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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1929
Page
2
The Reed residence on Sugar Run flooded after the water system froze during a Florida trip. Pipes burst top to bottom, ruining chattels including furniture and rugs. plumbing damage estimated at 300 dollars. The house is described as the old Judge Lassey homestead, a noted Pomeroy property.
March 18 report notes a tradition of planting on St. Patrick’s Day amid rain and snow, recalling Patrick Hogan who always sowed early potatoes and bragged of first homegrown harvests. In Middleport a new shop, The Juvenese Shoppe, opens March 23 at North Second and Rutland Streets, run by Mrs. J. M. Buchanan.
POMEROY March 18 The town remains tense as sheriffs hunt suspects after Friday night holdups. Glenn Willis 20 and Dale Willis 18 were brought from near the Meigs County line and questioned by multiple women separately. Police released them pending further investigations while promising continued pursuit of the guilty parties.
Thieves broke a window and forced the meat house lock at the Watts place on the John E Lyons farm. Eight or ten lard tierces and a large amount of meat were carried away by thieves who escaped in an automobile. Sheriff Willock and the chief of police searched but the loot was not recovered. Mrs. Bessie Hartinger visited Jackson on Friday.
Middleport March 18 Practice is in full swing on His Majesty the Queen the Junior Class play to be given March 22 and 23 at the Middleport High School Auditorium.
A two act comedy Miss Molly by the Juniors last fall will be staged in a boys dormitory setting at a modern college. William Stansbury plays His Majesty the Queen with Hortense Wessa as Prince Nicholas. Other lead roles include Evelyn Etchinger Louise Ohlinger Hilda Kelley James Sisson and Joe Michl under director Mrs Ralph Howell.
Mrs C H Merrill and son Clair join Mrs Harriett Bollard and Mrs Martha Merrill of Hamden as they attend the Southeastern Ohio Division of the Parent-Teacher Association event.
The column lists residents and guests visiting Columbus and Gallipolis and returning home, including Mrs. H. O. Kent and daughter Kathleen, Mrs. Edward Spooner and W. S. Spafford, George erg of Akron, Ohio State student George McCullough, and others. It mentions Carl Gilmore returning to Bucyrus after apprenticeship, plus layoffs for five Middleport workers.
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