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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1949
Page
6
Middleport reports Donald Gosney serving as Acting Chief of Police while Chief C E Parker is on vacation. The move places Gosney at the helm during Parker's absence.
Middleport village officials clash with local chambers and coal operators over Chesapeake and Ohio trains 13 and 137 between Pomeroy and Gallia. Some argue the line losses and passenger decline justify removal, while others defend rail service citing mail and express needs.
Story and photo recount a grist mill on Raccoon Creek near Vales Mills Vinton County that operated about 75 years until 1918. Samuel Vale founded it around 1845, later run by J Q A Vale who also ran a store post office and coffins business. Now run by Mrs Bundy Martin and W E Bigony, the site may still operate with repairs. The Wales family history ties to early settlers from England via William Penn's second colony. The mill sits on State Route 346 between Routes 143 and 160.
Virgil Manley and his sons Raymond and Clifford established a shoe repair shop beside Meigs General Hospital after moving from Gallipolis where Virgil has 41 years of experience. The sons have 18 years of work with him.
Seven new titles join the Mason County Library collection this week per librarian Mrs. C H Withers. Titles include Elephant Walk, Hunter's Horn, The Deer Stalker, Pink Magic, Beloved Bondage, The Bold Galilean, and Lead Kindly Light. Donor Morris Miller and local resident Samuel D Littlepage contributed additional valuable books to the Junior Women's Club sponsored library which reports a daily circulation of 50 volumes.
Chief of Police E. F. Geiger says citizens are aiding a campaign to prevent dogs from running at large. Many calls help officers locate strays and the city is rapidly being rid of them.
Finley and Ferron Cremeans of Glenwood sue Matilda Jenkins in circuit court in a chancery proceeding to partition a tract of land belonging to James Cremeans, their late father, in which Jenkins holds an interest.
Dewey King of Pliny and Bill Putney of Buffalo were arraigned on intoxication charges and pleaded guilty. They refused to pay a five dollar fine plus costs and were committed for ten days. Police Chief E. F. Geiger and Patrolman Ray McClure arrested them.
City income exceeds outgo by about $3000 since June 1st as of the end of the last administration. Revenues from garbage fees license collections and liquor sales tax total about $3000, with cash on hand under $10 and about $500 owed in unpaid accounts. The new administration faces the challenge of funding between August and property tax receipts in October.
Rebecca Francia Herdman 93 died at her son Peters home in Leon after a long life born Feb 19 1856 in Mason County She was wife of the late Henry Herdman and mother of Dora Matheny Alma Frieza Peter Evra and Abraham Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery Rev Okey Keefer officiated at Pine Grove Church services. Divorce sought in Point Pleasant Merle Harvey accused of cruelty and desertion married August 1947 a 14 month old son is involved.
Clarence Fisher resigns as collector on Silver Bridge and plans time on his Bucyrus farm. Herman Roush takes Fisher’s 8 am to 4 pm shift and Griff Dorbin Jr. is appointed to fill the vacancy. Funeral home ad follows.
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