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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1935
Page
3
During a Monday council meeting the village discussed securing funds for sewer work. The council reviewed FERA help and Toledo bond programs noting money to retire by Dec 31 and the need to supply streets awaiting completion.
Fragmentary report mentions A Worthen Rose Worthen and a memorial day context in Indiana. Details are scrambled, with references to relatives, a sister, a father, and a journey related to food and some event at Plains.
Ewing Y. Mitchell of Missouri, once an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, was removed by presidential order after a nine month controversy. The action followed revelations about graft in certain bureaus of the department and threats to stay in Washington to clean up the town.
In Parkersburg Ohio River Bridge officers nabbed Gordon Starkey 17 and Virginia Hodgen 14 as they crossed from Columbus in a stolen car. They admitted the theft and said they drove by way of Pomeroy to Parkersburg. The girl attempted suicide with broken glass in jail after surrender.
Members of the Workers and Farmers Association will lead Sunday afternoon services at First Baptist Church in Pomeroy. The event starts at 2 o clock.
Pomeroy events include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Conway and daughter Joan joining Misses Eva Simms and Emma Waterman for a trip to New Concord for a cousin's wedding. Ed Priode and family travel to Columbus for an insurance meeting. Mrs. J. A. Edwards visits relatives in Parkersburg. Loyal Partners of Church of Christ plan a Lincoln Hill lawn picnic. J. O. F. Class hosts a West Main Street gathering. Mrs. Elizabeth Langlotz visits Cincinnati family with granddaughter Louise Dailey.
Benjamin F. Turner and James E. Spencer represented Meigs Chapter No. 53 at the Disabled American Veterans convention in Portsmouth, the largest in Ohio history. Turner served on the city committee. the group supported immediate cash payment of the bonus. Local chapter was the youngest represented among 53 chapters. the next convention will be in Zanesville.
A burro ball game Monday night at the Middleport athletic field ended 1-1 after rain halted play. Players from Middleport and Pomeroy rode burros to bases while fielders sat sidesaddle. Tedrow and Becker scored for their towns as Fort Dodge Kansas sponsors promote the novelty event.
Mr and Mrs R S Kaser returned to Columbus after a weekend visit with Mrs Eva Klein and family on Pearl Street. Mrs J O Leonard was in Charleston. Winifred Skidmore from Cleveland visits Mrs Frank Vroman and friends. W K Somerville Ravenswood W V visited Middleport with cousins Lucy Downing and Alpha Somerville. Betty Dempsky returned home from Pomroy after with her grandparents. James McComas Carpenter visited son and daughter in law on South Third Ave. Orville Chambers of Columbus spent weekend here. Dr and Mrs C H Horden and children returned to Columbus after visiting Mrs Hordens sister on Grant Street and Mr and Mrs R Horden on South Fourth Ave.
Middleport and nearby residents appear in a weekend roundup. Emma Jean Smith and her parents visited, joined by Laura Mantle and Anna Rae Jenning. Ohio University and Ohio State University affiliates travel for summer term work and study.
Mrs. R. C. Sansbury announces the marriage of her daughter Misa June Sansbury to Richard H. Hayman son of Mr and Mrs R H Hayman of Racine The ceremony occurred May 4 in Stroudsburg Pa officiated by Rev R E Stonesifer Attendants were Mr and Mrs C B Potter The groom a Lehigh University graduate works as a chemical engineer with W H and L D Betz Co in Philadelphia
Edna Sutton aged 86, a former slave, died at her Little Hocking home after a yearlong illness. She came to the Little Hocking area about four years ago and had no known relatives. Funeral services are planned for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Antioch Church in Decatur Township.
George Davis of Galli polis was arrested Monday by Meigs County officers on a bad check charge. Officers reported Davis has prior trouble on the same charge.
Evelyn Welker visited grandparents in Kingsbury on Sunday night. Akron guests included Dana Epple family and Will Epple family visiting Peter and Herman Epple. Roy Thoma and Calvin Epple joined David and Durward Cummings at Peach Fork. Floyd and Clarence Jordan from Harrisonville stayed with Gilbert Michael. Heilman family visits to Sennett. Heilman and Haning families with Denver Thoma and Ralph Carr attended a birthday.
After Flag Day services at the Presbyterian Church the Presbyterian Pals class presented a large flag to replace the one donated years ago by Mrs Agnes Park Woodward. The flag will be displayed in the main auditorium flagstaff. Mrs L J Heiner delivered the presentation. The class has 30 high school girls taught by Mrs M S McAllister. The service featured the choir in new robes with 26 voices, funded by the Presbyterian Pals.
Clarinda Iowa resident Mrs H H Long says Kruschen helped her lose fat from 226 to 208 pounds after three jars with doctor approval. Aditem touts Kruschen Salts as safe and effective, offering a 4 week supply for a small cost and a money back guarantee. Available at Athens Pharmacy Ball Pharmacy Nelsonville and other drug stores.
Pomeroy residents Langlotz on East Main Street returned home Saturday after a week in Dayton and Cincinnati. In Dayton they met friends and in Cincinnati stayed with D. C. Diehl’s family. Mr and Mrs Robert Warner and family joined Mrs Jesse Gainer and two daughters to Hunt ington to visit Mr Gainer ill in the veterans hospital. Milton Oliver of Columbus spent Sunday with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Alex Oliver. Frank Murray and family from Pennsylvania were weekend guests of Otis Murray on Mulberry Avenue.
T H Nichols 28 and Mary Price 32 of Racine secured a marriage license in probate court Monday afternoon and were united in marriage by Justice J W Mc Cullough. License was issued Saturday by Lloyd Harris 2 of Great Bend and Susie Lewis 19, married by Justice EB Titus.
Mr and Mrs John Chase hosted a birthday anniversary picnic on their Union Avenue lawn. Guests included Mr and Mrs Howard Wilson Rutland Mr and Mrs Roy Yocom and daughter Mr and Mrs Haybhorn Holdcroft and their children Mrs Dora Slonaker and daughter Zanesville Mr and Mrs William Waters and two children Huntington Mr and Mrs Glenn E Chase Huntington and Mr and Mrs Harold Russell and two children Charleston.
Funeral services for Miss Clara Franz age 60 who died Saturday at her Columbus home were held at Sacred Heart Church at 10 this morning. Rev Father Dowd of Athens officiated. She previously resided in Pomeroy and is survived by four brothers E. J. Franz of Pomeroy John and Albert Franz of Columbus and Charles Franz of Manila and two sisters Mrs Amelia Englehart and Miss Elizabeth Franz of Columbus.
Regular meeting of the Presbyterian Missionary Society will be held Wednesday evening at the church with Mrs. Charles Peoples as hostess. Children will be in charge of the program.
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