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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1931
Page
5
Ada society column notes Ada readers can contact Virgil Marsh for classified or circulation queries. The piece references the Messenger and local society items in Pomeroy Bend Meigs County CG. 4, Hartley.
In Pomeroy Ohio on Saturday two brothers Glen and Sylvester Clark drowned in the Ohio River near Graham Station after a long search. their sister had died years earlier leaving the family without children. The bodies were recovered on the West Virginia side and taken home for burial. A Syracuse boy Thomas Marr died in Parkersburg after an appendicitis operation with funeral services held Sunday.
Mrs Julia Bianch Timmns 93 born Chester, Pioneer family member, died at daughter Bertha Dowd's Parkersburg home Saturday. Funeral this afternoon. She left a son Rosa Timms in Parkersburg and several grandchildren and a great grandchild. Local notices mention relatives visiting, trips, and community events in Meigs County and adjacent towns.
In Middleport on June 22 Mr. and Mrs. Herman Haddox announce the marriage of their daughter Carmen to Alex Sattler of Pomeroy. The ceremony occurred Saturday at Pt. Pleasant West Virginia with a small church parsonage service conducted by the Christian Church pastor. The couple will reside in Pomeroy after a brief honeymoon period.
Courthouse records show severe heat waves produce more fighting and crime than other weather. Experts say hot conditions raise anger, making people prone to violence.
Prosecuting Attorney C. W. Clark filed a manslaughter charge against Ermat E. Martin for shooting Marley Canode to death in Columbia Township Friday evening during a fight. Justice E. R. Titus set bond at $500, to be furnished today. Martin pleaded not guilty claiming self defense.
Middleport June 22 Mrs Will Steiff returned after attending the G A R event in Columbus. She joined all sessions and receptions, visited Governor White's mansion, and met his two daughters. Mrs Steiff praised President Hoover's Civil War soldiers review as a highlight of the gathering.
One woman named Sanda was arrested Saturday night by Night Policeman William Robron and held for a Monday hearing on the charge of a social transgression of the law.
A smallpox case was reported at home on Breezy Heights and linked to a clerk at the Chesapeake & Ohio freight offices. The patient, Trim, visited relatives in Caldwell Ohio and contracted the disease. Earlier in Melza County there were several smallpox cases last winter and the outbreak was thought contained.
POMEROY June 22 Miss Cady Whaley a leading Pomeroy businesswoman since 1913 is critically ill at her Whatley Court Street home. Her mother Dr Amy Whaley age 91 remains nearby. Whaley has long run the family dental business after her father Dr B C Whaley’s death. Amy Kingsland of New York City is the only other Whaley relative mentioned.
Nine year old Clyde Run Sell was reported lost in Pomeroy on Saturday evening. He and his parents had come there. Flewan was later found.
Athens County taxpayers gain extra time to pay June taxes as County Treasurer W. E. Moler extends the final date from June 20 to Monday July 20. He urges early payment while noting a large portion already has been paid.
Governor George White attended the encampment program as the annual Spanish War Veterans gathering included a dress procession and a military ball. About 2,000 attendees were reported at the event in June.
Mrs Marguerita Stalker, woman’s editor of The Toledo Blade, died Sunday after a pistol discharged in her grip. Her husband found her body in a bedroom at their home upon returning from downtown. Andrew Stalmaker Bere, Eleanor Stalmaker’s father, died in Buckhannon West Virginia with funeral set for Wednesday. Mrs Price has been with her father for three weeks.
Fragmentary report notes children held by a mother near a mine during a strike. Names read as Stella Bor line, Susie, Jasanhiee, Mary, Florence and a baby appear amid tensions. Officials and a strike broker mentioned as events unfold near St. containing details unclear.
George Edward Gould aged 25 died at 7 10 pm Saturday after a spinal injury from a dive at a train route near Cineinesti while en route to Sheltering Arms Hospital from Gearesteen Kentucky. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Gould of Dowler Ridge and is survived by sisters and a brother and Leonard McKibben. Funeral services will be held Tuesday after church at Lower He made in the church.
A fragment notes a victim found near the Ohio River on a Saturday. The scene references a pantona and a belief that the incident was not reported promptly.
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