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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1927
Page
2
Dec 19 flood recedes and storekeepers and helpers will scrub along surfaces to remove mud and sediment. Firemen assist with ice and hydrant flushes. By midweek highways free, stores straightened, paving the way for holiday finish as shoppers fill Second Street amid bustling scenes.
The Girls Glee Club of Middleport High under Miss Vesta McCoy will sing carols on Christmas Eve after the community tree exercises. Auto owners can volunteer transport, and the public can arrange serenades for shut-ins by notifying Miss McCoy.
The Rev. Sellers of First Baptist Church resigns and relocates to Cincinnati with household goods. A successor has not been chosen to fill the vacancy.
Philip Meier long time Pomeroy retail meat dealer was found dead in his basement at Naylors Run after months of ill health. An investigation followed his prolonged basement stay.
An esteemed Pomeroy resident known for devout Catholic faith has died. Funeral arrangements will be announced. In Full, a boy named Arthur Gilmore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gilmore, injured at the Christian church steps when he fell on icy ground. he suffered a gash to the chin and injures to his right arm and received prompt medical care.
In Pomeroy Dec 19 the Peace Evangelical church hosted the Community choir directed by Mrs. Ralston Russell. Singers from multiple local churches performed Holy City, delivering a well received program despite flood disruptions.
Glouster news reports the Carr farm union mine east of the city, run by Earl Ponn, had its cookhouse broken into last week with provisions and cooking utensils stolen. Miners will feed hungry workers as long as supplies last. output at the mine runs about 30 tons daily, with plans to raise to 40 tons.
In Middleport on December 19 three members of the Mission study class of the Presbyterian Junior department received Bibles during Sunday school hour for loyalty and faithfulness. Teachers Mrs. Charles Shumaker and Mrs. E L Grimes led the class and Supt. J H Grate presented the Bibles to Leota Erlewine Jean Reed and Charles Lewis.
Firefighters were alerted early Sunday to a blaze at Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Young home in Pomeroy. Neighbors controlled the fire before the department arrived, keeping Sugar Run route icy and cold, with the fire starting from the kitchen stove flue.
Charles Edward Hendricks, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Matt Hendricks, died at Dark Hollow camp from leakage of the heart. Burial will be at Syracuse after the water recedes.
Mrs Lewis Triplet and her two children traveled to Gloucester on Sunday to spend the week with her sister.
Mrs Ray and Rev and Mrs Miles Hoon hosted in Glouster as Mr Hoon preached at the Christian church. Mrs Frank Vrooman and Mrs W H Beeson travel to Columbus with Miss Helen Beeson and Mr Leo Beeson for holidays. Several residents head to Kenova Columbus Charleston and Germantown for Christmas and winter visits.
The Columbus Dispatch reports social affairs held for Miss Emma Juhling who will leave this week for New York City to live with her mother and relatives. Emma, formerly from here, is sister to Mrs. J A Beverage and W H Juhling of Middleport. H Ewing, injured moving on stairs, is slowly recovering from a serious leg injury.
A Saturday night brawl over a dime and a pocketknife left two men dead in Akron. Albert Wrickson, 40, of Minerva, died from stab wounds while John Russell, 28, of Roanoke, Virginia, was killed by a club blow. Frank W Jones, 42, of Akron, is jailed.
The Athens County Probate Court ruled two estates exempt from inheritance tax. Mrs. Sarah E. Algeo left a $1,500 estate to her widower A. BE. Algeo and their two sons and a daughter. Albert Mann’s $3,600 estate went to his widow and was tax exempt.
The Ohio district of the United Mine Workers will care for 116 miners and their families who face eviction from company housing in Belmont County. Evictions are set for April 1 after Judge Hough refused to lift the order before winter ends.
Earl Miles, 20, killed himself at his home as officers waited downstairs to arrest him on charges filed by a Bowling Green girl. No other injuries reported.
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