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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1930
Page
2
A hard week looms for Sheriff Willock and Deputy Delbert Welker as fifteen grand jurors are ordered to report next Monday morning. Ninety eight witnesses have been named to testify to date with more expected as the investigating body proceeds. Jurors and witnesses are spread across the county and mud on roads may hinder travel to the hearings.
Miss Nancy Reed and Miss Virginia Captance visited Athens guests of Misses Lucille Dutton and Ruth Humphrey at Congress Cottage. Several locals traveled, medical moves occurred, and families arranged visits between Athens and Columbus and St Louis with many relatives and friends noted.
In Pomeroy, two candidates for postmaster are named Florence Smith and Ralph Gilmore as a long battle over the office resumes. The 50 year fight for postmasters continues amid new county officer races including auditor, recorder, prosecuting attorney, sheriff and commissioner as primaries approach.
Pomeroy Bend Bridge officials plan for heavy motor tourist traffic this season as travel increases after a severe cold spell. The Blue and Gray Trail links Pomeroy to the South and West. The trail honors Civil War veterans from Meigs County Ohio and Jackson and Roane Counties West Virginia who held reunions for decades.
Mrs C A Poindexter hosted a 5 o clock dinner for her class of girls at the Fresbyterian Church. The Missionary Society served the meal. Nineteen girls attended with three out-of-town guests Miss Louise Sargent Miss Humphrey from Ohio University and Miss Ruth Thomas from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Three persons in Pomeroy are in serious condition. Mrs T P Eiselstein wife of a Second Street merchant is reported seriously ill. Her brother Rev Charles Miller a Indiana pastor is expected home. Their father Rev Louis Miller aged 100 last summer in Indiana is unable to travel. Mrs John Jacobs and Mrs George Durst on Butternut Avenue are also seriously ill.
Andrew Atkins 29 a chef of Athens and Annabel E Hannah 21 an attendant at the State Hospital at Athens who listed Rutland as residence secured a marriage license at Pomeroy Court House at noon Saturday. Sig Johnson of Rutland born Ground Hog Day joins Mrs Edgar Morris of Pomeroy in annual joint celebration at their homes. Isaiah Cundiff Hartford’s longtime resident is dead found unconscious in bed by his sister.
Donald Kuhn an 18 year old South High senior was killed by Patrolman Howard Ransom after a store burglary incident in Columbus Ohio. Joe Weaver a Central High School junior was held in Juvenile Detention Home. Kuhn’s parents blamed Weaver for the trouble and demanded accountability. A formal investigation will follow the police shooting.
Elmer Bush was jailed Saturday night in Pomeroy on a tools theft charge. Officers say the arresting constable Lord Hysell from Salisbury Township confiscated a pick a shovel and an ax brought by Bush as proof of the alleged crime. Bush resides near Rutland and will be questioned about the tools' origin.
A meeting at Pomeroy High School Monday evening will determine which tasks the Ohio University extension class will tackle next semester. Records note local happenings including a Mason City death of Paul Edgar Lisle at age five and local employment shifts in Toledo. Barber prices in Pomeroy drop to 85 cents for a haircut and 15 cents for a shave.
Feb 3 in Pomeroy reports a bright morning as the ground hog wakes, squints at sunshine and promptly rolls over to sleep. The animal’s second nap of winter may keep him sleeping for six weeks as clouds briefly cover the sun.
Clarence McCarley held on non support charges remains in serious condition after attempting suicide by ramming his head into a brick wall. A physician attended him early Sunday and officials report his life still lacks meaning, with no improvement observed.
The Friendship Class of the Church of Christ Chauncey holds its monthly business and social meeting on Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Stella Cunningham. Mrs. Paule Jackson presides, with Mrs. Dora Kempton as program leader and Mrs. Lucille Sanders as devotional leader.
Portsmouth reports a five day a week schedule adopted by multiple unions including plumbers carpenters hoisting engineers electrical workers lathers hod carriers building laborers and iron workers. The change takes effect April 1.
Peter Iles Larkin, high commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom since 1922, died at his London home. As president of Salada Tea Company and known as the Tea King of America, he originated the modern delivery system for tea in sealed lead packets.
Fifty storms sweep areas from the Gulf of Finland to the Mediterranean. Twenty of the Danish steamer Nelly's crew were believed lost when the ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland. Telegraphic Union dispatch to Berlin reports the disaster.
Chauncey February 8 Blaine Evener aged 11 was struck by an automobile on a curve near Chauncey ball park and injured his right leg and head. He was unconscious briefly and taken to the County Home then to his parents Sand Ridge. No bones were broken. Floyd Bulloch 19 near Chauncey suffered a severe leg injury from a coal fall and was hospitalized at Sheltering Arms Athens. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Bulloch of the White Ash Mine area.
