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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1935
Page
3
Trustees and Commissioners met to discuss a proposed Federal building for the community of Pomeroy. The court and lodge representatives supported a county survey to map the right of way and seek federal aid, with a plan to place a stone monument and connect the project to the state program.
Ray Gibbs acting for the Fair Board announced plans for the Meigs exposition. He said a large crowd is hoped for and a major feature may include an electric refrigerator or a sedan given away as a prize.
The ceremony announced today in West Jends links Forrest McCann age 1 and Owen McCann Price age 20 of Rut ter to Clarence Price and Alva Lane ages 41 and Vernia Mae Cham of Kygerville. A marriage license was issued Tuesday.
Friday meeting of Po e and Laurel ay to discuss degree work with two twenty minute sessions led by Colum urel Granges. Refreshments to follow at the location in ER-Meigs County.
Rev and Mrs C C Bailey and Miss Swisher will visit relatives in New Bedford Pennsylvania until after the Fourth of July. Mrs Leo Searls visits Huntington for a week with relatives and friends. Mrs William Huggins remains ill at home with her mother Mrs Martin Collins seriously ill. Mrs Gertrude Talbott Baker of Miami will spend the summer with relatives on South Sixth Avenue. Mr and Mrs J E Atkinson travel to Columbus for a week while he takes a vacation from night operator duties.
Four year mail contracts for Meigs County routes awarded. Downing to Pomeroy six times weekly 144 miles at $309 yearly to Glenn Jewell. Murray J. Hopkins handles Alfred Sumner Chester to Pomeroy 17.70 miles six trips weekly at $548 yearly. H Ray Allison covers Athens via Pomeroy Middleport Gallipolis 49.70 miles six round trips weekly at $1,080 yearly. Athens and Downington men do not collect mail en route.
POMEROY Sugar Run storm and sanitary sewer system construction by FERA now seems assured after a special village council meeting. Frank Mason and A W Nixon urged action on unsettled points. Oil streets plan approved with 75 barrels of oil to be purchased. Street improvements planned for Peacock Lane Sugar Run, Pleasant Avenue Naylors Run.
Mrs Bertha Rathburn home in Rutland hosted a lawn party for Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church Home Missionary Society. Miss Eva Simma led the program after the business meeting, guests enjoyed two course refreshments, and plans were set for an August 15 1935 family picnic at Mid Way School on the Harrisonville Road.
Mrs Herbert Chambers visits Columbus with son R J Chambers and sister Mrs J W Major while her husband f ish es with a Benton Harbor group. Frank Rice and daughter from Toledo stay with Effie Rice family. Thelma Howard recovers from a tonsil operation. Fourth of July plans include Hocking State Park with Ohlinger family and a Columbus scout troop visiting.
Albany notes relatives visiting for T. A. Welch funeral at Mrs. J. E. Cline home include Dr. Ollie Strong and family, Mildred Welch, O. L. Dustheim er, Mellie Cline, John Race and daughter. Revival set at Temple M. E. Church next Sunday. iris bloom and other social events feature campus trips, bake sales, picnics, and church gatherings with numerous local residents and guests.
After a year of meetings in the A M E Church, Nazarene Church members will hold services for the next weeks in the Hamilton Mission Building on South Fourth and Hamilton Streets. The former church site was purchased by the Feenay Bennett Post of the American Legion as the Nazarene group looks for a lease or sale option.
Mrs. Floyd Rinehart of Westerville and Ruth Salzer of Columbus left Monday for their respective homes after attending the wedding service of Victor Hyeell on Sunday. Mrs. Frank Becker of Akron visited then returns home. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hoffner and family and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Warner and children leave tonight for a Fourth of July vacation at Buckeye Lake.
J L Fauber suffered two fractured ribs Monday evening after a fall in the bath tub at his Mulberry Avenue home.
A kitchen shower honored Mr. and Mrs Curtis Bailey at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cole on Saturday evening. Visitors included George Conway and two children from Akron, staying with Joshua Turban and Tillie Reed, and Paul Brooks visiting Verda Hannaum and Minnie Hannaum.
