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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1935
Page
3
Law enforcement reports note 50 arrests since Sunday across multiple towns. Prisoners were held in basements and jails with several transfers and charges including thefts of chickens, improper licenses, and general disturbances. Sheriff Roscoe, Sheriff Hank Young, and officers Fowler Wolfe led the actions across Middleport Gallia and surrounding areas.
Meigs County transfers show multiple property moves. Chester Township transfers include O B Cain and Clara Cain to Alfred E Crew for 20 acres. Letart Township Effie and Brady Weddle sell 19.25 acres to J D West. Olive Township Robert and Sylvia Coleman transfer five lots to Meigs Savings and Loan Company. Rutland Township Bowlby Coal Company president R C Harmon sells 23.25 acres coal under 56 acres to Meigs Realty Company. Salisbury Sunday Creek Coal Company transfers 4.50 acres coal to T H Davis. Jacob Grueser transfers a lot to Albert Grueser et al. Dana Mitch and Golda Mitch sell one acre to Dale and Mable Kesterson. Ralph and Kathleen Russell transfer 12.25 acres to George and Esta Davis. Middleport Village Richard J Densmore and Bertha G Sheffield transfer a lot to Buckeye Savings and Loan Company. Earl and Edith Springston transfer a lot to Buckeye Savings and Loan Company. Sutton Pearl and Fannie Phillips transfer a lot. Minersville transfers to Bradford T and Helen Maag. MIDDLEPORT Mr and Mrs T F Ferguson left for a fishing trip near Jackson Michigan with Mr Ferguson's Corning friend. Fergusons make an annual trip.
David Napper a county jail inmate awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to arson was granted a brief respite today with a visit from his wife and newborn daughter born Sunday.
A Workers and Farmers Association in Pom_eroy grows fast with nearly a thousand members in less than two months. Services are held Sundays at 2 PM in the First Baptist Church, led by A. W. Hoover, Meigs County chairman, aiming to unite workers with American principles while inviting all interested parties.
Gallipolis officials report FERA in Columbus has approved a western Gallipolis storm sewer plan. The project calls for 2,824 in labor and 1,848 in materials, with sewer firms invited to a July 1 City Commission meeting and a later called session.
Marriage licenses issued in Gallipolis include Calvin Reedy 23 Thurston mill worker and Lorna Langel 21 daughter of Merrill Langel to Cletus Byas 25 Porter clerk and Mattie Goodman 21 daughter of Jake Goodman. Hallie R. Allen 23 Gallipolis laborer and Pearl Morehouse 22 daughter of E P Morehouse Bidwell also licensed.
A town house in Walnut Township was struck by lightning and demolished during recent storms. Eyewitnesses report that not a single board remained, and the building stood near Cadmus's location.
In Gallipolis Judge W R White spared Lewis Woodyard and Calvin Ours after Olaf Murray was acquitted. The three had been charged with breaking into George Murray's garage on December 22 and taking a car for a spin. Woodyard and Ours received 18 months probation.
In Gallipolis Mrs. James Warden fractured her right ankle after a fall at home. Robert Smith age 11 suffered cuts in a collision near the Pom eroy Bridge. His grandmother Mrs Ernest Smith was lightly injured. Robert Farmer’s three year old son was admitted for observation. Brady Shaw of Crown City recovers from pelvic fractures after a seven ton bucket accident at the dam. Elmer Terrer of Pomeroy regained consciousness after a traffic crash.
Middleport eyes converting the Masonic Temple into a modern theater after a positive state inspection. The fire proof building on Main Street could offer larger seating than local rivals and would avoid outside theater interests if pursued. Plans remain nondefinite as inspectors approved but no formal announcement made.
Alfred news notes list weekend visits including Alfred residents and friends with Spencers Bentzs Koehler Shumway Meredith and Gaul who bought a car. Pomeroy sees a sheriff warning outsiders from talking to prisoners at jail windows with a $25 fine and potential prosecution for violations.
Reverend C. C. Bailey, who has preached for months at Middleport Presbyterian Church, will be installed as regular pastor next Friday at 8 pm. Dr. John Orr of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, will deliver the installation sermon. Orr and his family arrive Thursday to spend time with relatives and friends.
Middleport social notes list residents and visitors including Sybil Mc Coy at McMillan Hospital recovering from appendicitis who has measles, Kathryn Warner improving after appendicitis, and several local visits and gatherings. Also reports birth of William Roush at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg with family visits noted.
Racine area social items record Richard Smith and Miss Mary Turner visiting Newark hosts Mr and Mrs Richard Hayman. Local travel highlights include A J Schaefer returning from Day ton after two weeks with daughter Mrs R A Carvel. A. J Schaefer also hosted Robert Carvel and Gloria visiting in Dayton. Others note Wiener roast mishap for Richard Curtis and births, visits, and summer plans among local families and guests from Washington D C Milwaukee and Jacksonville.
POMEROY L Palmer of Columbus and Harold Smith of Gallipolis were in a Sunday afternoon crash at the West Main Street entrance to the Pomeroy Masonic bridge. Sheriff R. Fowler Highway Patrolman Bollin and Police Chief Dana Roush investigated. Palmer was cut between the eyes but not seriously injured. Both cars damaged. No arrests.
L D Hartinger visited Huntington with his aunt Mrs C C Ramstein and family. Margretta Hughes, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jake Hughes, is ill after a heart attack. J W Wolfe W E Russell and Dan L Farmer drove to Magnetic Springs. Wolfe party stays two weeks. Helen Earl French returns from Columbus with Ann Elizabeth Hern. Ann to visit a week.
POMEROY special grand jury summoned this morning marking the second special session of the January court term. Purpose not announced. Also in Pomeroy three youths Glenn Swank Russell Beckett and Jesse Freeman, runaways from the Children's Home last week, were sentenced to the Industrial School at Lancaster on Saturday.
The Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity of Middleport sponsors an evening excursion on the steamship Washington return here next Saturday. There will be no afternoon excursion, as announced.
Yale athlete Keith Brown studies his vaults through film to pinpoint form flaws after setting a world record at the I C 4A meet. The report notes a persistent 1 percent annual drop in mortality over 30 years due to medical advances.
A Quick’s Cut Rate Store ad in Athens Ohio promotes Q-623 guaranteed relief for rheumatism neuritis and sciatica claiming the remedy helps most sufferers after few doses and is “worth its weight in gold.” The notice credits Q-622 as a preemption of a famous specialist whose treatments aided thousands.
Gallipolis officials set a meeting to decide on financing concrete surfacing for Grape Vine and Second Streets in the lower town. The session will also review the new FERA project for Route 7 streets adjoining Second Avenue. An earlier Saturday meeting was canceled due to busy weekend.
Gallipolis officials report a quiet weekend with few arrests. Each department jailed two intoxicated persons. A Saturday night traffic accident on Second Avenue caused minor damage to a coupe and a truck with no injuries.
Sunny skies predicted a dry June day in Gallipolis but a light shower at 5 PM Sunday evening extended the month's rainfall streak to four days.
Mrs. Ethel Layne and Herman Burnette were arrested by Deputies Howard Gates and Harold Wood Saturday and jailed on charges of being drunk and disorderly.
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