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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1937
Page
3
Pomeroy businessmen began clearing stores and moving goods as government reports warned a river crest near 51 feet could flood Main Street. The Bendvue Theater faced its first flood while council meetings were postponed and daily activities paused. No serious flood yet, but residents stay alert amid heavy rains upstream.
The funeral for R H Rawlings will take place Wednesday at 2 PM from the Union Avenue residence. Burial will be in Miles Cemetery at Rutland.
A World War veteran died Sunday night at the Veterans Hospital in Dayton after a period of illness. The body was brought home Monday morning. He is survived by his wife, several children and sisters, and one brother, Ben Batey. Funeral arrangements are being completed today.
Mr and Mrs Hysell celebrated the eighty third birthday of Emerson Harper with a family dinner at their Harrisonville Road home. Present were Harper's nieces and nephews Tom Googlein A C Jones and Ethan Harper. Tom Guinn of Blackfoot Idaho visited at A H Bradbury's home in Middleport over the weekend.
Pearl Kennedy Pomeroy aged 72 died Sunday at his home on Leading Creek. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at Langsville with burial in Wright Cemetery. CLASS MEETS TONIGHT MIDDLEPORT Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ meets this evening at the church. Hostesses are Rev. F I Gardner's group. Mystery Friends will be revealed and new names drawn for the coming year.
Edward Wells of Bull Run was taken to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis on Saturday for an immediate appendectomy.
Rio Grande high school basketball faces Mercerville on home court Friday evening. Cadmus defeated both girls and boys teams last Friday on Cadmus floor. Parent Teacher Association plans meeting at the high school Thursday with Rev. W T Packer as speaker.
Members of Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity and guests enjoyed a smoker at the fraternity club rooms Monday night from 8 to 12 o'clock. The retiring president Ralph Graves gave a brief address predicting a bright future. William Grate outlined a civic minded policy for the social organization. Grate, four year treasurer, was presented a gift for his service. Pt Pleasant chapter were to be guests but flood prevented attendance.
Middleport community members are reported visiting relatives and friends in nearby towns. People include Mr. and Mrs. K. O. Bright, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keesey, Ruth Covert, F. P. McCoy and sons in Athens, Bob Noton in Huntington, and Harold Bibbee now working in Kentucky. Illnesses mentioned include influenza in Phyllis Diles and Ruth Arnold, with several families attending funerals and hospital recoveries of relatives.
Middleport reports Busy Bee class officers elected with Shirley Mills as president Ray Turley as vice president Leo Russell as secretary Virgil Edwards as treasurer class teacher is Mrs J O Leonard The class split into two groups with leaders Ray Turley and Lawrence Bing to oversee Sunday School attendance church services and mid week prayer Two members to plan monthly social meeting programs.
Out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral of Dr H. A. McCullough Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Boner of Waverly Rev. and Mrs. A. E. McCullough and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lee and two children Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Frecker Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Oliver Columbus Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McCullough daughters Ruth and Mae The Plains Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dyer Chillicothe Mr. and Mrs. Starling McCullough Portmouth and Mr. and Mrs. James Fulton Bellaire.
Ewings Chapter SAR and DAR members hosted Meigs County leaders for a burefit supper as plans were announced to locate and mark Revolutionary War graves. Members outlined spring cemetery tours, data submission to Washington for official government markers, and Memorial Day placements.
Deputy Riggs II of the clerk of courts office is seriously ill with pneumonia at his Flatwoods home. In his absence Horton Brown, former clerk of courts, is handling duties.
Mrs. D. L. Tracy is ill with pneumonia at her Lincoln Hill home. Her mother Mrs. Jeffers from Gallipolis arrived Monday to help. Mr. Tracy, Pomeroy police chief, also ill with flu, along with their daughter Nara Tracy.
A fragment notes discoveries about veterans who spent their final days in a particular Ohio locality. The passage hints at historical recordkeeping or memorial context within the region. No names or dates are provided in the readable text.
An old advertising notice touts Adlerika for gas pressure and bowel relief. It cites suffering from gas, sour stomach, and sleep disruption, with testimonials from Mrs. Jas. Filler and Dr. J. Shost of New York. The ad promises one dose relieves gas and constipation and lists druggists as sellers.
POMEROY Mrs Florence Ray burn visited with her son Charles Rayburn and family in Middleport Sunday. F C Sanor returned to his employment as cable man for the Standard Telephone Co Sunday evening after a weekend visit at his home in Wellston. F C Wisecarver Zanesville and John H Revis Marcum Ky who are working out of Portsmouth for the Ohio Power Company are now stationed in Pomeroy for some time. Mr and Mrs Clarence Karr Spring St were weekend guests of Mrs Karrs parents Mr and Mrs Hoyt Haning in Albany. Martha Jane Karr daughter of Mr and Mrs Clair Karr who has been in several weeks is but little improved. Clifford Decker Racine was removed to the Sheltering Arms Hospital at Athens Saturday where he underwent a surgical operation for hernia. Mr and Mrs L A Person spent Sunday with Mrs Persons brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Fred Runion at Coolville. Miss Virginia Pauline Durst is ill J B Person is spending a few days with his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Harvey Person in Guysville. Mrs Ralph Clutter daughter Peggy and son Bob of Moxahala Pa are guests of Fred Guth and nieces Misses Lena and Katie Guth. Mrs Eva Russ and Mrs Dinnie Neutzling were dinner guests of Mrs Mary Huber Union Ave Sunday Miss Anna Marie Schorr is seriously ill at her home on Mulberry Ave. Mrs Susan Pullins returned to her home at Flatwoods Sunday
Middleport Presbyter ian Church hosts joint meeting of the Missionary Society and Whatsoever Class on Friday Feb 5. The Whatsoever Class meets at 2 PM with a study on A Preface to Racial Understanding presented chapter by chapter by different presenters. An indoor picnic dinner will be served at 6 PM.
After a visit with her daughter Edith Ament on E Main Street Mrs. Louise Forbes will entertain the Forest Run Bethany Sunday School adult class at her home Thursday evening. George Faris was summoned from Washington DC by the death of his uncle Rollin W Schwegman.
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