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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1935
Page
3
Fragmentary notes indicate new agreements for city projects including sewer, wall, and post office relocations. Mentions Masonic Order, land abstracts, and land development complications with the works division and relief office outlining steps ahead.
The town of Pomeroy considers funding a lower parking lot wall rebuild and the reopening of the Pomeroy Brewery with possible government support. Mason and Paul Rock urge council cooperation as these projects, plus private brewery revival, could spark much needed business activity after years of debt.
Mrs. Julia Gerber with Mrs. Esta Stanley and Miss Teddy Marshall went to the Athens airport to greet the plane carrying her grandson L. E. Johnson and Navy Lieutenant Ferguson. They landed for 30 minutes before continuing their flight. Johnson is a former Middleport resident.
Conservation officials approved rebuilding dams in Shade River proposed by the Meigs County Fish and Game Association. Chester mill owners will supply materials for the dam repair as a relief project. The relief office seeks a nearby Chester project to employ locals while the Conservation Division may fund materials for two other dams with relief labor. Middleport mayor warns of prosecution for destroying riverbank gardens and plants. Pomeroy hosts a Sample Fair Thursday at the Junior High Auditorium with Bethany Church class sponsors and door prizes.
The Gallia County 4-H Club selects a member group to train under County Nurse Mar and County Agent mplained leaders. The girls, aged 15 and up, will join a statewide first aid program with Miss Eleanor Lush-Gatewood and others guiding, while five members become leaders.
In Gallia County suits filed in common pleas court, Eliza Jane and C T Thompson face a claim by E E Denney for 235 48 on household goods and gasoline. A city case against W H Robinson tests a barber shop closing ordinance. Della Rhodes seeks divorce from Jasper Rhodes with child custody and alimony. Judge W R White grants immediate custody of three minors to the plaintiff in Mary J v Marshall Sheets. Real estate sale shares of 43 40 each ordered paid to minors Charles and Clair Jones.
Misunderstanding over reapplication has confused pensioners and crowded the clerk’s office. Officials say reapplication occurs at the end of each pensioner’s year, defined as one year from the first pension. Cards will be mailed to schedule reapplication appointments.
Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs Maggie Roberts Jolly wife of the late James Jolly who died in Columbus Two daughters Mrs August Rapp Columbus and Mrs Sherman E Dennett Gallipolis survive Burial was in Pine Street Cemetery Spanish American War veterans attended the funeral of Francis R Cofer 69 at Mercerville Church Monday afternoon Interment followed there.
Gallipolis reports two dogs thought to be rabid were killed by city police Sunday after biting other dogs and animals. No persons were attacked. One dog was killed in the morning by Ernest Earwood with a shotgun. its head sent for examination. A second dog on Fourth Avenue was shot Sunday evening. Both dogs wore no collars or licenses, owners unknown.
New officers for the G A H and Alumni Association are Dwight Wetherholt president Naida France Frye and Virginia Shahan vice presidents Margaret Yeanger secretary and Sarah Robinson treasurer for the Gallipolis unit.
POMEROY Scouts earned merit badges and ranks ahead of the Scout Circus in Parkersburg West Virginia on June 14. Advancements include second class first class star and life ranks for several named scouts with a long list of merit badges awarded after review. Also notes church conference delegates and a garden club meeting postponed due to a death.
Marriage licenses issued to James A West 27 a Charleston WV school teacher and Jane Ruth Nutter 28 a Fayette County WV native, to Dennis Martin 22 Northup farmer and Myrtle Randolph 21 Gallipolis, and to Howard Johnson 23 and Isabelle Simmons 18 both of Gallipolis with parents named.
Convicted operator of a gambling house in Charleston West Virginia, C L Dawson, escaped his bondsmen after a $1000 fine and one year in prison were imposed, and was re arrested in Gallipolis on Saturday. He was sent back to Charleston.
MIDDLEPORT A H Bradbury shares the $150000 estate of Charles R Commer and wife of Huntington W Va with brothers C A Bradbury of Ryger and H Poe Bradbury of Gallipolis. Mrs Commer sister of the trio and her husband were killed by a train near their home last March.
Miss Helen Bee son returned Sunday evening to Columbus for school after a weekend visit with relatives. Miss Maxine Smith of Charleston visits her uncle and aunt in Middleport while temporarily employed in Pomeroy. Mr. and Mrs. O L Roush and daughter Lois Ann traveled to Kaylong West Virginia for several days with her parents. A birthday celebration was held for Mrs. Zuspan. Mrs. William Seiple and sons Billy and Bobby visit grandmother Mrs. Lillie Hysell and Mrs. Herbert Fink in Columbus. The King family of Parkersburg were guests of Harold Bibbee. Tom Collins and two daughters from Toledo visit Mrs. Martin Collins who is seriously ill.
Mrs. Clara Huber Larsen of Swannanoa visits with Miss Alvira Jones before heading to Kelburne to stay with Rev. August Huber and Miss Lillie Huber. Lucille Dutton leaves for Chicago to visit brother Dale. Nearby travel includes W H Juhling and Edgar Tuckerman party to Annadel West Virginia and Claude Crawford and Harold Lemon visiting Frank Vro man. Lee McComas attends Ohio University senior events. his diploma earned. his mother arrives from Carpenter. Dana L Tracy, former Meigs deputy sheriff, files to run for Pomeroy marshal with several contenders rumored.
Memorial Day services in Chester drew crowds from Columbus Akron Guysville and London with a drum corps veterans groups and a long flower bearing procession. A stirring address by Prof C N Jones and religious tributes by Rev Bert O Conn or and Judge C E Peoples followed the cemetery ceremony. Chester won two afternoon baseball games over a Columbus team as attendees chatted and refreshed. Notables traveling for the event included Fritz Shank and family and many Kimes relatives from Columbus and nearby towns.
Baccalaureate sermon given Sunday at Middleport High School Gymnasium by Rev. Clarence Swearingen of Heath M. & Church. Commencement exercises scheduled for Monday night. Also notes a surprise birthday party for Anson Jackson of Rutland hosted by Miss Mary K Huggins with 30 guests and games.
Bert Cheney was arrested Saturday night after his car collided with a salesman’s auto just above Court and Third Streets in Gallipolis.
Charles McCurdy of Apple Grove West Virginia was overcome by monoxide gas while working under a truck at the new Gallipolis dam Saturday midnight. He was admitted to Holzer Hospital and treated with oxygen, recovering enough by Sunday afternoon to dispense with supplemental oxygen.
John Byrd a traveling musician was placed under guard in his Holzer Hospital room Saturday night after becoming irrational. He had arrived at the hospital last week following a car strike on Third Street that left him with a broken left leg.
Rio Grande inmate Converse Keels, 22, colored, was held in city jail over the weekend after a car strike injuring James Thompson Friday night. Investigation into the DWI charge and the crash remains ongoing.
Reedsville Cemetery drew many visitors on Memorial Day with garlands flowers and flags for soldiers and others. The caretaker C B Bailey preserves the grounds as Pleasant Home and Hetzer Cemeteries nearby also look attractive while many relatives and friends were noted visiting in the day.
Rev and Mrs C D Copley of Rutland entertained the Meigs County Council of Ministers and their families on Monday for the annual picnic. Games and stunts replaced the usual literary program.
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