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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1933
Page
10
Judge M Whitcraft told a Sunday service that most criminal and civil law rests on the Bible with Mosaic roots. He noted the eye for an eye rule evolved after Christ brought mercy and love, while the groundwork remains in the first five books. Attendance was large at the joint service of three churches.
Mrs Ethel Sunnott and others rented a Lancaster cottage over the weekend while Helen Fariey visited Millersport. Sam Farley hosted a stay, Sonny Robinett had his tonsils removed, and James Brown suffered serious burns from a fire. Visits by Snyder, Crothers, Carter, Webb, Filley, Matheny, Vollmer, Achauer, Bond, and families are noted along with Fourth of July gatherings.
Robert Easterling reports from the Hocking County contingent at the C C Camp in California Hot Springs that they have plenty of work and good living conditions. He notes members are enjoying themselves, securing nice jobs, and staying with supportive fellows in a well kept camp. Easterling lives in Ward Township. Others in the group plan longer enrollment and have written relatives about their experiences.
Quiet courthouse morning. the jury room bell rang for release. Relief workers cleaning walls had accidentally locked themselves in and could not exit until deputies freed them.
Haydenville Standard Bearers sponsor the play Cupid and Calories to be staged Friday night July 14 in Murray City. Directed by Vern Robinett the production features Dolores Rheinshield visiting Somerset relatives and local social notes about the Brown Sinnott Patton and Hurley families.
Logan reports Mrs. Elizabeth Felber Bye and Mr. Jacob Bye with Mrs. Clara Felber Murray of Columbus attended the Red Dick Reunion at Mt. Pleasant Sunday. They paused to visit Mrs. John F. Bond and her family on the way home.
Logan on July 1 reports that the Wieckrey divorce trial will open next Monday before Judge Harley M Whitcraft. Twenty two witnesses have been summoned by the contestants, with principals long married and parents of ten children, several minors.
A string of local gatherings is noted as Torch residents join others for Fourth of July activities and visits. Names include Floyd Richards Rex Anderson Howard Dewess Raymond Woodburn Lucy Coleman and the Smiths. Nearby hosts and guests extend to Athens Beebe Middlesboro and Cincinnati Hill.
Union residents report a Wiener roast held at Harry Hooper's home on Monday with several young attendees. Community updates note moves and visits including William Cornell relocating to Mrs. Ross's home, and various callers and travelers among Union and nearby areas.
Farm women will hold a camp in Fairfield County from July 30 until Aug 2 with classes and recreation facilities. Several attendees are expected from Hocking County according to the extension service.
The Cutler Centenary School won the banner for the largest attendance at the annual Sunday School convention held at the Centennial Church in Cutler on July 11. Several local families visited relatives during the Fourth of July weekend, including Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, Worstell, Gill, Patterson, and others from nearby towns. Harold Gill was recalled to Marietta to resume work in the oil fields.
The Young Women’s Class of the M E Sunday School and teacher Nannie Addis held an ice cream supper Friday night at Marguerite Carmean’s home. Several locals were noted visiting relatives in Wellston Barberton and Ath ens with activities including a golden wedding and a nineteenth birthday celebration.
Torch July 11 Independence Day passed very quietly with only firecracker pops and flag display. Attendees joined ball games and attractions at the old fairgrounds. Mrs. Rowena Nixon hosted the Baptist Church Missionary Society Thursday afternoon.
Virgil McLain and Fillmore Taylor returned Saturday night from California where they had gone with a forestation contingent from Athens County. Mrs. Eliza Akers near Albany visited friends here en route to Carbondale with her daughter Jeanette. Relatives report the rapid recovery of Mrs. Effie Kengle of Norwood from goiter surgery.
More than 50 attendees gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Chambers in Long Bottom for a golden wedding celebration with an elaborate noon dinner on the lawn. Notable guests traveled from Chauncey Athens Middleport Dana Pomeroy and Reedsville. In Shade River area, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lowden also marked a golden wedding at their home, the third in their family, following earlier celebrations by his brother and another relative.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cynthia Adeline Dunn were held at 10:30 this morning at her home. She died Sunday night at Addison age 83. Rev. C. G. Billups officiated and burial followed in Leon Cemetery. widow of Robert Dunn born June 16 1948 in Mason County West Virginia. Survived by three daughters Mrs. Martha Sullivan Mrs. Gordon Sibull of Point Pleasant and Mrs. Fred Henry of Kanauga.
