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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1937
Page
3
Meigs County has the state’s largest gas production but few industries use it. Civic leaders report inquiries about gas supply and cost, with data being gathered for a pottery maker. County resources including coal gas and transport via water rail and road may interest industrialists.
William Reynolds Pomeroy 27 of Gallia County and Florence Elizabeth Long 15 of Hobson secured a license in probate court Monday and planned to wed Rev. C. D. Copley. Jack K. Figgins 22 of Lancaster and Vera B. Stevens 22 of Nelsonville received a license Saturday and were married by Rev. Morrison.
Dorothy Eileen Taylor four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Glennis Taylor died Saturday evening at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Hemlock Grove conducted by Rev O B Williams. Burial in Hemlock Grove Cemetery.
Julia James’s mother was enslaved by the Rock family who ran a Malden hotel in West Virginia. After emancipation Julie and Rock daughters fled to East Virginia, later returning via Kanawha River to Middleport, where Aunt Julie remains active despite near blindness and recent courthouse visit.
William Weatherald Grand Trustee of the Fraternal Order of Eagles spoke Monday night at the local Aerie. He was the first Grand Aerie officer to visit since the lodge began three years ago. He urged recognizing the order secretaries as likely carrying the heaviest responsibilities in the group.
Middleport social items note multiple visits including Mrs A A Dillard in Huntington with Dorothy Caldwell nursing student, various families visiting Columbus Cleveland and Charleston, moves planned to Wheeling on April 8, and local residents returning to work after weekends. Acting Chief Charles Wise Jr. ill.
A pot luck dinner will be served at the Church of Christ in Middleport on Wednesday March 24. Men and women of the church will attend an all day meeting to clean and ready the church for regular services starting with the Easter Sunrise gathering.
The Daughters of America Council will entertain with a party for the public Wednesday night at the Junior Order of American Mechanics Hall. Sunrise Easter services will be held at United Brethren Church and Nazarene Church. Local residents Sam Gibbs, E J Soulsby, Edna Whetstone, Carl Carmichael, Evelyn Arnold, Eugene Ackley and the Walter Cook family are noted visitors or movers in the area.
Middleport Mrs D Farmer and family attended Harrisonville High School’s School Daze play staged by the faculty to raise funds for the library. Their son Dan Farmer teaches instrumental music and performed in the cast along with Mrs David Miller the home economics teacher. A separate item notes genealogical interest in Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson through distant ties reported by A L Gambrill of this city.
Pomeroy social notes recount a weekend of visits among Elberfelds and friends from Mulberry Avenue and nearby towns. Guests include Miss Rachel Elberfeld and Miss Mary Louise Petis, with travels from Baltimore and Columbus, plus family and church group gatherings and a birthday celebration for Nora Miller in New Haven.
Clarence Carson of New Haven had a minor operation at a Pomeroy physician’s office on Saturday and later returned home.
Visitants include Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chase and daughter Betty from Rutland along with Roy Tracy Jr of Pomeroy. They stayed with Mrs. Chase's sister Miss Rachel Owens at Mrs. George Owens home in Fort Wayne. They travel home with Miss Rachael Owens who will visit Middleport and Rutland before returning to Ft. Wayne where she works for General Electric Co.
Mrs Max Roller of S Sixth Ave fractured her elbow in a fall from a step ladder Monday. She was taken to Gallipolis Hospital and returned home the same day.
Twelve to twenty four hours is too long to wait for relief from constipation and gas. Adlerika offers a seven ingredient double action laxative claiming rapid cleansing and fast relief from gas and bowel congestion within hours. The ad cites doctor and pharmacist endorsement and instructs dosing before breakfast or bedtime.
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