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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1919
Page
8
Edward Anderson of Middleport on parole from Athens Hospital was ordered returned by the Probate Court Monday as his former trouble recurs. He remains not taken due to frail health. Anderson is a Spanish American War veteran from Company L of Middleport.
Mrs Amos sister of Mrs W FE Yeager of Gravel Hill left Middleton on a K M train Monday to Columbus but was taken ill en route. She was brought back by auto from Langsville. Fear she had a stroke but her condition is now much improved.
J P Joachim, a longtime Middleport businessman, will relocate with his family to Covington Kentucky after selling his Middleport home to Virgil Edwards and his wife who will take possession once vacated. The Bowen property on Fisher Ave also changed hands with Mr and Mrs J M Burchett the new owners and planning to move in soon.
The 17 year locust onslaught has not yielded reports in Pomeroy Bend. Ohio Valley League standings show Pomeroy moving to second place after weekend wins over Hartford 9-8 and Clifton 16-2. New Haven also gains by defeating Pt. Pleasant and Middleport on the same days as the standings update.
Mr and Mrs Charles J Kautz hosted a house dance Saturday night at their Spring Avenue residence in honor of newlyweds Mr and Mrs Ed J Hepp while Mr and Mrs A J Kautz celebrated their golden wedding Friday. Forty guests enjoyed music dancing singing and social diversions as the hosts were praised as royal entertainers.
Beech Grove Cemetery Trustees study widening the gate approach to the top of the hill to allow carriages and autos to pass safely. A conduit between road and hill and grading the slope would be laid, with modest cost and notable improvement expected.
Miss Mae Vaughan returns to work in Xenia after weeks with family, escorted by her mother who plans to visit. Miss Jennie Joseph takes a matron post at the I O O F home in Springfield. Mrs Earl Chase and sons Olen and Harley finish a Columbus visit. Olen narrowly avoids an appendectomy. The Centenary crowd at Columbus will be joined by W L Stivers, Wm Andrews, and the Hbersbach and Hartley couples. Mrs Phil Hepp and two children of Wellsville visit Mr and Mrs August Hepp.
Fire discovered about eleven o'clock Monday night on a pump boat belonging to Pittsburg Mining Co. at Minersville. Both pump boats were consumed by flames, causing heavy loss to the company and leaving their fleet of coal barges without pumping facilities.
Earnest Eiselstein a former Meigs County youth who enlisted in Montana and was discharged at Camp Sherman visits Chester to see parents J A Eiselstein and family and friends. He chose the eastern discharge to enable the home visit.
Mr and Mrs Harry Moore host honor for Roy Moore returning from overseas in Athens with extensions of Moore and Gabriel families visiting in Columbus Union and Athens. Community members attend gatherings, visits to Poston, Chauncey, Wellston, Glouster, and Nobles among listed appearances. Notable items include ongoing illness of Rexavalia Phillips and Sonny Anderson’s birth celebrated last week.
A drowning man may see a floating straw as futile while others judge it as a lifeline. The saying contrasts perspective under peril, noting how risk and hope shift with circumstance.
Chauncey union Sunday school picnic drew a large attendance. Morning session featured song service and lessons led by Ligeelt Bradfield and Mrs Love. A big basket dinner followed. Afternoon program had recitations and songs by Gus Graham’s schools. Pastors Timmons Goddard and Felsen spoke. Hildreth Tucker delivered the farewell recitation.
At a joint Dover and Chauncey Board of Education session on Saturday afternoon the Chauncey High School faculty was set. W. K. Riley was named district superintendent, D. O. Chappel as school superintendent with Miss Katzenback and Miss Blanche Phillips as assistants. The article notes prior lists of grade teachers. Guests in Chauncey included Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Drake with visitors from Fisher and Athens, plus several Chauncey natives visiting.
Rev. Mr. Goddard preached his farewell sermon Sunday evening to a large audience. He has served as pastor of the First Christian Church in Chauncey for three years and earned many warm friendships in church and community.
C H Howard of Chauncey received a telegram announcing the sudden death of his brother in law Alex Willey at his Fountain Head Tennessee home. Willey a former local resident was well known by older Chauncey residents and is survived by a wife and several children. Donald Henry visited relatives in Columbus last week.
The Missionary Society of the First Christian Church cancels this week and will meet Thursday evening next week at the home of Mrs. T. R. Hamilton. Full attendance is requested. Guests include Lon Epstein of Pittsburgh and others. family visits noted from Chauncey and Camp Sherman area.
Funeral services for Mrs Henry mother of Wilfred Henry will be held in Chauncey Wednesday morning conducted by Rev F C Ransdell of the Christian Church. Burial will be in Nye cemetery. She died Sunday evening at her daughter’s home in Columbus after a lingering illness. She was known in Chauncey with many friends who regret her death. Miss Lena A Wilson hosted guests last week including Misses Anna Talenberg Sarah Shamasky and Anna Harris. Mrs Mary Talenberg of New York City visited Chauncey with Mr and Mrs Will Shields of Athens Sunday.
The Amesville squad hosted the local team and edged them 7 to 4 in a fast game. Matson starred in the field making several difficult plays while Gardner Eckhard Jago Kline Omen and McDaniel each added two base hits. Omen Hillyer Potter and others pitched, three double plays were turned, and the game lasted two hours and five minutes.
Washington reports the bureau of mines will host a national first aid and mine-rescue contest in Pittsburgh on September 30 and October 1. Miners nationwide are training in emergency first aid and rescue, with many local trials already held or planned. The event aims to showcase lifesaving skills and boost safety across the industry.
Athens will celebrate July Fourth with an evening band, a daytime double header at O. U. field between Elks and Camp Sherman, and Willard-Dempsey fight news at the opera house. No fireworks due to city ordinance. uniforms urged for ex servicemen. stores open Thursday and closed Friday.
Sunday visits reported among Bedford residents include Melvin Cuckler and family with Raymond, Charles Atkins and spouse in Athens, Glen Hart and family, Clive Quivey and kin, Golda Haning from Athens, and Lovan Cucklers. Helpers Emmet Jones family, and Carol Henderson assisting Mrs Guthrie. Villa Whaley from Darwin aiding Weber’s family and caring for a newborn girl.
Mr John St Clair and wife welcome a son Ray Morris works with brother Dorcel in Jerseyville shop. Mr Sephedis Hart visits Sunday with brother Dan Hart. Frank Goldsberry and wife with daughter Alice of Albany spend Sunday with the latter’s Bur lingham parents.
A correspondent describes arrest and brief liberty under bolshevik rule. He is treated harshly yet allowed to stay for a few days, with no hotels, no interpreters, and cameras forbidden. The guard carves out limited freedom as propaganda piles up.
Market notes from St. Louis report Richard Shaw and Richard Porter selling thirty three quarts of dead flies for 19 dollars. Quotation today stood at sixty cents per quart.
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