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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1932
Page
2
Rev. Harley Bolton of Rutland traveled to Pomeroy to obtain and distribute footwear for local children in distress amid high need from mining layoffs. Bolton reports conditions worse than in twenty years as he works to ensure vulnerable kids are kept comfortable despite family hardship.
Chauncey Dover High School junior class will present the three act play Mother Mine Thursday night at 8 in the high school auditorium. Miss Edith Wilson directs with Clyde Morris handling stage setting. Cast includes Mary Louise Baughman Frances Harvey Wilma Ferrer Mary Ferrer Dorothy Gillespie Carolyn Guerra Joe Civille Clifford Shafer Joe Guerra Thomas Dew Paul Daugherty and Paul Green.
Chauncey February 10. Dr Warren V Sprague father of Dr L V Sprague was to undergo gall stones surgery this morning after a planned blood transfusion. He was moved to White Cross Hospital Columbus from his Chauncey home. Family members including Mrs Sprague and Dr L V Sprague Madison Wisconsin and Miss Floride Sprague Chauncey are at his side.
Local No. 358 Chauncey schedules a Friday 1 PM meeting to hear Elmer Allen report on the miners convention in Indianapolis. Allen, Chauncey local president who attended as a delegate, will speak. Floyd Karns serves as secretary.
Loyal Temperance Legion of Chauncey led by Mrs. Ralph Brown will host a Valentine party Friday evening at 9:45 at the home of Betty Jane and Isabel Courtney on High Street. Multiple committees run the entertainment and a good turnout is expected. Attendees should bring a Valentine for the donation box.
Mrs. Martha Galbraith, aged resident of Chauncey living with Mr and Mrs Garfield Grimes, is reported seriously ill after a year at the home. Her son Frank Galbraith of Brookville Indiana has been summoned to her bedside.
Chauncey residents will host a Friday night meeting of the Busy Bee Needle Club at the home of Mrs. Gerald Blackford on May Avenue. The club’s regular session last week was canceled.
Mr and Mrs Homer Kirkendall report their son Robert ill after moving from Chauncey to Athens. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Herhal Kirkendall of Chauncey.
Rev. G. W. Appleman of Coshocton will preach at the Nagarenge Church at the Plains tonight at 7 o clock. He plans to speak on religious themes and plans to visit afterward with parishioners.
Chauncey Feb. 10 The Plains Parent Teacher Association plans a 7 30 pm meeting at the Grade School auditorium led by president M O Bryan with a special entertainment announced and a large turnout urged.
Chauncey February 10. Women in the Chauncey Dover High School cooking class will meet Thursday at 1 15 PM. Mrs T M Wolfe leads the session and invites any interested women in the community to attend.
William Snedden of Detroit, once injured in a mine accident near Millfield, returned this week with brother Charles Snedden and a Murray City son in law. They met Dr. C N Sanders, visited old friends, and were entertained at the Fulton home.
Mrs Lillie Evener a long time Chauncey resident travels to Fairmont West Virginia for an indefinite visit with her sister. She is accompanied by her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Pete Meridakis of Athens who return home. Evener has vacated her Chauncey home after her husband Louis Evener died two months ago. The residence on Sand Ridge is rented to Mr and Mrs Joe Hardy and family who moved from the Spitzer property near Chauncey.
Mrs. Floyd Nye of Chauncey shows improvement after a week bedfast at home on High Street. Guests at Sunday dinner in Chauncey include Mr and Mrs E W Lockado and Mr and Mrs C B Felter with families from Glouster and Middleport. Visitors from Millfield to Nelsonville include Mrs Harvey Wade Mrs Elizabeth Robinett and Mr and Mrs Herman Theisen Jr. Friendship Class of Chauncey Church of Christ Bible School meets at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe King on Palmer Street. Mrs B H Fielder and daughter Florence of Chauncey visited Athens Tuesday.
Mrs Elmer Allen announces the birth of a daughter born Tuesday at their home on Mill Street in Chauncey. The family names include Elmer and Mrs. Allen with happy news for the Mill Street residence.
Mrs Guy M Brookins of Chauncey attended a Maecenas Literary Club meeting and Valentine party in Athens on Tuesday at the home of her sister Mrs E W Bingman. The event featured Valentine Day decorations and refreshments.
Herman Theisen Sr of Millfield spoke to the Athens Kiwanis Club about mining conditions. Theisen and his wife then traveled to Crooksville to address miners and visit relatives, with Mrs. Theisen meeting her brother Hugo Wiggens.
A Racine area case before the common pleas court features Benjamin Pickens suing Cleveland Wolfe for $10,000 for the alienation of his wife's affections. About 20 witnesses are listed, with Cedrick W. Clark Ralston Russell and D. H. Peoples as attorneys. A possible out of court settlement was being pursued to avoid detailing evidence to a large courtroom audience.
POMEROY February 10 Judge C E Peoples argues spelling is not taught as well today as in his district school days. He recalls a teacher who made lessons memorable and used a mnemonic L I C E to help spell difficult words like receive and retrieve, sparking laughter among pupils.
