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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1935

Page

3

Boy Killed After Bicycle Accident on Avenue

Richard Grogan ten, son of Mr and Mrs Grogan, died after a bicycle collision with Alva Hite on Upper Middleport Avenue. Witnesses state Hite could not avoid the boy who and his companion started across the street. The accident occurred near Pt Pleasant while Grogan was being transported for burial arrangements.

Richard N Grogan Alva Hite Upboy Pt. Pleasant Middleport Groganes McCoy

Roscoe Fowler Activities In West Virginia And Athens Visit

The report notes Roscoe O. Fowler of West Virginia spent Sunday visiting Athens and Parkersburg for a 32 business event. It mentions a Friday night event at Home and Torch and a Saturday freetime moment at her Heghts with a weekend in the Athens area.

Tell Home & Torch Athens Parkersburg Roscoe O. Fowler W. Va

No clear headline found in the fragment

Fragmentary medical ad text mentions fatigue pale appearance and organic weakness. It references tonics and restoring health but lacks concrete facts, dates, or identifiable persons or organizations.

CCC Enrollee Injured in Night Crash Involving CCC Truck

Ralph Foster, CCC enrollee at Camp Meigs, was injured when a CCC truck hit a passenger car on Route 31 at Enterprise, then crashed into an electric pole. He was taken to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. his condition was described as satisfactory. Driver George Hicks and truck driver Hampton Burns were detained. Burns appeared intoxicated. The truck also damaged fence posts and a power line. Camp officials said their investigation had not yet begun.

Pomeroy Ralph Foster Camp Meigs CCC George Hicks Enterprise Foster Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Hank Young Walter Wolfe Hicks Hampton Burns Wolfe Burns

Racine Undefeated After Victory Over Hamden

Racine toppled Hamden 46 to 31 on Saturday in Hamden to stay in the undefeated class. Carpenter led Racine with 17 points on seven baskets and three fouls, while Hamden’s Bickman had five baskets and one foul for 11 points. The Racine Reserves also won 22 to 5. On deck, Racine faces Chauncey Dover, another undefeated quintet, in a tough home showdown.

Racine Hamden Carpenter Bickman Racine Cagers Chauncey Dover Imibetheimce Ncccmcwwece B. Monae Nease Hiney Bebio Brooks Sentecenmciccter

Middleport Notices and Family Announcements

Middleport residents report Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Battin and their son visiting Athens where Mrs. Battin and child stay through Tuesday with Mrs. Emma Battin. Mr. Battin returns Friday. Mrs. W. H. Steiff remains ill with influenza. Mrs. Charles Gilfilien visits Akron relatives. Dea Hayes starts work with J N Rathburn Sons and will be stationed at Middleport Department Store. Dwight Kim and wife announce birth of a son on February 1, grandson of E G Kim and Huntington couple.

C. R. Battin and Athens Middleport Dwight Kim North Second Avenue E. G. Kim Tuppers Plains Marion Evick Huntington

Middleport Briefs Highlight Local Visits And Family Travel

William Stephenson and Mary Louise visited Huntington on business. Leo Beeson and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with Ann Jones and Alvira, then returned to Columbus. Emma White visited with James White and family then returned to Columbus with sister T C Grogan. Bertha Hamilton of Columbus is visiting daughter Joan and her parents on South Sixth Avenue.

William Stephenson Mary Louise Huntington Leo Beeson Bill Bob John James White Columbus T. C. Grogan Bertha Hamilton Joan Thomas Longstaff South Sixth Avenue

Funeral for W. G. Bibley Brings Family to Gallipolis

Mrs. Joe Cross of Columbus and her brother Ward Roberts Shawnee High School principal came Friday for the Bibley funeral in Gallipolis and stayed over weekend with relatives. William Van Gilder Dam 24 lockmaster is ill with pneumonia at home near here. Mr and Mrs Walter Stewart visited in Parkersburg Saturday. William Klein William Lee and Maynard Castle were arrested Saturday night in Pomeroy on intoxication charges and held in the county jail.

