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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1931
Page
2
A Meigs County report details local society notes and staff coverage by A Hartley. Classified and circulation items for The Messenger are directed to Virgil Marsh for ad services and readership engagement.
Pomeroy reports relief after the Bowman brothers are captured in Brown County. The gang, linked to a fatal Hobson station hold up and bank robberies, faced consequences for crimes across the region. Their father is in Portland and the family once lived in Woodsfield.
June 17 report from Middleport shows Miss Helen Beeson leaving with her father W. H. Beeson and Mr and Mrs Plummer Beeson. She will join 21 teachers in Montreal to sail for a two month European tour aboard a Canada bound voyage and back by late August.
Newlywed couple Mr. and Mrs. Guy Reynolds hosted the New York Central Band and neighbors at their Hobson Street home in Middleport. Mr. Reynolds is a band member. About 75 people attended the day evening event.
Frank Fugate Meigs County clerk notes 19 candidates filed in Pomeroy and Middleport with filing fees 25.50 and 11.30 respectively. The difference stems from salary levels in the two towns.
In Pomeroy Ohio on Monday five guilty pleas were heard in Common Pleas Court. Hershel Holter received one to three years in the Ohio Reformatory for burglary and larceny. Darrell Collins drew one to three years in the Ohio Penitentiary for carrying concealed weapons. John Jiiden was jailed three months in the Dayton Work House for assault and battery. Orla Gilmore and Harry Lauder were fined 200 dollars plus costs for larceny and released after serving five months in jail.
A wedding was held Saturday June 13 1931 at the home of J S Johnson as his son Simon wed Miss Erma Jean Connolly of Long Bottom The room featured abundant cut flowers ferns and a fern backed altar The ceremony followed by bridesmaids Miss Mildred Johnson and Miss Laura Hupp and featured music by Mrs Russell Johnson with the bridal party including Carl Johnson brother of the groom.
The groom and Carol Randolph served as best man and bridesmaids wore white. Rev. Charles Hupp of Columbus performed the ring ceremony followed by a wedding dinner. Guests included Mrs. Ray Hupp and sons, Mrs. Charlee Hoffner, Doris, Laura, and others. A large white cake was presented to the bride. The evening ended with a serenade.
Mrs Sisson, widow of Dr Sisson, claims Elizabeth Pratt who married Lorenzo Dow is her aunt. Dow died in 1851 soon after their marriage and later she married Moses Allen of Middleport, father-in-law of W H Osborn. Relation to the evangelist remains uncertain.
Grace Bartels of Syracuse and Carl Weese of Syracuse were married Monday night at Heath M. E. Church Middleport with Rev. C. H. Fichinger officiating. Attendants were Miss Lettie Evans and Charles E. Young, teachers at Silver Run. They reside in Syracuse.
In Middleport on June 17 a large crowd gathered at Sacred Heart Church for the marriage of Valendi Lippi and Santi Barsotti, with relatives from Parkersburg Marietta Gallipolis Columbus Ashland and beyond attending. A reception followed at Knights of Pythias Hall, and cake maker Gene Grate unveiled a 75 pound four tier cake shaped as four hearts. The cake contained a thimble ring diamond and button and drew hundreds to view at Grate’s home before later going on display at Smith Clothing Store.
The towboat William M. Jones steamed through Pomeroy Bend at sunset with 18 barges carrying 11,000 tons of 103-4 inch diameter steel pipe bound for the Texas and Oklahoma oil and gas fields. The cargo would stretch about 51 miles if laid end to end and required 300 freight cars by rail. An engineer from McLaughlin-Jones mills near Pittsburgh rode aboard to witness the scenery and reported full plant operation and long orders ahead. The tow crew numbered 40 men.
Carl Genheimer and Dora Good were married in Gallipolis in 1928 and later divorced in 192? They married again secretly on a Monday night license and will establish their home in Syracuse. Mrs. Genheimer had priorly remarried and lived in Huntington. Miss Nellie Bishop and Miss Minnie Bishop of Cleveland visited Mrs. Homer E. Cook.
Meigs County 4 H Club leaders and officers plan an annual conference at Pomeroy Junior High School on June 24. Attendance is limited to leaders and officers. Notable attendees include Miss Lucile Smith of Athens L. W. Barnes of Gallipolis Floyd Henderson of Jackson and C. C. Lang of Columbus. The program covers plans for 1931 and camp details with demonstrations songs and group discussions. Continued on Page 3.
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