Millionaires and Ministers Ace Products of Church Founded 100 Years Ago
SHARPSBURG February 17 A staff special reports Mt Hermon Church founded by William Bardin over a century ago has produced three millionaires and many missionaries ministers teachers and merchants. The article notes early settlements Bartlett and Dickey Hill and outlines the church’s growth from a log structure to the present building. historic preacher William Burnsworth and a Quaker influenced legacy are mentioned along with the cemetery donated by Will Bardin and the first burial in 1841.
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Ace
Mt. Hermon
Sharpsburg
William Bardin
Lillian Bardin
Athens
Marietta
Bartlett
Dickey Hill
Wells Farm
Wesley Township
Washington County
Otterbein Church
Elizabeth Anders
Lillian Rardin
Becky” Rardin
Elijah Hanson
Sedgwicks
Selbys
William Burnsworth
Abner Lambert
Richard Edgerton
Washington Endicott
Burnsworth
Mt. Hermon Church
Will Bardin
Mo i
Hines
Sanat
Sarah Ann Sr
Charles J
Bardin
Coal fire in Lower Pomeroy near closure
State Mine Inspector Valentine Brown has extinguished the coal vein fire in Lower Pomeroy. Outside indications show the flames are out and no smoke or steam remains, though residual fire may linger inside. Smothering the flames appears to have succeeded after clouds rolled from the cliffs earlier.
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Pomeroy
Valentine Brown
Lower
Local residents engage in travel and social events
Miss Beulah Forquer left Monday for Columbus to enter the Office Training School. Several families from Pt. Pleasant and Dayton joined in a Chillicothe dinner honoring C. W. Snider's birthday. Miss Alpha Somerville recovered quickly from illness at the library. Mrs. Hattie Bennett's illness prompted Dr. W A Humphrey to travel from Columbus. The Presbyterian Missionary Society re-elected officers at its annual meeting. The Junior Standard Bearers held a Valentine party hosted by Miss Julia Miller. Others visited relatives in town and celebrated Mrs. Sarah Lamb’s ninety sixth birthday with a dinner hosted by Ray Smith.
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Beulah Forquer
Columbus
Miss Forquer
L. H. McCracken
C. W. Snider
Pt. Pleasant
Mr. Snider
C. N. Snider
Chillicothe
The
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Mary Martha
Max Roller
South Sixth Street
W. A. Humphrey
Hattie Bennett
Holzer
Bennett
Sara Dobbs
Julia Miller
Grant Street
Miller
Dana Jones
Toledo
Momer Jones
Gravel Hill
Barth
Karl
Hoobler
Coolville
Sarah Lamb
Ray Smith
Students Report Athens High News by Journalism Class
Students of the Athens High School journalism class supervised by Miss Anne Pickering publish a local news page. The column features student written reports presented as authentic school news.
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Anne Pickering
Athens High School
Students Earn A and B Averages in Semester
Semester grades announced Friday February 7 show A averages for Ann Evans Mildred Glesecke Pearl Lash Leota McCoy Mildred Murphy John Pickens Robert Wagner. B averages listed by home room include many names across rooms 308 306 305 304 303 202 201 200 103 101 and 100 with multiple students per room.
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Annn Evans
Mildred Glesecke
Pearl Lash
Leota McCoy
Mildred Murphy
John Pickens
Robert Wagner
Bruce Baughman
Ruth Fleck
Dorothy Ruth Holcombe
Violet Inter
Ruth Anna Kittle
Marylen Lee
Katherine Minameyer
Margaret Porter
Sybil Rosser
Alice Schuler
Eloise Schar
Rhea Shumway
Catherine Campbell
Margaret Haskins
Eugenia Lawson
Viola Laziman
John Boden
Ted Preston
Elmer Jacobs
Arabelle Chute
Mildred Johnson
I Cis McHarg
Dorothy Radf
Athens High School Orchestra Performs at WCTU Event
The Athens High School orchestra under director MIaslen McClaffin played several numbers Sunday in the high school forum for the WCTU. Miss Rosemary Wise of Ohio University presented a violin solo.
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Athens High School
Orches
Mias
Len McClaffin
Frances
Rosemary Wise
Ohio University
County Home Repairs Urged After Infirmary Report
A Meigs County Home report to county commissioners warns the facility is deteriorating due to poor upkeep and equipment. It urges water, indoor plumbing, and toilets, plus painting and heat improvements, with possible bond election for a new County Home. The jail is praised for comfort while inmates await equal improvements.
