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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1935
Page
3
Health authorities order a countywide quarantine to prevent hydrophobia spread as dogs are confined and inoculated. Dr Ellis notes measures extend through winter with instructed stays and precautions until further notice.
Fragmentary note describes a Methodist group gathering at Moffitt’s home with references to Ray Reithmiller Columbus and Martin Reithmiller. Mentions of DeWolfe Weaver C J Easterday and a student returning home. Teases a Friday basketball game between Columbus teams Bliss and the local high school.
Dam 2 social column records Mrs Marshall and M E Ladies hosting a tie home event with Mr and Mrs G H Cox and families. Guests include Charles Cox, Mr and Mrs J M Delaney, Lawrence Ritchie, and Mr and Mrs T M Nease at various weekend gatherings.
Members of the association met at the high school with Mrs. T. W. Booth directing the P T A. Smith in charge of B period and Miss Ruth Taylor hosting at Broadway Street for several hours of light refreshments.
Funeral services for John Sponagel age unspecified will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p m from the Pine Grove home. Conducted by Rev Frecker burial will follow in the local cemetery.
A Tuesday session in Gallipolis involving residents David Franklin and T Pomeroy discussed pension inquiries. The event included references to licenses, notes on infirmities, and a planned afternoon meeting at 1 p.m. in Tup Hall for further information and investigation.
A tall Ken tuckian known as a dead shot becomes chief of the White House secret service detail. Col Edward W. Starling, longtime advance man at the executive mansion since 1913, succeeds Richard Jervis who returns to field service.
Funeral rites for Oscar Mossman who died suddenly Saturday were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ with Rev. F. I. Gardner officiating. Fire Department pallbearers and council members as honorary pallbearers assisted. burial followed at Cheshire Cemetery with relatives from Middleport and nearby areas in attendance. Out-of-town mourners included C. H. Parker Callicoet Marie Shanlin Warren Moseman Homer Mossman Frank Brumley Harvey Jones Homer Brannon and Howard McElhinny.
Middleport residents welcome guests from Columbus West Salem and Pt Pleasant over the weekend. Leslies Belles with Lettie Parsons visit on Hooker Street while Paul Parsons returns home. Mrs Elia Miller hosts contract bridge at New Martin Hotel. Mourning family from West Salem visits Washington and Moore households. Bennetts return from Pt Pleasant. Jeppie Swisher visits Max Lambert. Rev Kreager of First Baptist is ill.
Ralph Fry spent several days in Cincinnati on business. Elendara and Adeline Harrison of Hysell Run were dinner guests of Lillian Buck. An eight and a half pound girl named Eleanor Frances was born to Mrs. Wilber Van Cooney on March 14. Mrs. Lou Dodson sustained injuries from a fall. Mrs. Veda Farley Pomeroy returned home after visiting Mrs. Clay Evans.
Racine The Big Hay Loft Floor Show will be staged Thursday night at Racine Sutton High School by vocational agriculture students. A surprise feature is planned with the Kessinger brothers in leading roles, per Sidney Fadely instructor of vocational agriculture.
Pomeroy officials voted Tuesday to relocate the old age pension office from behind the courtroom and return the law library to its former space. Commissioners also approved limestone handling contracts with Glen Thompson for 6 000 yards and Collins and Story to haul 5 000 yards.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church met at Mrs. Carl Weese's home with Mrs. Weese and Mrs. Earl Nease as hostesses. Various local residents were noted visiting relatives and friends over the weekend, including Miss Avro Williams, Dixon Ashworth, Margaret White, Eugene Forbes, Melvin Grinn, Lewis Flanagan, Anna Steinmetz, Rev. Carl Clendenin, and the Beegle and Arnold families.
Carl Duisberg founder and president of the German dye trust died Tuesday in Berlin at age 74. The dye trust plays a prominent role in Germany rearmament efforts.
