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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1939

Page

3

Farm Experts To Address Pomeroy Chamber Dinner

Pomeroy Ohio March 21 dinner to feature Prof. Charles G. McBride and Prof. Lawrence E. Kunkle of Ohio State University speaking on agricultural development. McBride will discuss dairy marketing and urban prosperity. Kunkle will review storage of food products and locker storage plants. Dr. George Lasher and Dan C. Hartinger head the agricultural committee outlining a Meigs County program.

GER Athens Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce George Lasher Dan C. Hartinger

Hawley Released After Disturbing the Peace Charge

Orville Hawley was arrested Monday night on a disturbing the peace charge filed by his stepfather W. H. Stillwagner and released Wednesday by Mayor M. D. Hartley.

Pomeroy Orville Hawley W. H. Stillwagner M. D. Hartley

Takes Over Office as New Registrar in City Building

Mrs. Cora B. Roberts, deputy registrar of motor vehicles, takes over the office in the First City Bank Building formerly used by Miss Gladys Grueser, the former registrar.

Pomeroy Cora B. Roberts Motor Vehicles First City Bank Gladys Grueser

Appointed Clerk in Liquor Store at Pomeroy Ohio

David O. Jenkins of Middleport is named a clerk in the Ohio Liquor Store at Pomeroy effective March 23. The appointment comes from the Ohio Department of Liquor Control and is the third state job filled in Meigs County this year.

Middleport David O. Jenkins Aclerk Ohio Pomeroy Jenkins Ohio Department of Liquor Control Ifeigs County Cora B. Roberts Charles Wise Middlert Meigs County Republican Central Committee

Five Candidates Initiated at Mineral Lodge Odd Fellows

Five candidates were initiated in the first degree at Mineral Lodge I O O F on Tuesday night. The new members are Donald Lisle Robert Peoples Richard Vaughan Emil Ball and Henry Dailey. Rev Joseph D Ryan transferred from Lebanon Lodge to the local lodge and was welcomed. An electrical cooking demonstration at the Ohio Power Company office is planned for next Tuesday with members meeting at the lodge hall before seven then returning after the demonstration for second degree work.

Pomeroy Mineral Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows Donald Lisle Robert Peoples Richard Vaughan Emil Ball Henry Dailey Joseph D. Ryan Lebanon Lodge Lccal Ryan Middleport Presbyterian Church Odd Fellows Ohio Power Company Lodge Power Company

Letters From Son in Alaska Cheer Midwestern Mother

Mrs. Louesa McAllister of Middleport rejoiced at three letters from her son George McAllister in Anchorage Alaska. Delays from west coast shipping strikes had kept him from hearing for two months and she worried. The latest mail showed seven letters from his mother arriving in one delivery.

Middleport Louesa McAllister George McAllister Anchorage Alaska

PTA Social at Community Hall March 18

The LETART FALLS PTA plans a social at Community Hall on Saturday night March 18. They will sell ice cream and sandwiches and also host a true false contest.

Letart Falls P.T.A

Lenten Service at Trinity Church with Sermon by Rev Frisch

Wednesday evening special service at Trinity Lutheran Church begins 7:30. Rev Paul Frisch delivers the fourth Lenten sermon on History of the Passion of Our Lord According to St Luke. Theme Humanity at Its Worst.

Pomeroy Trinity Lutheran Church Paul Frisch Luke

Centenarian Mary Earl Finds Joy in Life at 100

Mrs. Mary Earl of Peterboro New Hampshire marks her 100th birthday content with life. She says worry is useless and quips I have two teeth left and they meet as a sign of cheerful resilience.

Peterboro N. H Mary Earl

Vendor advertised remedy aids constipation claims by citizen testimonial

A Plains Ohio coal loader Isaac Hughes touts Vendor as relief for constipation and related symptoms such as cramps gas heartburn headaches and fatigue after using Vendor for a short time. The Vendor Man promotes Athens Pharmacy and Hickmans Pharmacy Nelsonville as sellers with a sales push.

Isaac Hughes the Plains Ohio Athens

Ozark Sweetheart Eileen Graham Stars at WLW Jamboree

Eileen Graham known as the Ozark Sweetheart will headline WLW Boone County Jamboree shows on Wednesday March 22 at 7 and 9 PM in the Junior High Auditorium. Proceeds go to Meigs County Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to support a permanent local anti polio organization.

Pomeroy Eileen Graham WLW Boone County

Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Meetings

Social notes describe the Ladies Guild planning a family night supper at Heath M E Church as part of Loyalty Month with Nora and Vesta McCoy hosting. Members voted $50 to the church treasury and discussed parsonage redecoration and paying church taxes.

Heath M. E Ladies Guild Nora Vesta McCoy Sesson M. L French Mary Cook

Coal Operators Meet to Protest High Truckers Rates

Coal operators from Meigs and Gallia counties met at Roy's Hall Monday night to discuss lowering compensation for small coal truckers. The local unit will join with related groups to protest the current high rate.

Middleport Meigs Gallia Roy’s Hall

Funeral services for Mrs Emma Thomas Lusch in Columbus

Funeral services for Mrs Emma Thomas Lusch age 30, Webster Park, Columbus, were held Tuesday afternoon with burial in Union Cemetery. She was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Daniel Thomas who resided here for years. Brazil is larger than the United States.

