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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1935
Page
3
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Meigs County Scouts discuss Washington Jamboree plans for August. Troop 40 Middleport and Troop 42 Pomeroy are the only troops sending a Scout. others may raise $50 to join. Bake sale by Troop 42 Saturday at Sanitary Grocery to fund costs. Troops 40 41 selling tickets for The Poor Married Man at Masonic Temple July 19 in Syracuse. Troop 43 Racine held inspection and planned overnight hike. Troop 45 Syracuse met with 13 Scouts, planned hikes, oath and laws observance.
POMEROY Approximately 450 men will be employed in Meigs County under the new Works Progress Administration which will be in force Aug 1 according to Paul Rock county relief director. The WPA program will replace the Federal Works Relief Administration. WPA workers in Meigs County will receive 40 a month for 130 hours of labor. All workers will be placed through the National Reemployment Office at Middeport. Persons who do not register there will not be eligible for positions.
Mrs George Wittmer entertained the Grand International Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Thursday at North Third Avenue. Auxiliary president Mrs Dea Hayes led the gathering with Mrs Mary Williams from Shara ville Pa inspecting the local group before a social hour and a three course dinner at five o clock.
Rutland reports William Myers suffered a stroke and is in critical condition. Mrs. P. W. Winn visits relatives in Columbus for two weeks. B N Powell resumes work at J N Rathburn store after vacation. Theobald improving after illness. Golf club to hold flag tournament with several prizes. Webb Hall and son in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mutchler back from East tour. Evelyn McKnight in Columbus visiting. Charles Musser on rural mail route vacation. William Shain of Antiq uity jailed for intoxication and cruelty to animals after beating a cow.
Gallipolis City Manager Adolph Henke outlines possible FERA funded paving on Vinton Avenue if property owners contribute, and extending Brandstetter Heights water mains. A four block downtown concrete street project awaits State Relief approval after owners agree to $1 per front foot. Gas lines are being lowered and service lines renewed. prep work precedes an August air show and regatta.
Gallia County residents from Gallipolis Thurman Rio Grande Patriot Vin ton Kyger Mercerville and nearby areas attended the Ohio State University summer sessions in Columbus. Names include Robert Betz Benjamin Evans Ernest Christ Howard Hardway Paul Healy Dean Jones Frank O Brien William O'Brien Louise Switzer Edward Edwards Emogene Hawker Kermit Massie Charles Mossman Blodwen Williams Esther Aleshire John Clark David Davis Wilfred Packer Fred Hamrick Walter Neal Wallace Wiseman Lola Trainer Cecil Davis Raymond Pope Anna Pounds Frederick Shafer G. Ara Grover John Lusher and others from the region.
Judge W R White ordered Baker Gordon to pay support for their minor children. He was allowed to sell 15 lambs and may sell one or more of five cows. The stock had previously been reserved from sale by a court order.
Gallipolis report shows dynamite instruments in a Palm Room presentation by a refining company debunking water witch methods. Dick Wiley's orchestra and C R Culp provided music while Ferne Bradbury mentioned reels. The event drew about fifty inside and many outside, promoting the Power Behind the Pump show to Athens at 8:30 Monday night.
Anzel Haycraft, employed on the new dam in Gallipolis, was taken into custody on a neglect charge regarding two minor children. The warrant was sworn by Mrs Grace Leonard of Marion County, formerly of Middleport, who has since remarried. Marion County officers delivered Haycraft to Marion County for trial Thursday night.
Gallipolis action reports include Leonards electing Leonards at Georges Creek Grange Hall with Leonards history task force named. A cemetery cleanup committee also formed James Rothgeb Claud Leonard and Flogd Leonard.
Mr and Mrs Corbin Matthews announce the birth of a son at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. The report notes Gallipolis hottest day yet this summer, reaching 96.5 degrees, with prior record 95. The weather observer Edwin McCormick reports 113 degrees previously last July.
Neal, held in the county jail on a dish theft charge, was released Wednesday on a $200 bond furnished by Mrs. Rose Canningham. He told officers his baby was critically ill.
Two nominees for important posts in the U S diplomatic service are Hoffman Philip of New York and Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr. of Philadelphia. Philip, after years in the corps, will move from Norway where he has been minister since 1930 to Chile as ambassador. Biddle was nominated to succeed Philip in the Norway berth.
Mrs. Larah Betts Miss Nina Russell and Miss Nella Mackin entertained with six tables of bridge at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B H Rawlings beyond Rutland Thursday night The Rawlings farm with its large country home makes a pleasant place for parties and picnics.
The Ohio River remains at pool stage near nine feet and muddy. The Gordon C. Greene packet shows growing passenger business between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. The Reliance towboat undergoes several weeks of repairs at the Acme Boiler Shop, built in 1916 in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. The J. C. Rawn towboat, owned by the Ohio River Dredging Company, burned boilers at Lock No. 9 and continues to tow coal, sand, and gravel. All boats in the district are active with heavy towing demand. The United States lighthouse steamer Greenbrier carries light supplies and has installed electric flicker lights, with headquarters once at Cincinnati. The Henry F. Laughlin sails for Memphis and New Orleans with nine barges of Pittsburgh steel products. Inland and W. C. Kelley towboats pass upstream with 12 steel barges, and the Sam Craig from Memphis brings one of the season’s heaviest upstream tows.
Andrew Barnett an 11 year old Negro youth died at Athens State Hospital after a two month commitment. He was survived by his mother Flora Barnett and several step children. Funeral services were held Thursday with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. William Edwards Boughton announces the marriage of her daughter Helen Fellows to William Clark Davis on June 22 in Buffalo New York. Davis is the eldest son of the late Elmer and his Middleport family resided elsewhere. The couple will reside in Cowlesville New York and be at home to friends.
Mr and Mrs Fr nest Whaley and son Glenn and family visit then return to Marion Mississippi Helen Corbin visits relatives in Middleport and returns to Portsmouth Ward Durst Jr in Holzer Hospital improving and condition satisfactory
Mrs Griff Russell and her daughter Virginia left Thursday for Colorado Springs Colo to visit the former's son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs J L Sewell for a month En route they will stop in Muskogee Okla to spend several days with Mr and Mrs Fisher Russell Te A Russell arrived at Colorado Springs Wednesday Busy Bee Class entertained at B E Talbott home hosts were Mrs J W Byers Mrs W M Haptonstall Mrs H M Cross and Miss Florine Talbott
Chester Sunday at Carbondale headlines a clash between two strong teams with Chester boasting two losses this season. Carbondale yesterday toppled Vinton County All Stars 10 to 5 in 12 innings, showcasing its late surge.
Parole Officer Martin of the State Public Welfare Department found the Meigs County jail in Pomeroy to be in excellent overall condition and the sanitary standards rated good after a recent inspection. The report highlights a high standard of jail maintenance and cleanliness. Meanwhile, Mr and Mrs Verne Zuspan stayed with relatives as their nephew and niece visited. Mr and Mrs C L Roush traveled from South Sixth Avenue to Gallipolis for their daughter Enid, who had been in Holzer Hospital for 10 days and may require further hospital care in Richmond Indiana.
Mrs. W. M. Clin of Albany and Mrs. J. B. Sisson of Athens visited A. R. Tedrow in Pomeroy on Wednesday evening.
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