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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1930
Page
2
Meigs County 4-H Club members prepare for the annual camping trip August 11 to 18 at Jackson County Lit Heecoon Creek. Melags Lawrence and Vinton counties join. George W Kreitler county agent directs a program including sewing weaving and model gliders construction with a two hour study period daily and an hour of lectures.
Roy Barton of Rutland escaped drowning when a 50 foot wooden bridge near Little Leading Creek collapsed under a wagon load of coal. Barton fell into the stream, was rescued, and suffered only bruises. The incident prompted an investigation by Courty Commissioner W. A. Compton who blamed warped timbers and cited a five year old bridge construction. Damages to Barton and his horse were discussed, with possible county liability. Elmer Hugh Davis works with the Morgantown corn borer squad.
Milk producers from Ohio and West Virginia met in Coolville to plan a series of conferences aimed at improving milk markets. The gathering included Meigs County participants Pearl Parker George W Krestler and was attended by D C Co field man Mr Steele who noted the Pittsburgh district cooperative handles over 1.25 million gallons daily.
In Meigs County, 50 Democratic representatives gathered at City Hall in Pomeroy on July 26 to nominate a full county ticket. George White for governor and W D Durbin for senator were endorsed. Officials named: Jacob Dean for representative, Lord J Hysel for sheriff, L di Heiner for treasurer, H J Blackmore for auditor, John Schaaf for commissioner, Frank Gaul for recorder, EL M People for prosecuting attorney, and J Wo Arbaugh for coroner.
Avery Gardner once known as the Sage of Rutland has no visitors after a skunk family moved in. A trap released the mother, two youngsters were killed with a garden bee, and Gardner now stays quarantined while corn from his Golden Bantam Sweetcorn is harvested freely again.
Report states 19 attempted a landing in the 2n field at Will Carnahan home near Racine today. Plane sustained damage after a miscalculation by the pilot while Effie Fane of Indianapolis and two of her sons arrived to take her home. repairs awaited before their flight.
County officers and Deputy Fire Marshal McCormick say several fires at Mansar Hill along State Route 7 appear incendiary. Four blazes in one week. a barn, Christy home, and Shumaker barn were burned. A tramp was questioned. 200 locals gathered as residents vow to find the arsonist.
A birth notice from July 20 at McPherson Hospital in Atlanta announces the birth of a son, William, to Mr. and Mrs. William Outerbridge. The infant is the eighth Witham Outerbridge, grandson of Mrs. Jessie Outerbridge of Pasadena. Lieutenant Outerbridge, now stationed at San Diego, and his wife previously lived in Middleport.
WAR VET Dead in Middleport Clyde Frazier appears as witness in Pennsylvania truck theft case. Absent voting in Meigs County for August 1 primaries reaches two ballots.
In Pomeroy Ohio July 26 crews faced extreme dryness hindering poster paper from taking paste. A truckload of posters was laid along Mason City landing, dampened with water from buckets, then repacked for posting, creating rows that looked like a washing line and making the dry sheets rattle before wetting.
Curtis Ralph of Gallipolis dies from Bright's disease. He was brother in law of J. C. Leoweed and HL Thomas, and nephew of Mrs. Vina Bennett. Funeral services were held at the NM. E. Church in Cheshire at 3 p.m. with burial in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. B. Bailey, 75, of Morning Star, Pomeroy, fell from a porch while asleep in a chair Friday evening and fractured her left arm. Dr. Boice attended. she is grandmother of Miss Nm Bailey of Pomeroy. Continued on Page 3.
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