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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1938
Page
8
Gallia county residents travel to Camp Conley near Pt Pleasant for a review of 1500 West Virginia National Guardsmen. Gov Homer Holt and staff attend the event and join a military ball at Community Hall in Pt Pleasant. Dozens of guardsmen spend leave in Gallipolis as social events unfold in the sister city across the Ohio.
Bobby Molden two year old son of Mr and Mrs George Molden died last week at The Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. The community records a family bereavement as neighbors and relatives extend sympathy and note the quiet rural life surrounding the loss.
The Country Cous in's Club met at Lydia Kittle's Mason Street home for quilting and a pot luck noon dinner. Attendees included Anna King Crooksville Ora Kittle Lou Munden Glouster Pearl Wallace Lewis Clark Jo Ellen Sally Carter and members Nora Sayers Altha Dunlevy Amanda Armstrong Florence McCune Eda Kasler Frances Clark. Armstrong to host August 11 in Glouster. Loyal Women’s Class met July 13 at A. M. Rainey’s with guest Anna King and ice cream surprise from Sawyer Chalfant and Clark.
The write up centers on social and emotional matters as predominant themes for July 21. It highlights romantic potential and dramatic developments, especially around women, social events, and domestic life, with a note on a birth year bringing crowding of affection and adventurous dispositions.
Mrs. Mary E. Bartlett from Nelsonville and a state central committee woman attended the funeral of Sherman Eagle in Gallipolis on a Wednesday, joining prominent Republican leaders at the service.
Strod Kuhn 63 collapsed at his Fourth and Vine home Wednesday noon after leaving his miller job two hours earlier. Survived by wife and daughter Eva Farley, he was a local Baptist deacon and well known in the city and county. Funeral planned Friday afternoon at First Baptist Church. Local W C T U members met at First Baptist Church to join the National Hour of Prayer.
Fire crews responded to a Wednesday noon alarm at Herbert Saunders residence on Fourth near Vine. A painter's torch started the blaze but damage remained slight.
Thirty relatives and friends gathered for a reunion and picnic at Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Pope’s Lecta home. Numerous visits and engagements fill the note, including travels to Columbus and Chattanooga, hospital stays, and a 59th birthday surprise for James G. Evans.
Mrs. Bertha Rawson who runs the Hotel Libby dining room was the victim of an unusual accident when a chicken bone became lodged in her throat Tuesday night. It was removed with difficulty at Holzer Hospital and her condition is reported improved.
Revival meetings conducted by Rev. L. V. Bays at Oak Grove Church of Christ will conclude after Friday night's service.
GALLIPOLIS The Rose Commandery Knights Templars will send a large delegation and families to the district picnic at Ash Cave in Hocking County on Thursday August 4. Outdoor events start at 2 p m and run late. officers announce the outing will be without uniforms. Cotton sold for 43 cents a pound at Memphis and Galveston in 1919.
Miss Elizabeth Norman, a student nurse at Holzer Hospital Training School, is ill and hospitalized. Her home is in Gallipolis.
Annual McCall family reunion with relatives and friends set for Centenary on Sunday July 31, announced by Grace Wood, secretary.
More than 100 passengers aboard the Ohio River steamer Gordon C. Greene were taken on an automobile tour of Gallipolis and nearby areas after docking in the morning. The outing, organized by the Chamber of Commerce, pleased the travelers returning from Kanawha Falls to Cincinnati.
Probate Judge Clark notes July may match June for marriage licenses as couples from Vinton White Sulphur Gallia Crown City Middleport Plymouth Kanauga Cheshire and more are listed. In a separate notice Gallipolis resident Mabel Cummins was sent to Columbus workhouse for nonpayment of a fine after intoxication conviction.
Clip this ad and visit Gallaher Drug Store at 16 Court Street to claim a big bottle of Old Mohawk Medicine two weeks treatment for 49 cents. The firm offers a full refund if relief is not satisfactory for rheumatic and neuritis pains. One week’s use cleanses bowels and removes poisons. one dose may stop gas and indigestion. Demand the original red labeled package and avoid imitations.
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