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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1920
Page
8
The passenger packet General Wood suffered an accident Thursday causing a broken timber. The Liberty Line will charter the Corker to operate in the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati trade while repairs are completed.
Delegates from thirty five Presbyterian churches in Athens Presbytery covering parts of Athens Hocking Gallia Meigs Morgan Vinton and Washington counties gather in Gallipolis April 12 13 and 14 for the annual Spring Presbyterian meeting A popular program is planned with speakers including Dr Charles F Wis Hart president of the Presbyterian College of Wooster Ohio and Miss Horne missionary in Beirut Syria. D W Hennessy appointed custodian of the state armory at Pomeroy the appointment from the state adjutant generals office includes plans for rent and an American Legion room as headquarters and meeting place.
The Pitts burgh mine pumps and fans are now run by power from the P. and M. Electric Company, which also supplies light at the White plant of the Pomeroy Salt Basin Company, visited after Thursday's disastrous fire. Officials from Pittsburgh Min Co plan a meeting to arrange power for resumption as three hundred miners remain out of work.
Ralph and Otto Grimm of New Haven plan to leave within ten days to join their new teams for the 1920 season. They head to Saginaw Michigan to compete in the Michigan Ontario League.
Ralph joins the Detroit team in Rock Mount North Carolina as the big league squad starts training Otto heads to Kingston West Virginia to play with the Mountain State league Fans from Pomeroy Bend send best wishes as the players begin new fields of endeavor in baseball.
A Pittsburgh item notes ice gorges on the Youghiogheny Monongahela and Allegheny rivers thawing under warm weather. Melting mountain snow swells streams as river men brace for one of the highest water stages in years. Thousands of tons have piled up upstream, with a twenty foot high mile long gorge on the Allegheny at Freeport. No danger near Pomeroy Bend yet, as little ice remains by the time it would reach Pittsburgh around Saturday night or Sunday.
Col J M Kaufman, who has run the annual trip for years, says the Island Queen steamer will not operate this season due to high fuel costs and labor shortages. Residents of Pomeroy, Middleport, Pt. Pleasant and Gallipolis face disappointment. The Coney Island Company canceled the spring trip. Kaufman may secure another boat. The Homer Smith may instead offer an Easter Sunday excursion from Pomeroy to Huntington.
Pastor C W Graham of Heath M B Church Middleport will be the principal speaker at the Y M C A Sunday afternoon meeting tomorrow at 2 o clock. The meetings are open to the public and well attended.
A noon lightning bolt struck the big barn at Excelsior Salt Works in Pomeroy causing a fire that damaged hay and several hundred dollars of contents. Two corn cars were damaged by water and smoke but the fire department saved the building and adjoining property.
Theodora Nussman, Wm Bailey and Eunice Reed after a Athens debate with John Hancock Hi returned yesterday afternoon. Mrs Frank Chapman accompanied them home. Raymond Mitch left for Columbus on business. A E B Russell of Mill street ill with influenza. Mrs James McCormick and two children visited relatives at Chester. Bach Quartette left for Centerville Ohio after concert at M E Church. Lawrence Gunther went to Gallipolis to visit his sister at Dolzer Hospital. Clinton Fisher of Middleport hosted friends at home earlier. Miss Miram Blackmore departed for business in Columbus. Robert Miller and Meredith Cavan left for Charlestown for shrine meeting. David, Miller’s son, will accompany. J B Downing left for Columbus on business. W E B Davis of Gallipolis visited Middleport on business.
Mrs John Rawson seeks treatment in Gallipolis while many friends and relatives from Cincinnati Waynesboro Columbus Huntington and Cheshire visit or travel through Middleport. Names include Otto Stanley Hawkins Gilman Mees Hartinger Odenbaugh Fisher and others with brief visits to Holzer Hospital Parkersburg Cairo and New Haven.
