courthouse to select speakers and plan for 1940 41 institutes. Nine institutes are planned with five state aided, dates set from November 5 to November 15. Future officers will meet in October to choose speakers for 1942. States aid criteria and community lists are noted.
The Beards term ends this year and the death of sheriff-elect Delbert W. Welker creates a procedural puzzle. Various options have been proposed, with public sentiment leaning toward appointing Welker’s son, though no clear rule is established.
A public event hosted in the basement of Sacred Heart Church on Mulberry Ave is scheduled for Wednesday night at 7 30 in support of the Drew Webster Post American Legion. Proceeds benefit the Legion.
Women from Reedville Methodist Church will hold a Christmas bazaar in the church basement Saturday evening December 14. Gift items will be sold and warm beverages served.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hysell Huntington visited relatives in Pomeroy on Sunday. Mrs J W McCullough is recovering after illness. Nina Ruth McCullough returned to Pomeroy High School after a week ill. Homer Cole and Oneita Tuttle announce the birth of a daughter Nita Jean on Dec 4. Grandparents are Ver Tuttle, Pearl Cole, Elmer Newland, Albert Cole, Homer Roush. Floyd Clark announces marriage plans for daughter Mary Jean Clark to Albert N Coates. Both graduates of Pomeroy High School. Billy Grimm ill with pneumonia. William Hallam of Jacksonville visited in Syracuse then returned home. Mr and Mrs William Lama, Fred Hallam, and Margaret Goodwin spent Sunday with Mrs Margaret Nease and family.
Final plans for the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce dinner and meeting feature B. T. Grover of Ohio University as speaker. The event at Simpson Methodist Church starts at 6 30 and will include the football team faculty athletic coaches and supervisors as guests.
W E Blover and three workmen Elbert Midkiff W H Schwartz and M J Hopkins were arrested on a charge of malicious destruction of property for the halted removal of the Pomeroy Opera House. J E Lyons owner filed the complaint in Justice of Peace P L Peoples court. All pleaded not guilty and were released on their own recognizance. A hearing was expected to be held today.
Marriage license issued for Harry Delbert Garnes 23 of Pomeroy and Eileen Louise Wiley 16 of Milford Middleport. Probate Court Athens County Ohio notices estate of William L Evans with six month claim period for creditors and liens on Ohio real estate. Francis D White probate judge Foster Cornwell attorney. 12-3-40-30tw
The Women's Music Club will host a Christmas vesper in Middleport Sunday at 3:30 PM. The program features Appalachian carols, a piano organ duet by A R Hecox and C M Hennesy, a Christmas reading by Erva Edwards of Rio Grande, and the cantata Childe Jesus by Joseph W Clokey with narrator Mrs O P Klein and soloists Miss Frances Pullin Miss Lois Cecil Mrs Dan Hartinger and others.
Meigs County travelers depart for the Wooster Cooperative Egg Auction and the Northeast Ohio Egg Producers Association meeting in Columbiana. The group includes Warren Pickens and James L. Spencer among others, with County Agent C. E. Blakeslee and Ohio State poultry specialist R. E. Clay. Barton Tuttle Morris listed as vocational agriculture students. trip funded by Pomeroy National Bank.
A birthday dinner for Mrs. Ellen C. Martin aged ninety two was held Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs. John Stout in New Marshfield R D. Several relatives attended including Mr. and Mrs. C E Stout and Mrs. Mary Bolen Dexter and many others. Community events note neighbors husking corn for A R Curry and visits by local families to Grange meetings.
Pomeroy Panthers aim to rebound after a Friday loss to Wahama and host Coolville tonight at 8. A preliminary game between two local team squads starts at 7.
Dan Hysell of Kerr's Run, working as a WPA carpenter on the Sugar Run sewer project, sustained minor cuts after a hammer slipped from a fellow worker and struck his glasses causing them to break. He received treatment and returned to work.
Middleport notes report a candle light dedication by the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Heath Methodist Church with an organ piece Take My Life and a program on Investing Our Heritage in Social Heritage led by Mrs. L W McComas and Mrs. M L French.
Miss Alice McAfooes daughter of Mr and Mrs T D McAfooes Glouster and Russell Keyes son of Mrs C R Keyes of Logan were united in marriage at the Methodist parsonage at 7 30 oclock Thursday evening The single ring ceremony was performed by Rev Stanley W Wiant They were unattended The bride wore helltrope blue with black accessories She is a Glouster High School graduate class of 1933 and works at Williams Store in Glouster Keyes is a Logan High School graduate and has worked in the Division of Aid for the Aged He later studied hotel management in Washington and has been employed at Carvel Hall Hotel Annapolis He will sail for Panama December 12 to take a Panama Railroad steward position Mrs Keyes will join him in Panama for a five year stay.
In Hocking County Ranger L. T. Worley reports 124 visitors at Rock House Sunday despite late season tendencies. Tourists usually keep coming through December unless weather turns bad.
Logan Rockbridge traveled to Columbus Saturday and lost to South High 54 to 30 in a varsity game. The junior high Rockbridge squad won 22 to 15, with the locals tied 18 all at halftime before fading in the second half. South High is coached by Kermit Blosser, formerly of the Hocking Countian.
Kiwanians aim for full attendance at this evening's gathering at the Stage Coach Inn with dinner and a program led by Samuel H. Dillon in a Tail Story session. Ira Martin of New Pittsburg is cleared of diphtheria after health department lab tests. Ernies Taxis changes ownership with Ernest Baum selling to Myrl Blum effective today.
The Rev. W. B. Neal faced Mayor Dallas Kinser on a defrauding an innkeeper charge. He entered a not guilty plea and was held to the grand jury under a $1,000 bond. Unable to post bond, he was committed to the county jail.
Logan officials partner with Ohio Power Co to decorate boulevard lights as part of Main Street Christmas displays. Mayor Dallas Kinser coordinates with the Logan Chamber of Commerce to arrange this feature.
J M Stevens, a retired New York Central RR veteran engineer, suffered two heart attacks yesterday afternoon but is reported slightly improved. He has been in good health since a serious illness last year in Middleport.
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