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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1931
Page
3
Local society notices and classified column items from The Messenger brief readers on society happenings and circulation details. Contact Virgil Marsh for classified ads or related services as listed in the local column.
The body of Civil War veteran Samuel D Hanna was taken from his Middleport home to Hartford West Virginia for burial after dying Friday night. He spent most of his life in Hertford and contributed to town affairs. He was a long time member of the Methodist Church and Liberty Lodge I O F at Hartford. Funeral services were held at the Hartford Methodist Church with burial there. He is survived by six children James A Charles R Mary H George W Mildred W and Russell Lee. Two sons James and Charles served in West Virginia Regiments during the Spanish American War.
Mrs. G. C. Mumford of Washington D C writes about an unmarked child’s grave in Middleport’s Old Cemetery. She recalls a small tombstone once inside an iron fenced plot now obscured by a tree and hopes the stone will be found and placed back inside the fence.
A flurry of visits and relocations appears as residents travel between Columbus Gallipolis and nearby towns. Mrs Ella Harry returns with her niece Miss Maude Womeldorff plans move to Portsmouth where Mr Ryan will work. Mary B Laughead from New York visits. Alfred Elberfeld and Mrs Laughead meet. Mrs Graham Waddelle and daughter come from Gallipolis to visit her parents the Beverage family. Mrs Clara Murray relocates to Woodward apartment to continue beauty work. The Skiles couple depart to Morgantown WV then Akron. Hobart Kent visit sisters Webb Smith and Adams in Columbus. Fred and Mrs Russell visit relatives from Toledo. Lon Russell hosts them at Bradbury. Alton Vale from Ohio Hospital Epileptic in Gallipolis spends weekend with Garner family. Mrs W T Moore and daughter Nancy return to Huntington with Bobby Flesher after visiting Rathburns. Paul Smart and family drive to Falion to visit Nellie Smart as Smart takes two weeks vacation from Citiens Bank.
Mrs. Ann Stark a home missionary worker active in Philadelphia's Italian District spoke at the First Baptist church in Middleport on Sunday. An Idle School junior program followed at 7:30 pm featuring a well received children's day presentation.
June 15 Pomroy honors top high school musicians selected from across the state to form a composite band for the Ohio State Fair. From Pomroy, Chauncey Shumaker Dwight Idy Hobart Young Leonard Hess Norman Bohram earn spots in the Governor's Band.
A party of 28 automobile manufacturers and their wives traveled in a specially built bus from Detroit toward San Francisco. They stopped at the Bend above Pomeroy to enjoy the scenery before continuing along the river to Cincinnati and later returning northward after reaching California.
Walks in her sleep at 3 a m left Mrs. Clare Pickens 65 with a fractured arm after she fell from a porch in Racine wife of the local Ohio River ferryman who recently returned from Cincinnati for eye treatment she has partial vision back Newton McKenzie a local resident and Ohio River dam worker is hospitalized in Columbus after eye removal surgery and slow recovery with plans to return home soon
The First Christian Church reports Grayson Memorial Auditorium in Los Angeles hosted commencement ceremonies on June 12. Edward E. Russell formerly of Middleport, son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Russell of South Locust Street, graduated from California Christian College.
Feeney-Bennett Post No 128 and auxiliary members attended Sunday evening services at Heath Methodist Church. Rev C H Eichinger delivered a sermon titled Under the Flag and the choir provided suitable music. The service drew a large crowd.
Local notes report Miss Wimimed Elkins of San Antonio married Charles Gresner a Rocksprings farmer by Father Eugene Dunn in Pomeroy after obtaining a church sanction. Marriage licenses issued nearby and a large cherry crop ready for harvest signals seasonal commerce. Officer action notes Robert Dillard’s arrest in Columbus for forged checks and auto theft. Meigs County taxes due without penalty until July 20 and local obituaries and memorial services mark the week.
Miss Margaret Riley directs a pageant titled The Frolic to be staged on the High School Building grounds on July 4. Children over eight meet Monday in Woodman Hall to prepare for a unique event with a large stage to be erected on the grounds.
Pomeroy’s Daughters of Veterans members Mrs. John Seakus Mrs. Fred Longiotz Mrs. Effie Tracy Mrs. Marion Radford Mrs. A. V. Howell and Misses Clara Zeier and Anna Crow depart for Columbus to attend the Grand Army convention. Jail matron Mrs. Tracy accompanies Jessie Moulden held for three months in the Ohio Institution for Feeble Minded.
The Messenger reports the unveiling of three Revolutionary War markers at local graves led by D A R figures Mrs Katherine Rathburn and Mrs Frances Flesher Moore though their names were omitted in Sunday's paper. Pomeroy youths John Kreimbeihi and David Clifton unveiled the Sayre marker, seven generations removed from the old soldier.
The reconditioned Nautilus with Sir Hubert Wilkins leading an Atlantic crossing in mid Atlantic calls for help after engine trouble. The U S battleship Wyoming will tow the craft to Queenstown Ireland. Nautilus left Provincetown Mass and was two thirds across the Atlantic in ten days.
Entrance gained to the Edward Minister grocery and general store in Chauncey early Sunday when a rear window was broken. A quantity of meat bacon groceries and several pairs of shoes were taken. A film was dropped at the rear of the building.
Miss Edith Wilson of Chauncey has returned from a visit with relatives in Cleveland. Rev and Mrs B Courtney and remain in Chauncey after hosting relatives.
Chauncey residents T. R Hamilton Clel Cunningham and Noah S Marvey left Sunday for a short fishing trip along the Muskingum River.
Ray Sanders Fred Sanders Char len Sanders Dr N Sanders Mit field Ralph Brown Chauncey and others returned Sunday from the Muskingum where they had been fishing. Jane Rankin Virgil La Hugh and Elmer Poting Chauncey are spending a few days fishing on the river.
Chauncey, June 15. Herman Leffler suffered a fractured left forearm Saturday after falling from a ladder at his home. He was taken to Neteonville for X rays which showed both bones of the forearm broken.
Mr and Mrs Frank Webb recently married were honored with a miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs Edward Sickles in Lower Plains. Mrs Webb and her husband received many gifts as about ten guests enjoyed the evening with social time and refreshments.
The Wing Worker's Class of girls at Chauncey Church of Christ will hold its annual picnic next Thursday in Nye Grove. Members should meet at the church Thursday at 9 o'clock to contribute to the picnic dinner.
Helen Davis a teacher in the A land schools will move to Lake Otney Michigan for the summer after a short stay with her mother Mrs Evan Davis in Middleport. They have rented a cottage for the season.
Reports say cabbage from Onto River gardens along the Ob River in Meigs County and along the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in Washington County is large and of excellent quality. Cabbage is being trucked into Atlanta, Charleston and other towns from the Great Bend District Meigs County. Motorists note wheat fields beaten down by Sunday rains while crops overall show good growth.
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