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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
6
A small cardboard fire on the second floor of the Schlaegel Shoe Store in the upper Main Street block caused a brief blaze alarm Wednesday night at about 8 30. Firefighters arrived quickly, the fire was minor, and a large crowd gathered but saw no active flames.
Hollister boys beat the Hemlock tally while the girls fell to the visitors. The Logan independent team played a local independent in a preliminary game. Fifth graders lost a ticket contest then treated sixth graders to a snake dance before Christmas break.
Local merchants report solid business in Pomeroy as the holiday season closes. Several large stores show gains over last year amid a recession while express shipments run about ten percent higher. The post office remains busy with no volume comparison provided.
The infant boy of Mr. and Mrs. Everett McDaniel died yesterday in Middleport after a period of illness. Details were not available Wednesday evening.
Pomeroy social notes list residents visiting relatives over the holidays. Grace Eiselstein arrives from New York City to stay with Abe and Mrs. Eiselstein in Chester. Ruth Virginia Morris, Christ Hospital nurse, comes from Cincinnati to Harrisonville Road to visit her parents.
Mr and Mrs Robert Thompson arrived from near New York and visited until Friday with Mrs Grant Hood and son Edwin in Minersville and with Mr and Mrs Charles Nease on Webber Terrace. They plan to travel to Terre Haute Ind to spend Christmas with Mr Thompson s mother s family. Charles Skip Keehne and Herman Massar remain ill. Mr and Mrs William Durst visited Athens on Wednesday. Mrs Louise Saxton left for Charleston then Baltimore to spend the holidays.
Mrs. Charles Wolf and son Eugene travel to Columbus with their daughter Marjorie Wolf for Ohio State University chapel graduation ceremonies. They are joined by Dr. Carl Wolf and wife and Miss Josephine Generheimer of Cincinnati to attend the graduation.
Mr and Mrs Homer Cooper visiting relatives travel to Columbus with their daughter Mrs Dan White to see their father Dr W S Hart and son William Cooper They will return to Pompey for a longer visit before going home to Orlando Florida Also Mr and Mrs J H Arnold moved to Schuster property on Lincoln Hill and Mrs Norman Russell of West Main Street visited Columbus Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Earl Arnold and son Billy travel from Girard to Charleston to spend Christmas with Mrs Arnolds parents Mr and Mrs Hart Russell. J B Person leaves for Sumner to visit son in law Mr Charles Findling and family. Miss Mary Holland of the Warner Beauty Parlor goes to London Ohio for the holiday. Chief D L Tracy and O R Faris visited Gallipolis business leaders for Elks Lodge events.
Mr and Mrs Delbert Chase host Christmas at their Home in Harrisonville with Barbara Smith of Athens and George Holmes of Columbus attending. Harold Hilligas and daughter will depart Friday for Cadiz to spend Christmas at their Fold home.
Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler officiated the Monday noon Presbyterian service uniting Pat H. Bradley and Clara Belle Schwartzwalder with attendants Walter Gibson. Bradley hails from Chickamauga, Schwartzwalder from Vin ton Road. After Christmas they will reside in Chillicothe where he works. A large dinner party in Charleston admired the 20th anniversary double wedding of F. F. Thornton and W. Higginbotham families, with Mae Francis of Jersey City visiting. Birth announced for Hollie Allen and wife of Evansville, the child born December 17. mother is Pearle Morehouse of Bidwell. Neil P. Beall Jr. visits grandmother Mrs. W. P. Beall in Cleveland. H. W. Cherrington spent Monday in Columbus. Shato and Miss Marguerite Sheets wed December 18 in Columbus. they will reside there as Shato works. Mrs. D. A. Finch visits daughter in Columbus for the holidays and will be joined by Mr. Finch Saturday.
Mrs. F O Plymale announces birth of a daughter to Dr and Mrs Langley Plymale in Richmond. Marian Van Zandt and Mary Ward depart for Miami for holidays and spring. Pembroke Club hosts Christmas stories. Woman's Home Missionary Society meets at Grace M E Church with 85 in attendance. Albert Merriman arrives from Harvard for holidays. Various family visits and travels noted through Huntington Charleston Marengo and Columbus concisely.
POMEROY An operetta Santa s Vacation will be presented Friday evening at the Minersville M E Church under the direction of Miss Glenna Rummel. The entertainment will begin at 7 30 and will be open to the public.
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert Rupe 36 Bradbury were at Kyger Church with burial in Kyger Cemetery. She died at Camden-Clark Hospital Parkersburg after several weeks ill health. Survived by husband three children Dorothy Wogen and Raymond four sisters and one brother.
