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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1939
Page
3
Charles Radford and W E Eiselstein sue the Meigs County Fair board seeking accounting, receivership, and reorganization. Defense aims to dismiss. plaintiffs oppose. Last week Eiselstein was removed as receiver. another receiver may be appointed if the suit continues.
POMEROY W A Mills secretary of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce will speak at the opening meeting of the year of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening Jan 17. The new president Edison Hobstetter will select committee chairmen prior to the meeting and committees on industry agriculture finance taxation membership public relations and business will be formed. Plans for the year’s program will be reviewed by the new executive committee this week.
Pomeroy social notes list residents visiting relatives in Portsmouth Cincinnati Lincoln Hill and Columbus for events and duties. Individuals attending university inaugurations and family visits are noted along with a local surgical recovery and a driving hitchhiker incident in Cleveland.
A Pomeroy vehicle, a Resener Zeiher car, was stolen Friday night in Middleport and found abandoned near Harrisonville. Middleport officers recovered it, marking a second local theft tied to gasoline shortages. Sheriff Beards urged owners to not leave keys in cars.
Dr. Ira Jones spoke at the Methodist Church after Sunday School in Amesville. The Chesterhill M. E. Church held its quarterly meeting Sunday. F. L. Thomas family spent Monday in Wheeling en route via Zanesville to visit friends. Carl Turner visits parents and prepares for a two year overseas posting via Fort Benjamin Harrison to New York City and on to Porto Rico, Panama, the west coast and Hawaii. Gilbert Sedwick returns to Jeffery Manufacturing Co. in Columbus after illness. Maude Harris returns home from Westerville. Mrs. Belle Burns is recovering. B. H. Morehead family visit Alta Pierce in Guysville. Eva Randall from Chesterhill visits Sedwick home.
The Carbon Hill Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church joined quilting with an anniversary dinner on Wednesday. Attendees included Mrs. Sarah Webb, Mrs. Lizzie Devol, Mrs. Lena Horn, Mrs. Violet Beal, Mrs. Nelle Wilkinson, Mrs. Neva Nutter, Mrs. Erma Guess, Mrs. Edith Chute, Mrs. Priscilla Lehman, Mrs. Alice Dawley, Mrs. Kate Lyons, Mrs. Arabelle Porter of Cleveland, Mrs. Bessie Dehnen, Mrs. Eva Binsley, Mrs. Cora Blosser, and Miss Viola Blosser. A penny march followed the business meeting and social games.
Frank B. Brown of 710 Washington Ave Lancaster Ohio reports rapid relief from kidney pain constipation and bloating after using Vendol and Vendol laxative tablets. He credits improved digestion dizziness and back pain relief to Vendol with a local plug for Athens Pharmacy 7 N Court St and Hickman's Drug Store Nelsonville plus general availability.
In Middleport the Purity Ice Cream and Bottling Co office on Cole Street was robbed Sunday afternoon amid a string of petty thefts over 10 days. About $9 was stolen. suspects lingering near the plant were seen by residents, and Chief Charles Wise Jr. launched a search that continued late last night with no arrests. The same suspects are linked to thefts of Sunday papers, milk bottles, pop bottles, and Christmas trees sold in Pomeroy or town areas.
Middleport social items list Olivia Reed visiting Dorothy Sauer in Hudson Street and family guests at various homes in Charleston Columbus Glouster and Ravensoood. In Athens and nearby towns, illnesses visits and a funeral notice mark holiday social activity. A class cafeteria supper for Heath M E Church and an estate appointment for David Cornwell are announced.
Pomeroy Panthers, buoyed by a win over the Middleport Yellow Jackets, prepare for a Friday night game at Pt. Pleasant. The upcoming league clash against Jackson in Pomeroy is set for Tuesday January 17.
I. E. Miller is confined to his Grant Street home after a 50 pound coal lump fell on his toe causing injury.
Nearly 75 Meigs County Republicans traveled by train to attend John W. Bricker's Ohio governorship inauguration. The special train departed at seven and stopped in Gallipolis for a Gallia County delegation before continuing to Columbus. Return trip slated for seven this evening. Many Meigs Countians also drove to the event.
The Middleport post office foundation on Mill and Fourth Streets is finished and photographs were taken. The sub-floor is laid and if weather permits the street level floor will be poured this week. About 12 to 14 carpenters and helpers are on the job.
Racine residents report guests from Gallipolis Thornville Chester and Harrisonville visiting Do Easterday family. Local women visit Grover Salser and Mrs. Verna Weaver is ill at home. Dr. John Philson receives treatment at Holzer Hospital. Racine Garden Club to meet Wednesday at Sibyl Miles home. Frankie Gaylord visits Emma Jividen in Middleport.
Glenn Houdasheldt, a carpenter on the post office project, attended the funeral of his mother Mary Christa Houdasheldt in Dexter. Mrs. Houdasheldt, 75, is remembered as a devoted family figure. Some species of mosquitoes only attack birds.
Racine High defeated Tuppers Plains 45 16 in a rapid scoring basketball game on Saturday night. The Racine Reserves also won 29 10 against Tuppers Plains reserves. A bake sale hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary is set for Saturday in Middleport.
Officials of the Church of Christ report 1938 Bible School attendance averaged 318, up from 208 in 1937, a gain of 110. Sunday attendance was 317 with offerings totaling 12.60. The Loyal Sons and Daughters posted the largest group present. The 53 choral group of the Woman's Music Club is asked to meet at the Heath M. E. Church on Tuesday evening for the semi annual business meeting and chorus rehearsal.
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