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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1936
Page
3
The article outlines a state plan to redraw district boundaries under a Foundation Program. Superintendent C. explains the goal to create larger districts with fewer high schools. Proponents claim the change will improve opportunities for students while funding is adjusted over three years.
Word reached Mrs J N Hum of the death of her brother Manuel Sal at his farm near Humphrey. Funeral services were held Thursday at Plants Methodist Church followed by burial in the cemetery. He had been in failing health for some time and suffered a stroke of paralysis. Survived by his wife, daughters, two sisters and a brother.
Daughters of Mrs. Chris Beards and Ada Root of Mid Ed hold a council meeting where Lucille Beards is named deputy and receives a gift. A post meeting shower followed, with nurse Izora Guin on duty at the home of Mr. Wolfe. A Bradbury Church fair sample event is announced for Feb. 1 with merchants and lunch.
At her home near J Services the funeral for the late Julie Theiss is set for 2 PM at Beech Church. M Colleagues and kin attend, with bells and services noted. W Joachim of Rock is named among those mentioned.
A local gathering for Mrs Dwight WE members and the Loyal public school community was held in a formal evening event in Mt Hendance. Attendees enjoyed light refreshments and a charitable social together.
A ceremony held Tuesday at a local church united Wek Cron Pomeroy and Puerite Aysell in marriage with the rite conducted by the officiant Fred iddiepors at Cin parish.
James Homer They ener age 37 of Gallipolis and Nellie Harrison age 26 of Middleport secured a marriage license in probate court Tuesday. They were united in marriage by Justice of Peace E. R. Titus. Marriage license was issued recently to Russell Priddy 26 and Alice Nelson 21 both of Rutland.
The government philatelic agency in Washington earned over a million dollars from issuing special stamps last year and faces renewed buying frenzy as collectors seek profits. A 50 cent Graf Zeppelin airmail stamp surged to $2, with cancellations selling above $1.50. Collectors await a red and blue bi color steel blue airmail stamp to replace it, while demand grows for other high values as rumors of a six cent set circulate.
The Meigs County Ministerial Association met at Simpson M. E. Church on Monday February 3 with Rev. F. C. Kreager presiding. Rev. T. E. Maness of Pomeroy gave the invocation and Rev. A. R. Stark of Pomeroy read a paper on The Temptation of Jesus. G N Perkins Rutland was elected secretary treasurer for the year. A fellowship dinner followed at Sekus Hotel and the March meeting will be in Racine at the Baptist Church with Rev. T. T. Shelton presenting Pastoral Calling.
Mrs. Estella Roush of S Fifth Ave reports her nephew John Misner is confined in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis undergoing treatment. He has frequently visited the aunt’s home at Middleport during prior periods.
H M Appleman spoke in Athens about a permanent adult education system. The talk highlighted Thorndike’s learning coefficients, survey findings on unemployed youth, and the expansion of Emergency Adult Schools in Meigs County to 21 classes open to nontraditional students.
Racine brief notes report Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Holter and family visiting his father Stanley Holter at Morning Star. Dr. Charles Crow of Springfield spent the weekend with his wife. Rev. T T Shelton preached a friend’s funeral in Hillsboro. Mrs. Eber Hayman of Parkersburg came to see her ill mother Mrs. Francis Weldon. Clyde Cross, OSU student, was a weekend guest of his parents Mr. and Mrs. A B Cross.
Members of the Whatsover class have postponed their Friday Feb 1 meeting to Friday Feb 14. They will hold a joint afternoon and evening session with the Women's Missionary Society of the church at that time.
A Athens mother reports relief after Vendol treatment for long running stomach and digestion problems. The ad touts Vendol as a cure addressing indigestion, gastritis, constipation and tired nerves with the Vendor Man promoting sessions at Athens Pharmacy and Hickman’s Pharmacy in Nelsonville Ohio.
Count Covadonga son of former King Alfonso of Spain suffers a malignant tumor and hemophilia. Havana specialists face a surgical dilemma as bleeding risk makes operation too dangerous to relieve the illness.
The President's Ball will be held Thursday at the local gymnasium in Rutland. Ben Fewell serves as committee chairman. The event is associated with Pomeroy New Forest Run Mining Company and includes figures Bertha Parker Pearl F Parker Clyde O Fisher Cedric W Clark.
Miss Francis Smith hosts Dorcas Society at her N Second Ave home Friday evening. Mrs. Harry Bailey ill at home on Pearl and Lincoln. Jimmy Arnold returns to Zanesville work after visit with wife and son. Mr. and Mrs. J B Downing attend Dunbar McElhinny funeral in Gallipolis. The Grogan family moves from Lincoln Street to Taylor Grogan home. Grogan father ill. Lincoln dinner planned February 13 from 5 to 7 at Church of Christ. Meigs County Ministerial Association set next meeting March 1 at Racine Baptist Church. Ernest Major of Wilkesville and sister Virgie Major host dinner. Mrs Major reports school closed two weeks due to severe weather. Jimmy Whitlock ill keeps son home from school.
Revival services start tonight at the Church of the Nazarene in Syracuse with Rev. and Mrs. H. V. Kyer of Kenmore as evangelists and singers. All persons are invited to attend. services begin at 7 30 each evening.
Mrs. Lilly Baldwin, formerly of Middleport, died Monday evening at her Ovalola Iowa home. Survived by three daughters and one son all living in the West. Also three sisters in Minnesota and Iowa and two brothers, one in Kansas City and one in Middleport.
A 12 30 luncheon at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe honored members of the contract bridge club. Afterward, attendees traveled to Mrs. G H Stansbury’s Grant Street home for an afternoon of card playing. Guests included Mrs. W T Moore Mrs Elizabeth Hartinger and Mrs W F Harris. Awards went to Mrs Hartinger and Mrs J O Ruedel.
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