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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
2
Leport reports council and mayor presiding as new committees form. C Ye Brooks elected president while John Hawkitts named chief of police with H P Mayers as deputy. Police and safety committees created. members sworn in and village business conducted.
On January 9 the State mine Department requested bids for roughly feet of new road in Selpio Salisbury and Whband Townships. Bids cover grading roadway structures bridges and paving with traffic around material. Pavement to be 18 feet wide with a 32 foot roadway. Part of the Middleport McArthur Road on No 142 and 163 Highways. Estimated cost 3572857 dollars. work must be completed by September 1 of this year.
The January meeting of the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will be held Friday evening in the assembly room. Mrs H E Thomas will lead with Mrs Charles Shumaker as program reader. Topics include National Missions and Stewardship. A nominating committee will be named for the next meeting. Mrs W W Brown is secretary.
Through efforts of Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins, Mrs George Sauvage Jr of Chester was granted a pension of 36 dollars per month and 1 dollar per month for her child. The widow, widowed in Pittsburgh years ago, will receive back pay totaling 354 dollars for herself and her child. She was appointed guardian yesterday to manage the pension and the father's family is in Tomeroy.
The Fourth Eastern Ohio Guernsey Breeders Association with many Meigs County members will hold its annual meeting at C and Carmichael's home on the Gallipolis Jackson Road, five miles from Gallipolis, January 14 at 1 pm to elect officers and form a calf club. Floyd Barlow, field secretary of the Ohio Guernsey Breeders Association, will discuss developments in this cattle strain. Harold Carnahan Racine is president of the organization.
Relatives in Dyesville report the death of Milton Vale at his Kansas home after being run over by a truck. He died an hour after the accident. He was brother to Fremont Vale, a noted educator, and cousin to A. L. Vale and the late J Q. A. Vale of Vales Mills. Vale went west 46 years ago and entered the mercantile business.
Roy Anderson, owner of 405 acres in Salem Township after purchasing Lang Halliday farm, begins German police dog breeding with a female. he is recovering from a dog bite and blood poisoning, while managing cattle on his farm. Produce prices in Pomeroy are listed for eggs, poultry, ducks, veal, and more, noting market volatility and uncertainty.
Kines name omitted in Meigs County list of old soldiers. Josiah Blues of Racine, a Civil War veteran, was forgotten in The Messenger list published Sunday. Probate records show inheritance tax collected in 1929 totaled 4585.16, split between state and local governments. Reedsville board of education reorganized for the year with Garry Pickens president and Henry Warren vice president. New details note a trip to Chattanooga by Mrs Verbucon before returning home.
Funeral services for little Kenneth Waters were held Monday at Middleport Hill Cemetery conducted by Dr. Skinner. The Rev. Gardner was unable to attend due to the serious illness of his daughter Joyce. Many relatives and friends attended.
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