Mrs Otto Kreinbeihl returns home from Gallipolis hospital after major surgery. Ex Constable H P Mayer fined 10 dollars in Mayor Harley's Court for street fight disturbance. total fined 52 dollars 20 cents. Auditor H J Blackmore attends taxation school in Columbus. Meigs County Infirmary has one ill resident, Mrs Schwartzwalder. East Pomeroy’s William M Ebersbach slightly improves from ten days critical illness. John Schaaf remains critically ill in Gallipolis hospital. L L Keller reports influenza outbreaks near Tuppers Plains. Mrs Bessie Montgomery home on Kerre Run. fire from defective chimney causes minor damage. fire department responds.
Leonard Massar of Pomeroy files a suit seeking 350 against Clarence Ebersabach and Albert Ebersbach both Pomeroy Road contractors. He alleges a truck left on the street without lights on Dec 20 at 7:30 PM caused a collision as he drove west.
D A R chapter in Middleport holds its regular Friday meeting with Mrs. W G Davia as host. Roll-call responses will be quotations on Washington. Several members plan to attend the state convention in Cincinnati beginning March 14 for three days.
Middleport man returns from Cincinnati and reports road clears after he removed tacks and mud holes. He says pedestrians were knocked off the road and he arrived home with a busted headlight and not much cash left.
George G. Braeggar known as Jack Braeggar and Claude Adams Elyria deputy sheriffs recalled boyhood Pomeroy days while visiting here. Braeggar, missing part of a left finger from an accident at Dr. J. H. Hysell’s office, recounts early mine and mill work and a series of youthful escapades including pranks funded by Harry Seebohm.
Mrs Hettie McKnight aged 70 of Langsville died at her home in Middleport on Monday. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 PM at Midway Church with Reverend Gardner of Middleport Church of Christ officiating. Burial follows in the adjacent cemetery.
Bert Martin and son Jake are ill with flu. W E Bryan left for Washington on business. they winter with their daughter in town. Several families visit relatives in Columbus Athens and Cincinnati while others return home for illnesses and hospital stays. Missionary Society and Bible Class held meetings with programs and refreshments.
A Florida license plate driver in Pomeroy on a Tuesday afternoon visited a local laundry to wash his car. The elderly man wore an overcoat and joked that he did not need it after coming north, as the laundryman smiled knowingly.
Meigs County announces an achievement program as part of the Home Economics project. The event at the Pomeroy Odd Fellow Hall on February 25, at 10 a.m. features Mrs. I C Meredith presiding, musical acts, a novelty act, a style show, demonstrations, and a Washington's Birthday program from Forest Run and Rock Springs schools.
Minersville notices the death of Mrs Ava Rose after a long heart illness at her home. She leaves five sons Oscar Walter Cassa Herbert and Clyde all in the county and two sisters Mrs Jenkinson of Pomeroy and Mrs Jacob Blumen hour of Minersville. Her husband and a daughter predeceased her.
POMEROY Feb 10 Harold Ator 23 of Albany and Pearl Blackwood 22 of Albany R D were issued the fifth marriage license of 1932 at the Courthouse Tuesday afternoon. Rev Glenn Tennell pastor of Bethany M B Church performed the ceremony.
In Middleport on Monday Wesley Stewart sustained serious injuries at Essex Mine No. 5 and received care at a Gallipolis hospital after being transported by local ambulance.
The Past Chancellors Triangle Boosters of the Pomeroy Knights of Pythias Lodge gathered for an evening at the hall. Thirty five Past Chancellors are in the group. Elected for the coming year were President Bernice Darst and Secretary-Treasurer W H Eberabach.
The Cincinnati Board of Education will prefer applicants with no other wage earners in their immediate families when appointing new teachers. Those with a working spouse will not be guaranteed an appointment. The policy operates as an unemployment emergency measure and may not follow the eligibility list.
England adopts electromatic traffic signals using pavement pads that detect car presence and adjust signals in real time. The system claims to adapt to traffic, differentiate vehicle types, and recall opposing traffic, potentially increasing London and Providence intersections throughput.
State Conservation Commissioner William Reinhart announced that 60 Black people were liberated over a 10 mile area in Lorain County by the Lorain County Fish and Game Association. He said motion pictures of the event, taken by the conservation photographer, would be released statewide.
Findlay resident C M Yantis sues Lima Loan Company in Common Pleas Court claiming he was paid nearly twice the loan amount. He borrowed 250 dollars in 1927 and has paid 429.56 including interest, yet the firm demands 70 more.
The birthplace of George Washington is being restored to near original condition after 150 years of neglect. Planned as a national shrine, it will open to the public on Washington's Birthday in 1932, according to Jane.
Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee denounced the Republican Party in the Senate saying it is in close and corrupt partnership with the chief beneficiaries of governmental favoritism. He warned Democrats to stay vigilant or Republicans will stay in power and trigger periodic panics and unsound business conditions. Hull called GOP policy one of economic isolation and said it threatens world peace.
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