In Chauncey on Feb 3 Miss Jean ette Palmer reports 113 members and 16 officers and teachers at the Church of Christ Sunday School. The Golden Rule girls class taught by Mrs. John Shafer counts 18 attendees.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Stanley of Chauncey hosted Sunday at their Mill Street home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Clarence Lord and their children Billy and Katharine from Logan.
Mr Earl Austin and Mrs Earl Austin are spending time in Wellston, a brief personal note from the local page.
Members of the Naomi Class in The Plains M E Sunday School will meet Wednesday evening in the home of Mrs Kenneth Barrows with Mrs Henry Evans as program leader. There will be a Valentine box and each member has been asked to contribute Valentines.
Mrs. C Nile Sanders of Chauncey spent the weekend in Columbus with cousin Miss Kathleen Bradfield. Miss Ruth La Hugh of Columbus spent the weekend with relatives in Chauncey and Millfield.
Chicago dispatch reports a new bootlegging method dubbed refueling in air. Canadian planes transfer liquor to American craft mid flight, then land on lakes in Minnesota or Wisconsin to drain and truck for bottling. Witnesses noted a whisky smell during Lake Osakis incident.
Under Rev Cowan the Chauncey Methodist Church Sunday School re organized selecting Oscar Blair as superintendent Frank A Cline as assistant superintendent Mrs Robert Hixson as treasurer Miss Ottie Cline as secretary Mrs Lettie Hintz as pianist and Junior Bridgewater as librarian A drive for new members and better attendance will follow with a prayer meeting set for Wednesday at 7 p m.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Koenig Sr and Jr and daughter Ruth of Murray City were in Chauncey Sunday as guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Saxon. Nancy Saxon, a former Chauncey resident, has been reported ill in Barberton at her daughter’s home. She is sister to Mrs John Shaffer, Harvey Courtney and Holt Courtney. Charles Fiske and family visited Gallipolis Sunday to see Mrs Fiske who is recovering from surgery at Holzer Hospital.
Stanley Ridler a former Detroit bartender, imprisoned in Marquette for an $8,000 payroll robbery, has proclaimed innocence for five years. Anthony Machus, serving life for killing a policeman, confessed that he and an unnamed partner were the robbers, clearing Ridler after Machus’s death revealed the tie.
J C Murphy of Belle Vernon Pennsylvania visits New Lexington his boyhood home after an absence of 63 years. His mother moved with eight children in 1868 following the death of her husband in the Civil War.
Grove Sams of 13 South McKinley Street showed only slight improvement after a collision between his car and a B and O Mail train at Race Street crossing. He sustained a badly injured left foot and bruised shoulders.
Syracuse postmistress for years Miss Belle Carleton now deputy under Postmaster W. S. White is reported seriously ill at her home. She and her sister share the old homestead.
The Athens Messenger Pattern Department advertises a morning frock in printed cotton with banded color trim and novel pocket construction. It lists fabrics such as gingham and broadcloth, sizes 14 through 40, yardages per size, and includes pattern instructions, delivery terms, and a winter fashion book offer.
Grace Mulligan, captain of the Lodi High girls basketball team, injured her left ankle in the third quarter against Chauncey High School. Examination at Athens doctors offices showed a torn tendon and stretched ligaments.
Tito Schipa of the Chicago Opera Company will present a concert of operatic selections at 8 o'clock tonight in the Ohio University Alumni Auditorium. The program marks the sixth number in the university music lecture course.
MELLO-GLO face powder from D. Zenner Co promises a flawless look with a government-approved pure color. It claims to reduce pastiness and flaking, prevent irritation, and smooth the skin while lasting longer thanks to a French process.
Police reopen search for the ice-locked Gray Ghost after a report that its pilot lies dead at the wheel. Mrs. Alice Seculick of Cleveland claims the missing pilot Joe Meyers may be her son and provided a letter to Sheriff John W. Parker. A prior search near Pelee Island found no trace of the vessel.
A massive early morning explosion collapsed three stores in a Southwest Side grocery building. Despite the blast, no injuries were reported as three other businesses were damaged and residents fled in night clothes. Police label the attack as terror linked to Donia’s neighborhood presence amid a spate of gangland killings.
A Common Pleas Court jury awarded nurse Mrs. Hazel Forst $250 in damages from Dr. E E Gaver owner of a sanitarium after a patient was seized and hugged so tightly several ribs were fractured. Forst had sought $10 000 in the suit filed in Columbus on February 3.
Sunday brought sun and a shadow reveal for Brer Groundhog, indicating six more weeks of winter. Morning light appeared by 7 oclock as the sky brightened, with clouds today and a forecast of rain and warmer temperatures tomorrow.
John Lorig aged 60 died from injuries after a hit and run crash in Cleveland today. Authorities said a driver struck him and fled the scene. The incident occurred on an unspecified street, and investigators pursue leads to identify the vehicle and suspect.
Advert reads a remedy for digestion and detoxification claiming to cleanse the bowels and tone the liver. It pledges renewed energy and improved appearance, touting olives as the key ingredient and advertising a low price of 15 cents per bottle.
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