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Pomeroy
Division of Charities
State Department of Public Welfare
Meigs County Infirmary
Vinton County
Meigs County
Milo Stewart
S. C. Griffith
Flag gift planned by Daughters of Civil War Veterans at school
In Pomeroy on Friday night between bos' and girls' basketball games the Jane Howell Tent No. 95 will donate a 9 by 12 foot wool bunting flag to the high school. It will be mounted on the granite pedestal on the platform. A program is planned and a state officer is expected to attend. The Daughters of America will also present a Bible to the school.
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Daughters of Civil War Veterans
Pomeroy
Bos
Jane Howell
Daughters of America
Senior sisters find good health in advanced years
Mrs. Lant and her sister Mrs. Georgia Ballard of Milwaukee Wisconsin are both in remarkably good health for their ages. Mrs. Ballard will be 86 in April. The pair, sharing strong vitality, were noted during a gathering last Thursday evening.
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Lant
Blanch Borham Roller disputes McBride death timing
In Pomeroy on February 17, Mrs. Blanche Borham Roller objects to a Friday report about a contested will by Joseph McBride and his brothers. She asserts she and her husband were not absent from Saturday to Monday, contradicting the ledger timeline, and says Mr. Roller visited the house at noon Sunday and spoke with McBride, who appeared well.
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TELIS
Pomeroy
Blanche Borham Roller
Joseph McBride
Dogs Kill Sheep in Bedford Township
County Dog Warden Henry Seidenable reports that Friday night three sheep owned by Henry Chaney in Bedford Township were killed by dogs. The warden says the campaign of killing night traveling dogs will continue until all the county’s sheep killers are exterminated.
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Pomeroy
Henry Seidenable
Henry Chaney
Bedford Township
Woman's Music Club Postpones Meeting to March 4
The Woman's Music Club in Middleport rescheduled its February 25 gathering at Heath M. E. Church to Tuesday evening March 4. Members plan trips to Columbus for grand opera and to Athens for Count Von Luckner lecture at the Alumni auditorium.
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Middleport
Woman's Music Club
Heath M. E. Church
Columbus
Athens
Count von Luckner
Kings Heralds Host Dan Shubert Program at church
The Kings Heralds met Saturday afternoon in Heath Memorial Church lecture room for a Dan Shubert program. Refreshments were served after the event.
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Kings’ Heralds
Middleport
Heath M. E. Church
Dan Shubert
Pomeroy Night Watchman Won Over by Pack of Dogs
A Columbus newspaper artist sketches Night Watchman John Phillips with a crowd of dogs at his heels during rounds. Phillips jokes his pack exceeds any postman, with some dogs joining for the night shift. He plans license tags and red bows to please the dog warden.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
John Phillips
U Henry Seidenable
Naylors Run
Radcliff Held in Meigs County Jail on Whisky Charge
Tom Radcliff of Middleport was arrested Saturday night in Meigs County on a warrant from Justice F. W. Gilmore for selling whisky to Charles Rice. He is expected to have a hearing today.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Tom Radcliff
Middleport
Charles Rice
Court of Justice
IF. W. Gilmore
Mille Rice
Radcliff
Pullins and Bowen Wed in Gallipolis Ceremony
Herbert Pullins and Miss Nellie Bowen of Middleport were married in Gallipolis last week by Rev. Stone. Also noted are return of river pilot Capt. W. R. Haptonstall to Middleport, disappearance of the old barber shop shaving mug, influenza and milder colds in Meigs County, and updates on local patients and visitors.
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Meigs County
Herbert Pullins
Nellie Bowen
Middleport
Gallipolis
Stone
W. R. Haptonstall
Pomeroy
Ed. H. Scharf
John 3Umearner
Jacob Schwartz
Leslie Ingles
Mason City
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Dana Lloyd
Anna Jane
Mansfield
Fire destroys Matlack Produce House and stable
Fire in Reedsville wipes out the F. I. Matlack produce house and stable across from the depot. Authorities reported extensive flames and smoke, with property loss and investigation into the cause underway.
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Matlack
Reedsville
F. I. Matlack
The Megaphone Returns Weekly in The Athens Messenger
The Megaphone will appear once each week in The Athens Messenger in the Monday issue. The News Originates at Athens High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Messenger
Circulo de Espanol Named High School Spanish Club
At the Wednesday meeting the group selected Circulo de Espanol as the club name. A membership committee of Laura Gift May Jones and Mildred Murphy will decide eligibility rules by popular vote. Ruth Anna Kittle sang a French song with Gwendolyn Lynch accompanying and Laura Gift gave a Spanish reading.
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Circulo de Espanol
Laura Gift
May Jones
Mildred Murphy
Ruth Anna Kittle
Gwendolyn Lynch
Dramatic Club Presents Skits from Curfew and Court Scenes
A pantomime scene from Meet the Wife was repeated with only ty es and no s Friday by cast chosen by A A Nellis in assembly. The Dramatic Club staged two skits on Curfew directed by Virginia Coe and Anne Evans. A Court Scene and A Courtship of 1830 and 1930 were the illustrated acts.
