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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1936
Page
3
769 Meigs Countians on the old age pension rolls at $15 a month. 133 new or reactivated applications were received last month. George Childs, administrator, notes variations by locality and factors affecting pension enrollment across districts.
A new Middleport weekly newspaper launches with the Rotary Club sponsorship. The contest winner names Middleport Weekly Review, a title chosen by Geraldine Parsons and Wiletta Emmish. The paper is printed in Pomeroy at the Democrat Printing Office.
Members of the Whatsoever Class in the Presbyterian Church gather Friday at 7 30 in the lecture room for the regular March session. Mrs Dea Hayes serves as president and will lead, with group leaders in attendance.
Fiscal year ending December 1935 for Athens Township Rural School District Athens County outlines receipts items taxes local levy state aid tuition and interest totaling 74 162 50. disbursements cover salaries supplies maintenance materials repairs transportation and capital outlay with total disbursements 36 275 51 and balance sheets showing assets liabilities and net balances including building and sinking funds.
Local firemen were summoned Wednesday afternoon as flames spread through dry leaves at the cemetery grounds. The fire was checked quickly without using firefighting equipment.
WPA workers are rapidly building a Boy and Girl Scout camp near Chester as reported by Sheriff Roscoe O. Fowler. The county owns the property and a large dining hall cabin is under construction using logs from the site. District Scout executives will meet at Peace Evangelical Church at 7 30 this evening. no board of review due to the unusual date.
A Tuesday evening party at Roy Davis's Laurel Cliff residence honored Roy Davis. Guests included Mr and Mrs Everett Dailey, Mr and Mrs John Bowen, Mr and Mrs Harley Brown and children, Mr and Mrs Eldon Weeks and son, and Mr and Mrs Davis and son. Bingo and refreshments followed the greetings.
Joe Matheny and James Barron visited Mrs. Florence Kettell in Rutland on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bell Jordan visited Langsville hosts the Pickens family Sunday. Gladys Locke hosted a surprise birthday party for Helen from 2 to 5 with eighteen guests. Wilee Thomas and Ernest Gardner joined Gladys Locke’s guests Sunday. Bernice Winn traveled to Columbus for a stay with her sister. Adeline Harrison aided her sister in Athens after an operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Clyde Bryan of Gallipolis visited his mother Bertha Bryan Sunday. Dell Archer and wife spent the weekend in Columbus visiting relatives. Reverend Perkins attended a convention in Zanesville. Thelma Michael hosted the Young People’s Class of the Christian Church Monday night. Fitz Michael and family visited the Brown family in Middleport.
Oak Grove notes several social visits and family updates. Mrs. Adda Wachenschwanz spent Tuesday with Mrs. Wayne Bumgardner in York. Charles Kimes announce birth of a daughter with Verna France as grandmother. Wachenschwanz and Wendell family gatherings reported in Oak Grove and Carbondale. Homer Davis home recovering after hospital stay. George Thornton recovering from illness. Michael Ely visited Nelsonville. callers at Alien and Lowry home included Eugene Wolfe family and Rev Charles Wachenschwanz. Verna France also noted in Carbondale greetings.
Sunday evening church and young people's meeting held in New Plymouth. John Heinlein visited Olin Lebaron at Hamden. Wanda Williams Billy and Junior Fuller recovered from mumps. Mrs W H McDaniel and others were in Athens Sunday. Leisure visiting daughter Mrs Floyd Williams. Trudhey Heinlein at home last weekend. Mildred Williams visited Melba Hopkins Tuesday. Meisha has been il. The lying gunard has been known to knock sailors senseless on deck.
A new retail approach uses trucks to bring feeds groceries and other commodities directly to farmers homes across Meigs County. Trucks from six towns including McArthur Albany Athens Gallipolis Parkersburg and Huntington serve the area with potential impacts on existing merchants and taxes. The trend ties to highway growth and coal shipment patterns aiding regular freight to Pomeroy Bend.
The Sun shine Class of Bishopville presents Billy's Aunt Jane Friday night with a cast led by Russell Shepard as Billy and Madge Fediord as Aunt Jane. The play, a college woes comedy, will be repeated March 6 with music between acts by Ferndale players. Local residents and relatives are noted in attendance and illness among residents is mentioned.
Harold Rusk of Vine Street completed a radio and television course with a 93 rating. His diploma was sent to his mother Mrs Iva Rusk of Vine Street. A Middleport High School graduate in 1929, he will start new work at an undisclosed location.
An advertisement urges readers to treat chest colds and bronchial irritation with Creomulsion. It claims the medicine reaches the source of trouble, loosens germ phlegm, and expels it. The ad guarantees satisfaction or money back from the first bottle.
Mrs. W M Burton and Mrs. B F Fultz travelled to Columbus after news of sister-in-law Mrs. C E Kent’s death and funeral. Mrs Stella Roush is ill at 56S Fifth Ave. William Boyd moved to Ray McElhinny property on Brownell Ave. Mrs Lucy Downing is ill and Mrs Helen Bryant visited Columbus then returned with Mrs Ben Futz Jr. The Harley family’s former resident Mrs John Harley of Pittsburgh is reported in critical illness through Mayor J E Harley. Myrta Musser of Rutland visits relatives H S McClure and family on Seventh Ave for a few days.
Horton Brown of Meigs County Clerk of Court announced his candidacy for the General Assembly on the Democratic ticket. The ticket position remains unsettled from last Saturday's Democratic leaders meeting. The move signals unity within the Democrats as Republicans face a wide field with Floyd F. Mees, Benjamin F. Turner leading the early race along with Ben Spencer, Racine, L. D. McMaster, Bert Knight Chester, and Asbury Smith considering petitions and other races.
Mrs. H. O. Stewart welcomed Middleport Literary Club members to her S Fourth Ave home at 2 pm. Roll call responses referenced Famous Foreign Born Americans. The program included song, a "Twice Thirty" paper, and "My Musical Life" by Walter Damrosch, prepared by Mrs. Rosener Zeiher, with next meeting set for March 18 hosted by Mrs. R. M. Sherman.
An Athens ad touts Endo-Corn as a quick easy safe corn remover. It claims thousands already helped and invites readers to purchase a jar at the Athens Phye for fifty cents, with the price listed as 50 cents.
The Pomeroy High School Band entertained at Tuppers Plains High School on Wednesday night. Sponsored by the Junior Class, the event featured a three act play Adventures of a College Wife. The band performed musical selections before during and after the play, providing entertainment between acts.
An outbreak of scarlet fever at the Lorain County Tuberculosis Sanitarium led to the death today of Marian Dorothy Bohn, 10.
Mrs J D Sullivan of Seventh Ave. rushed to Charleston Wednesday after the sudden death of her sister Mrs John J Cavin. Mrs Cavin died Wednesday morning from a heart attack. Canada exports about eight times as many eggs now as in 1833.
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