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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1937
Page
3
Roger Cullum, stabbed Saturday night, May 22, is in critical condition at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a deep knife wound infection. Clarence Freeman, held in the county jail on a charge of cutting with intent to kill, faces possible murder charges if Cullum dies.
Distant relatives and friends gathered for Mrs. Calvin Farley and Frank Miller funerals. Names include William Shanon C W McKeehan Nadine Beatty Roger Linebaugh Mildred Compton Edward Moran Walter Mercer Albert Pickens Leslie Pickens George Pickens Edna Thomas Kenneth Salser Harold Root Mary Root Edna Salser Mort Clark Hattie Frintye Mabel Coffee and son Delmar Chittenden Herman Swatzwalden Audrey Theobald John Townsend Chub Pickens Butler Pickens Alma Saupp and others.
Pomeroy social notes list guests and visits from families in Columbus Huntington Dayton Akron Chicago and Lorain plus many to Monkey Run Minersville and Cedar. Local residents and friends welcomed guests for weekends and Memorial Day including Smiths Johns Castos and Meinharts with various trips to Columbus Cincinnati and Philadelphia.
W F Davis of Pomeroy, son of Mrs Minnie Davis, studied nephrology after a friend’s advice. He completed his degree and joined Dr Thomas Leonard in Columbus, accepting a partnership in his office.
The Middleport High School Activity issue marks the 1937 graduation class with a red and white cover and a class photo of 55 graduates. Staff members include Editor Phyllis Diles, Olivia Reed as assistant editor, Frances Pullin as feature editor, Harold Hubbard as sports editor, and others. The honor roll lists freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors with numerous named students and staff, under faculty advisor Donald Wolf.
A ten pound son was born to Mr and Mrs Rolland Torrence of Minersville R F D No 1 The baby was named Paul Richard Grandparents Mr and Mrs Harry Allison Lower Syracuse Mr and Mrs Nelson Torrence Reedsville John Davis Miss Lena Byers Miss Jamita Naylor all of Warren spent Sunday with the Allison family at Lower Syracuse
Word from Walter King of Middleport friends notes his serious heart illness. A former resident, he is hospitalized in Weston West Virginia.
Middleport social column lists guests visiting from Columbus Detroit and Charleston over Memorial Day weekend. Many relatives stayed with local families at Gravel Hill Cheshire Red House and Locust Street with gatherings including a birthday dinner for Mrs Milbee and a slumber party for nieces. Several attendees also special visited Beulah Park races and local schools closed for holidays.
After graduation exercises, the class of ’37 and friends serenaded Mrs. Beulah Lee Smith Nathaniel Harman at her home. Refreshments were served. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCallam of Rosedale visited relatives in Minersville during a weekend of ill health for the McCallams.
About 24 million tons of limestone are used each year in the United States, predominantly for the smelting of iron ores, supporting steelmaking operations nationwide.
Funeral services for George Dernback were held at Sacred Heart Church Tuesday morning with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. He is survived by his widow and several stepchildren.
Protection of records in the probate court vault will be improved by cutting a new doorway and installing a glass door to admit light. The vault will gain access from Probate Judge E W Peoples office. The project, among several recommended by local attorneys, aims to bring judicial chambers to the standard of other counties.
Dana Miller remains seriously ill in a Butte Montana hospital after typhoid fever. Miller, son of Mary Miller of Lasley Street and formerly of Pomeroy, showed slight improvement as the Potts and Reinhart families spent a weekend in Akron.
Aubra Bailey 22 of Frost and Alta Harper 19 of Long Bottom wed. Orville Bean 25 of Guysville and Ida Young 21 of Pratts Fork also issued licenses.
Billy Scott was lost yesterday afternoon as officers searched for the boy after he left his parents’ car to buy an ice cream cone. Patrolman McDade located him at Ebersbach's Service Station on Route 7 three miles away. The boy had visited several confectioneries before finding his flavor and then headed home on foot. During 1936, 1,956,327 electric refrigerators were purchased in the United States.
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