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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
3
Middleport Firemen announce an old fashioned bean dinner for Labor Day at the fire station. A baseball game between the Firemen and Glouster will precede the dinner with an admission fee, while the bean dinner is free. On Sunday July 26 the Firemen play Millfield at Pythian Park, a strong nemesis of Chester.
Meigs County poultrymen plan to join the ninth annual Ohio poultry tour starting in Northwest Ohio on Monday July 27. The group will visit Indiana flocks study marketing and feed at produce companies and mills and include a Purdue University Lafayette visit. The tour begins 11 30 a m at the junction of routes 24 and 30 near Fort Wayne and ends Thursday evening.
Ravenswood, West Virginia hosts the second annual Ohio River Festival September 5 6 and 7 with nightly pageants tracing George Washington life tied to the Ohio Valley The Ravenswood town site once granted to Washington for his victory over the French will be depicted and the drama will be staged in a specially designed outdoor amphitheater at the Ravenswood Athletic Field.
Beryl Drummond of the Waterloo Wonders was hurt on Symmes Creek when a dynamite fragment exploded while he chopped wood. He was taken to Marting Hospital Ironton in favorable condition. A separate item notes Mrs Eloise Woodyard, Crown City, mother of a Holzer Hospital newborn, seeks divorce from Edwin Woodyard. Also a NY note reports over 7.5 million daily telephone calls.
McCoy explains organic matter loosens clay soil in Meigs County and increases porosity aiding rainfall absorption and erosion control. Decaying matter supplies minerals, raises water holding capacity, and helps crops endure drought. Avoid selling straw after threshing. plow under alfalfa after deterioration to max benefits.
Em Pomeroy Percy L Peoples of Union Avenue began a cistern search on Laurel Street and found the bottom as well as the top. He descended with a ladder, disappeared into four feet of water, and surfaced bruised but safe after the deep cistern was explored. Mrs C W Jones nearby had directed the spot.
In a close community recreation league contest WPA edged Foundry 5 to 3 at the high school athletic field. Tonight CCC faces Monkey Run, and Kerrs Run hosts All Stars Friday at six o clock.
Paul Turnbull of Moundsville West Virginia was released Wednesday after a settlement withdrawn a paternity charge filed by Meigs County authorities. Deputy Hank Young said Turnbull had been held in the Pt Pleasant jail for several days at the request of authorities.
Rutland high school launches three meetings about the new vocational agriculture department. Star Grange Hall tonight at 8, Danville on Tuesday July 28 at 8, Rutland Grade School Thursday July 30 at 8. Open to high school boys on farms parents and all interested farmers.
Pomeroy High School Band will give a concert Saturday night on the Masonic lot behind the Courthouse. Lights will be installed and the public is invited. A permanent band stand may be built if arrangements allow. Konrad Scholl has directed summer practice sessions.
Former Pomeroy star Jimmy Clark will play third base for Marietta in the Sunday baseball game at Syracuse Ball Park against Chester and the Jay Cees. The Jay Cees lead Tri City League with 4 0. Batteries: Marietta Gip Davis Goletz Holley Chester Quillen Swan Young. Game starts 2 30.
Drew Webster Post unanimously passes three resolutions urging pensions for widows and orphans of World War veterans, keeping permanent disability ratings intact, and establishing civil disability status for World War veterans. Rufus Lide announces plan to push these through the Ohio Legion and National Conventions in Cleveland.
Mrs. C A Smith formerly of Meigs County is critically ill at her Thayer Missouri home with little chance of recovery. FE Reuter of Bull Run, her son in law, received word Wednesday. Mrs Reuter has been in Thayer for months helping care for her mother.
Middleport notes include William Barrett family visiting Clifton and staying due to his mother in law’s illness. Moves and visits from Mrs. Lewis Wolfe and Mrs. Ed Lewis relatives in Beech Street and Pomeroy and Chicago. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Miller. Clyde French visits Athens. Jane Stansbury helping in Columbus for Mrs. C. H. Horden. Grogan family spending their summer elsewhere.
Girl Scouts planning to attend the Aug. 9 camp at Camp Kinshuta near Chester must pass a physical exam prior to camping. Examinations will be provided free. Scouts continue collecting old rags to raise funds for camp. donors are urged to inform a troop member.
Middleport residents are invited as the Philathea Women of the Church of Christ hold an evening meeting at the church with president Mrs. H. B. Curd presiding. Hostesses include Mrs. Fred Whitlock Mrs. C. FE Vance Mrs. Edgar Allensworth and Mrs. Lewis Triplett.
Robert Gardner and family moved from Union Ave to Jackson where he was transferred. Mr. and Mrs. Slagel and son of Ironton visited Mulberry Ave relatives, with Mrs. Slagel staying longer. Mrs. Ralph Russell and others were in Athens and Columbus on Wednesday. Nora Tracy and Nigia Pierotti went to Buckeye Lake to visit Dana L. Tracy. Rev T Meir and family from Cullman Ala are visiting Lena Huber on Union Ave.
Middleport attendees join the United Brethren camp meeting at Union Campgrounds near New Haven WV with daily services and special music. August 2 marks the churchs 100th anniversary in West Virginia featuring a memory box opening at 2 p.m. and descendants reclaiming contents.
Mr and Mrs Paul Leonard arrived in Virginia Beach Tuesday for a short visit and stayed until Thursday afternoon with their hosts. They traveled home to Martinsville Va and were accompanied as far as Nallen West Virginia by Mrs Leonard and daughter Paula Jane to visit Mrs Leonard's parents Mr and Mrs E C Rider for a few weeks.
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