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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1931
Page
2
Pomeroy Bend Meigs County notes show staff correspondent A Hartley inviting readers to send society and locals items to 40-3 for the Messenger circulation. Readers are asked to contact Virgil Marsh for classified ads and circulation inquiries.
Lawrence Grogan appeals to restore workers compensation from the Ohio Industrial Commission after injuries at the Rutland Mayford Mine in 1919 left him hospitalized ten months and unable to work for six more. The case, argued by Judge F W Crow and R N Lattimer, is set for continuation with another similar case against the commission likely to follow.
George Arnott, employed on the Will Barnitz farm at Letart Falls, was kicked by a horse Sunday night. His left leg was crushed between the knee and hip and he sustained a chest injury. He was taken to a Gallipolis hospital for treatment and bone setting.
In Middleport on June 30 Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Stewart and daughters Margaret and Dorothy left for Coraopolis Pennsylvania to attend the marriage of Miss Miriam Stewart to Prof Eugene Jacobson at the bride's home that evening.
Chauncey reports Oscar Darnell of Canaanville, a leader at Poston Mine No. 6, Millfield, crushed foot in a mine accident Monday. He is attended by Dr. C. N. Sanders in Millfield. Also, Eiza Hermann of Millfield, a Poston Mine No. 6 electrician, is improving from a foot injury with three broken bones and is under care of Dr. Sanders.
Millfield June 30 Prim ary Class named Little Lights held its annual picnic in charge of class teacher Miss Dorothy Gillespie. Attendees included Pauline and Dorothy Handa Mary Lou Ferrer Gladys Misner Frances Cox Pauline Gillespie June Virginia Freda Theisen Dewey Brown Vance Vinc ent Stewart Victor Robinson Norman Simpkins Margaret Johnny Kaszonyi Margaret Marshall and Miss Gillespie.
Rev. Russell Plants, returned missionary from Egypt, extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McKinney. He will preach Wednesday night at 8 in the Holiness Church in East Millfield. Public invited to the services.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Mingus and son Gordon of Millfield spent the weekend in Baltimore as relatives. They were accompanied home by Mingus mother and niece Mrs Cannon and Bernice Cannon Run who had spent two weeks visiting in Baltimore.
June 30 Mrs B H Fielder and daughter Lauretta host guests Monday and Tuesday evening Miss Virginia Price Jackson Miss Ellen Mason Portsmouth while entertaining with a bridge party honoring their guests Chauncey event notes a social gathering in a local home with multiple attendees and a playful card game atmosphere
Members of the True Blue Bible Class at Millfield Church of Christ will meet at the class president Mrs. Lewis Sanders home Thursday night to plan a class party at Mrs. Ernest Stanley’s home near Albany. The Ladies Aid Society will hold an all day quilting at the church Thursday inviting all church women.
A group of Pauline Gillespie's playmates gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Ebon Gillespie home in Millfield to honor the girl's eighth birthday. Lawn games were played and refreshments served. Attendees included Vance Vincent Dewey Brown Francis Cox Margaret Kaszonyi Dorothy Handa Stewart and Victor Robinette Norman Simpkins Evelyn Goldsworthy Johnny Kaszonyi La Donna Russell Aldine Leffler and Pauline Gillespie.
Mrs Ode Jackson of Chauncey fractured three ribs after a fall near her Jacobs Avenue home. Dr W V Sprague of Chauncey attended her. On Sunday her guests included Mr and Mrs Andrew Jackson and daughter Margaret Marie and Mr and Mrs Albert Jackson of Sand Ridge.
Mrs Mintie Stalder Chauncey is reported seriously ill at her home on Converss Street. Several relatives and friends are listed as visitors and guests across nearby towns during the week including the Wade Carnival in Orrville and visits by the Wilson and Kutz families.
Descendants of the Sisson families meet at Old Man's Cave for their annual reunion. O. R. Woodyard of Columbus elected president for the coming year, Blanche Gorby named secretary. The 1982 gathering will again be held on the last Sunday in June.
Mrs. Ann Mainwaring aged 85 was found dead in her Syracuse apartment at 7 this morning. Widow of Thomas Mainwaring former mine superintendent at Shaft Coal Mine. Daughters live out of town. she died after Lent-A-Hand Society gathered to celebrate her birthday.
In Memorial Middleport on June 30 Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters plan their annual memorial services at the Knights of Pythias Hall with Mrs W H Steiff in charge of the program. The public is invited.
