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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
8
A Middleport committee plans a triple dedication for Labor Day, attaching the Post Office building, Roadside Park, and Meigs County War Memorial near the old Central School site. The memorial base is finished and the walks are poured as 13 NYA workers complete the project.
The Portland roadside park, combined with Buffington Island Memorial Park, features tables and ovens installed by NYA under the State Highway Department. Erected to mark the 1863 Battle of Buffington Island, the monument dates to spring 1931, with 1932 restoration of an 18 foot Indian mound by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Meigs County now has four roadside parks along Route 33 used by tourists and picnickers.
Social items from Middleport note visits by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stevens and their twins to Mrs. Stevens' parents on S Second Ave. L. W. McComas returns from Columbus with graduate work at Ohio State University. Barbara Joachim of Cedar Grove visits relatives. Edgar Ervin travels to Columbus for time with daughter Clara. returning with Mrs. Ervin and sister Mrs. Probst. Fishing camps near Ravenswood Dam report good catches by Paul Swisher, Edward Spencer, and H. L. Redecay. Ernest Mulford returns from northern fishing trip. Mrs. W. G. Davis travels to Columbus to visit relatives and attend her grandson I. Crary Davis Jr.’s Aug 3 wedding in Toledo. Lenore Giles to attend. O. P. Klein and Fred attend Fayette County Fair to view amateur photography display. Joyce Gardner seen at the fair with Campfire Girls. Keno meets begin July 28 at the Christian Church led by O W Williams.
C A Schaefer of Lincoln Hill will leave at month end for Florida to work with Ebersbach Construction Co. He will relinquish editorship of The Daily Tribune. His successor has not been announced.
Mr and Mrs James Grover entertained with a Friday party in honor of their daughter Ireta s twelfth birthday. Attendees included Audrey Norma Jean and Clifford Harrison Gallipolis Roberta Helen Allensworth Verla and Betty Rothgeb and many others. Ice cream and cake were served.
Hemlock residents record a flurry of family visits and kinship travel. Del lbert Dunlap and Betty Grafton spent a weekend with Forrest Dennis in Priscilla. Fitzer visited Toledo and Columbus relatives. many others journeyed to Columbus, Groveport, Nelsonville, Athens, Akron, Corning, Gladwin and Lancaster Campgrounds.
Hilltop Sewing and Canning Club in Pomeroy held a recent meeting with vice president Faye Donovan presiding. Eighteen girls answered roll call as Miss Humphreys home demonstration agent and Mr. Brownfield district 4-H supervisor attended. Brownfield spoke and Humphreys judged costumes made by the girls. Afterward, the group posed for pictures with leaders Mrs. Betzing and Mrs. Heaton.
John Leifheit Jr visits Columbus on business. Mr and Mrs Truman Russell receive serenade at their parents’ home. Guild and Rebekah Lodge groups hold wiener roasts at Syracuse Park. Attendees at the late Mrs George Leifheit’s funeral include Roxie Seth and many family members from Warren Spring field Washington DC Bucyrus and Frankford.
Garden area notes weekend guests from Allensville and nearby towns. Cecil and Mrs Cecil Butts hosted Cecil Sorrel and family. other visits include Mrs Glennie St Clair and James with Myrtle Biggs. Donna Jewell stayed with Alma Butt family. Flora Day and Joe Howard visit relatives. Ida St Clair called on friends. Mr and Mrs St Gabriel of Athens dined with G. E. Coen.
David Von Schriltz a 45 year old Toledo resident and Meigs County native drowned Wednesday morning in the Maumee River. Survived by widow of Toledo daughters Ora Watkins Cheshire and Char les Kessinger Middleport and his parents. Funeral planned for Saturday with brothers James Columbus George Oklahoma sisters Mary Fenner Rosa Belknap Nellie Baker Tressa Taylor and others. He had worked for Ohio River Electric Railway and once lived near Dexter.
Fragments of The Yellow Kid a vitriolic paper issued by former Pomeroy mayor Deacon Long were found in a Town Hall closet. Despite legibility loss the readable portions show sharp editorials and frank ads claiming all ads in the Kid are true.
Friends of W. J. OBrien formerly of Middleport and now in Columbus shower him with cards and messages for his upcoming birthday. OBrien a former master mechanic at Hobson moved to Columbus after a promotion and will retire from the New York Central Railroad in August.
Mary Virginia Hagerty four teen patient at Holzer Hospital for a skull fracture and hip injury from an automobile wreck shows steady improvement after a week of treatment.
C D Ferguson of the State Highway Department said bids for the contract would be taken in Columbus on August 9 with work to begin under WPA supervision. The project from the corner of 8 Third Ave and Locust to Powell Street will be resurfaced in concrete, 82 foot pavement over a 45 foot roadway, totaling 4053 feet and about $26,960.
Novel entertainment in Pomeroy features two tub races along the Ohio River in front of parking lots with twelve contestants in each race. The first race starts at 12 30 with Bucks Auction proceeds directed by Burwell Peck, Harrisonville auctioneer. Old time music begins at 9 p m Saturday night.
The Melodiers of Great Bend announce three cash prizes for each title race. Boys and girls may participate with lightweight and heavyweight divisions. Interested participants should meet at the ferry landing this evening at 7:00 for try-outs.
Fire discovered yesterday at 4:30 AM in the Middleport Hill home of Orville Young. Front room filled with smoke. origin undetermined. Closet fire caused loss of clothing.
POMEROY-Church school will open at 9 1 at Simpson Methodist Church with morning worship at 10 30. Rev Edwin W Lewis will deliver the sermon on The Book Nobody Knows. DIES AT MASON CITY Mrs Ida Wolfe mourns her brother Arthur Wolfe's death after a long illness prompting family notices.
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