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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1928
Page
2
Mildred Darst a High School graduate from class of 24 runs a growing home bakery in Middleport. She cooked 16 loaves at once and produced 48 loaves plus buns and cookies last Saturday. The piece highlights local enterprise in a human setting.
Plan by Dr. Jane Nye Gilliford to hold a free diagnostic chest clinic in Pomeroy for incipient tuberculosis cases as part of the state and district health program. August 7 is suggested as the convenient date for the event.
Pomeroy Ohio July 26 The Chris Greene Betsy Ann boat race drew strong local interest with light betting and taunting. Captain M C Irwin of the Steamer Senator Cardill issued a challenge to race the winner for a $0 wager. Paul Brandenburg, a local river expert, predicted Cordill could outrun Chris Greene if a match race is arranged, noting the boats run in different trades.
In Pomeroy Ohio on July 26 a couple from Crown City Gallia county Morris Wickline and Zella Johnson signify their willingness to wed on the Silver bridge. The ceremony is set for Saturday afternoon July 28 with a special prize and gifts from Point Pleasant area businesses.
Art Tracy and his bloodhound pursued burglars after a late night break in at the Kruskamp store in Salem Center. Shots were fired during the escape. The trail led two miles to an awaiting auto and the robbers fled. no injuries reported.
Mrs D C DeLae of Columbus says her daughter Miss Eulah married William Campbell of Providence R I in New York on July 18. Campbell was in Columbus with Bell Telephone Co and the couple will live in Providence where Mrs Campbell will continue artistic dance studies. Betty Hartinger daughter of Mr and Mrs L C Hartinger underwent tonsil and adenoids removal by Dr Maag on Wednesday in Middleport.
Middleport reports Mrs. C. H. Snider left for Columbus to secure light housekeeping rooms for the Snider family, who will reside there for a few months. Conductor Snider is on a through run with a layover in the capital. Mrs. E. L. Grimes, who had been visiting, accompanied Mrs. Snider, and the Grimes family is also establishing light housekeeping in Columbus.
E Jewett and son Elmer from Desoto Kansas arrived in Pomeroy Bend to stay two weeks with relatives. They traveled 1500 miles via Kentucky West Virginia Illinois and Indiana and plan to return by Washington Montreal and California by November 4 to vote. Emmett Jewett and family of Meigs county rented the farm in Kansas for a year and may stay longer.
The Hensley anniversary at a Bashan area home drew family from nearby towns as five generations of the G. B. Hensley line joined the celebration. In Middleport Mrs. Biggs, formerly Mrs. Vickendery, suffered a serious paralytic stroke while visiting on South Second Street. Supt. A. W. McKay and daughter Miss Jean returned from an outing at the lake. Robert McKay is at Ohio State University for summer work. Mrs. Gertrude Traugh and Mrs. Mary Stagg are spending a summer visit with Mrs. E. F. Davis and family. Mr. and Mrs. Collis Dawson and child visited with Mrs. Dawson's parents.
Mrs A McCullough and children with Middleport and Cheshire relatives attended a golden wedding celebration in Middleport on July 26. The event honored the couple’s long marriage with family and friends gathered from area towns.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a solution for skinny, rundown men and women. It claims rapid vitality gains with 4 sixty cent boxes or 2 one dollar boxes and offers a guarantee that at least 5 pounds will be gained or the purchase price is refunded.
W G Davis has returned to Columbus. Mr and Mrs E M Harrah and children drove to Amstead West Virginia at the week start. They are joined by Harrah's mother who will stay a few weeks with a brother in Amstead and visit White Sulphur Springs before Canton. Ira Bowles remains seriously ill from heart enlargement, cared for by his sister Mrs Hendricks. Axine Sprouse, who had spent a week in Pt Pleasant with her grandmother, returned home Wednesday.
Ohio Power plant in Philo resident Clar ence Barton, 60, was shot and killed yesterday at Barton's home where he and his wife were boarding. Barton, accused of the murder, was arrested and jailed after county officers said a quarrel over domestic affairs led to the shooting.
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