Zazel Luella Parmiter, daughter of William and Alice Parmiter, born November 18 1888 in Bern township Ohio, died February 18 1920 at home near Ashley Morrow County. She married James Arthur Davis April 18 1907 and had four children Thelma Helen Robert Bernard Harvey Orland and Arthur Gordon. She leaves husband, children, father, mother, brother Earl of Austen Colorado and many relatives. She joined M E church at Asbury in 1911 and lived a conscientious Christian life. She prepared her funeral and kissed her family goodbye predicting her death, and a bereaved family prays for reunion on that shore.
Sand Rock reports several gatherings and visits. Jess King traveled to Shade for a short stay with his parents. Charley and wife joined A B Chrisman pair for Sunday. J E Parmeter attended his niece’s funeral in Asbury on Tuesday. Clyde Pinkerton of Athens stayed with Miss Ethel Colvin over the weekend. Branch Townsend visited his parents in Carthage recently.
The Second Aeronautical Exposition in New York showcases American aircraft prioritizing comfort and style. Highlights include the Curtiss Eagle eight passenger limousine, Green L. Martin twelve passenger transport, Thomas-Morse twin engined mail plane, and the compact Gallaudet chummy flyabout and Cato Butterfly. Described features range from leather interiors and self starters to panoramic views, with speeds from 70 mph to over 100 mph and flight durations up to six hours.
Miss Flossie Cole visits Broadwell. Miss Ethel Colvin leaves Tuesday for Nelsonville to visit sister Mrs. Carlos Ogg. Fern and Jessie Robinson visit Mrs. Orla Roberts. Miss Mararet Hatch spends weekend at her Strouds Run home. Mrs. Sabra Hill returns to Beaumont home. Mr. Hal Brawley and two children ill with flu. Mr. Henry Ogg visits Wells Vandyke on Sunday.
John Andrew Weiner of Perry and Morgan Counties died at his Chapel Hill area home February 27 1920. He left twelve children seven surviving including four sons and three daughters. He supported coal and oil growth but favored old farming life and horse culture. He was Catholic and a Knights of Columbus member. Funeral held with Requiem Mass at St Bernards Corning. Interment in Chapel Hill cemetery.
Mrs. George Mitchell made a business trip to Columbus last Thursday. Mrs. Hiram Frosts spent the weekend with her son Millard and family in Parkersburg. John Welch of Athens visited Frost to manage a nearby farm. Mrs. Willard Kenney shopped in Athens last week. Byron Dean plans moving his family to the George Tedrow property near Guysville. Duke of Williamstown WV visited Frost on business. Mrs. Murray Hatch spent Tuesday with relatives. Ray mond Welch of Frost R D 2 was present. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kinney hosted Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dunfee of Coolville Sunday. Miss Winiford Mahan, Frost teacher, attended an exhibit in Steubenville with students and Frost won second premium. Oyster supper attendance included Murray Hatch, Theo Rowell, Eugene Linton and Willard Kinney. Karl Ship departed for Akron seeking rubber employment.
Mrs Ruth Rice and others from Nelsonville Columbus visit Ora West who is dangerously ill with pleurisy and pneumonia. Relatives Liddy Patton and family and various local residents were noted in attendance or calls as health concerns continued.
New York reports 22 235 births this year vs 21 165 last year. Cities nationwide show general birth increases in early 1920 with Milwaukee and Seattle as exceptions. Adoption rises, with a preference for girls and very young babies. auctions and foster care demand noted in several cases. Washington and other cities list figures for January.
Audrey Tombaugh and son Join Fitch and Mildred Fitch shopped in Parkersburg Saturday. Lincoln Rogers visited daughter Mrs. Bradford in Belpre. Mrs. Henry Carlton and Wilma visited Parkersburg. Mrs. Fitch suffers rheumatism. Rome Frame improving after illness. Katie Collins to Parkersburg hospital for appendicitis operation. Misses Mabel and Mildred Hornsby visited Sylvia Cubbison. Mildred Fitch and Wilma Carlton stay at Coolville to rehearse a senior play.
M. Times an executive officer for the Hitchin area food control committee asked to cut his salary from 20 to 10 dollars per week, stating it too high. The request was granted.
The statement notes that paying the latter portion of the purchase price becomes simplest once a saving habit is established, highlighting the ease of commitment after disciplined saving develops.
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