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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1935
Page
3
Local voters show little interest in village clerk candidates as municipal elections loom. The key action remains the clerk’s proposed $800 salary cut, a drastic change valid only if enacted, with a 1936 effective date and Hess seeking reelection as a Republican leader. Nearby residents and family members travel to Ohio University for events and visits, linking the town to broader regional activities.
Mrs Frank Guinther and grandson Franklin visit Huntington with sister Mrs Stewart Bull this week. Paula Jean Britton, ill with measles, is recovering. Mrs Nancy Andrews is ill. Philathea Women of the Church of Christ plan a Thursday night meeting. Mrs Arthur A Lawrence’s furnishings moved to Gallipolis after wedding trip. Stanley house rented. Mrs James LeFever arrives from Washington DC due to her mother’s illness. Seiff family returns from Wellsburg after visiting Dr Ernest Swift.
Mrs R H Rawlings hosted Pomeroy Garden Club on Union Avenue with Jed Hartinger assisting. Miriam Blackmore spoke on Care of Roses and Mrs Ralston Russell on Fundamentals of Gardening. Members touring the Rawlings lawns and flowers after refreshments. Also notes the British Museum holds an iron piece from the Pyramid of Gizeh dating to 400 B C and an Egyptian ax head from 1370 B C.
William Willis sues the Industrial Commission of Ohio for 3750 dollars in the common pleas court. He claims a back and spine injury on April 22, 1930 while employed by Peacock Mining Company in Middleport and says the commission denied compensation.
Mrs C E W Downie and family visited Gallino ls Leverett Roush in Mulberry Avenue. Mrs Vernon Nease hosted Bethany Church Queen Esther Class with a potluck and meeting. Mr and Mrs T A Downie and T W Bengel traveled to Huntington. Lend-a-Hand Society met at Simpson Church. Harriet Ewing of Lincoln Hill spent Tuesday in Athens.
Ford Becker of the State Tax Commission said on Tuesday that likely only a half dozen Ohio counties can issue poor relief bonds under the Carey Act before August.
Hartz Mountain canaries mute when strangers approach then resume chirping on sight of familiar persons, according to bird fanciers. The note reflects how these pet birds respond to recognition and social cues in human company.
Fourteen Southern counties will join Gallia for a Gallia County 4-H camp at Raccoon Creek August 3 to 5. County boards and local groups met to set plans with representatives from Meigs Jackson Pike Ross Scioto Vinton Athens and others. Charges will cover the weekend as youth from multiple counties attend the camp week activities led by C. Lang and Rev Jackson with extension staff.
Commencement exercises at Rio Grande College conclude with ninety graduates receiving two year diplomas from President W A Lewis in arts and sciences. The fifty ninth class lists numerous graduates led by Lora Boston Carl Frederick Analee Hanger Eleanor MacRae and others. A summer session may be held but 1936 depends on enrollment. Also noted is a Gallipolis marriage license for Leo Claire Shealy and Eunice Erwin with parental consent.
Gallia County records June rainfall on all but three days with only one clear day. Official Edwin McCormick notes the district’s yearly normal rain is 39.12 inches, and about 29 inches have fallen so far in 1935.
Miss Geraldine Myers hosted coworkers and friends with games and music in Rio Grande. Guests included Elva Schomberg Anna Ruth Kathryn Denny Grace Burns Charles Wilmore Robert McKinley Frank Harness Alien Childers Evan Evans. Refreshments were served.
Gallia County investigators recall the grand jury to consider the hi jack ing case involving Earl Bingham alias W E Bainum Julian Smith and Claude Carpenter with bonds set at 2000 each The trio faces pending indictments while Claude Carpenter will be extradited from Huntington W Va Petit jury trials begin next Monday Miss Emily Boatman travels to Philadelphia for Bryn Athyn Academy commencement
A dog suspected of rabies traveled through Spruce Pine Second Grape Third and Cedar Streets before biting at least three other dogs. Police shot the animal at the corner of Third and Cedar Streets.
Wo mans Missionary Society of the Church of Christ met at the Middleport church to install new officers. Etta Gaskill became president with Helen Reynolds as vice president Beulah Roush as secretary and Susie Taylor as treasurer. A playlet titled Treasurer Hunt was performed by several members and Lois Ann Roush assisted with a paper. Blessing boxes were returned and the retiring board served refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Delp and son return to Columbus after visiting Mrs. Delp’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fisher. Mrs. Ralph Young and daughter go to Gallipolis after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Gilfillen. Mrs. Don Allen and Hilah Rust from Dayton visit relatives in Middleport. Cordelia Murphy returns to Mansfield from a visit with sister Mrs. T. C. Grogan. Eloise Cooper in Columbus with her grandparents for Office Training School. E. L. Simpson of Ironton visits his in laws, Mrs. C. F. Hawk and Mrs. Josie Johnson, then returns to Columbus. She had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Chappelle Talbott and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Allensworth.
Reverend Edward Russell of Englewood Illinois will be guest speaker at Wednesday night services at the Church of Christ in Middleport. He arrived Tuesday and will stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Russell. He was a 1925 graduate of Middleport High School.
Dale Jackson of Jackson will present an organ recital at First Baptist Church in Gallipolis at 7 45 Tuesday June 18. Assisting are Mrs Elizabeth Matthews Wesson violinist and Merrill Davis bari tone soloist from Jackson County. Silver offering to aid the Religious Education Training School in Granville this summer.
Relatives in Kanauga learn of the death of Mrs. Lawrence Swindle 39 of Canton wife of Swindle. She is the daughter of the late J A Swain Crown City and of Mrs Letha Swain Kanauga who is seriously ill. Survivors include husband mother and relatives Victor and Sidney Swain Kanauga Minnie Clark Athalia Gladys Jones Dayton Emma Foster Princeton W Va.
Two couples secured marriage licenses in probate court on Tuesday. The Crawford nuptials will be performed by Rev. O W William in Tuppers Plains with 21 year old groom and 18 year old bride. In Gallia County Gilbert Davis and Marjorie Rutherford obtained a license and will wed under Squire J W McCullough. Middleport Girl Scouts Troop 1 hiked from Heath M E Church with Lena Mae Fell as captain and Claire Minor as lieutenant. A supper hike is planned for Thursday with assembly at 3 PM.
Members of the Woman's Republican Club of Meigs County plan a potluck dinner on Thursday evening June 20 at Mrs. Effie Warren home in Reedsville. Republicans are invited and cars will depart Court Street about 1 PM for those attending.
Two 11 year old boys, Joseph Russ Jr and Michael David Ovic, were killed Tuesday when their bicycle struck a car driven by Ivan M. Soule of Portland Maine on a steep Euclid hill.
The Public Health Service estimates more than 110,000 habitual narcotics users in the country. The disclosure highlights the scale of drug use and the need for policy and treatment efforts.
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