In Gallipolis on July 11 a 15 year old girl, Mrs. Virginia B. Phillips, petitioned for divorce from Fred Phillips after four months of marriage. Filed through her father R W Fillinger the action seeks alimony and restoration of her maiden name. They wed March 13, 1933. The plaintiff accuses the husband of assault and abuse.
Mrs. S. M. Butler with twin sons Franklin and Bruce from Schenectady New York arrives Wednesday to visit her mother Mrs. Osa Baird for several weeks. Charlies Richard of Huntington visits with his brother William Richard and Mr and Mrs C C Richard. Mrs. Robert L. Jones and daughters Janetta and Dorothy Lee travel to Detroit to visit relatives. Nina Ayres of Portsmouth visits her mother and sister Mrs John Ayres and Mrs H W Cherrington. Mrs M A Cahoon and sons of Ann Arbor Michigan stay with her brother J Everett Gills and family.
Local social visits include the Deckards and Randall families in Columbus with multiple relatives from the area spending the Fourth with Mrs. G W Brooks. Eleanor Varney and Meta Jordan visited Mrs. Sarah Broughman. Jordan stayed a few days. Otto W Lasley of Gallipolis, brother of Mrs Merrill Kerr of Athens, died in Seattle July 7. funeral held Monday.
Gallipolis announces a Scout picnic for all Boy Scouts of Troop No. 1 and parents at Fairfield Lake on Friday evening. Scouts meet at the lake at 6 o'clock for a campfire and scouting demonstration.
Asa Bradbury of Middleport was arrested by city officers on Second Avenue for possessing intoxicating liquor while seated in his car. A preliminary hearing is set for next Saturday before Mayor A J Stormont.
Gallipolis loses its oldest citizen Martha Frances Summers aged 98 who moved to Augusta Kentucky to live with daughter Mrs Charles Gray after 69 years in the city. Her son Ed Summers remains at the family home. Also reported, 25 Gallia County teachers are receiving new or renewed certificates for one to three years.
Mrs Zack Nixon of near Maxville was brought to Cherrington Hospital for X ray after injuries from a fall several weeks ago failed to respond to treatment.
Government flour support in Gallia County will end July, announces Mrs. C C Richard executive secretary of the local Red Cross chapter. Supplies are nearly exhausted and will not be replenished. Only the neediest families receive flour now. first deliveries began April 19.
In Gallia County a temporary injunction bars Joe Garlic John Hull Tom Swindler James M Sheets and Corbett Sheets from conducting meetings at the Bethlehem Church of Regular Baptists in Guyan Township. Since 1932 they allegedly held services violated church rules damaged the building and trespassed on church property. A permanent injunction is sought.
Gallipolis July 11 Dr C H Creed superintendent of the Athens State Hospital will be moved to his Athens home Wednesday from Holzer Hospital. He was admitted two weeks ago for an emergency abdominal operation. Norma Jean Lee 16 month old daughter of Mrs Sherman Lee died at Holzer Monday. Admissions yesterday included Roy Wayne Russell 7 son of Roy Russell Kananga appendix operation Charlie Cohen Guysville treatment and Mrs B P Roush of Point Pleasant operation.
Gallipolis July 11 Mrs. Neva Marten longtime assistant in the Addison Post Office serves as acting postmistress after the death of Mrs. Frank Ely.
Fy Elkins of Coal Valley faced a liquor possession charge in Gallipolis. He was fined $200 plus costs and remanded to County Jail on failure to pay. The reported case notes he is father of eight with a large family.
Houck was elected alternate to the convention from the Eighty District and appointed to plan the next gathering in the city. Paul Wetherholt chaired the by-laws committee. Attendees from Logans here included Mr and Mrs George Lea Sullivan Paul Wetherholt and Mrs H E Houck.
Gallipolis reports the Cordill steamer arriving from Pittsburgh as river stage remains low below normal. Measured levels show activity expected to pass in the next 24 hours as Pugh of Gallia County is advised by Probate Judge J. S.
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