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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1929
Page
2
The Licking River and its tributaries surged near Newark causing widespread damage. Up to 200 families were marooned south of Newark as Marion Kenton and additional areas reported heavy rainfall and partial flooding affecting highways and farms near Canton and Massillon.
Representative Thomas Jenkins seeks federal and Ohio support to upgrade State Route No. 7 from Cincinnati along the Ohio River through Parkersburg Gallipolis Ironton Portsmouth to the Kentucky border. The plan aims to shorten routes for Southern Ohio travelers to Washington and eastern points and to connect with Point Pleasant Huntington and other Kentucky towns.
Pomeroy reports indicate the Bias gang were pursued through multiple states before crossing the bridge at Pomeroy Bend and heading to Gallipolis. Radar chatter notes arrests reportedly near, but official confirmation is lacking. Bridge toll-takers recall no trouble from the desperadoes.
T Lewis will leave Wednesday for Troy to join J C Penny Company. His wife and daughter will move him within a week. Mrs Archer and daughter from Philo visited relatives in town. D A R tea set for March 1 2 3 at Lincoln Hill. Several locals ill or recovering including Mrs Val Reynolds and Mrs J P Coe.
Pomeroy February 26. Prosecutor D H Peoples asked Common Pleas Court to postpone the Karr bribery trial to Monday March 18 due to missing material witnesses. Peoples vowed to press the case on its merits with possible surprises. Judge Crow also sentenced Jessie Molden to the Ohio Reformatory for Women for one to 10 years. Her baby accompanied her to the facility, journeying with officers.
John Radford aged 42, who had lived in Columbus since his brother Fred’s death on December 9, died after a stroke shortly after returning to Columbus. He was the last of his family, a Mason and an Elk. His body arrived Monday, was kept at Harry Bennett’s home, and a funeral was held this afternoon conducted by Rev. Forquer of Pomeroy. Burial followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire.
Alva Hite of Hite Brothers suffered a serious back injury after a fall from the mine tipple at a Beech Grove Cemetery area coal mine. He was alone at the tipple, rendered semi conscious, and is under medical care with pain relief from drugs.
Gallipolis star John Red Haliday named honorary captain of the Ohio Wesleyan basketball team for 192%. Haliday is noted for athletic prowess and sportsmanship in high school circles here.
R. E. Rink presented a prayer piano to the Catholic Church in Pomeroy on Saturday as he disposes of his household furnishings ahead of moving elsewhere.
Post commander Irving Karr reports a large turnout at the Gerber Post meeting held at City Hall Middleport. Fred Schreiner elected quartermaster to replace Otto B Nast who died recently. Veterans look forward to the Athens reunion this summer with expected near full membership.
In Probate Court at the close of the week Roy Coleman 21 railroader and Leona Barringer 21 of Long Bottom apply for a license. Oscar Delbert Babcock 23 truck driver and Leone Smith 24 of Long Bottom also seek permits. Miss Mary Dennis a Columbus teacher visited with relatives during the school recess.
E R Wallace professor of agriculture at Ohio University will address five rural topics at the Timber Run Farmers Institute in Muskingum County. He leaves Athens tonight for the opening session in the Grange Hall. Wednesday topics include Rural Education Do Farmers Organizations Pay and Looking Forward. Thursday topics include The Farmers Voice in Government and Rural Society.
Justice R G Webster relocates the auto license bureau squire’s office and village clerk headquarters from Beegle Building to a basement room in the Downie Building on Second Street near City Hall in Pomeroy.
In Pomeroy on February 26 ice had cleared the river briefly before forming again. The Betsy Ann moved from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati after months laid up. A contracting firm seeks to buy the burned Kate Adams hull to ship to Pittsburgh for barge use. Kate Adams will not be rebuilt.
Dr. Edmund Davison Soper freshly named seventh president of Ohio Wesleyan University will address union services of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches in the Methodist Church during the week of March 10. He has a long record as educator and religious leader with ties to Drew Northwestern and Duke universities and international church conferences. Committees for the event were named at a Methodist Official Board meeting, with entertainment publicity music and finances among the tasks. The series is the final pair of services by the two churches following a February 11 gathering at the Presbyterian Church.
The national poll to find America’s Favorite Poem allows any verse the public considers poetry to be voted. Frederic J. Haskin says there is no censorship and votes before the closing time are counted. A coupon for voting is printed in today’s Messenger.
Massillon State Hospital, with capacity 1800, cared for 2566 patients today as Superintendent Arth G. Hyde ordered a halt on new admissions only when rooms open via dismissals. He notes overcrowding has persisted for years and worsens, with similar strain at Cleveland Toledo and Athens institutions.
The Big Miami River at Hamilton rose after heavy rain. Police used boats to rescue about 150 residents in Peck's Addition. Evacuation plans began for areas along the Little Miami River Valley as flood waters climbed to record levels.
Ernie Nevers, who a year ago vowed to quit baseball for football, has resigned as Stanford assistant coach and now says he will devote all his time to baseball. The change marks a shift from coaching to playing terms with renewed focus on baseball duties.
Glouster on Monday payday at the mines reports only one intoxicated man taken into custody. A colored man failed to give his name and was warned by the marshal to stay home. He reappeared later in the day and was stopped by officers.
Glouster Ohio February 26 notice says a special election will be held April 3 to approve a $60,000 bond issue for a new school building to replace the one destroyed by fire in late December. Polls open at the usual voting precincts as in a general election. The notice is issued as required by law.
Feb 26 Athens attendees Elza Morris H E Jones C L Eddy William Bolinger and Harry Cheney met at I O O F Hall in Athens. Jesse Mansfield of Athens appointed captain of a county degree team to be organized at the next meeting March 25 in Athens.
The Athens Official Board approves a religious survey in conjunction with other city churches and aims to sponsor a third Boy Scout Troop led by Don P Graffin. It also endorses a church library by Wesley Foundation and shifts midweek services to a three month Bible study course titled The Bible In the Making led by Rev. Coulter.
Miss Ray Mitchell, regional Girl Scout leader from Acworth Georgia, sues Hotel Berry Company in Athens County Common Pleas Court seeking 10000 damages for injuries from a hotel fire last October. She alleges inadequate exits and life saving devices, and that fire negligence caused a fall from a third story window with multiple fractures and long hospital care. She also claims costs for hospital bills nursing care and living arrangements in Congress Apartments after release.
Lovell, of near Bishopville, after weeks of critical illness from the flu, is gradually improving. Early reports warned death was near, but latest updates say he gains strength and recovery is certain.
Eliza A. Tinker sues Atlas Insurance in Athens County Common Pleas for money due plus 6 percent interest from Feb 1, 1929. Papers served on Charles Cameron, acting agent, in Athens. Also a marriage license issued in Athens County Probate Court to Merle Barnes and Agnes Tippie with Rev. Ahlbright officiating.
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