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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
10
The Ohio River level at Gallipolis is climbing toward a crest expected soon. Readings indicate risingwaters may reach a peak within days, prompting cautions for local residents and plans for possible evacuation or sandbagging as authorities monitor gauges and weather forecasts.
GALLIPOLIS Ohio River continues rising with an evening stage of 53 feet as crests expected soon. Rumors of storms triggering headwater floods circulated but could not be verified. A light rain fell while residents evacuated briefly and roadways along Route 7 and nearby routes faced closures and detours.
Gallia County Engineer E N Leonard could not view most roads as flood waters rose. All meetings were postponed. Agriculture meetings by County Agent R R Starbuck moved to next Monday with sessions for Clay Township at Clay Chapel Church at 10 am and Perry Township at Corn Church at 1 30 pm to cover planned projects. The Farm Bureau discussion school set for Wednesday night was rescheduled to February 3 led by B C Hough of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.
Mazie Lane sued Walter Lane for contempt over $10 weekly alimony and was awarded $75 in a single payment or jail. Their son Johnny Lane is tied to the "Club House Gang," linked to multiple Gallipolis robberies. A paternity suit against Paul McNealey of Gallipolis by Mary Hawks of Ford County Tenn. was filed in Common Pleas Court after transfer from Justice Milli sers court, with McNealey posting $300 bond.
The London social scene shifts spotlight from the Duke of Windsor to the Duke of Kent. With Marina, the duchess, in confinement, Kent has been reported as the central figure drawing public interest and rumors surrounding royal circles.
Gallipolis residents witness a flooded highway as a yellow freight truck, carrying state workers and passengers, crawls along Vine Street through 200 yards of water. Bridges and stations are engulfed, with fear of a 50 foot drop into Chickamauga Creek if the vehicle slips. The town appears isolated, with ferry boat commuters parked nearby.
Gallipolis notices report Mrs. Vallie Wiseman widow of George Wiseman died at her son Don Wiseman's home in Erie PA. Funeral at the old home in Eno at 2 PM Friday with burial in Robinson Cemetery. Also legal notices name Trimble Jones as guardian of Carolyn Jones and Dr Ella Lupton as executrix of Madeline Langley's will.
Grass Run-Side Hill social notes list visits and relatives. Names include Bert Davis, Davis of Parker Run, Pearl Kennedy, Saxton family, Marvin Davis of Akron, Nicholson family, Margaret Amos, A. E. Plummer, Wate man White of Keno, Ho mer Lee, W. A. Hutton family, John Sheppard, Henry Molden of Middleport, Ruth Will, Marion McClure, Wilbur Hutton, Eleanor Taylor Langsville, Rutland school visit grandparents F. W. Winn.
The first silk mill in the United States was erected in 1810 at Mansfield Conn by Rodney and Horatio Hanks.
Federal Judge Mell G Underwood sentenced Ira Sowards of Gallipolis to two years in a federal correctional institution for federal liquor law violations, with the sentence suspended.
Gallia County residents repay Rural Rehabilitation loans totaling about 4033.34 by Jan 19 1937 at the Resettlement Administration office in Gallipolis. M T Haines notes 49 farm families borrowed in 13 months for a fresh start, with 1800 from those families already repaid. Since Dec 1 1935, 49 standard loans totaling 7797.17 and three emergency drought loans totaling 215 have been issued. repayments are strong despite last summer's drought.
ALBANY The Crusaders met Tuesday night at the Baptist Church. Rev. Avery Ballenger presided in the absence of the president. Thirty-nine members were present. A debating team was organized for the next meeting. Reverend Ballenger and Reverend Walters will act as judges. Refreshments were served by the Philathea Society of the Baptist Church. Dr. M. H. Mitchell is ill of tonsillitis. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morris, Akron, and Mrs. Arthur Lowther and daughter Louise, Lancaster, spent the week end with the parents of Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Lowther, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Morris. Frank Morris will leave soon to be employed in Java as a construction electrical engineer for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Sunday at the Methodist Sunday School Martha Lou and Richard Baughman received pins for two years of unbroken attendance. Martha Lou, in five years old, Albany Grange will meet Saturday night. A special program will be presented in charge of Floyd Fought, Ida Elliott and Althea Scott. Refreshments will be served. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Last spent last weekend in Huntington, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Martin. Sunday morning Miss Mary Frances Carpenter, Glouster, addressed the Methodist Sunday School and invited all those interested to attend Epworth League Institute to be held in Athens Saturday. While in Albany Miss Carpenter was the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Williams. The Carlsbad Caverns, N. M., have been the home of millions of bats for centuries, but white men did not know of the caves until the beginning of the present century.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules to flush waste from kidneys and soothe the bladder. It links nighttime urination, backache, and urinary issues to kidney activity and promises relief within days, claiming the capsules remove uric acid and aid joint pains.
An advertisement touts a treatment that allegedly drives poisons from the body. Six doses claimed to stop rheumatic and neuritis pains, twelve to reduce stiffness and swelling, one dose for gas and indigestion, a week to regulate bowels and the gall bladder. Sold in Athens at Gallaher Drug Store, 16 Court Bt.
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