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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1935
Page
3
C E Dow reports Wildermuth Brewery plans rehabilitation and reopens under the same name with keg beer focus. Bottled beer may be delayed. operation could bring several thousand dollars in revenue for the village and schools. Testing to start with furnace firing next Tuesday.
POMEROY Max Cameron an 11 year old Rutland boy was arrested Saturday evening by Sheriff Roscoe Vowler and Deputy Mayor Myers in Rutland for investigation in connection with a theft. His father Charles Cameron 61 was found intoxicated and jailed along with Earl Smith and Mrs Ed Smith. B F Murphy was arrested Sunday by Marshal Dana Roush on an intoxication charge.
Nine or ten members of Girl Scouts Troop 1 registered Monday afternoon for a weeklong camp at Ohlinger farm near Flora. Tokio city population listed as 5 670 in the report.
A. F. Whitney of Cleveland, leader of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen since 1928, was reelected president at the quadrennial convention in Cleveland. From a butcher boy at 15 Whitney rose through hard railroad labor years to his present prominence with 125 000 members.
Pomeroy group of Young Democrats in Meigs County will meet Thursday night at Racine High School. Officers announce a special speaker and the session will start at 8 oclock with refreshments served.
David Napper and Lawrence Smith confessed to starting the blaze that destroyed the Ed Smith home on Peacock Avenue early last Thursday. Sheriff Roscoe O. Fowler and Pom eroy Marshal Dana R. Roush announced the men, ages 23 and 21, admitted using blasting powder and oil. Smith is Ed Smith’s son and Napper had been living in the home. Further developments were promised as investigators pressed the case.
Members of the Foreign Missionary Society of Simpson Church will meet Thursday with Misses Eva Simms and Emma Waterman. Announcement of a birth: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thorne Jr. of Chicago named Joseph Eric III. Miss Maxine Campbell returns home for vacation from Ohio State University with her parents, accompanied by her grandparents.
A weekend car collision on Addison near West Virginia involving multiple vehicles injured several people.増 Ada Wil and another driver were hospitalized with head and back injuries while Betty and two others received minor injuries. The incident is under sheriff’s investigation with Holzer hospital as the treatment site.
Rising waters lower Dam 26 and other Ohio River dams after heavy rains while pools run high. The Tom Greene, built in 1923, arrives for three weeks, tests pass, and will depart for Cincinnati with a special excursion party. The Gordon C. Greene will enter the Pittsburgh trade to attract tourists amid revival of the upper Ohio packet service.
Judge W R White ordered the occupants of the Hobart George property to vacate by June 14 and surrender to purchaser Buswell Roush. The sale to Roush occurred June 1 ending Grace Downing’s suit against the Georges. Violet Robertson received divorce from Jack Robertson and custody of their child. Helen M Davis was granted divorce from Gilbert Davis and restored to her maiden name Helen M Grapes.
The Grace Methodist Church pastor H H Wilbur was admitted to Holzer Hospital Sunday for a major operation on Tuesday. New patients include Charles Small Gallipolis Mary McCarty Cheshire and Miss Dorig Armstrong Vinton. Mrs David Stover 57 Buffalo W Va died at the hospital after being admitted. A marriage license was issued to Jesse Ferguson Jr 22 Pt Pleasant W Va laborer and Virginia Doss 18 Gallia.
Fire at the Gallia County Fair grounds destroyed a feed barn on Sunday night, likely started by a discarded cigarette. Authorities say tramps sometimes slept in the barn. Fire crews saved adjacent structures though the hay-filled barn burned completely, with no wind aiding spread. This marked the third fire in three weeks after 102 quiet days.
Claude Carpenter, wanted for a state liquor truck hold up near Crown City, told Sheriff Hatfield in Huntington West Virginia he would waive extradition if told when officers would come. He was arrested in Huntington for intoxication and later identified as a suspect in the Crown City robbery.
Miss Mildred Smith left Saturday for summer classes at Bowling Green normal school. Daughters of the Union Veterans plan a Monday night meeting. Mrs. William Rowland will host Home Missionary Society of Simpson M E Church Monday night. Pomeroy Garden Club members visit Mrs. R. H. Rawlings Monday afternoon with Mrs. Jed Hartinger assisting hostess.
County Agent R. R. Starbuck will enumerate acres of corn tobacco and wheat and inspect hog production to verify AAA compliance. Over 1000 tobacco contracts 83 wheat contracts and 80 corn hog contracts will be investigated by Starbuck and assistants.
Mrs Nan Moore and daughter Elizabeth planned a Sunday trip to Sprigg West Virginia to visit her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs C C Washington. Mrs T A Elder and son Tommy plus Martha Sargeant arrived to spend two weeks with Mrs Julia Lee and sister Nan Agee. Wayne Gibbons moved to Rutland Street cottage. Irene Lee returned to Jacksonville after visiting Floyd Koehler and family.
Chester The Champion Class of the M. E. Sunday School led by Marabel O Conn er met on the Commons Thursday afternoon. Visitors included Rev and Mrs Bert O Conn er and the Stars Class members promoted in May. A wiener roast followed games. Illness touches E B Knight and D R Morris. families travel to Athens and Old Man s Cave. Children s Day observed and the annual Sunday School banquet set for June 13 at the high school auditorium.
E W Peoples announces extended deadline for home loan applications to June 27. After this date applications will not be received.
Four female workers at the Bluebird Pie Co plant walked out on Sunday to protest an alleged management move to extend the weekly work hours. Pickets formed outside the plant as the walkout began.
Rodney Richards returned Saturday to Wellston after a week in Middleport with his parents. Emily Mankin, visiting Columbus relatives, is back at Ed Mankin’s on Mill Street. Helen Batley, away with her daughter in Athens, is again at Mill Street. Rev. F C Kreager speaks on Ephisians at the Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening. John Rawson family and Wilmetta Burton return from Flat Rock after Mrs. Charles Rawson’s death. Ray Farmer and his mother and granddaughters visit Columbus for the weekend.
Feeney Bennett Post No. 128 American Legion finalizes purchase of the A. M. E. cement block church at South Fourth Avenue and Williams Street in Middleport. Legion and Auxiliary to occupy after July 1 with renovations underway. purchaser listed as R. A. Miller, contractor and builder. Within a one mile radius of Spokane, Washington, are over 90 fresh water lakes.
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