Mrs. Alice Bradbury and daughter Anne attended the Everett Peters Francise Runkle wedding in Chillicothe at the Lutheran Church. The couple honeymoon in Florida while relatives and students from Ohio University Miami University and Maine visit or return home for the holidays.
Charlotte Thomas, student nurse at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis, visited family in Minersville. Margaret Jones returned to Sauvage Restaurant work after an appendix operation. Betty Ketter from Pomeroy visited Anna Louise Whaley. Mrs William H Thomas visited granddaughter in Carmel for a week. Don Woods and family of Gallipolis were weekend guests of her parents Far and Mrs Hartenbach. Cassa Rose out with neuritis. Methodist Sunday School to present Santa’s Vacation cantata 730 PM Friday. Mary Jones ill at sister Mrs Rummel’s home. Dana Brown and Lewis Harris visited in Parkersburg Tuesday. Mrs Mohlenpach returned to Newark after visiting her daughter Mrs Oscar Roedel. Mrs George Daniels, previously ill, is recovering.
In Butte Montana a local baby named Nicky Shranger reportedly swallowed a small key and its ring along with the entire ensemble. Doctors planned observation as to whether the items would pass naturally.
John Smith Jr arrived from Des Moines Iowa and spent yesterday in Marietta with John B Rogers Company of Fostoria booking a historical pageant for late April to celebrate the centennial of the Northwest Territory opening. He will depart for Fostoria December 26 and is joined by guests over Christmas Mrs Nathaniel Harman of Cleveland and Miss Jean Smith of Columbus.
Mrs Emma J Reeves widow of Josiah Reeves dies after months of illness at her daughter Mrs C W Bushs home 525 W 5th Ave Columbus Funeral held Thursday at 1 30 p m at the Baptist Church in Middleport Born and raised in Meigs County
The First Presbyterian Church Sunday School presented a Nativity pageant with Mrs. James Harley reading scripture as shepherds angels and the Virgin Mary portrayed by Mrs. Cecil Bailey impressed the audience. High school students in surplices led a processional while children sang and recited the birth of Jesus. Santa Claus gave comforts to the kids at the end.
The Columbia comedy She Married an Artist stars John Boles and Luli Deste. Toni Bonnet and Lee Thornwood clash over love ethics as their Paris reunion leads to an impulsive marriage that sparks comic trouble. Supporting cast includes Frances Drake Helen Westley and Alexander D Arcy.
Revival at Asbury M. E. Church ended with Rev C D Copley announcing additions to the church. Assistant Rev Carl Davis returned home to Wellston. Local pastors aided the campaign as Christmas programs unfold in several churches.
Ottawa reports the 16th annual dominion department of labor tally shows overall union membership across all trades in Canada hitting 322473 at year end 1936. The figure reflects workers organized under multiple union classes nationwide.
The Pomeroy Civic Club sponsors a 7 30 PM dedication of the lower plaza lighting on Main Street. Fourteen boulevard lights along the retaining wall, supported by WPA pillars, will be turned on for permanent use. The event includes carols by the Civic Club Auxiliary and was funded by about 350 dollars from local merchants, organizations, and individuals.
Scouts Troop 42 completed repair and renovation of donated toys and are prepared to distribute Christmas gifts to needy families in the town. The group collected and repaired the toys themselves previously with firefighter cooperation, and will distribute them on Christmas.
Mrs Clarence Might is seriously ill. Dana Lambert visited relatives here Sunday. Miss Eileen Eskew Middleport spent Sunday here with her parents Mr and Mrs John Eskew. Mrs Clay Evans Bailey Run was guest of Mrs Charles Hysell Saturday. Mrs Gladys Hendricks Parkersburg spent the week end here Ed Russell. Mrs Robert Rupe, seriously ill, moved to Camden Clark Hospital. Miss Mildred Eskew returned home from Mason City Sunday. Mrs Frank Buck and Mrs Charles Burt were guests of Mrs Clarence Andrews Friday. A Christmas program will be given at Bradford Church Friday night Dec 24 at 8. Mrs Frances Johnson, recovering from illness. New Year’s party at Mrs Edith Forrest’s home on New Year’s Eve.
Amarillo city officials note Burlington railroad has installed an iron lung at its medical facility. F B Poole Fort Worth and Denver lines general agent announced removal of barriers to patient care and ongoing medical support across the facility.
Christmas program at Asbury Church directed by Mrs Otis Mansfield drew a large audience with music and speaking. Rev W W Harter and wife received gifts. hosts Coke Lawson and wife hosted dinner. Rehab of the church completed, a revival held. Lottridge Church program planned for Sunday night December 6 at 7 30 with no sermon at Tuppers Plains that night.
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