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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1947
Page
3
Ronald Miller of Rutland was bound over to the grand jury on a $1000 bond after waiving examination in the case charging him with receiving stolen property. The hearing occurred before Justice Percy L. People's Court and Sheriff Ralph Welker presented the case.
A large gathering of Meigs veterans their wives and friends attended the Meigs Chapter 53 DAV Birth day Dinner at Odd Fellows Hall. DAV Service Officer Ed Reuter urged attendees to write Ohio and Washington legislators about a desirable soldiers bonus bill and to retain the 3 percent Ohio sales tax and liquor tax.
Florence Siler was arraigned in Justice Per cy L. Peoples court on a warrant by Prosecutor D. H. Peoples for unlawfully killing her husband James Siler. She waived examination, was bound over to the grand jury, and released on a $1,000 bond.
George Halley a Cheshire area DAV member organized a six man committee to contact Prosecutor D H Peoples at 10 am Thursday about quicker relief on Meigs Soldiers and Sailors Relief Commission applications. He plans seven or eight sworn affidavits for Prosecutor Peoples and Judge Edgar Ervin. DAV officers say six month delays occur and monthly 20 to 30 medical and dental bills are handled by the group, pressing for more relief responsibility.
Friends and neighbors gathered Saturday at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reuter's Condor Street home to honor their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The couple, residents since 1904, received flowers cards and gifts. Guests enjoyed ice cream and cake. Sunday dinner followed at the Grueser home hosted by Mrs. Ada Grueser and family. Grandchildren William and Rita Neutzling were present.
A surprise shower at the Hoffman home in Hartford West Virginia honored Ernestine Hoffman and Miss Margaret Davis both Kroger employees in Pomeroy. Miss Hoffman married Sunday February 23 and Miss Davis wedding plans are announced. Refreshments were served and favors of miniature sprinkling cans were given to guests.
Verona Garnet Pomeroy Roush filed for divorce from Roy Wright Roush in Meigs Common Pleas Court on March 4 alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple married in May 1938 and have two minor children.
The Hit Parade leaves CBS after 11 years and joins NBC on April 26 at 9 p.m. in a 30 minute slot, filling Roy Rogers sponsor space. WHK Cleveland marks its 25th anniversary as an MBS affiliate with several daytime programs paying respects. Program listings show NBC CBS ABC and MBS schedules for Friday with various shows and time slots.
Five speakers are scheduled for a Veterans Employment mass meeting in the Meigs Court House courtroom at 8 p.m. tonight. Richard Vaughan leads the Meigs Veterans Committee. Speakers include Walden Roush and Robert Young on industrial leasing, Edison Hobstetter of Pomeroy Bank on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, George Paulsen on employment opportunities, and George Jensen on up-to-date registration. A sixth speaker may be a representative of the Blue Cross Hospital Service, with local campaign plans by the Central Hospital Service Plan of Columbus forthcoming. The hospital plan subscriptions will influence the Meigs Veterans Memorial Hospital project by the Meigs Veterans Hospital Board.
Mrs. Fred Shumway 79 died at her residence after an extended illness. Born in Demos she was the daughter of Rev. William P. and Isabelle Foster Weekly. Surviving husband Fred and brother W. D. Weekly of Washington DC. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Reedsville Methodist Church, Rev. Hugh Davis officiating. Burial in Reedsville Cemetery. Body moved from Spencer funeral home to Shumway home Friday afternoon.
MIDDLEPORT New York Central Railroad employee David Entsminger was taken to McMillen Hospital Charleston for treatment last week and is reported in critical condition. His sons Kenneth in Philadelphia and Charles in St Albans W Va are with the family, daughter Ruth an Army nurse is in Manila awaiting homeward in the month. His sister and others from Langsville Charleston accompanied by Rev H A Rothrock and Mrs Frank White traveled Wednesday to Charleston.
Dr Russell Lamb 55 a Columbus dentist who pleaded guilty to one tax evasion count is not the son of Mrs Willa Lamb and the late Tom Lamb as reported earlier. He is a former Meigs County dentist and husband of Edith Reed former Middleport resident.
Funeral services for Sophia L. Gomer of Middleport will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. She died at her home on Pearl Street after a weeklong illness. She would have turned 86 on March 16 and is survived by two sons Dana Gatewood and Gatewood Gomer, grandchildren including Charles and Mary Gomer, a sister Lily Barnett of Columbus, and cousins in Columbus. Interment follows at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Former Steubenville resident Mrs Sarah Jackson died February 23 at her daughter Mrs E H Lowmiller in Bedford Ohio. Survived by children John G Cleveland Mrs Henry Freiling Mrs Harry Parlett Thomas J Jackson and Mrs E H Lowmiller. Burial in Union Cemetery Steubenville beside husband Fenwick Jackson. Local mourners included Mrs Annie Dallton and Mrs S F Wise.
Pomeroy insurance man Bernard D. Edwards opened a general agency at his residence 100 Union Ave. He will write fire auto life casualty and health and accident coverage. Edwards has seven years in the business in Athens and Pomeroy. Fred W Clarke III is announced as the newborn son of Mr and Mrs Fred W Clarke Jr of Houston Texas with grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs Dale L Lee Racine Ohio and Mr Fred W Clarke Sr and the late Mrs Clarke of El Campo Texas.
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