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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1939

Page

3

Visitors To Inspect New Pomeroy Post Office

POMEROY Visitors Days planned for Tuesday and Wednesday next week at the new Pomeroy Post Office. Visiting hours 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Postmaster Charles H. Mullen announces. folders distributed countywide inviting the public to tour the modern building. Post Office staff includes Mullen, Stark, Lochary, Feiger, Rosenbaum, Skinner, Windon, Hill, Ball, Hodge, Stanley, Googlein, Wood, Morgan, Radford, Kester, Wolf.

Pomeroy Charles H. Mullen Pomeroy Post Office George E. Stark Patrick Lochary Philip Feiger Fred C. Rosenbaum Arthur H. Skinner Elmer V. Windon Eskey J. Hill Allen E. Ball Webster B. Hodge Lewis FE. Stanley Fred Googlein Don L. Wood William A. Morgan Homer Radford William Kesterson Clarence Wolf

Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Activities

A group from the Federated Church visited Lena Eiselstein on her ninety first birthday at her Pine Grove home, old German songs sung. Mrs. M D Hartinger hosted a Tuesday bridge club at W Main St with two tables. awards to Mrs. Theodore Reed and Mrs. Clark. Jesse Brewster ill. Mrs. John Seakus in Holzer Hospital critical. Various local visits, bridge clubs, and Eagles district meeting participants listed. Magazine sales awards announced at high school. Frances Willard Memorial event at Simpson M E Church social rooms. Federated Church Guild program at parsonage by Mrs. Reibel and others.

Pine Grove Federated Church Dave Frecker Lena Eiselstein Miss Eiselstein Fred Langlotz Elizabeth Huber M. D. Hartinger W. Main St Cedric Clark D. B. Hartinger Walter Harris Theodore Reed Clark Pomeroy Jesse Brewster Second St John Seakus Holzer Hospital Russell Brown P. K. Smith Huntington Patrick Lochary Lincoln Hill C. D. Henry Amesville Lochary Lewis Glazier Harriett Hanna Buck Dayton Samuel Clark Syracuse Border of Eagles Nelsonville John Fisher Bernice Durst John Circle Charles Stivers Byron Hayman Leon Grueser Herman Mees Rolland Wolfe

Club meets to play contract at Adele Schoenlein home

Miss Adele Schoenlein entertained members with three tables in progress at her home Tuesday evening. Guests included Miss Betty Cosgrove Mrs. Paul Sweeney of Amsterdam and Miss Florence Smith. Miss Jean Russell and Miss Florence Smith were present.

A. D. Campbell Spring Ave Harriett Russell Wright McCroria R. G. Webster Russell Adele Schoenlein Betty Cosgrove Paul Sweeney Amsterdam Florence Smith Jean Russell

Middleport records lowest cost per pupil in 1937 38

Ohio report shows Middleport at $61.33 cost per pupil for the 1937 38 school year. Exempted village districts include three others with similarly low costs, while some schools reach $194.87 per pupil. Jackson and Wellston average about $60.00, with Pomeroy at $80.49, Logan $80.41, and Gallipolis $78.88.

Middleport Ohio City Jackson Wellston Pomeroy Logan Gallipolis

February Auto Sales Hit Records in Meigs County

Records from Clerk of Courts Herman Beards show fifty-two new cars sold in Meigs County during February. Of these, twelve were trucks. Dealers expect a rise in March due to strong February performance.

Pomeroy Meigs County Herman Beards

Mayor First To Buy New License Tags

Auto license tags and office supplies for the deputy registrar of motor vehicles Mrs. Charles Wise Jr. arrived Wednesday afternoon. Between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. 24 passenger car licenses 3 truck licenses and 1 trailer were issued. Mayor William Robson was first to buy nine licenses 51-D to 59-D for Safety Cabs, a set he has used for years. Mrs Wise announced deputy registrar Gladys Grueser will assist after midmonth. The Wise residence on S Second Ave opposite the Rawlings Coats Funeral home is used as offices.

Middleport

WPA workers start curbing in Pomeroy parking lot

WPA workers began pouring concrete curbing along the Pomeroy parking lot with a stone base planned for the lower lot. Excavation on Lasley Street should finish by week’s end and rock base work will begin next week.

Pomeroy WPA Lasley St

County Truck Work Ceases In Meigs County

Meigs County trucks and road equipment idle this week after storage order by County Surveyor Theodore Beegle due to lack of operating funds. Commissioners have not yet appropriated for the surveyor’s office though road work funds exist through year start. Apparent lack of future funds cited by County Auditor George Daniels from automobile license and gasoline taxes. Equipment moved from the old organ factory to the Ebersbach property on Condor Street.