Columbus Middleport Emma Thomas Lusch Webster Park Union Cemetery Lusch Daniel Thomas

Former Meigs Resident Dies In Colorado

William R. Williams of Golden Colorado, formerly of Pomeroy Bend and Nelsonville, died last week. He was a pioneer Golden resident and mine superintendent later leasing Maxwell quarries in Clear Creek Canyon. Survived by four sons in Golden and one in California, his death memorialized a sister and niece in Ohio. Interment in Muncie. Annie Williams of Cincinnati also died of a heart attack. Girl Scouts and art class events slated for March and a bake sale planned for March 18 at Sanitary Grocery in Pomeroy.

Middleport William R. Williams Golden Colo Williams Pomeroy Bend Nelsonville T. H. Davis Sara B. Jones Sara Jones Jane Jones Cincinnati W. G Earl Probst O. H. Stewart Edgar Ervin Columbus Maxwell Clear Creek Canyon Elizabeth Evans Hartford City W. Va California Irving Williams Annie Williams West Virginia Gallipolis John B. Williams William Williams Muncie Ind

Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Entertainments

Local residents visit, hospital updates, and social events. Notables include John Senkus and family at Holzer Hospital. funeral attendance for John Stiles. Jimmy Beards treated for knee infection. several visits among families on Union Ave and Rock Spring Road. Shakespeare clubs meet. Fred Fick recovering after illness.

John Stiles Ewing Funeral Jimmy Beards St. Joseph Hospital Parkersburg Jimmy Rollin Beards Nye Charles Huber Gallipolis Elizabeth Huber Butternut Ave Logan Meigs County Pomeroy Emil Ball Olmer Letart Glen Nichols Gravel Hill Louis Reibel Union Ave Raymond Eiselstein Peacock Ave Bobby Clarence Karr Spring St Olive Young Lincoln Hill Ralph Young Warren Bright Columbus

Civil case ends after 38 years in Pisa

After 38 years of litigation a civil case in Pisa concluded with a 110 page sentence. More than 100 witnesses were questioned and 2,000 pages of documentary evidence were presented.

Pisa Italy

Fined for Selling Taxless Beverages in City Court

Middleport report states Mildred Ohlinger, a Carson's Restaurant employee, was fined 29.70 dollars in Mayor Robson's court for selling beverages without sales tax. The fine was suspended on the recommendation of district tax collector E. R. Lama.

Middleport Mildred Ohlinger Carson William Robson E. R. Lama Robson

Rubinstein Set to Perform at Music Convention in Columbus

MIDDLEPORT The Women's Music Club chorus met at Heath M E Church for rehearsal and a union service plan for Good Friday. The Ohio Federation of Music Clubs holds its twenty first annual convention in Columbus March 21 23 featuring Artur Rubinstein.

Middleport Women's Music Club Heath M. E Willis Aleshire Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Columbus Artur Rubinstein Governor's Mansion Aleshire

District Meeting in Chester Hosts Jr O U A M and D A Guests

Chester High School Auditorium welcomed delegates from many areas for a District Jr. O. U. A. M. and Daughters of America meeting. Guest speakers were R. S. Cox. Mollie Cook assisted Junior Home at Tiffin. A large Junior Order class was initiated amid songs by Ruth Eber and Mary Virginia Mora and a D. A. Guards drill led by Captain Mrs. Letha Koblentz in satin capes with a silk flag. John Arbaugh presided as district deputy and master of ceremonies.

Letha Koblentz John Arbaugh

Lent Services To Be Held In Middleport

Midweek Lenten services are scheduled for 7 00 PM at Heath M E Church and Church of Christ in Middleport The Heath service features a Women's Foreign Missionary Society dramatization It Happened 70 Years Ago led by Miss Beas Sanborn Reverend H A Rothrock presiding The Church of Christ will host Rev Fred Smith of Central Church Huntington a former India missionary inviting the public to hear his talk

World Wide Guild Anna Margaret Wiley S. Second Ave Judson India Miss Wiley Theocal Church Middleport the Heath M. E. Church Church of Christ H. A Rothrock Donald McMillin Heath Church Woman's Foreign Missionary Society First Society Beas Sanborn Rothrock Missionary Society of the Church of Christ Fred Smith Central Church of Christ Huntington Reverend Smith

Masonic Commandery To Be Inspected In Pomeroy

Ohio Valley Commandery No 24 in Pomeroy will hold an inspection on Wednesday March 22 with books opened at 4 p m and temple inspection from 4 to 6 pm A banquet by the Eastern Star follows at 6 pm and the temple degree and commandery meeting start at 7 30 pm

Pomeroy Ohio Valley Commandery Order of Eastern Star of

Aged Resident of Reedsville Dies at 90 in Marietta

Mrs. Caroline Cottle of Reedsville died Saturday at her daughter Mrs. Amanda Hoyt home in Marietta after a long life spent in the community. Born to Peter and Elizabeth Chevalier she married Delmar Cottle in 1869. Survived by daughter Mrs Hoyt son Edward six grandchildren. Funeral held Monday with Rev McClure officiating. burial in Reedsville Cemetery.

Reedsville Caroline Cottle Amanda Hoyt Marietta Delmar Cottle Christian Church Harvey Hoyt Edward McClure Reedsville Cemetery

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