A Pomeroy reporter notes a marriage license rush at the court house with 82 licenses issued in the month through Monday. Weekend couples include Gale Hysell and Bertha Mae Brickies, William McName and Lizzie Powell, H. Norman and Mary J Curtis, Calvin Meadows and Elaine McLeod, all married by local ministers. Monday records show Howard C. Smith and Mary Brooks wed by Rev. W Williams in Pomeroy.
A Bauer family reunion was held on Naylors Run with 33 attendees including members from Charleston, Cincinnati and Ludlow Ky. Earlier that day the Philip Meier family gathered on Sugar Run to mark Philip Meier’s 57th birthday and his grandson Walter’s eighth birthday with Mr and Mrs Philip Meier Sr and family, Colum bus, Mr and Mrs Joe Meier and Olivier Meier, and Mr and Mrs Henry Rasp of Pomeroy attending.
Mrs. Marion Howell 20 died in a Cincinnati hospital Sunday night leaving a husband and baby. Her husband, a mail agent, was recently transferred to Cincinnati and was to return this week to take a Columbus to Pomeroy mail run. She was a Laurel Cliff native, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howell. Funeral attendees from Pomeroy included Charles Howell, Vern Howell, Evelyn Turner, and Leah Bennett.
Walter Jenks 73 retired Carnegie Steel official died at his Pittsburgh home. He served as general manager of the hoop and hoop department from 1901 until last year. Born in England, he previously worked with Watson & Company in Pomeroy before joining the rolling mill making cotton hoops.
The Misses Harrah have opened a soft drink and ice cream parlor in a vacant Mill Street room owned by their parents Mr and Mrs E M Harreh in Middleport.
A parade of locals and relatives are noted visiting family in nearby towns and returning home Sunday. Residents from Long Bottom to Columbus stop to see kin, attend events, or report travel with several groups looping through The Plains and Glouster.
Harold J. Hayman son of Mr and Mrs W H Hayman Letart Falls and Flora Morrison daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Morrison Oakgrove were married in Jackson Ohio on June 24 by Rev Charles H Borer. Ohio State University summer term enrollments include Mary R Gorsuch Olin A Bailey Montgomery Will Roland G Will and Victor L Will. Pomeroy relatives traveled to Columbus for the funeral of Mrs Barbara Guth. attendees included Mr and Mrs Frank Hepp and daughter Mrs Charles Gloeckner and daughter Mrs Philip Meier and Loretta Mrs Kate Killinger and Char
Ohio University biology professor Dr. W A Matheny explains the 17 year cicada cycle. Nymphs spend 17 years underground feeding on tree roots before emerging for a brief adult phase with egg laying and a noisy chorus.
Mrs Lena Huber and her children left Pomeroy for a month long trip to Indiana and Illinois. Miss Seaman a trained nurse from Pittsburgh has been caring for Mrs Oliver Bradbury in Pomeroy. Pomeroy, seriously ill for months, returned home. The funeral of Miss Cady Whaley will be held at Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery and a Lancaster minister to preach.
Mrs D S Farmer and son Dan and Mr and Mrs R H Horden and daughter Phyllis attended the Sis son family reunion at Old Man's Cave twelve miles beyond Logan on Sunday. Sixty Sisson relatives were present and more than one thousand people were in and around the site by mid afternoon.
Frank Hill farmer of Scipio Township and veteran of the Spanish War along with Lowell Wingett Pomeroy newswriter expect to depart Wednesday for the south by way of Montgomery Alabama to visit Wingett relatives and then proceed to Florida on a business trip. They anticipate returning in a few weeks.
Greenville Kentucky youth John Jeffries defeats rivals at Ocean City New Jersey to claim the national marble crown in the Scripps-Howard tournament. The winner adds another Jeff to the list of champions with Jeff Champ already holding the title.
Harold Champer of Gallipolis led organizers in Athens to form a county unit of the Ohio People's Lobby aimed at countering powerful corporate lobbies. Champer said the group seeks a state charter and plans units in every county with Champer as president and R A Mack of Gallipolis as legal adviser.
Fireworks set off in the Benz Variety Store in Upper Sandusky caused extensive interior damage and about 10000 dollars in losses Monday. The fire, reported on June 30, damaged merchandise and the building interior. Local authorities investigated the incident as a fireworks mishap.
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