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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1948
Page
5
Pomeroy residents push for extra revenue as Finance Committee and village officials cite a deficit up to $2,000 while debts reach about $125,000. Debate centers on income tax, parking meters, amusement tax, and potential tax discrimination delaying action. Council to discuss streets, debt, and income at upcoming meeting.
Extermital Termite Service advertises a free inspection with a five year cash bond guarantee. The notice lists Pomeroy Cement Block Co as agent in Pomeroy and Willis Anthony Plumbing & Heating as agent in Middleport with contact numbers. Operators listed at 398 N. Second St Middleport.
Meigs County land transfers list many parcels across Letart Lebanon Pomeroy Olive Sutton Syracuse and Middleport. Transfers involve numerous individuals including J A Harris Ethel Palmer Mary Bogard Pearl Proffitt Grover Warner and Perry Riggs auditor. Transactions reference acres lots par cels and conveyances to various grantees and Crests.
Recent licenses show Ralph Arbogast 34 and Jane Arbogast 27 of Mason and Middleport respectively. Others include James Frazee Jr 22 Pom eroy with Nancy Watkins 21, Perry Graham 25 Racine with Virginia Ballard 29, William Reid 23 Cleveland with Emma Stiles 21, Samuel Penn 63 Delaware with Hazel Green 53, Ralph Snyder 21 Capehart with Delcia Legg 21, Crawford 21 Youngstown with Margaret White 21, David Owen Jenkins 42 Middleport with Dorothy Mankin 24, B C Meredith 53 Huntington with Marie Clerc 34, James Neal 21 Chester with Annabell Roberts 21.
Several 4-H clubs held outdoor and home meetings with officers elected. Iris Mae Rice and Nora Mae Riggs were named presidents, secretaries, and recreation leaders across Flatwoods and Reedsville groups. Projects include sewing for girls and conservation for boys. refreshment duties and next meetings planned in June.
World War II area campaign medals are now available at all Navy recruiting stations announced by Chief Petty Officer J J Heisz local recruiter Veterans may receive medals by presenting their discharge or Statement of Service at any Navy Recruiting Station Medal distribution will occur at the city building on Friday June 18 and July 2.
The records show patients admitted including David and May Dwelly Larry Wylie for tonsillectomies and Billie Smith Pomeroy Route 2 for medical care. Births note a girl to Mrs Martha Norris. Emergencies include Donald Pooler with a lac eration and Albert Russell with a fracture. Discharges include Lovanna Leonard William Saxton and Billy Dick Neutzling.
Bell Telephone redirects leadership in Gallipolis naming Thomas C. Clay as local manager after nine years since 1939. Clay comes from Columbus as a commercial service engineer for Ohio Bell and replaces long time manager Jim Martin who served forty years. Municipal and corporate history noted with early phone growth.
Nellie Eloise Casey infant daughter of Mr and Mrs John Casey will be buried in Pine Street Cemetery after funeral services at Nazarene Church Sunday at 2 p m The child one of nine siblings died after convulsions
Admissions list includes Mrs Earl Gibbs Point Pleasant Mrs James Smith Middleport Ernes tine Taylor Point Pleasant Mrs D D Davis Point Pleasant Evan H Hughes Oak Hill Mrs Gilman Grimm Point Pleasant Mrs David Allen Oak Hill W E Davis Canton Walter Edwards Oak Hill Discharges include Mrs Donley Reibel and daughter Mrs Eva Dickey William Miller C A Evans Mrs Clara Prosser Janice Downey David Carter Thurman Stanley
Four Gallia County youths Jimmy Evans William Northrup Glenn Graham and Harold Drummond received the state farmer degree from the Ohio Association of Future Farmers of America at a Columbus meeting. They were honored for leadership scholastic work church and Sunday school activities and other contributions.
Services were held Saturday for Jesse Jones 56 of Huntington Township who died Thursday of a heart ailment. He was born in Carter County Kentucky and married Maude Howard in 1911. Surviving are four sons Herbert Donald Paul of Columbus and William in the Navy, four brothers John Benny William and Tad Jones and Lulu Crawford, all of Morehead Kentucky. Burial was at Mt. Tabor with Rev. Ray Smith officiating.
Luther Dayton of 115 Third Ave activities with Davis Shuler Co was elected president of the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce on Friday night succeeding J Warden Lewis who resigned. Dayton formerly managed the Murphy store here and came to Gallipolis about eight years ago. He is married with two children in college.
Lewis Howard of near Beaver Ohio was fined ten dollars and costs by May or W A Ridenour Jackson for driving without a license following a Thursday accident.
In Gallipolis the quarrel between neighbors at 26 and 28 Neal Ave ended with Madge Lyons shooting Le tart Roberts Friday night. Roberts suffered head lacerations and a leg wound after authorities say Lyons, angered by a slap, retrieved a revolver. Lyons was bound over to a grand jury on charges of shooting with intent to wound and released on $3,000 bail posted by Allen Lewis and Lillie Fields.
Gallia county 4 H club advisors met at the Pomeroy Methodist church for a clothing adviser training session. Attendees included Mrs. Robert Merrifield Mrs Smelter Rose Northup and Mrs Fannie Coy Morgan Center plus Dorothy Haubeil Share.
Gallipolis recruiting officer MSgt. William A. Woods announced a larger staff with the arrival of 1st Sgt. Robert J. Will. Sgt. Will began duties Friday and reports from the Marietta office, the district headquarters for the area.
Lewis Howard, 34, Beaver, cited to appear in Mayor W. A. Ridenour's court for failure to have an Ohio operator's license after a minor property damage crash on Keystone Rd in Jackson County involving Frank Haas, 34, Jackson RFD 4. The Belgian Congo comparison appears unrelated.
An old newspaper ad touts SSS Tonic as a powerful remedy for low red blood cell counts and anemia. It claims improved appetite, weight, sleep, energy, and digestion, urging readers to begin now for sturdier health and a vibrant body.
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