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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1935
Page
5
Political factions within the county Democratic camp plan a private meeting of Young Democrats to present a united front. Key committee leaders and influential members anticipate a cohesive approach to patronage and party strategy amid past tensions and potential hostility.
About fifty guests from the football squad and education faculty plus Ohio University were at the event Tuesday night. A toast by Superintendent Pat ched and remarks by Assistant Coach Den ty highlighted the team’s season. Motion pictures of the game and views of the athletes to Washington were shown, and Coach acting captain of the won from the Navy was noted.
A county report by Superintendent C O Chapman shows Meigs County school districts rely on state funds totaling 31.60 per pupil for average daily attendance plus county taxes and tuition receipts. Most districts run deficits. several list no tuition, others report large shortfalls, with total deficits varying by district.
D A Installs Middleport council No 187 officers at K of P Hall with District Deputy Elizabeth Durst of Pomeroy leading the ceremony. Newly installed: Fern Badgley Jr past counselor. Media Gibbs councilor. Nettie Badgley vice councilor. Edith Badgley associate vice. Verna Hendrix conductor. Vannie Badgley Warder. Edith Spencer outside sentinel. Nettie Badgley six month trustee. Edith Spencer eleven month trustee. Potluck dinner followed and Fern and Ethel Badgley celebrated birthdays.
Mrs Faye Roth of Huntington attended her brother’s funeral and stayed for a visit before returning home. Mrs Guy Reynolds returns to school after illness with Mrs H E Bush as substitute. Elmer Mattox improves slowly after appendectomy at McMillan Hospital. Betty Mich visits Groveport with cousin Dorothy Moore. Mr and Mrs W F Harris visit Charleston briefly. Mrs C H Snider at McMillan Hospital improves and will go home. Mrs Fred Healy confined at home with chicken pox.
Meigs County Common Pleas had granted injunctions blocking operation of school buses by Nelson Torrence and F F Folrod in Olive Orange Rural School District. Court of Appeals sustains, finding contracts were extensions of subsisting agreements and orders injunctions in both cases.
A capacity crowd heard Rev. W S Colegrove at First Baptist Church Tuesday night as he preached on Our Bible Can We Believe It citing evidence for the Bible’s authenticity. He argued the Bible has stood fire from enemies and friends alike and that apparent contradictions arise from different viewpoints. He added that Jesus said By their fruits ye shall know them and that the Bible’s character is shown by the civilization it has produced.
Civil case Albert Curtis versus William A. Morgan and others, executors of Lizzie Swearingen Bailey, was postponed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court because J B Clark of Racine, serving on the petit jury, fell ill. Judgment sought is 1500 dollars with 6 percent interest from Feb 1920. Time for completion of the trial was not fixed.
Mrs Alexander Boso aged 74 died early Wednesday at her Parkersburg home after a long illness. She was mother to Mrs R C Mc Bride of Middleport and wife of the Parkersburg resident. Survivors include two sons Mike and Will, three daughters Mrs Curt Lallance Syracuse Mrs Cooper Wigal Parkersburg and Mrs McBride. Funeral at her residence Friday at 2 pm with burial in Parkersburg. Local friends plan to attend.
Warm winter brings fairly heavy rainfall as flood worries rise for the Ohio River near Pomeroy. Past January floods show danger despite this season’s mild trend, while colder weather could aid by improving drainage in the upper valley.
A party led by A. A. Shifler leaves for St. Petersburg Florida with Misses Dern Faye Abbott Jessie Mae Russell and Pauline Helwig. They plan a two week sightseeing visit then proceed to Miami where they expect to stay until April.
Mr James Wood and Mrs Ella Wood spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Virgil Stanley. Mrs Howard Welch stayed last week with her parents Mr and Mrs Jack Davis of Downington. The Pleasant Valley Ladies Ard Society met at Mrs Bea Bolins home last Thursday. Five members and ten visitors enjoyed a pute luck dinner at noon. A double wedding ring quilt was partly quilted for Mrs Bolin. There will be no meeting in February. Mrs Bessie Pugh spent part of last week with her daughter Mia Grace Whaley and family. Pearl Howard Brooks and Harold Powers are ill of flu, Mrs Harry Russ staying with her parents.
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