Murray City and surrounding area residents are listed as visiting relatives and friends over the weekend. Notable names include Loper, Palmer, Thomas, Stiff, Anderson, and Hite with guests from Toledo, Akron, Pataskala, Shadyside, and Columbus.
Dexter residents and visitors are noted in a roundup of social calls and travels. Mr. and Mrs. H C Smith hosted guests from Huron, Emmett Wiseman of Toledo visited J F Bowles, and C W Cahoon traveled with Wiseman toward Mackinaw Michigan for a month.
More than 125 attended Columbia Grange on Friday night when Star Grange presented a literary program including songs, a flag drill, a recitation, instrumental music by the Johnson twins, a play, and a solo by Charles Bolen. Roberta Parker was reinstated. Sidney Parker and Robert Wheeler received first and second degrees. Many local moves, visits, and social events noted in Carpenter area, including birthday party for Dena Radekin, Miss Fontelie Caster at Girls Industrial School in Delaware, and various church and family activities through the week.
Middleport reports new World Wide Guild Junior Missionary Society officers for the coming year with Letty Fugate as president and Marguerite Hysell as vice president. Kathryn Clark serves as secretary-treasurer. The next meeting is set at Mrs. Max Lambert home on Palmer Street. In Gallipolis, judge W R White appoints Luther Porter Woods McCarley and Charles Jacobs to partition litigated property in the Hickerson case.
Gallia County reports a record 94 degrees on Tuesday July 2 1934 with earlier days of the week at 93 91 and notes a pattern of extreme heat last year and forecasts hotter weather ahead. Clouds and lightning Tuesday night hint at possible rainfall within 24 hours amid soft soils delaying harvest and field work.
Gallipolis Rotary Club opened with RE. EF. Higgins presiding at the Lafayette Hotel Tuesday night. Craig Slagle delivered an inspirational address titled The Fling in preparation for the Fourth of July week.
Following the example of larger cities the Gallipolis store has extended hours. It will now open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
The Chester M B Ladies Aid Society plans an ice cream supper on the Commons Saturday night July 6 for a church benefit. Local visits include Cincinnati couple Mr and Mrs George Baur and daughter with her husband and Pomeroy visitors Mr and Mrs Theodore Eiselstein. Attendance at the Chester E M Sunday School reached 100. Other notes report visits in Albany Norwood Columbus and Athens and a quarterly Chester Charge meeting set for Sunday afternoon at the M B E Church. Burns and a head wound near the eye are noted for George Power and Clarence Dean.
Gallia County schools will defer bond borrowing to cover late last year expenses until after July 20 to avoid a tax levy. County Supt H Bion Bradbury cites a Portsmouth Supreme Court ruling requiring voter approval for governmental loans. Notes maturing Feb 1 196? would not tax-budget until after July 20 and be secured by thee water tax collected by February.
Vernon Ward entered a guilty plea in Justice Fred Milliser's court to impeding an officer. He was bound over to the common pleas court on a $500 bond after a dog warder, Homer Kemper, accused him of taking a dog from an officer's car for lacking a license tag while the animal was caged.
Gertrude Saunders swore out a warrant in Judge A. J. Stormont court alleging Mrs. Cassius Canaday struck her after Saunders warned the Canaday boy to stay off her property. The incident arose over Saunders’ instruction to keep off the lawn.
George W. Radekin aged 81 of near Vinton died Monday in Columbia at the home of his son Richard after a drive there on Saturday. He suffered from arterial hardening. Surviving children include Elza Frank and Newton of Columbus and a daughter Mrs W L Troth who lived with him at Vinton.
In Gallipolis Judge A J Stormont fines listed for multiple drinkers including Ted Alien Noah Moore and others with $10 and coats of $4.90. Ralph Miller in Bidwell is fined $5 and costs $10.28 by Justice Pred Milliser for intoxication. A marriage license issued to Cecil Riffle and Little Mae Mull line with mother consent.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Peterson's Ointment from Peterson Ointment Co. for quick relief of itching pimples and skin irritation. It claims a six ingredient formula, free sample offer, and Buffalo New York mailing address for orders.
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