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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
10
In Peoria Illinois Gerald Thompson will face a first degree murder trial on July 22 for the criminal assault slaying of Mildred Hallmark. A strong guard will be posted in court to prevent violence by the mob.
Carpenter scene reports the annual BY. FP U. picnic of the Pomeroy Association held at State Farm Park with attendees from Gallipolis Middleport and distant points as well as Mt Union and Carpenter. afternoon games and a vesper service followed by Rev Kreiger of Middleport delivering the sermon.
Local families from Murray City and surrounding towns are listed visiting relatives across Ohio. Names include Robsons in Pennsylvania, Tiptons in Toledo, Loper in Vaul, and many others traveling between Akron, Cambridge, Glouster, Logan, Cadiz, Zanesville, Columbus, and Nelsonville for family gatherings and events over the weekend.
No church services will be held at Lawrence Chapel on Sunday due to Bethel church homecoming. Read notes on local visits and family gatherings including Swartz and Clarence, MacCalusky, Smith, Gaston, and Allen families with extended relatives and travel to Salem, Athens, and Toledo events. Brenda Law’s death is reported among hospital stays and family affairs.
East St Louis stockyard reports continued light receipts of choice weight hogs with prices rising to 10.26 per hundredweight to set the highest top in nearly five years. A note adds an unrelated line about moaquite hatching years after laying.
Attendees at the Zaleski funeral included Mr. and Mrs. James MacHarg and families from Athens New Marshfield Clair Giles and others. A large group from Columbus Harrisonville Wellston South Vienna and Pomeroy joined relatives for the service with post funeral greetings. The gathering also noted visitors from Asheville and Athens and updates on local residents and sick or recovering individuals.
Sunday School attendance was 62 at Rock Springs. Various local residents visited relatives and hosted guests over the weekend including Rev. Bert OConnor in Rock Springs and families from Rutland Pomeroy and Belfast. Provisional note of riot-related fighting occurred during a burial at a Belfast cemetery.
A large barn owned by Harold Gardner burned Friday afternoon in Langsville. No livestock were lost, but harness and other equipment were destroyed. Several local residents and relatives visit family members in the area during the weekend, with community events planned including an ice cream social at Langsville Church on July 27 to benefit the church.
Jo Marsh worries about happiness as she contemplates a lucrative fall job at Crest Lake. Bret Paul’s last words linger, questioning whether her fortune costs more than she can pay. A knock brings Misa Daryen with an early dinner reminder as the scene ends.
Monongahela and West Penn Public Service Company plan extending electric lines down the Ohio River an other mile. Local residents and visitors are noted with several names and brief movements in town including baptisms and visits from relatives.
Friends gathered at the Woodyard home near Chase to celebrate Lois Woodyard’s twentieth birthday last Saturday night July 13. The event featured games, music, ice cream and cake, with other local families visiting through the weekend and community events planned at Irving Creek school for church benefit.
A. A. George counsel for Russel Swiger said Muskingum County residents will petition the parole board Friday to commute Swiger’s July 22 slaving sentence for Harold Fleming.
Millfield and Dover Notes report a head on collision on Mt. Nebo involving Herman McCune of Sand Ridge and O R Russell of Millfield with minor bumper damage to Russell. The item also lists residents visiting, moves, hospital cases, funerals, and recoveries in the Millfield area.
Walter Kilman age 15 died Wednesday after his bicycle collided with an automobile. A companion riding with him escaped with bruises. The other item notes Mark Twain born 1835 prophesied to die with Halley’s Comet in 1910, and the comet’s next appearance.
Mr and Mrs George Beott held a surprise birthday gathering for son Dale last Saturday night. More than five guests attended as part of the Albany Rural Route community event.
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