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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1931
Page
5
Local society and community notes from McArthur and Vinton County via staff correspondent T C Kelly. Includes updates from Your News, Society and Locals files shared through the McArthur Ohio office.
Clement VY Hardin 66 of Millersport died in White Cross Hospital of heart disease. Funeral at Thurston Baptist Church Columbus and burial at Logan. He and his brother won prizes for fiddling. Survived by widow Grace Hardin three brothers and three sisters.
Will of Everett A. Berkley admitted to probate after witnesses Leland Murphy and LaMar Graves testified to due execution. John F. Burns estate not subject to inheritance tax. estate heirs listed. Guardian accounts and hearings set for February 6. Guardianships for Dolly Starr minor and Wesley B. Hughes disabled veteran noted with accounts and loans.
Raymond Knox of Radcliff and Vernice Scott daughter of Otis Scott and his wife, superintendent and matron of the McArthur Children’s Home, were married Saturday January 19 in McArthur with Rev. W. W. Weiser officiating. Both are well known in Vinton County.
At Picnic Grove McArthur January 15 the Parent-Teacher Association will meet Friday January 16 at 2 p m at the Picnic Grove School house. Features include a temperance program by the school a speech by Milton S Cox county superintendent and a talk by County Extension Agent T C Kennard. Plans for a social in February will be discussed.
Official convalescing McArthur January 15 reports E. W. cheer of Baltimore a former Zaleski boy now chief of eastern lines of the B and O Railroad. His serious illness was noted weeks earlier and his recovery is expected in full.
Benjamin Newtun of Fayette County and Mollie Ankrom of Jackson Township Vinton County married in Fayette County on January 12.
Herbert Hamilton president of the McArthur Brick Co L M Sprague manager and O F Pilcher secretary were in Columbus for business Tuesday and Wednesday. Orville Lewis and son Vernon visited from McArthur while son Victor recently graduated in Columbus and joined Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Pearl Davis teaching in Royal Oak Mich returned home after a short visit. Births in area include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Harold Iitz and a son to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wyatt. Orville Harper and FE L Terry attended local business and church events with notes on Mrs Terry’s illness. Dr A W Paffenbarger plans Columbus trip as delegate to Ohio Council of Churches and Shrine turkey dinner at Masonic Temple.
Mrs Barbara Waxler 68 wife of Ellsworth E Waxler died at home near Vinton Chapel after long illness. Born at Dundas to the late Jacob and wife, she leaves four daughters, two brothers, and one sister. Funeral held at Vinton Chapel Thursday at 2.00 with Reverend Gibbs officiating.
Charles Gardner sold his farm home in Richland Township to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Nixon. Mrs Eli Oury of Wellston is reported seriously ill.
The Whitner Oil and Gas Company reports a Clinton Sand gas well on the Harry Frantz place in Swan Township producing over a million cubic feet of gas daily.
Attorney General Bettman ruled that mothers of men who served in the armed forces may claim state relief for indigent support, whether or not they live with their sons. The ruling says no residence requirement exists in the Soldiers Relief Commission act.
Coolville residents Howard Oaken and Wilbur Wood Holdren attended Governor White’s inaugural in Columbus on Monday. Rev Myron Jeagel, student pastor, was injured in a Cleveland area accident last Friday when his car skidded on ice. He is at Memorial Hospital Marietta with concussions and cuts for several weeks. Robert Baker remains in St Joseph's Hospital Park south with unspecified condition.
Mrs. S. A. Solomon of New Bern North Carolina reports losing 47 pounds in about three months by taking one teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts daily in warm water each morning. She says she feels stronger younger and plans to continue the regimen. The ad notes a 4 week bottle costs a small price and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Mrs. Mary Arlidge of Hendersonville North Carolina is visiting Mr. and Mrs. WW Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Runion spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Porson of Pomeroy.
The new 76 million dollar Hudson River bridge in New York will bear the name The George Washington Memorial Bridge. President Hoover was informed by members of the George Washington Bicentennial Commission.
Oklahoma City January 1b The report states William H H Murray proposed that the state legislature be provided dormitory housing on the capitol grounds. The plan aims to remove lawmakers from the lobby culture described as wine and song and to curb influence.
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