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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1933
Page
2
POMEROY July 2. Decision in the Karr case concerning disposal of 240 dollars alleged bribe money is delayed due to the ill health of Judge Harvey M. Whitcraft of Logan. Local attorneys reported the Ebersbach tax case also faces delay from the extensive written materials requiring study.
Camp season is in full sway along Pomeroy Bend with groups in camps along the river shore and others nearby. The Ohio River has been clear and warm for over a week. H M Cross and M A White traveled to Sunrise Camp below Cheshire for two weeks.
Curt Spires aged 7 died at home in Rutland on Monday morning after illness. He was janitor of Rutland Grade School and well known locally. Funeral services were set for 7 PM at the M E Church with burial in Miles Cemetery.
Middleport residents record a string of travel and family visits. Mr and Mrs Plummer Beeson left for Columbus where treatment awaits. Several families from Wellston Charleston Akron and Columbus visit local relatives as Mrs Powell shows improvement. Beach party and trips to Columbus mark the week in Meigs County.
Rutland notes report Merry Maids class picnic at Marry Williamson home and Harmony Circle beach party at Syracuse. K P Lodge social hour tonight. Rev Botton to preach Sunday at Christian Church. Susan Shipley death in Baltimore noted. Epworth League members return from Lancaster Camp Grounds with several named attendees and chaperones.
Fire of undetermined origin broke out Sunday morning in the old theater building in Racine. The blaze was extinguished before substantial damage occurred and only minor harm was done to the structure.
A funeral for Mrs. Mary E. Powell in Middleport drew visitors from Cincinnati, Zanesville, Pittsburgh, and Hamden. Mr. and Mrs. Jean Galbreth and their children, Mr. and Mrs. Don Allen, Joe Davis, Lester Calvin and daughter were among attendees, with many relatives and friends from nearby areas.
POMEROY July 25 The election board says abuse of the privilege for disabled voters to cast ballots early would help curb improper influence by candidates who assist or steer marked ballots. Candidates may not approach within 200 feet of polling places, and rules apply regardless of where a voter marks. Only Pomeroy and Middleport vote Tuesday Aug 8 with few absent ballots cast to date. campaign posters vary by town.
Mrs. F W Wilcox and son visited relatives in Huntington. Star Grange plans an ice cream social program at Honeaville Church on Saturday night July 29. Mrs. F A Miller and daughters returned from Aurora Illinois after visiting Earnest McKnight and the World’s Fair. Mrs. Charles Elliott and daughters returned to Columbus after visiting L E Entsminger and other relatives. Mrs. Eugene Gardner and daughter returned to Columbus after visiting her parents. Charles Combs and family of Caldwell spent a day with Mrs. Anna Miller. A barn owned by Perry Brown was destroyed by fire. Floyd Rumfield Guy Kennedy and Minter Kennedy were in Columbus several days last week.
The Bunker Hill Sunday School held a social ice cream and cake supper at superintendent W. D. Thoma’s home on Friday evening. Attendees included multiple Thoma, Heilman, Epple, Genheimer, Carman, Swanger and related families, friends, and local residents.
Racine residents reported short trips and family visits across Pennsylvania and Ohio. Walter Stewart and wife visited relatives in Pennabore Pa. Charles Miles traveled to Ashland to see Mrs. Louise DeVoe. F M Crosa and Addie joined Mrs. Gibbie Duskey for a Magnetic Springs outing. Harold Weatherholt and two children from Gallipolis visited Mrs. Emma Jividen in Racine.
Rev J D Law will preach at Ap ple Grove biweekly on Thursday nights. Local social and visitation notes list visitors from Parkersburg Cleveland New Haven and New Brighton plus family gatherings at Alexander Wagner Roush and Bearson households.
Middleport reports the Philathea Women and Loyal Women's Class will hold their annual picnic jointly on Thursday evening July 27. Members and families gather at Shenang Springs for the event.
A group of former Middleport residents visited Sunday for a family reunion of Lydia Benson and her brothers W H Beeson and R B Beeson. Benson, 75, traveled with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter Newman Stone and family, plus Mrs Mary Sutton returning from Indianapolis. They planned to stay in East Liverpool overnight before continuing to Buffalo.
Rev. F. C. Kreager and Harvey Sanborn drove to Granville Monday with Edward Lewis and Arnold Bennett, two Middleport youths bound for a 12 day Ohio Baptist Conference for religious instruction. Sanborn returned that evening with brother Max, who had been visiting near Granville.
Middleport news reports Mrs J E Harley hosted a birthday party for her mother Mrs W E Bryan at Bryan Place. Guests enjoyed bridge with two tables and light refreshments served at the end of the evening.
Middleport July 25 reports a well attended union camp meeting near New Haven West Virginia despite heat. Mr and Mrs C L Roush and daughter attended and a thermometer at the grounds registered 101 degrees.
