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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1933
Page
5
The Mercy Council seeks public reaction to a proposed sewer system for Sugar District and surrounding areas. A $68,000 public works loan is discussed with July 5 as a deadline, seeking input from residents and businesses.
Four men from West Virginia and Ohio faces charges after a Kerrs Run dog theft. Bond set at $200 each. Hearing scheduled Saturday. A bird dog owned by O R Faris was recovered from their car following a chase in Gallia County.
Rutland July 5 Special Rutland Board of Education announces staffing for next year. O O Patterson named high school principal with Margt Spratt as commercial teacher Lucile Smith English Kenneth Leach history Ethe Chapman vocal music Konrad Choll instrumental music Car Penison science Miss Parrettor home economics Reeves elementary principal Reva Mills Mildred Hoppes fourth fifth or sixth grades Helen Miller primary Beatrice Pond first third grades Rural teachers listed Wright Thelma Michael Put Everett McKnight Beechrove Roy Saunders Lima Margar Wells Pleasant Valley G O Will Ass Run Seth Nichologon.
Mr and Mrs Bel Jordan and daughter visit East Liver pool while Hurl Spires is seriously ill and Curt Spires shows some improvement. Athens residents Claude Clark and Emory Ralph visit, Ohio State students Kenneth Leach return for weekend, forestation recruit Herbert Laning enters camp, Charleston’s Alicea Williamson visits relatives, Racine’s A Circle Wilbur Circle and The Plains pair join Theobald family, Bean and Gail Bean go to Columbus, Logan trip for Margaret Edith Williams Effie Denison and two sons.
Mrs Pearl Stvens of Parkersburg and Mrs Oakley Wiseman of Columbus visited Mr and Mrs Earnest Davis on Monday. Several locals attended the funeral of Mrs Carl Ogden at Dyesville Friday. Dexter defeated Radcliffe 6 to 0 here Sunday. Mr and Mrs Clayton Folden of Akron were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs W R Amos. Mr and Mrs Harold Smith and son of Wellsburg are guests of Mr and Mrs H C Smith.
Five persons were taken to hospitals Tuesday after Fourth of July automobile accidents in Pomeroy. Stanley Mulford of Cheshire suffered serious internal injuries when he was run over by a truck below Hobson. A head on collision near Brinker Hollow involved Mr and Mrs Bryant of Grafton and Mr and Mrs Dallas of Mason City. Yeager and spouse were sent to St Josephs Hospital, Parkersburg, and the Bryants to Holzer Hospital. None were reported critically hurt.
Middleport July 5. Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Stansbury hosted a family dinner on July 4 for the doctor’s 79th birthday. A longtime Middleport druggist, he has run a store there 54 years after earlier work in Rutland. He spoke of aging with a smile and plans to continue his daily store visits when possible. Guests included G. H. Stansbury and family, Pearley Stansbury, and O. G. Suter family with William.
Lincoln Hill residents held a post noon July Fourth picnic at Mr. and Mrs. George McQuigg home in Pomeroy. About thirty families and over 100 people attended with many out of town guests. After a picnic supper a fireworks display capped the reunion.
Visit records show Mr and Mrs J B King honeymooning through West Virginia Kentucky and Ohio before returning to Middleport to visit Mrs Kings former classmates. The couple plan to reside in Weiring Pennsylvania.
Gordon K. Harris and Orville Chambers, noted musicians, secured positions with an orchestra that will perform at Summerland Beach Buckeye Lake starting July 14. They traveled to Columbus this week and practice daily with the group before heading to the lake.
Middleport reports C. F. Rathburn elected lay delegate of Heath M. E. Church to the Methodist Lay Conference in Columbus in September. O. B. Stout chosen as alternate.
Ath ens residents Dan Cooley and Milo Bean were fined $10 and costs each by Mayor Robert H. Wood after arraignment on intoxication charges. Tom Penrod also from Ath ens was fined $5 and costs on a similar charge.
The Dowler family holds its eighth annual reunion at the Athens Fairgrounds on Sunday July 9. A basket dinner is scheduled for noon with an afternoon program. All family members and friends are invited.
DEDMOR N Y July It s a boy at the Henry W Stoneham home and they are proud of it. Agnes C and Henry W Stoneham announce their second regular dividend in Wallace Anderson Stoneham born Albany New York July 2 1983 weight 10 pounds 1 ounce.
Chesterhill July 5 following residents of Marion Township have leased land for reforestation. list includes Charles Woodyard Asan McGrew Mrs Sara Rubberman Miss Lizzie Adrian O L Chappelear H F Hallowell J H Adrian Mrs Eva Worthington A L Swabb W S Harris B G Hoon A F Wagoner J H Woolman R M Talbott. Three hundred acres leased in Marion township. T M Frisbey of Columbus visiting west of town. Families visit aunt Lottie Wilson in Lytlesburg. Dr Stanley Dougan of San Jose Calif visiting Chesterhill parents attended district medical meeting at Rocky Glen Sanitarium.
Annual home coming at McDougal church scheduled for Sunday with an all day basket dinner at noon and an afternoon program. Former community residents invited back. good attendance expected. CHAUNCEY, July 5.
Ladies' Aid Society of Millfield Church of Christ will hold a Friday night meeting at the home of Mrs. Clarence Sanders with Mrs. JC H Boudinot in charge.
Chauncey residents Mr. and Mrs G C L Cunningham and others joined a camping and fishing trip at Valea Mills over the Fourth of July weekend. The Dover Township trustees held their monthly meeting Saturday night at the Chauncey Town hall with members Harvey Courtney Beaumont Charles Bradfield Sr F E Boudinot Millfield and Guy E B Osborne acting as clerk.
Chauncry July 5 The D of P Lodge of Millfield will install officers Wednesday night All members urged to attend Mazon Council district school meeting follows with a potluck supper after.
Mr and Mrs H McDaniel of Millfield returned from a week in Chicago visiting the World’s Fair. Their sons Dennis and Gerald McDaniel plan to leave soon for a week at the fair.
A picnic party gathered at Mt. Hermon Church in Sharpsburg on Sunday for the annual reunion bringing together residents and former residents from Parkersburg Dunbar Dalswell Vincent Bartlett Caldwell Columbus Milford and Nelsonville. Funeral services for Hannah Thompson were held at Mt. Hermon and burial followed at Chesterhill. Families and visitors including the Henthorne and Harris households were noted in attendance through the day.
Misses Haze and Alberta Raber of Trimble returned Sunday from Marietta where they attended a Church of Christ Youths Conference that lasted ten days. They represented the Trimble Church of Christ and were accompanied home by Rev. and Mrs. G. B. Courtney and two children Marguerite and Gilbert Jr.
The Ames Bern Board of Education will hold a meeting Monday July 31 1933 at the High School building in Amesville Ohio to receive sealed bids for lump coal to supply Amesville and Grade Schools and six rooms in Bern Two. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Signed Trimble R D 17 Ohio.
The Bern Township Board of Trustees in Athens County Ohio invites sealed bids by 1 30 p m Saturday July 22 1983 for furnishing hauling and spreading 800 cubic yards of crushed limestone or gravel meeting State Highway Specifications for 3 1 stone. Bidders must submit a certified check equal to five percent of bid and the board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Daily rail timetable for Athens shows departures and arrivals on Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio lines. Includes No 3 and No 9 departures, Southbound No 2 and No 4, Northbound No 87, Southbound No 30, and Eastbound No 44 with daily except Sunday limits.
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