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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1933
Page
5
In the Diehl custody case Judge Peoples granted custody of Wayne Diehl to his father amid reservations. Spectators applauded as the judge noted the best interests of the child, with the boy’s guardianship previously unsettled among relatives.
A 1930s letter from J H Williams recalls preindustrial Pomeroy with coal mines salt furnaces mills and shipyards. He contrasts era wages prices and morals with modern autos movies and leisure, lamenting social changes and health norms.
A court modified the divorce decree granting custody of the boy to the father and directing the child be left with the paternal grandparents. The mother was deemed unfit for custody, aligning with the father’s motion and the interests of all parties involved.
Orville Chambers youngest son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers will attend the World Fair with cousins James Major and Howard Aleshire. They travel by bus from Columbus to Chicago for a week near the exposition four miles away. Also noted are Will L Fisher and family visiting Akron, measles illness in Gene Walburn, and George Parsons taking a Toledo job with N Y Central shops as Charlies Brown cares for his children during the absence.
Rev. T. E. Maness and family depart for a two week vacation to West Virginia and North Carolina visiting former pastorates. He will be absent from the pulpit for two Sundays. Mrs. Willard Grant to visit her parents on Lincoln Hill. Allen Chase returns to Detroit after summer at Wehe Terrace. Mrs. William Chambers returns home to Eureka Ohio from visit with son-in-law and daughter the Ethles. Home Missionary Society of the Pomeroy M E Church to be entertained at Mrs. Rathburns Rutland home this evening on the porches.
Middleport reports a change of residence as Mr. and Mrs. Ross Peters plan to move to Columbus in August. Coach and Mrs. Clyde Battyn will relocate to their new home by September 1. Social visits include S. W. Mills party guests from Jackson and Cincinnati, plus travels of residents to Nallen and Chicago for weekend events.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Chambers, their son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Willis O Aleshire, leave Middleport for a sightseeing trip via Columbus and Chicago. They plan a week at the World's Fair and visits at Bartlesville Oklahoma with E E Curtis family before continuing to other points and return.
Pomeroy July 31. Members of the Pomeroy Boy Scout troop left this morning for Great Bend for a four day camping trip Aaron Zahl scout master will lead. Other Pomeroy Bend troops will use the camp later. Scouts may also attend the Kootaga Area camp near Parkersburg to provide outings for boys who cannot afford the area camp.
Bailey Run resident Mrs. Charles Rupe and her two sons picked 212 gallons of blackberries this season. She canned 100 quarts, made five gallons of jam and 60 pints of jelly, selling berries at 25 cents per gallon and using proceeds to buy sugar and cover groceries and shoes.
POMEROY July 31. Undertakers report coffin prices are being revised upward soon, signaling higher death costs. Other items, including beer and cosmetics, may see price hikes as state collections shift. Analysts note the two cent cap tax could affect consumer costs.
Hopes rise for a record month as Perry Riggs deputy clerk notes anxiety in waiting for bills of sale of new cars. Dealers meeting buyers receive warm welcome. four days left in July with sales five short of the 46 record.
In Pomeroy in 1858 the four page Annual from the M E Sunday School details early church history. Editors T S Stivers and Jacob Rife, printer T A Plants Co, and Aaron Murdock as superintendent are named. The record lists 505 total Sunday School students with 247 average attendance and notes 825 children of Sunday School age in town.
Pomeroy reports a Columbus paper says river sand and gravel operations on the Ohio River may erase islands such as Eight Mile, Letart, Buffington, Goose, and the Island near Pomeroy. Dredges and roads demand fuel a larger quarrying boom. historic sites face submersion into road materials.
Tuesday GLOUSTER July 31 Those to report for relief work at the City Building Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock are: George Buchman Harvey Norris Donald Adams Edward Bell Homer Dorton John Doughty George Jonas Lawrence Jones Worthy Parker Dane Miskel Ben Miller Lawrence Miller Frank Moody Cecil Morgan George Shust Donald Shepard John Six Robert Brunton Charles Kirkbride Francis McAllister Frank McCreanor Delbert Bodkins William Goins Norman Jenkins M A Preston Stacy McDonald Normal Logue Carl Love Nile Love Wilbur Lane A C Morgan A J Craig William Cunningham Lewis Liskey John W Mavin Frank Morrison Loren Hartley Fred North George Skinner Oscar Griffin
Glouster July 31 an adjourned council meeting is set for Tuesday at seven to consider the budget and handle additional business as it arises.
Area accredited tuberculosis tests for breeding cattle in Athens County are funded by the state county and farmers. The state veterinary department provides material while commissioners pay veterinarians and farmers cover helpers. Dairymen may pay cash or authorize deductions from milk prices.
Several hundred persons attended the home coming at Alexander Presbyterian Church in Hebbardsville Sunday. Pastor Rev. Howard E. Warner spoke in the morning and Rev. E B Townsend of Marietta spoke in the afternoon. A noon picnic dinner followed. Next Sunday evening the Davis family of Oak Hill will give a musical concert and on Friday evening August 15 the Women’s Auxiliary will hold a benefit ice cream and sandwich social.
A note indicates Parkersburg plans to remove islands that are privately owned to proceed with road construction.
Mr and Mrs John Cross and Miss Minie Harpold visited Mrs Cross sister Mrs Dillon Richards and family in Newark. John Clark from Downington stayed with Chariea Iden. Wallace Pickens of Columbus and Mrs Albert Bopkins and three children of Springfield left after a week with Orin Wolfe and family. Willian Smith Roy Wipple and son from Marietta were Sunday callers at Owen Watsons home.
Mrs. Vesta Norris will lead Wednesday night services at the Church of Christ in Glouster. Mrs. W. H. Stahl will direct the music and the Loyal Women's Class will boost the effort.
Glouster likely first in the region to pay teachers in full. About $16,000 allocated, with checks distributed Wednesday afternoon and Thursday, according to B H Lantz, clerk of the board of education.
The Get-Together Club met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Muriel Pedicord home with 12 members and visitors present. Refreshments were served and the group agreed to hold meetings every two weeks instead of monthly. The next gathering will be hosted by Mrs. Edna.
Mr and Mrs Ancel Gamwell announce the birth of a daughter at their home on Walnut Hill on Saturday afternoon.
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