Mrs. C. E. Erwin and daughter Miss Caro Louise visit Columbus with Mrs. B Skiles and Mrs. Sara Taylor and son for a relatives' week. They will stay with cousin Miss Helen Wilson. George Taylor will join his father in Chicago for two weeks at the World's Fair. Mr. Taylor is in Texas.
Pomeroy officials announce bids for repainting 16 mailbox boxes and for the contract to transport mail to and from the Mason City depot. Local postmaster Mrs. Florence Smith notes bids are being received.
A new drug store, Racine’s only one of its kind, opened recently by George Simpson. The shop occupies a new building erected by the proprietor’s brother. Simpson formerly worked as a druggist in a Pennsylvania city.
Mineral Joy Woods visits Athens as guest of Mrs. Harold Whaley. Mr and Mrs Parker Snyders travel Albany as business visitors. Eunice Shingler is hospitalized in Sheltering Arms after appendectomy. Merna and Dorothy Brooks visit Athens couple Mr and Mrs Charles Brooks. Marry Wharff and family visit Nellie Penrod in Glouster on Tuesday. Frank Morrison and Freddie Martin from Columbus stay with Hadley Ely. Addie Clark departs to Kimbolton to visit Carl Clark and family. G B Spring of Albany visits Parker Snyder. Mineral team defeats Pratteville and Luhrig in a double header and will play Zaleski Forest Camp July 28. Boys Grace and Grit Club ends first year with banquet at Town House. 25 couples attend. Room decor includes ferns palms lanterns and lattice. A three course meal served at two tables. Charles Emish toast master. Mrs Harry Walker and relatives visit Athens hosts Chester Lightfrits. Mrs Charlies Brooks and Mrs Minnie...
Judge W R White grants Rosa Shurtz an injunction preventing Clarence Betx from crossing the south end of her Second Avenue property opposite the Federal Building to reach rear garages. The court also rules contracts for punch boards and merchandise illegal and void in the case A T Townsend dba Royalty Novelty Co versus Lottie Spear Kimball. Judgment totals include $12.33 plus interest and $120 awarded in a separate Day versus Caldwell suit.
Cincinnati couple Mr and Mrs Frank Schneider visited Vinton before returning to Logan. Former Vinton and Gallia County teacher Myrtle Shaner referenced after her mother Lettie Shaver died in Columbus. Marion residents Mrs Alex Bishop and grandson visited Lena Wallace. Weekend hosts included Mr and Mrs Marshall Cottrill, Walter Shaner and Tillie Kennedy of Columbus. Others: A L Evans Pleasant Valley with Isaac Evans family. newlyweds Mr and Mrs David Reese visited from Columbus after time in Baltimore and eastern points with sister Mrs Walter Metcalfe. Rev A H Lewis family Miss Hilda Washburn and Bob Lewis from Gallipolis entertained by R E Hesse.
Gallipolis reports Dad Halley of Third Avenue pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Justice Fred Milliser on a charge of using abusive and threatening language to Mayor A. J. Stormont. He was bound over to the grand jury on a $300 bond.
Twelve members of the Gallipolis Council Jr O U A M assisted at the funeral services of Vinton A Rankin of Crown City on Sunday. Burial was at Crown City. David Finch Simon Atkinson and H E B Houth attended the meeting of the Bladen Council as visitors from the local council Saturday night.
Ruth Peters, home economist, and C G Neff of Columbus, sales supervisor for the Southern Ohio Electric Company, will speak at the Gallipolis force meeting Tuesday night.
Gallipolis July 25 Dr. Ray mon T Allison will lead the weekly Rotary Club meeting at the Hotel Lafayette.
A warrant is issued for a Gallipolis youth accused of stealing about $20 from the RE R Wallace filling station cash register at Vine Street and Garfield Avenue on several occasions.
Gallipolis reporting that Mrs Charles Bilker is recovering at her Fourth Avenue home after a second partial stroke suffered Saturday. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Max Ewing and two sons Dale and Verns of Cincinnati who stayed with Mrs Mame Ewing on Fourth Avenue.
A marriage license was issued Monday by Judge J B Clark to Carl E Hawkins 23 merchant of Marietta and Berbera E Starcher 21 student daughter of Mr and Mrs Joan Starcher of Gallipolis.
The planetary rulership suggests a favorable day for dealings with large corporations, mergers, secret groups, and powerful institutions through shrewd strategy and diplomacy. Birthday individuals may see a year of opportunity, with Shaw noted among notable nativities.
Mrs Clara Shingler and her daughter June spent the latter part of last week at the revival meeting held in Jacksonville.