Joe Cross Columbus Ward Roberts Shawnee High School W. G. Bibley Gallipolis William van Gilder Dam 24 Walter Stewart Parkersburg Pomeroy William Klein William Lee Maynard Castle

Young Mary Moore Set for Met Opera Debut in Rigoletto

New York native Mary Moore, 21, the youngest operatic debutant since Marion Talley, is scheduled to sing the contralto role in Rigoletto with the Metropolitan Opera Company on February 6, marking a major step in her career after a sensational rise in 1926.

Marion Talley Mary Moore New Yorker Metropolitan Opera Company

Marriage license issued in Gallipolis for Lane and Cunningham

Edwin Gale Lane, 28 percent laborer, and Dimple Cunningham, 20, of Gallipolis with consent of her mother Mrs. D W Cunningham obtained a marriage license in Gallipolis.

Gallipolis Edwin Gale Lane Addison Dimple Cunningham D. W. Cunningham

Fowler Urges Faith To Quiet Inner Tension

Dr. Wilbur N. Fowler of the First Methodist Episcopal Church urged faith and psychology to ease nerves worry and conflict in a Sunday sermon titled Taking the Strain Out of Life It discussed rebuilding a shattered vase as a metaphor for life and urged living up to ideals with religion guiding purpose and energy.

Wilbur N. Fowler First Methodist Episcopal Church Fowler

Marietta Couple To Lead Services Tonight

Captain and Mrs Vernon Post new Salvation Army leaders in Marietta will conduct worship at the Salvation Army Citadel West Union Street at 730 this evening. Tomorrow the Posts and Adjt and Mrs W W Hinshaw of the Athens post will accompany them to Cincinnati to welcome Commissioner and Mrs Deamon recently placed in charge of Salvation Army activities in the Eastern United States.

Vernon Post Salvation Army Marietta Athena

Floating barnacle builds buoy from detached weed

A barnacle attaches to a seaweed fragment and forms a gas-bubble buoy to keep the weed afloat, securing its position in the water.

Kidnap Hint Ties Woman to Violet Sharpe Mystery

A nervous woman resembling Violet Sharpe was seen on a New York street car with two men after Lindbergh kidnapping night. The victim, who died by her own action and carried a baby, rode a New Jersey to New York ferry with the pair, as Peter H. Sommer testified at Hauptmann trial and later faltered under cross examination.

Violet Sharpe New York New Jersey Peter H. Sommer Hauptmann

Veteran Railroader Is Dead at Middleport

William Arthur Boice 71 died Sunday at his Gravel Hill home after three years of ill health. A New York Central Railroad veteran, he served 37 years and 22 years as a Hobson Shops foreman, retiring in 1932. Survived by wife Margarite daughter Jessie Johnston granddaughter Betty Johnston and sister Mrs Edward Bing of Cheshire. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Rev Kreager of Baptist Church officiating burial Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery.

Middleport William Arthur Boice Gravel Hill Boice New York Central Railroad Hobson Shops Marguerite Jessie Johnston Betty Johnston Edward Bing Cheshire

Engineers See Steam Power For High Altitude Flight

American and foreign engineers conclude that at altitudes above 30000 feet steam powered plants could accomplish much in future aviation, reducing reliance on internal combustion engines.

French Portuguese airline runs Lisbon to South America route

A joint French and Portuguese airline maintains commercial service between Lisbon and South America using tri motor aircraft to carry six passengers.

Lisbon South America

Move to decentralize industry to rural communities

The report notes agencies like the Federal Emergency Relief Administration under Harry L. Hopkins and the Public Works Administration. It argues decen tralizing population should be matched by industry though cash income for rural areas is relief-based, risking long-term dependency and demoralization if not done.

Federal Emergency Relief Administration Harry L. Hopkins Public Works Administration

Women finish sewing course with diploma dinner

In Middleport fourteen women and girls completed a sewing course and will be honored Thursday at the Mary Jane with a dinner and diploma awards. Each member of the club will receive a garment made by another member. Bee owners along the Nite place transport hives by boat to rich flower regions.

Middleport Mary Jane

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Health for Women

A medical anecdote credits Dr F M Ede with treating constipation for twenty years and promoting Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable substitute for calomel. The olive colored tablets are described as bowel regulators that improve complexion and energy, with a recommendation to take one or two nightly for a week. Prices 30c and 60c.

F. M. Edewards Dr. Edwards Dr. Edwards Olive

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