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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1921
Page
8
The Middleport shipment includes 1,400 cases of eggs 150 veal calves and extensive freight totaling 1 900 in freight receipts. The 1915 Kenawha carried 1 427 coops of poultry as the previous record.
Beegle Brothers of Pomeroy report heavy shipments but say the market's condition and tight times caused a $1000 loss on the latest freight.
An $8 000 farm near Long Bottom is bequeathed to W F Hawley by his father the late J R Hawley. Hawley must pay $1 000 to each of four siblings and provide for the widow with $200. Ella Packard also gets $200 and the Long Bottom Christian church receives $100. Remainder to be shared equally among the children.
The Chase Electric Shop of Pomeroy plans a complete wireless telephone station. It will be one of the most complete stations this side of Pittsburgh, say Mesars Chase. Homes can then be equipped at a reasonable cost by this service. An expert will begin installing the plant this week.
Tomorrow afternoon Mrs. Frank Fellows will host a tea for visiting guests. Attending are her mother Mrs Cummings sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs H J Williams and their young daughter from Huntington. her brother G F Cummings and wife from Panama. Mrs E Blue and daughter from Columbus.
The Meigs Athletic Club organized a charity ball to be held at the armory on January 4 with proceeds donated to the Red Cross to aid the needy in the area.
American Expeditionary Forces champion heavyweight Bob Martin was seriously injured when his automobile ran off an embankment near Terra Alta and overturned. He is now in Pt Pleasant after visiting Pomeroy a few days earlier and had challenged Jack Dempsey recently.
Holly Starcher, who fled from the London prison farm July 21, was captured below Parkersburg on the West Virginia side of the river Wednesday. He will be returned to prison.
Public officials face drink and brawl chatter. locals seek funds to repair Monkey Run street by erecting a V sign. Great Lakes Co plans mine openings after year’s start and steady work into spring. Doc Scott to relocate to Ebersbach building on Main. old site teardown for Lust’s new structure. W F E Peoples of Prospect Hill noted for coal land success and long-held carpentry value.
Justice Barnes officiated the marriage of EF. O. Smith and Mona Hysell of Middleport at the courthouse. The groom, a K. M. railway brakeman from Leon West Virginia, and the bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ullmore Hysell, began married life together.
Auto licenses and tags are being handled for the public by the Mutual National Bank of Middleport. It is the only point in the county where they may be secured. Officials say no grace period and that new number tags must be in place on cars January 1 if in use.
Mrs Raymond Zeiher came home yesterday from a visit at Pt Pleasant. She was accompanied by her parents Mr and Mrs W C Steinbach. Dick Ricker age 70 night watchman at Pfaff and Smith Co sand digger had a narrow escape from danger yesterday as details were incomplete.
A man named Ricker was marooned for several hours after his skiff washed into willows near Dam 26. He was rescued from the trees after a lengthy ordeal following the drowning incident reported a night or two ago.
The Hallwood mine at Spilman restarts production after a pause, employing many miners and laborers with a favorable outlook for extended activity.
Carl Carl, 14, who fled Columbus after his mother died in a gas explosion, was located in Pomeroy at his grandfather’s home. He and a neighbor boy traveled from Columbus via Athens and Albany on a single bicycle, covering fifteen miles on foot through mud after leaving Tuesday and arriving Thursday.
Logan Chas J Juergensmeier a well known retired farmer died at his West Hunter street home Thursday morning after a three week illness. He was past 77 and had lived in Logan twenty years prior to farming two miles west of town on the Lancaster road. He is survived by a widow. The funeral will be held Monday at 1 45 P M at the Hunter street Lutheran church with Rev Lauer officiating. The body was prepared for burial by L C Yocum.
Mrs. Sarah George of near Ilesboro suffered a severe stroke about 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon. She is in a serious condition. She is the sister of Mrs. Rebecca Harden who resides in this city.
Emanuel Williams of Washington D. H. lost the second finger of his right hand at the Cherrington hospital after his infer was caught in machinery while working on a contract on the Logan Lexington road.
Sheriff and Mrs Herb Parker of Athens visited Logan Thursday afternoon. Mrs W H Nixon recovering after hospital operation is the wife of a highway engineer stationed here. Mr and Mrs W W Marks returned from a few days with relatives in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Paul Potts of Laurelville are guests of the Thrush family as Potts serves as Laurelville school principal.
Pauline Mary Jones, two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Jones, died at home on Thursday and burial is planned at Oak Grove cemetery Friday with funeral services by L C Yocum.
The Logan post office reports exceptional Christmas service with prompt clerk assistance and first class mail dispatched on the outgoing train. Incoming mail and packages arrived promptly and all Christmas packages were delivered by 5 PM Saturday, with the office open Sunday for returns and deliveries.
The Logan post office staff is hailed as the best in Southern Ohio for prompt deliveries and patient, diligent work. Carl Brown and George Nevins receive special praise for their roles in daily routines, while Blaine Johnson’s generosity brings Victrola entertainment after long weeks. Six farms in the county are listed as owned by local couples.
Isreal Dumb of Fulton Tennessee visits Logan after 62 years with his brother Thomas of Amanda. They toured the Falls Mill once jointly owned by their father Samuel Dumb and Robert Wright, and met old city residents during a pleasant county stop. Isreal, 75, still farms near Fulton. Thomas is several years younger.
Mrs Charles Zimmerman, an aged resident, is seriously ill at the local hospital. Her daughter Mrs J T McIntosh of Columbus was summoned to her bedside.
Frank Sheren and Lena Black ford were arrested by officers Bynham and Nash and jailed. Lena Black ford pleaded guilty to liquor possession and paid a 200 dollar fine plus costs. Frank Sheren waived reading of the affidavit, pleaded not guilty, and was released on a 1000 dollar bond with trial set for January 3.
Following instructions from Attorney General John G. Price prosecuting attorney Mary K. Davey called a welfare workers meeting on Wednesday to select a chairman and secretary to handle county adjusted compensation claims. Clinton Webb and Miss Margaret Lutz were chosen as chairman and secretary. Headquarters will be at 50 Court Park, also the Red Cross Chanter headquarters, with extra clerical help to be drawn from Legionaires.
Poultry demonstration farm owners in Hocking County held a semiannual meeting at the Fann Bureau headquarters on Wednesday. Councilor Mr. Vickers, poultry expert of Columbus, presided as various phases of poultry raising were discussed. Two cases of eggs were shipped, one to New York and one to Boston for testing.
A large share of city teachers and many rural teachers gathered in Columbus for the Ohio Teachers Association meeting held over the past three days. Hocking county sent more than forty representatives to the event.
Ireland Mr and Mrs Merrill Nist of Decatur visited Mr and Mrs C W Hornsby. Mr and Mrs E J Daugherty and daughter Eileen spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Hiram Root. Miss Dorothy Dodd of Marietta stayed with grandparents S P Dodd. Zola Dunfee of Athens was Sunday guest of Mr and Mrs W B Durfee. Mr and Mrs Luther Bradford and daughter were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs E L Rogers. Mr and Mrs S D Root and
The notice lists multiple households hosting relatives and friends over the weekend including Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Root Miss Dora Carrothers and sister Mrs. Helen Rogers with others such as Mr. and Mrs. Adam Brandeberry and son Mr. and Mrs. Worthy Beckley of Torch and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sleeth. Delmer Cubbison visited Athens Saturday and Alfred Rogers hosted Carothers and family of near Cutler for Sunday. A quip notes a woman's pride in operations versus a man's pride in dollars.
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