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A. A. Nellis
Dramatic Club
Virginia Coe
Anne Evans
Ath ens Junior High set to hear Oliver Wood on History of Mathematics
Oliver Wood, mathematics instructor and principal of Ath ens Junior High School, will address the Math Club at a meeting on Thursday February 20. He will discuss the History of Mathematics.
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Oliver Wood
Athens Junior High School
Debate on disarmament favoring affirmative wins triable round
The year’s debate on disarmament ends with the affirmative team defeating Washington DC by 15 points. The Lancaster side loses to Lancaster in Lancaster by fourteen points and earns the right to face Pomeroy in finals on February 21. Teams include Robert Worthman Mildred Giesecke Margaret Porter Maurine Cornwell and alternates. negative compiles Tessa Woolley Margaret Haskins Arabelle Chute Betty Gullum and alternates.
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Washington D. C
Lancaster
Athens
Pomeroy
Robert Worthman
Mildred Giesecke
Margaret Porter
Maurine Cornwell
Tessa Woolley
Margaret Haskins
Arabelle Chute
Betty Gullum
Prizes Announced For Vergilian Essay Contest
Gamma Chapter of Eta Sigma Phi offers prizes for the three best Latin essays on Vergil in relation to the Bimillennium Vergilianum. Open to high school Latin department students who are alumni of the fraternity. Prizes are loving cups or shields engraved with school and winner names. Rules are available from Miss Helen Leech.
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Vergil
Gamma Chapter
Eta Sigma Phi
Helen Leech
Athens High School
Oda Kincaid
Lucille Duffey
Amy Morgan Cowan
Nelle Pickering
Adda Maccombs
A High School Girl's Honor Discussion Held
A brief Wednesday meeting led by Miss Mary Connett discussed high school and girls honor. The informal session covered topics on student ideals and conduct within the school.
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Mary Connett
Senior and junior class pictures and subscriptions update
Progress in the Arena departments continues with senior class pictures completed and ready for engraver Friday. Junior class pictures will be provided by midweek and group pictures will be taken then. Subscriptions in the Senior high department are numerous.
Talks on Lincoln by Hi Y Club sponsor
H I Y Club members heard a talk by H. Roberts, an instructor in history and a Hi Y sponsor, on Lincoln and other statesmen of the past century, given Tuesday February 11.
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Co. H. Roberts
Hi Y
Hi Y Club
Lincoln
Redecoration Progress In School Rest Room
The fifth period advanced home economics class under Miss Ruth Gieson completes rest room redecorating. Furniture sanded and painted, new theatre gauze curtains added, a chair and bed upholstered, silver tinted table covers dyed silk pongee, and a modernistic wall shelf near completion.
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Ruth Gieson
Competion
Staff List for This Issue Reveals Five Members
The issue staff includes Margaret Johnson, Clara Belle Bailey, Charles McKinley, Helen Townsend and Margaret Porter, reflecting a small newsroom team.
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Margaret Johnson
Clara Belle Bailey
Charles McKinley
Helen Townsend
Margaret Porter
Meet the Wife at Athens High School March 28
Lynn Starlings three act play Meet the Wife directed by A. A. Nellis will be staged at Athens High School on March 28. The action centers on Mrs Gertrude Lennox wife to Harvey Lennox and Philip Lord played by Charles McKinley and William Clark. The cast includes Jane Hill Victor Staunton Doris Lennox Ruth Anna Kittle Gregory Braun Webster Dalton Alice Louise Kempton William Tommy Craig Margaret Johnson Everett Barnhart Virginia Coe and Charles Bennett as stage managers and promoters.
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Lynn Starlings
A. A. Nellis
Athens High School
Gertrude Lennox
Jane Hill
Harvey Lennox
Philip Lord
Charles McKinley
William Clark
Victor Staunton
Robert Worthman
Doris Lennox
Ruth Anna Kittle
Gregory Braun
Perry County to Hold County School of Religious Education
New Lexington February 17 The Perry County Ministerial Association and the Community Sunday School Association completed plans for a county wide School of Religious Education to be held in New Lexington during the first week of March. The State Sunday School Association will provide two instructors and others will be secured from nearby colleges.
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New Lexington
Perry County Ministerial Association
Community Sunday School Association
State Sunday School Association
Tanner Not Guilty in Liquor Possession Case
In Crooksville on February 17 Guy Tanner a local businessman was tried in Mayor C K Longley s court on illegal liquor possession charges and was found not guilty.