James H. McGinnis state director of the National Re-employment Service in West Virginia visited Gallipolis NRS office meeting local director Derry Wetherholt and Ohio supervisor B. D. Stuert. McGinnis did not disclose the call’s purpose and did not address Ohio West Virginia employment shares for the Galliplia locks project. He was accompanied by P. H. Carey NRS director from Mason County.
Gallipolis reports a Monday night break in at Harry Franks Clothing Store. Sheriff Hatfield and Police Chief Fraley found a skylight removed. about $500 in merchandise stolen including eight dozen ladies garments, suits in several sizes, shoes, shirts, gloves, jewelry, and luggage. Loot reportedly stacked behind the store safe to hide the theft.
Gallia county records show Wilton Wright 52 a Gallia farmer and Carrie Johnson Bladen receiving licenses to wed Roy V Diggs 2 Coalton chauffeur and Sylvia Ross 17 Bidwell with parental consent. James Sydney 23 Charleston West Virginia and Louise Dyer 21 Staunton Virginia also granted licenses. both couples listed as colored.
Dale Ward Maggie Ledlie and William Ledlie have won relief from a $104.66 default judgment after a Common Pleas hearing with Judge W. R. White. A first child and grandchild arrived in Holzer Hospital as Carl Ray Jackson and Mia became parents of a son. Dr. W. A. Ray is the grandfather.
J E Robertson 65 a former Chesapeake & Ohio telegraph operator died at his Fourth Avenue home of cancer. He had served at Kanauga and Canal Winchester before moving to Gallipolis 15 years ago. Survived by wife and three children Mabel Lewis Virginia and one brother Albert A Robertson. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal Church with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers included Judge W R White Sheriff E E Hatfield and Prosecutor Fred Cherrington.
Rain may delay pumping on the West Virginia side but crews plan to begin Wednesday. The river level has dropped to 16 feet above normal as Ohio side workers drive sheet piling for cofferdam cells.
Gallia court records show a will contest over Hannah Young's estate with Ethel M. Young as plaintiff against Ohio National Bank, plus partition suit involving Annabelle Smith and others. Foreclosure actions against Crown City properties and debts, a divorce filing from Ada Gooldin, a judgment against Stanley B. Martin, and a separate divorce action by Vaughn Roush citing abandonment with custody requests.
In Gallipolis, growers with base acreage 1.2 acres or less may plant barley tobacco in 1935 up to the smaller of 0.8 acre or base 1.2 acres. They may market up to 650 pounds from their 1935 crop, whichever is smaller. Special Base Tobacco Contracts quotas are now available at the county agent's office.
Gallia County offices will close at 12 noon on Thursdays from March 21 to November 1 as a summer practice. Although Saturdays are legal holidays, Gallipolis observed the day on Thursday since the town considers Saturdays a holiday.
Funeral services for James Belville 58 of Guyan Township and County Home will be at Good Hope Church at 1 PM Thursday with Rev. George Sagen officiating. Burial follows at the church cemetery. Belville died from influenza at the County Home. Survived by wife and three children Nancy Carrie and Frank.
Funeral services for Mia Joseph Crawford age unknown were held Wednesday afternoon at Mt Zion in West Virginia. She died at her home on Mill Creek.
Walter Swyers aged son of Webb Swyers of Athens was to be sent back to the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster on parole violation. Athens police report he stole two bicycles first taking a bike from James Miller then a newer bicycle from George Bolin before his arrest. He remained in the Athens County Jail until officials transferred him. Texas has a manufacturing plant which produces carrot syrup.
Gallia County portions are listed in two federal forest units under a 1,464,000 acre Ohio program. McArthur Unit covers 285,000 acres in Gallia and adjacent counties. Symmes Creek Unit lists 285,000 acres including Gallia. Local governments would receive back taxes and 25 percent of gross receipts plus 10 percent for forest road projects.
After seven years the safe in the sheriff's office was opened Tuesday and revealed only a miscellany of papers from earlier sheriffs showing past work and records rather than treasure or valuables.
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