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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1934
Page
2
Meigs County schools including Pomeroy and Middleport plan new borrowing to pay teachers' salaries. State aid loans front load debts with 6 percent interest, risking state losses. high and grade school exams are scheduled for April, with eighth grade on April 28.
Mrs. William Robson and children travel with Mrs. Guy Reynolds and her mother to Charleston for the weekend. Mrs. H. E. Thomas visits Columbus to stay with her daughter Mrs. Theodore Wilson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. White visit Cincinnati for a weekend business trip. Meigs Temple members attend Rutland for reinstatement and new officers. J. G. Zuspan and Mrs. Daniels finish bank inspection in Pomeroy Bend and return to Canton and Marietta. George Patten and daughter Cecile visit from Columbia. A silver tea hosts by J. B. Downing. Baptist Church supper follows a Thursday evening.
An ad proclaims Maynard's Extracts as a new medicine to boost energy, aid digestion, relieve fatigue and support overall vitality. It targets weary, ill, and disabled individuals with a 23 cent trial bottle and claims benefits for stomach trouble, insomnia, constipation, and colds.
An advertisement promotes Maynard's Extracts as a new medicine that boosts energy and reduces fatigue. It claims 20 ingredients from herbs to roots aid digestion nerves and blood, helping nature restore health and revitalize the whole body for workers, professionals, and the elderly.
An ad touts Maynard's Extracts as costly but offers a large trial bottle for a nominal sum. It claims 87 percent efficacy, urges continued use, and explains relief from neuritis and rheumatism by eliminating toxins. Customers may obtain a trial by mailing 25 cents or stamps to Maynard Medicine Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
Three Meigs County youths will represent The Messenger at the Ohio Circulation Managers Association spring meeting in Cincinnati April 11 and 12. Charles Eiselstein 10, Robert Wilson 15, and Carl Neutzling 15, deliver The Messenger on Chester and Lower Pomeroy routes, with Wilson and Eiselstein competing and Neutzling as alternate. Winners advance to a New York City national contest.
Cross Run Side Hill reports several local residents attended the semi monthly Ladies Aid Society meeting at the Dexte Christian Church held at the home of Mr and Mrs Everett McKnight in Midway last Wednesday. Also notes visits and family gatherings with locals including the Nicholson Bachner and McClure families and others visiting from Harrisonville and Washington.
Members of the local Christian Church attended a revival conducted by Rev Graham Walker in Middleport on Friday evening. Pastor Rev Fred Gardner leads the church. Other notes include Mabie Keller visiting home from Ohio University, Madge Green's Athens weekend with her father Rex Green, Mee C E Lamb and grandson Gerald visiting the Summerfields in East Shade, Velden Bahr traveling to East Liverpool to fix a house owned by his father in law Bailey, Mrs Ed Sheets attending Beverly funeral of a brother in law, and Mary Sheldon of Long Bottom visiting Mrs Nettie Stewart.
Feeney Bennett Post of the American Legion observed its fifteenth anniversary with a largely attended Wednesday night gathering in Middleport. Visitors included Mr. Zuspan of Canton and Mr. Daniel of Marietta who delivered talks. The post remains active, working to improve the community and area. Last year the post secured warden land for community planting efforts.
Revival at the U. B. Church Fairview extends for two weeks with possible longer run under Rev. D Vause Snyder. Gospel team Miss Pearl Saddier and Miss Ava Hamer Wellston lead music, while Rev. Bert O Connor directs the M B E Church revival. Attendance 30 at last Christian Endeavor service. repairs to the U B Parsonage nearing completion with Gilbert Spencer and Eddie Burns assisting the Snyders.
The eighth grade class party will be held this evening in the Junior High Auditorium. O Chapman county superintendent of schools visited Columbus on business Thursday. Ben H Ewing local undertaker shows improvement after critical illness at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis and is expected to be brought home to West Main Street soon.
Evangelist Ww Graham Walker preached at Christ Church on Thursday night on The Unworked Problem and baptisms followed. He plans The Law of the Harvest for tonight. A Saturday night service at the Christian Church last week drew a large audience and another is planned. Meetings open at 7 o clock.
Mrs Homer Jones and Mrs Will Lowe hosted the Degree Staff of Meigs Temple No 153 Pythian Sisters on Wednesday evening at Mrs Lowe s home. Twelve attended and light refreshments were served.
Major General Benjamin D. Foulois, chief of the Army Air Corps, is coordinating with postal officials on a curtailed air mail schedule to satisfy President Roosevelt’s directive that deaths in the Army Air Corps must stop.
The Winmore Class and J. E. Mahoney sponsored a successful Tuesday night father and son banquet at Simpson M E Church. An annual event is planned with future banquets for fathers and sons, not limited to church members. Rev W W Duff of Gallipolis was the featured speaker with L D McMaster discussing Scouting and a program including piano duets and several solos.
Nellie L. Bryan of Pom eroy was granted a divorce from Harold Bryan of Steubenville. The decree entry was filed Wednesday in the clerk of court.
The court granted Mrs. Bryan custody of Anna Louise Bryan and ordered Harold Bryan to pay $10 monthly for the child's support plus an additional $10 monthly.
Mrs Walter Owens entertained friends at her North Second Avenue home on Wednesday night honoring her nephew William Dillard who celebrated his eighteenth birthday. The gathering featured games contests and refreshments afterwards.
The March meeting of the Shelton Missionary Society was hosted at Mrs Connie Brown’s home with Mrs Jewett as hostess. In the absence of the president the vice president led a brief business session and plans were made for a sacrificial luncheon at the church on April 12. Members will donate the lunch price to missions. no lunch will be served, only water. Devotions followed a verse of What a Friend We Have.
In the program titled Bet His Pace Toward God the event featured prayers led by Mrs Sawyer and Mrs Brown. Mrs Clark presented Letters to the World from a missionary to Japan while Mrs Med and Miss organized refreshments after a recital on Japan related themes. Contributions were requested to support church missions.
Mr and Mrs Kirkbride announce the birth of their fourth child on Monday. Grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs Homer Vese and others. Family resides on Route 4, Kirkbrides are P anal.
Funeral services for Charlie Fox, 73, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Chester Church. He died early Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ward Hayes, in Chester, with burial planned in a nearby cemetery.
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