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Crooksville
C. K. Longley
Guy Tanner
Portland Dame crew aids fire defense along Ohio River
The Portland Dame volunteers helped protect surrounding property as flames threatened to spread along the Ohio River, coordinating with local responders to contain the blaze.
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Ohio River
Portland Dame
Buckner Arrested After Buckner Suspected of Wire Theft
Dan Reese of Middleport denies notifying officers when Charles Buckner came to his junk yard to sell wire reported stolen. Officers were guarding the yard and apprehended Buckner on suspicion, with Buckner later said to confess.
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Middlesport
Dan Reese
Middleport
Charles Buckner
Buckner
Farm Bureau Agents To Speak At Athens Meeting
M. E. Foltz claim agent and H. W. Smoots assistant sales manager of Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co Columbus will address district meeting in Athens February 18. Foltz to explain claim adjustment and service to policyholders while Smoots outlines the 1930 sales plan and new business methods. Counties expected: Athens Belmont Fairfield Gallia Guernsey Hocking Jackson Meigs Morgan Morgan Muskingum Noble Perry Vinton Washington.
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M. E. Foltz
H. W. Smoots
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Columbus
Athens
Foltz
Smoots
Belmont
Fairfield
Gallia
Guernsey
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Muskingum
Noble
Perry
Vinton
Washington
Japan beauty contest crowns Shizue Takita Miss
Miss Shizue Takita, a Japanese movie star, wins the national beauty contest defeating over 2000 entrants in what is billed as the greatest pageant ever staged in Japan.
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Japan
Shizue Takita
Land of
Cherry Blossoms
Reopening Plans For Tuscarawas Canal At New Philadelphia
United States district engineer Colonel E. D. Ardery says plans will be studied to reopen a canal along theTuscarawas River in Ohio. The move follows a conference with attorney Robert N. Wilking and aims to make the river navigable between Dover New Philadelphia and Coshocton as part of Muskingum river flood control and hydro electric projects. A federal flood survey appropriation exists for Muskingum, with Tuscarawas to be included. The river has been unused since 1900s excursions and floods in 1913 left navigation nearly impossible.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ireb
U.P
E. D. Ardery
United States
Tuscarawas River
Ohio
Robert N. Wilking
New Philadelphia
Dover
Coshocton
Tuscarawas
Walhending
Muskingum
Ardery
Falcon
Bass Island
Underwood Visits Panama on West Indies Trip
Relatives report the arrival of Congressman M. G. Underwood in Panama. He is on a tour of Panama and the West Indies, continuing his trip to the region.
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New Lexington
M. G. Underwood
Panama
Underwood
West Indies
Adlerika Relief Promises Full Cleaning of Stomach and Bowels
A customer testifies after twenty years of gas and poor digestion that Adlerika cured his symptoms in minutes. The ad claims Adlerika cleans both upper and lower bowels removing hidden poisons and invites readers to try it for real relief. Retailers listed include Gibson's Pharmacy Athens Hickman's Nelsonville Poling's Murray City Taylor's Coolville.
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Adlerika
Jno
B. Hardy
Gibson’s
Athens
Hickman’s
Nelsonville
Poling’s
Murray City
Taylor's
Coolville
West Virginia Group Names Highway Washington Route
Members of the Northwestern Turnpike Corporation in Parkersburg vote to name U S Highway 50 the George Washington Highway and join a national effort to complete a Washington to Pacific coast road via St Louis and Denver. Delegates from Parkersburg St Marys and other sites attend. A A Pickering presides. F I Bish drafts resolutions. An interstate convention is planned to form a national organization with headquarters in Cincinnati.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Northwestern Turnpike Corporation
Pioneer Good Roads Organization of
George Washington Highway
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
St. Louis
Denver
West Virginia
St. Marys
A. A. Pickering
Rowlesburg
IF. G. Bish
Clarksburg
Cincinnati
Swiss chard touted as an underappreciated vegetable
Swiss chard is described as a little known but excellent vegetable for American markets. It is commonly available at fresh vegetable markets and offers a healthy change in meals.
Orange Root and Golden Nuggets Promise Clear Skin
An Akron testimonial touts Orange Root and Golden Nuggets as a blood purifying laxative and skin remedy. The user claims pimples and large bumps vanished after six bottles and part of the Nuggets, with renewed strength and vitality and regularity. Sold by Lash's Drug Store and other outlets.
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C. E. Bowler
Steiner Ave
Akron
Ohio
Lash
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W. S. Koester
Russia
Seminover Monastery
Pius
Church of England
Nellis
Plan Religious School
Tanner
Farm Bureau
White House
Ead
Highway Move
Tomorrey
Hill
Stanso
Stansbury Drug Company
Edwards
Tidwards
Calomel
Dr. Edwards
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