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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1941
Page
3
Meigs County commissioners meet in Pomeroy to tackle the annual appropriation and balance the budget as new board members Dan Hartinger and Victor Eiselstein join veteran Herb Riggs. Officials aim to keep expenditures within income despite long standing funding strains and rising county costs.
POMEROY Organization meeting of the Pomeroy Board of Education will be held tonight. Officers of the board will be elected for 1941. The board faces football field expansion and recreational facilities development, having purchased the Russell property adjoining the grounds to enlarge the field and provide land for other recreation. A recent meeting finished 1940 business.
Shakespeare Club members plan the first 1941 gathering on Lasley Street hosted by Mrs. Harry Smith with New Year resolutions as the roll call. Mrs. Warren Bright leads the discussion and Mrs. Louis Reibel presents a short story.
Friends of the Rev. Vincent D. Beery, former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Middleport, now at Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, receive copies of The Patterson Church News. The Dec. 14 issue features a front-page photo of the Patterson Pastor's Aid Society and notes the annual Bride's Tea with brides as guests of honor. Mrs. V. D. Beery led the event. The church's youth include a harmonica band, a basketball team, Girls Missionary Guild, and the Chapel Choir. Beery continues the Junior Sermon and serves a congregation of about 700 in Philadelphia.
Perry Hoffman son of Mr and Mrs William Hoffman of Railroad Street has been transferred from Idaho where he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps to a training school in Spokane Washington. He will study radio. He is a Middleport High School graduate and was active in Church of Christ youth work.
Funeral services for John Koehler, local business man, were held Sunday at Finsterwald Funeral Home. The service drew a capacity crowd and burial followed in Beech Grove Cemetery.
The Rev Henry Carr new pastor of the First Presbyterian Church spoke at his first Sunday service in Middleport on From Whence Cometh My Help Gene Grate played organ and the vested choir offered special music Mrs Carr accompanied him and they will move from Williamston W Va to the manse on N Fourth Ave Tuesday The church week of prayer postponed all organization meetings this week.
Mrs Guy Will was surprised at a shower hosted by Miss Martha Robson on Broadway. Neighbors from the Jitterbug and Chiquitti Clubs gathered with gifts, games, sandwiches, and hot chocolate. Birth announcements arrive as Keith and Margie Kincaid promote The Little Co Pilot.
Mr and Mrs Frank Kanouse and Donald Mills postponed Florida travel due to Mrs Kanouse illness. Mrs Ethel Cregg Virginia and Miss Mary Dennis returned to Columbus after a holiday visit. Dennis moved household goods from Vine St to Columbus. Niece Kathryn Frances Heines to reside with Miss Dennis. Miss Betty Lou Johnston of Columbus visited her father Frank Johnston. Mr and Mrs Ralph Anderson of Detroit were called here recently due to a family matter.
Floyd L. Marsh president and Richard Rawlings acquire controlling interest in Pond Lumber Co. located at Broad and Jefferson in Conneaut Ohio. Rawlings, a former local man, left Pomeroy four years ago after eight years at Pomeroy Cement Block Co. He hails from Hemlock Grove and resided in Syracuse during his employment here.
Cold snap renews demand for coal in Meigs County raising domestic consumption and trucked coal to Central Ohio cities. County mines have seen gradual growth in truck coal, with summer markets declining since larger rail mines relied on lake trade and city houses.
Apple Grove notes show the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting at Mrs. Ernest Halley's with a book review on Migration. Community youths held a watch party at Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Carpenter's in Racine. Several families hosted gatherings and Christmas visits across local homes.
Local residents share visits and moving tales. Families from Plants, Clarington, Leechburg, and Vienna enjoy gatherings, births, and relocations. Notables include Mary Alice Nease birth announcement, Ella Pickens funeral, and jobs sought in Baltimore and Whitesburg.
Pomeroy defeated but not crushed by Columbus Central Friday night. Panthers prepare for a rematch with Stewart on their home floor, hoping to boost gate receipts amid waning local basketball attendance. Call for scheduling Racine and county foes to draw larger crowds and profit financially.
