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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1922
Page
8
A fire in the Yonker home, owned by W. Wilcox, was reported by the Ohio River Salt Co. whistle as burning in Pomeroy-Middleport area. No one was home. origin said to be crossed wires. Five salt works fishers saved the building with only minor loss.
Mayor John Sauvage presided over his initial court session on Saturday evening with defendants Lawrence McBride of Syracuse and James Chapman of Mason. Both pleaded guilty to intoxication and were fined five dollars plus costs, which they paid.
Auditor Hart Probate Judge Carlton and Recorder Rupe met to select a new commissioner from a long list including Vale Gilkey Lasher Bing ham Jiiden Dean Jones Gilmore Voss Bowers Weeks Musser Lee McDole Compton Esselstein Smith Curry Smith Folan McNamee and McCullough. No decision was made last night but a choice was expected this morning.
The K and M line from Hobson to Meigs Siding remains active with about 200 workers in multiple crews. Around 2500 feet of trestle still must be built on the Carson Johnson segment, as the season proceeds.
The social apartments of the Rutland M E church are enlarged by an excavation under the men's room. The work is volunteered by the men's class with eleven men on one day and the Ladies Aid provided dinner. Team work supported grading around the parsonage. The project was planned with the original foundation and extended to the current excavation bottom.
A Boy Scout troop is formed in Rutland with Rev C W Anderson as scoutmaster. Ben Powell Scott Canaday and Ray Rawlings lead the troop committee with L L Myers Ronald Barton as assistants. Joseph O Rourk patrol leader Hollis McKnight assistant. Don McKnight scribe and David Reese treasurer. Friday evening at M E church social rooms a music social program is planned.
Domestic science starts this week at Rutland high school with about 80 students under Miss Ruth Raff formerly of Pomeroy high. About 175 dollars worth of physics apparatus has arrived to finish the year strongly. Negotiations for a radio outfit to bring concerts and lectures to the auditorium are under way with expenses covered by a small admission.
Sugar Run parent teacher club held a Friday rally at the school. They voted to buy a new piano for the building and the instrument was delivered yesterday.
Mrs Hattie Hulbert long in the photographic business at Middleport died Sunday at her home aged in the seventies Her husband died years ago She leaves two children Ada Cray of Middleport and Ed Hulbert of Columbus The funeral was held this morning from the home with burial in the Hulbert cemetery in Gallia County.
Messrs Lindsey and Wilson met in regular session and listened to Columbia trustees road and bridge wants. Lindsey to confer with Salem trustees. Rev Wilson absent at a funeral in Downington. They adjourned to meet tomorrow. vacancy caused by D E Smith's death expected to be filled by appointment.
The Salisbury board of education met Saturday and approved bills totaling around 100 dollars. The First City Bank was named the depository of funds for the coming years at six percent interest. About seven hundred dollars remained from state funds.
The treasury is empty and 21 township teachers will miss January salaries totaling about $2500 until the February distribution.
A Meigs county group participated in Farmers Week at Ohio State University in Columbus. Names include M. T. Phillips Pomeroy J Allen Letart Falls Wm A Morgan Pomeroy Arthur Johnson Plants Vernon Nease Minersville Jno E White Flora J Titus Middleport M Karl Forrest Rutland E B Turnbull Pomeroy W D Hogue Middleport Karl T Woodward Pomeroy George H Looker Rutland J B Bradford Rutland Edith Titus Middleport Mrs George H Lasher Rutland Mrs Grace White Rutland.
Logan DP C Wills departed Monday for a brief business trip visiting Fairmont Morgantown and Clarksburg in West Virginia. Mr and Mrs John Kinstle attended the Columbus auto show Tuesday. Ethel Forst of Rockbridge had a minor operation at Cherryton hospital late week. Mrs Frank Harden remained quite ill at her North Culver Street home.
Deputy Tide Huston underwent surgery in Columbus to remove a growth from his left eyelid after months of discomfort. He returned to the office on Monday.
A Hocking county woman prosecutor will be heard at the city law enforcement convention in Columbus this Thursday and Friday. Sessions are scheduled at Memorial Hall and the Chamber of Commerce.
Miss Davey will address the prosecuting attorneys hour on Friday as state prosecutors gather for the event. She recently spoke at a comparable convention held in Cleveland.
Obsequies were held at the home of his daughter Mrs A T Spears 32 West Second street Monday afternoon led by Rev J W Blair. The funeral party traveled to Athens then boarded a B and CO train for Fairmont West Virginia with interment at Glovers Gap West Virginia. Harden Undertaking Co arranged the funeral.
Arthur Robison of Murray was rushed to Cherrington hospital Friday amid an acute appendicitis attack. Doctors performed an immediate operation and the patient recovered quickly with a speedy recovery anticipated.
In an uncontested filing Leo C. Hill was granted a divorce from Homer G. Hill by Judge Pettit for wilful absence over three years. The plaintiff was awarded custody of six year old Paul Hill. The marriage occurred in Logan on February 9, 1915.
Promoter Ted Carrigan signs Billy Gibbs of Columbus and George Clark of Lancaster for the main bout at the Logan Athletic Club event to be held at the Moose hall on the evening of February 17. Gibbs aligns with the Harry Sully school of boxers and Clark is under Dr. Scott of Lancaster, a known figure in Ohio sports circles.
Promoter Carrigan announces a ten round bout featuring Sammy Drake against Chuck Tripp of Lancaster. Preliminary fights include Kid Led and Carl Kline from Nelsonville. Semi final fighters have not yet been secured as of this report.
Donald Hansley ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Lew Hansley of Rockbridge dies Sunday afternoon after a long illness. He had been an invalid most of his life and moved about with great difficulty. No funeral arrangements are known.
A Logan party drove to Bremen for revival services in progress there. The group included Dr and Mrs M H Cherrington Mr and Mrs Russell Berlin Mr and Mrs Blaine Johnson Mrs Warren Bright and Mrs Charles Notestone. A tabernacle has been erected in Bremen and a big revival is under way according to reports.
Prof J E Newell connected with Columbus high schools spoke at the United Brethren church Sunday morning before a large audience on Christian Education. He delivered an able address and joined the Sunday school class taught by Judge Stoughton where boys listened with interest to his remarks.
Logan Rotary club hosts M. S. Connors W. H. Fisher W. W. Houston H Q Wasson and five other Hocking Valley Railroad Co officials at a noonday luncheon. Principal matters discussed remain to be confirmed.
Officials at a session discussed reopening the local car shops after months of skeleton staffing. They believe shops will reopen once piece work terms are agreed and note it may take nearly three years to bring the company’s rolling stock to first class condition under effective management. The meeting was held at the home of an official.
Mrs Belle Hyson served another excellent dinner as guests praised the hospitality. The note mentions rodent eating snakes are protected by law in some countries, reflecting global wildlife protections.
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