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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
6
Pomeroy council reaches new relief-office director plan. A three member committee will govern the Meigs County relief office with Dor Schaefer advisory chair and Willard Ashworth Glen Simpson as members. Each will get a $10 raise, saving $100 monthly. The post has been vacant twice in three months.
Rev Warren Bright spoke Tuesday night at the Preaching Mission at Rutland Methodist Church. Music directed by Rev Walburn of Middleport. Preachers from various churches attend these open meetings now in their second week and welcoming all denominations.
The commissioners voted to abolish the relief director post during a Wednesday courthouse meeting. They noted several applicants had been considered and an appointment announcement awaited. Officials discussed pursuing a WPA project to remodel and enlarge the courthouse to consolidate offices now housed in rented spaces.
Fenney-Bennett Post of the American Legion held its 17th anniversary gathering in Middleport with legionnaires auxiliary and the Sons of the Legion. Over 100 attended as Post Commander George Childs welcomed guests and auxiliary president Lillian Stieff spoke. Other talks covered world affairs, child welfare, rehabilitation, and Sons representative Cline Mathews. A potluck supper followed under auxiliary supervision, which has reached a 60-member quota.
Middleport Junior High posted yesterday the honor roll listing eighth grade students Mary Adeline Smith Janet Dillard Ernest Fraser Billy Call and seventh grade students Dorothy Ashley Patricia Devol Marjorie Diles June Drake Joan Fisher Nan Fisher Dorothy French Clara Jones Miriam Kauff Ann Kelly Donna Maguire Billy Mayes Margaret Milhoan Allyn Rothrock Lois Ann Roush Bernice Searles Patricia Sherman Ruth Taylor Jack Walters Rowena Warren.
The Federated Church hosts a WPA group every Tuesday at 7 PM where members crochet rugs carve wood and craft cane chairs. Ray Harper of Middleport directs the class and invites interested residents to join.
Dinner at Professor Sidney Fadelys home honored the Meigs County basketball champions and coach. Letters were awarded to Raymond Robinson Robert Beegle James Bostick George Neigilar Ashton Sayre William Byers Dwight Ross Kearney Wickline Gerald Roush Cris Roush Robert Lee Spencer Hayman. Cheerleaders Miss Mattie Ross and Miss Billie Elkins received letters under Miss Fadelys supervision.
Middleport Tuesday evening 26 friends celebrated Marjorie Diles at her parents Beech Street home. Activities included fortunes on shamrocks Irish limericks and a word building contest with Maxine Bennett and Dorothy Ashley winning awards. St Patrick's Day refreshments followed gifts.
The Middleport Literary Club gathered at Mrs. M. L. French home on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Clinton Welch presented and read a paper titled Shakespeare His Mind and Art, with roll call responses featuring quotations from Shakespeare. Rev and Mrs L R Wilson returned to Greenfield after visiting Mrs Wilson's sister Mrs Lawrence Bing.
Friends announce the marriage of Mrs Edna Jo Berry to Robert Burns Bailey in February. Bailey will reside in Jacksonville Florida and is tied to a large furniture company there. Mrs Berry is sister of Rufus Lide who formerly lived here while working in the National Re employment Office. Bailey is a University of Florida graduate.
Social items list dinners and visitors in Albany Route 1 area including Mr and Mrs Lawrence Ross and others. Louise Stanley visits William Battrill Jr. Cottage prayer meeting set at Willie Beckley home Friday. Miss Ardis Collins at Athens State Hospital visits her parents. Revival at Weaver Chapel postponed to March 21. Rev Miles E Hoon to speak at Air Line Church Sunday. Sabbath school 1 30. John Smith moves family to Sandusky Woodyard farm. A Z Minear visits daughter and son in law Lowell Lewis in Piqua.
POMEROY. Divorce granted in common pleas court to Roy Casto from Lillie Casto on the allegation of wilful absence from home more than three years, entry filed Wednesday. Suit for divorce by Ardis Warner against Andrew Bernard Warner on cruelty grounds. Married December 28, 1936. Mrs. Warner seeks to restore maiden name Ardis Dean.
Middleport high school announces six weeks honor roll with 36 girls and 6 boys. Harold Edward Hubbard, class president, is the lone senior male on the list. Full roster includes freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors with multiple named students.
Members gathered with president Mrs Harry Ohlinger presiding at Harrisonville Road. Roll call highlighted current events and Mrs Louis Reibel read a paper on Community Service. The next meeting is set for March 23 at Mrs Ohlinger’s Lincoln Hill home.
Members of the Epworth League of Simpson M E Church schedule a Thursday night meeting at the church. Attendees at Racine for the Future Farmers Banquet include Mr and Mrs Wesley Green Miss Arlene Graff and Mr and Mrs Elmer Grueser. Mrs Mary Huber and niece Ruth Huber return home after a four week southern states trip. Mrs John Chase attends the DAR convention in Columbus with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs William Waters.
Queen Esther Circle gathered Wednesday at Virginia Arnold in Rose Hill with Mary Ellen Miller as president. Honorary members will be invited to Emma Kathryn Ebersbach’s home on April 20. A report on the Queen Esther District Rally in Portsmouth on March 5 was given. Leader Mrs. Ebersbach and Elizabeth and Charlotte Williams attended. Two guests were present and map work for the month was led by Mary Bishop. Refreshments followed the program.
Commercial Club of Pomeroy High School heard a banking talk at the school Tuesday delivered by Edison Hobstetter of the Pomeroy National Bank.
Pomeroy Civic Club meets at Simpson M E Church this evening with Rev Warren Bright to discuss the psychology of living. Business matters are brief as by-laws are presented and a committee chosen to study better business practices. The club will form a town beautification committee in cooperation with other town organizations.
The Meigs Rural Youth Council gathered at the Senior High School in Pomeroy with strong attendance. K. W. Robbins showed slides on the cooperative movement abroad and cooperative games provided recreation. Refreshments were served. Next meeting set for April 19.
POM ZROY C A Hartley a retired newspaper man did not qualify as the long lost brother of a Washington DC woman who wrote Emma Davis asking about her Smith family. Hartley sent two other men named Charles Hartley as possible relatives in his reply.
The third in a series of Lenten Services was held at Simpson M E Church Wednesday night. Rev Beuscher of Bethany Church spoke and Rev Bright conducted the meeting. Following the service practice for the Easter Cantata of the Simpson Church was held.
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