Meigs County sold 631 new automobiles in 1940, up 58 from 1939 and 203 more than 1938, per Clerk Herman Beards. Monthly totals show a dip below 40 only once, amid industry-wide model changes and delivery delays. Dealers averaged seven used sales per new car, implying about 4,418 used cars in 1940.
Middleport group announces first meeting of the year to be held Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Kelly Grogan on Main Street.
Nelsonville list of students returns to college work including Elouise Badger Shirley Knight Bernardine Whyte Jean Scharff Gloria Hoodlett Dorothy Lowden Helen Pritchard Alice Mechem Don Green Charles Parks Bill Mechem Jack Pritchard Bob Howe Donald Sanders Ralph Jenkins Max Irvin to Ohio University Athens John Rider Miss Josephine Sharp Jimmy Arnold to Ohio State University Columbus Hugh Webb to O Q W U Delaware Charles Miller Bob Green Betty Dodds to Columbus Business College.
Past Coun cilors Club sponsors a benefit party at the LO O F Hall tonight at 8 o'clock to raise funds. Proceeds support club activities and local community causes through the event.
Holiday vacation ends as Glouster Trimble and Jacksonville area schools resume for 1941 with over 1,000 pupils returning. Out of town teachers Don Greider Tippecanoe City Miss Helen Green Bellaire Miss Sara Kasler Crooksville Miss Betty McCoy Athens Miss Dorothy Lindaman Columbus back to classrooms. Scarlet and Gray Glouster basketball teams begin 1941 schedule Tuesday versus New Lexington.
Glouster and Nelsonville bowling teams posted separate wins with Fred Thomas totaling 229 and 571 for Glouster while Sid Cook led Nelsonville with a high 234 in singles and a 534 triple. The Scott Dairy team defeated Crooksville Big Apple Alleys and Stones Grill of Zanesville to stay unbeaten away from home, then swept two matches at Schmidt Recreation Alleys. Local officials Superintendent T W Figley and Fred Linscott returned from Ohio Educational Association meetings in Columbus. Also, Mrs Elizabeth Chute hosted Andrew and Cecelia from Cleveland and Columbus over the weekend. Church of Christ elders and deacons planning a meeting tonight at 7:30.
Middleport announces the Week of Prayer beginning this evening with R Lloyd Pabst president Rio Grande College speaking Wednesday and Rev George Sagen pastor First Baptist Gallipolis on Friday Local ministers lead other evenings All services at First Baptist Church start 7 pm Music by choirs from four churches Tuesday features Middleport High School Girls Glee Club directed by Lois Cecil
Mr and Mrs Belford Cunningham and son Harper from Detroit were in Glouster for the funeral of Harry Cunningham in Athens. Relatives from Columbus joined others for the Saturday services at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home. Cunningham was a longtime Glouster resident and former superintendent of Mine No 256 for the Sunday Creek Coal Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Hubbard of Syracuse announce the birth of twins weighing 17 pounds at birth. The babies, a boy and a girl, arrived Saturday night at the Hubbard home.
Mrs. Dezera Mull pas Mulpas, 71, died at her Redtown home after months of illness. Born in Belgium, she came to the United States in 1892 with Raymond Mulpas and lived in the area. Survived by husband, six sons including Francis and Charles, several daughters, two predeceased sons, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral service at Trimble Church of Christ Tuesday at 2 pm, Rev. Gilbert Courtney officiating. burial Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs John Henry hosted the N T Club at her Madison Street home with Mrs Sylvia Maxwell presiding. The program featured readings by members including Mrs Zenith Embrey Mrs Grace Zimmer and others. Two members were reported ill and 12 members attended. The club marks its 14th anniversary this month and Mrs Ella Johnston will host on January 10.
The Women’s Society for Christian Service of the Jacksonville Methodist Church will meet Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock. Mrs. A Woodgerd will lead the program and a social hour with refreshments will follow.
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