Cynthia Clarkson filed for divorce alimony and custody of three minor children in Gallia County Common Pleas Court naming Ozias Clarkson as defendant. She accuses gross neglect and extreme cruelty in a marriage begun June 6 1905 at Portsmouth with eleven children. The Clarkson farms are listed in Greenfield Township and Oak Hill. Emily Trotter was granted a divorce from Virgil Trotter with custody to Mrs. Trotter and property divided as the Trotter and Gilmore Farms.
Twenty five members of the St. John's Chorus of Grace M E Church provided music at the Lancaster Camp Meeting Sunday. T S Berridge of Gallipolis taught the adult bible class. About fifty Gallipolis residents attended.
John Wilson, a Gallia County prisoner aged 22 and 5 feet 6 inches tall, who was sentenced April 15, 1932 to 1 to 15 years for burglary and larceny, escaped from the Ohio State Reformatory on July 9, according to Sheriff Elmer Hatfield citing the Ohio Department of Welfare.
Miss Bertha MaeRae of Huntington visits friends. Mrs John Galbreath and children return to Columbus after relatives visit. John Lutz finishes summer term at University of Cincinnati and returns home. Miss Ila Scott of Saint Louis leaves for Chicago after two week visit. Lee Mootz visits uncle B R Lindamood in Ostrander. Holzer Hospital nurses plan a dance at Masonic Hall to honor nurses departing Sunday for six months training in Cincinnati.
Two deaths in 15 minutes occurred to relatives of Judson D. Glassburn of Bidwell. Halleck Hix, son in law, died at Holzer Hospital from accident injuries at midnight and his mother Mrs. Asenith Glassburn Curry, 90, died in Columbus a few minutes later.
Mrs. A a Wood remains ill at her son Bail ey Wood�s home with her West side children Frank and Effie present. Frank Nunemaker and son visited McArthur Monday. Funeral services were held for William Fletcher, lifelong Wilkesville Township resident, last Sunday. Mrs. Nelle Henry and children visited sister Mrs. Halla Harder over the weekend. Harry Peters left for Basil to seek work. Mr and Mrs D B Davis and children, Mrs A L DeVault and daughter, and E F Fitzpatrick were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs H B Kruskamp of Salem Center.
L D Parsons a prize fighter with Rehnert's Golden Rule Shows was admitted to Holzer Hospital at Sunday midnight for treatment of an eye injury sustained during a recent bout in Gallipolis Ohio.
Gallia County will surface treat about five miles of roads and streets in Gallipolis and Vinton this week. Work by R. E. Bischoff of Columbus, with city help on Chillicothe Road and a Vinton street. County routes Port er to Bidwell and Cheshire to Old Kgger also to receive treatment. A $20,000 federal grant is sought for concrete tile work, pending approval. State gasoline fund results awaited from State Auditor Tracy.
Holzer Hospital notes from Gallipolis report Robert Roush aged 20 of Hartford City sustained head injuries and bruises Monday while employed by Mason County road department. He was brought to Holzer Hospital after first aid. Dismissals today include Mrs. Byron Roush of Pomeroy and Mrs. William Leiving of Williamstown West Virginia. J. D. Ferguson of Henderson West Virginia to be dismissed Wednesday.
Gallipolis July 2. The Steamer C C Slider of Louisville became the first in its history to move up the river to Pittsburgh carrying 10 steel barges of sand and gravel. The J D Ayres from Union Barge Line went down to Memphis with five loaded barges of steel products. Benwood of Wheeling Steel went down to New Boston with six empty steel barges. Senator Cordill landed at Gallipolis with a small freight consignment and light upbound traffic to Pittsburgh. J C Rawn moved up from Huntington to Oldtown Bar with six empty barges.
Lewis G. Davis has sold 40 acres of his farm between Gallipolis and Kananga in Gallipolis Township to William Brumfield.
Approximately 150 men are employed by the state highway maintenance department in Gallia County doing general maintenance work. Quarries operated by the state in the county are now open, according to Earl M. Brown, superintendent.
Archie Richards of Cheshire Township was appointed as a deputy sheriff without pay by Sheriff Elmer Hatfield yesterday in Gallia County.
The case of Rosella French plaintiff in error against Lucille Swisher defendant in error was appealed to the court of appeals. The defendant received a directed verdict against the plaintiff in the $5,000 alienation of affections suit. Motion for a new trial was overruled by Judge C. E. Peoples of Meigs County.
Marietta police report arrest of a man tied to lodging and car hire schemes described by Chief O'Brien. Investigators say the suspect, linked to a prominent local family, arranged rooms and rides as part of the alleged operation.
Gallipolis edged the Pil lers 4-2 in the opener as Addison City twilight recreation team played last night with a two hit pitching effort from dison twirler holding scoreless innings. Local figures from Ironton Columbus and Pittsburgh were noted among guests at the event.
Parole hearing for Walter addressing a fatal shooting case was scheduled for October 29, 1952. The proceedings relate to a sentence of one to twenty years for the crime committed the prior night, identifying a victim at Jay field.
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