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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1931
Page
2
Ida Hartley reports local society updates from Pomeroy Bend and Meigs County. Community notices highlight upcoming events, voluntary service requests, and personal milestones within the CGA HARTLEY staff correspondence.
Classified ads for The Messenger and circulation matters are handled by Virgil Marsh.
Prof. George I. Crow 57 of Meigs County died in Coshocton after a late Wednesday night incident. He was a noted educator, former county superintendent, and longtime Ohio University lecturer. The Crow family, prominent in Meigs County, includes judge Fred W. Crow and dentist Tom Crow among several siblings and relatives.
The First National Bank of Racine sues in Common Pleas Court at Pomeroy to set aside a deed transfer from William Eynon to Charles A. Eynon and Sarah A. Eynon. The action targets a 1928 judgment of 412.45 and aims to subject the realty, worth about 3 000, to collection after personal property fell short.
Mrs. H Hartinger travels from Middleport to Columbus to join an executive board meeting of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs at the Nell House. She chairs the Department of the American Home and promotes the spring meeting in Dayton in April.
Mr and Mrs C M Hennessey and other locals joined Misses Vesta Mc Coy Freda Faehnle and Susan Park at Alumni Memorial Hall Athens for Dr Pilsburys lecture on Thursday night in Middleport on February 6.
Ohio University students from Athens return home for the weekend including Frances Willock Margaret Hysell Caro Erwin Nancy Reed Mary Wilmetta Farmer and Ruth Humphrey. Middleport High School Yellow Jackets defeat Ath enus High School by 23 to 23 in a new gym. Mrs W WJ Forquer and family report winter southward travel to Florida. G I A Auxiliary meets at Mrs T F Ferguson home. Harry Gaskill returns to work after a short visit. Preran Church plans Friday service. Miss Joan Horst from Cincinnati visits Miss Erwin and Caro Louise. stays through Sunday.
A Pomeroy ex soldier famed for facing cannons and danger struggles to sit in a dentist chair. He reached the doorway twice and once sat in the chair, then fled both times. A new appointment is set with American Legion Post help expected to coax him to the scene of "torture."
A. M. Hayes reports Meigs County township officers owe 69.58 dollars for 1927 to 1930 errors. Four justices face 2338.28 dollars, with partial payments recorded. two others still liable. Prosecution urges collection and accountability.
Fifty jurors were drawn from the jury wheel in Pomeroy for the William Hunt murder trial set to begin Wednesday February 25. The panel will remain undisclosed during the trial, which is expected to last several days. Court sessions are off next Monday and Tuesday due to Judge A P Miller’s illness, affecting the Ray Wilson versus W H Dye estate case which has been continued multiple times.
Rus sell Mills and Edward Tewkes bury, with Mrs F C Kreager, leave Middleport for Gallipolis to attend a B Y P A conference at the Boy Scout Camp near the city. Guests of Rev George Sagen and his wife. Miss Pearl Rosser of Granville is the chief speaker a state young peoples worker.
Parole granted to Joe Retoskey after 131 days in county jail for a liquor fine following a joined recommendation from Judge Fr W Crow and Sheriff A O Tracy citing his family’s needs and his jail good conduct. Also freed was Clifford Whittington known as Middleport Tom Mix after a Jan 1 jail term for galloping a horse and looting street bulbs.
Anna Beegle 65 wife of Daniel Beegle died at City Hospital Parkersburg at 10 am Thursday after gallstone surgery. She was taken from her home a week ago and operated on Tuesday. She was sister to Thornton Wolf of Great Bend and to Joseph and Lafayette Wolf. Survived by husband and children Fletcher Beegle at home Lawrence Theodore and Walter Rochester Pa and Dorothy Wolf. Body returned for burial with funeral plans pending.
In Pomroy near Wolfpen Creek three new wells tapped the Maxon and Macksburg Sands. The Ohio Fuel Supply Co, Scioto Valley Gas Co and a local Pomery contractor each report production of about 250 000 cubic feet of gas daily. Few non producing wells have been drilled in the area according to operators.
Mrs. Martha Lust of Pomeroy remains hospitalized in Marietta with slow recovery. Frances Elberfeld daughter of Alfred and Frances Elberfeld from Lincoln Hill Pomeroy fractured an arm and was moved to Gallipolis hospital. Judge J F Carleton and wife of Pomeroy attend Ohio newspaper publishers meeting in Columbus. Four year old son of Don Wood rural mail carrier from Pomeroy taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens for serious illness.
A mid week Church of Christ service in Middleport drew 109 attendees. The report notes the turnout and outlines the service details as conveyed by church officials.
Hundreds of Athens County farmers haul water from streams and springs for livestock as December and January rainfall totals fall well short of normals. Weather officials note 1.86 inches in December and 1.18 in January versus 3.04 and 3.73 inches typical. Farmers rely on river creeks and drilled wells with flowing springs, while households cut usage. Some dairymen source cattle water from outside farms, and communities report wives conserving household supplies amid the drought. Water hauling also reported in Washington County up to 10 12 miles away.
Rev. W. F. Wilson, a retired Methodist minister living on a farm east of New Lexington, was released from sheriff custody after West Virginia officers did not appear for a hearing before Judge T. D. Price. Wilson had been held on a habeas corpus writ since arrest Saturday in response to extradition papers for a West Virginia case alleging failure to provide, considered a misdemeanor.
A church announces evangelistic meetings starting the first Sunday in March. A male quartet featuring Homer Rice Clyde Helwig Charles Wal burn and Edward King performed two numbers at an earlier event. The advertisement promotes Cascarets candy as a digestive aid with claims of speed and lasting relief.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr told The United Press in Phoenix that he informed the State Department in Washington he is willing to testify if called at the General Smedley D. Butler court-martial.
Mrs Alice Jenkin Maxfield 53 wife of Ohio State University instructor Francis N. Maxfield killed herself by cutting her throat in Columbus. No reason for the act could be given by her husband.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a three action remedy for colds. It claims to ease nasal irritation and swelling, promote sweating, and expel germs and wastes, with a 36 cent price at drugstores.
About 100 members of the K. T. Crossen American Legion Post met at the Legion Home on South Court Street. They voted $106 for Red Cross drought relief and discussed forming a drum corps, with no decision. Webb Walker hosted after winning a membership contest.
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