Pomeroy Machine Company Naylor Ebersbach Condor St

Eagles Honor Winners of Member Drive

POMEROY Chicken dinner in honor of the winning team in the Meigs Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles membership drive will be served at 8 p m tonight by the losing side. The drive ended Feb 28 adding 37 new members and 12 reinvestments for 70 new members this year. Rep Floyd Mees will speak with a floor show directed by Mrs Harland Kloes.

Pomeroy Meigs Aerie Order of Eagles Jack Stivers Floyd Mees Harland Kloes Kloes

Demonstration at Hemlock Grove on clothing care

The Hemlock Grove Extension Group met at Mrs. Clarence Heaton's home in Pomeroy for the second meeting on a clothing care project. Geneve Humphreys led a washing and pressing demo with an all day session and a noon potluck. attendees included Mrs. Dorsel Smith, Mrs. Elba Story, Mrs. Bess E. Rose, and many others.

Pomeroy Hemlock Grove Clarence Heaton Geneve Humphreys Home County Dorsel Smith Elba Story Bess E. Rose Everett Bailey Henry Euler Leo

Middleport Woman Dies in Columbus

Funeral services for Mrs. C. L. Wilson who died at the Broad Lincoln Hotel in Columbus will be held at the Fisher Mortuary in Columbus Friday at one o clock with interment at Zanesville, her former home. She was aunt to Nora and Vesta McCoy and lived here with husband Mr. Wilson when he was trainmaster with the New York Central Railroad at Hobson. Ill health had led to a move to Columbus six weeks earlier to be near her daughter formerly Goldie Wilson Axline.

Middleport C. L. Wilson Broad Lincoln Hotel Columbus Fisher Mortuary Zanesville Goldie Wilson Axline

Auto License Offices Located in Courthouse

POMEROY offices for automobile license sales will be at the Courthouse on the street level floor per Mrs. Cora B. Roberts newly appointed deputy registrar. License plate sales were expected to begin today.

Pomeroy Cora B. Roberts

Stevens Hile nuptials mark Middleport society notes

Middleport reports the marriage of Evelyn Lucile Stevens to Edward Joseph Hile on Feb 16 in Marietta. The bride wore black and white tweed with gardenia corsage. attendants included Margaret Cunningham. Hile, son of Mrs. Mary Hile, Parkersburg, is a Parkersburg High and Marietta College alumnus and Parkersburg News editor. The couple reside at 1424 32nd St Parkersburg.

Middleport J. R. Stevens Evelyn Lucile Stevens Edward Joseph Hile Marietta Margaret Cunningham West Virginia State Nurses’ Association Miss Cunningham Hile Mary Hile Parkersburg Marietta College Theta Kappa Nu The Parkersburg News Hiles 32Nd St

Wolfe Champ wed in St Marys West Virginia

Mrs. Leo Wolfe announces the marriage of Elaine Wolfe to Floyd Champ of Greendale. The ceremony took place at St Marys West Virginia on February 15. Social items note the Sand Run Women Missionary Society meeting and a neighborhood dance at the Sand Run Playground with local musicians.

Sand Run Leo Wolfe Elaine Wolfe Floyd Champ Greendale St Marys W. Va Women's Missionary Society of Harold Hartman John Bridge Murray City Clayton Worthington Dayton Albert Willison New Carlisle Roy Roggee Daisy Wahl Mary Mae Chester Bartow Mildred Wien Flora Schultz Barberton Don Wolfe Orlando Lehman

Investigation Opens in Bishop Case in Meigs County

Prosecuting Attorney Manning D. Webster opened an inquiry into the Timothy O. Bishop disappearance case. Mrs. Bishop gave a statement through stenographer Lenore Giles with Webster and Justice of Peace E R Titus present. Authorities seek to connect the Bishop affair to the Charles Warner kidnapping charge. Warner is still at large. Horatio Greenough noted as first American sculptor hired for the Capitol in 1832.

Charles Warner Ross Evans Warner Justice of Peace J. W. McCullough Homer Eastman Roy Strickland Bishop Kerr Strickland Eastman Hank Young Ervin Horatio Greenough Capitol Congress Washington

Backache and Leg Pain Signal Kidney Trouble

Article warns backache and leg pains can indicate tired kidneys and urges seeking treatment. It cites kidneys as the body’s waste filter and promotes Doan's Pills for relief based on long use and widespread popularity.

Nature Dean Doan

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