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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1935
Page
2
County commissioners at a special session with Masonic Lodge representatives agreed to build a driveway from Second Street to the courthouse rear to serve the proposed post office if land purchase proceeds. Grading neighbors nine feet lower will create a nine foot hump with a 15 percent grade on each side to avoid hillside landslides.
Meigs County League of Young Democrats will meet tonight at 8 in Pomeroy City Hall. President Ernest Wingett reports membership doubled since March and aims for 800 by 1936 start. Committee reports will cover various activities.
Thomas Pemperton of the Federal Home Loan Bank will meet the Meigs County Savings and Loan Company depositors and stockholders in the Pom eroy courtroom at 7:90 p m Monday July 18. The meeting will decide on federalizing the local Building and Loan Association which was liquidated by the state. Depositors and creditors may transfer claims to other securities and a Federal Institution may be formed to guarantee deposits up to 5000 dollars.
Mrs. Charles Hughes of Albuquerque New Mexico and Mrs. Gene Hilbert of Cincinnati were guests of honor Tuesday at Syracuse Beach. Their Middleport High School classmates from 1915 and 1921 organized the party with a picnic supper.
Funeral services were held Monday for Estelline Anderson Saxton 77 a lifelong resident who died last Friday Burial took place at Anderson Cemetery Nearby residents and relatives hosted visits and gatherings at homes across Grass Run Side Hill and surrounding towns with several mentions of guests and social events. Henry Landera was arrested Wednesday in Pomeroy on shoplifting charges at a local grocery store.
Middleport social items note visits by Mrs. Gene Hilbert and Cincinnati relatives, Mrs. Eugene Roberts from Akron, and local move ins. Ladies Auxiliary to the Feenay Bennett Post plans a polluck supper July 15, plus a meeting in South Fourth Avenue. Scout troop No 1 heads to Long Bottom for a Byron Hayman Camp trip with Lena Mae Fels as captain. Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church set to meet July 12 at 7:30.
Letart Falls notes brief social mentions of visitors and relatives. Rush McNiclos of Plante is seriously ill. distant relatives from Mason City Jackson Mich Deane Texas and New Jersey visit or accompany family. Local residents entertain and host relatives over the weekend.
Chester The ice cream supper hosted by the Ladies Aid Society of the M E Church drew a large crowd Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Ralph Windsorm returned to Akron after visiting here with their niece Miss Elma Smith. Betty O Conner led the beginners banner for highest attendance at the Sunday School.
Heavy afternoon rain on July 4 brought near four inches to the area causing garden damage. County Commissioner Bingham and wife left camp due to his mother Mrs Hattie Beverage illness in Cincinnati. Numerous visitors including Mrs Josephine Watkins and Wi Casley from Athens and Mrs Stella Chevalier hosted by relatives. Visitors from Charleston, Pt Pleasant, Cambridge, Akron and Joppa were noted with short stays and family greetings.
Ten members of the newly organized Harrisonville garden club met at the high school to outline a program of activities. It will remain local until September when plans will be made to affiliate with a national club. The town's social notes also report a funeral, visits, and a reunion.
Langsville social notes record visits and greetings. Mr and Mrs Cecil Bolin entertained with relatives from Middleport and Rutland. Bolins began housekeeping in Middleport after Akron trip. Various locals including Bernice Leach Huntington Imogene Queen and James McClure visited or stayed with relatives in nearby towns.
Members of the Sunday School Class of the Presbyterian Church hosted a wiener roast and picnic at Shenang Springs. Mrs Plum mer Beeson taught and Rev. C C Bailey and his wife attended as guests. Each member invited one guest for the outing.
Rutland report shows at a Workers' and Farmers' Association meeting the election of officers concluded from the previous session with Herbert Miller chosen as president and Tom Bailey as vice president and a recording secretary elected.
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