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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1935
Page
3
Tuesday meeting sets a training rally for Boy Scouts at the High School Gym at 7:30 with all troops expected to attend. The event features stunts, demonstrations, and first aid displays as part of the training program for new Scout leaders and interested boys. A follow up dance and Shakespeare program are scheduled around March 26 and the Peace Church venue.
Mrs. Will Jones of Columbus and Ernest Massie with their son Spencer Jones visited with relatives here. Helen Sharp Bob Wolfe Blain Bat Liverpool were guests of Charlies Spen Mn James McClaskey Louise and Mrs. Thomas of Midland Pa. Owen Watson Jean and Ivan Cottrill spent Sunday with John Cottrill preparing to resume studies at Bate University.
Notes mention Wilbur Theobald and Mrs. Horace Grover visiting the latter’s home. Appeline Caldwell and Pauline Brown are referenced with illnesses, while Michael and Brown’s condition are noted as improved in Huntington.
The Rev Mer has concluded a revival at the U B Church with Mrs Awalt of Lancaster and guests Mr and Mrs Albert Cole. Fish, a graduate of Tange High School and Ohio State University, attended the local school Thursday.
Due to cattle testing in West Virginia and the resulting killing of diseased animals, the market for cattle in Meigs County has been improved and prices somewhat advanced. Farmers in this vicinity report West Virginia farmers seeking to build up their herds are coming to Ohio to buy. Meigs County, however, is not over stocked with cattle.
The Ohio University Choir directed by Prof Clarence C. Robinson will give a Thursday night concert at the Junior High School Auditorium in Pomeroy at 8 p.m. The program features Handel, Bach, Brahms, and others, concluding with a Pinsuti melody.
Mrs. Mary Evans 77 of Charleston W Va died at midnight Saturday her brother C F Besserer notified Sunday. Born in Middleport she spent life in Charleston survived by four children Ethel Orcutt George James and John Evans all of Charleston a sister Lettie Besserer two brothers W B Besserer and C F Besserer. Funeral 5 pm Monday at residence Charleston burial in Charleston cemetery.
A group of friends gathered at the Warner home to celebrate Dale Warner's birthday anniversary with music and a social evening. Nearby residents James Torrence and R E Torrence visited, and others from Letart, Pomeroy, and Delaware called on locals over the period.
Mrs Martha F Bolton age 82 died Saturday at the home of her daughter Mrs Effie Elliott in Columbus. She is survived by two sisters Katie Gilmore and Lyde Murray of Harrisonville and one brother John Wilson of Putland. Funeral will be held Tuesday in Columbus.
Dr. C. H. Connors outlines perennial favorites for durable garden color including peonies, daylilies, asters, and hardy chrysanthemums. Emphasizing soil prep and annual fertilization, he notes the Mauve Cushion aster suits rock gardens, and stresses division cycles, while annuals offer fresh cut-flower color with attentive pest control and proper sowing times.
Portland The Ladies Aid Society of the M E Church announces a benefit social and Easter bazaar to be held at the church on April 12 in the afternoon and evening.
Pearl Secoy is expected home soon from CCC Camp in California where he has been for a year. Arthur Shumway has reinsisted for six months at the Lancaster CCC Camp, Manchester Quilina is seriously ill. Jewell Sinclair is ill of three day measles. Gilbert Sinclair returned home to Pomeroy because of an injured foot. Will Meeks returned to Dawson Meeks near Jerseyville. Rosa Morris returned to her Sumner home after a week with Nora Eastman. Mildred Douglass and children and others visited Frank Perry in Albany.
The remodeled Ward Cross Store in Racine held a formal opening Saturday. Mrs. George Osborn and Mr and Mrs Harold DeWolfe with two sons attended. Also noted are Mrs Osborn's sister Mrs O K Hilton at Silverville and visits between Akron and family.
Mr and Mrs McAllister and daughter Barbara visited Pittsburgh over the weekend with relatives. Mr and Mrs C C Washington and Paul C Jones of Sprigg WV were here for the weekend with the Washingtons parents Mr and Mrs Robert Washington and other relatives. J A Beverage went to New Straitsville on Sunday due to the death of his aunt Mrs Minerva Clark.
Due to Youth Week activities the Middleport Music Club moves its Tuesday program to the following Tuesday April 2. Dr C Dutton, speaker for Youth Week, will address audiences in local churches each night.
POMEROY Harry Cartright of Middleport and Carl Powell of Syracuse, named in warrants during a crime drive by federal state and county officers, are jailed on liquor licensing charges. Ivan Searls and Dalton Brover of Rutland were also arrested on Sunday on a complaint by Fred Rayburn, who said they rode with him and took his car after stopping at a Rutland restaurant. investigation showed the vehicle was wrecked and abandoned.
Middleport residents including Mr. and Mrs. Starkey and daughters Hazel and Garnet, and Mrs. James Stephenson attended the funeral of Mrs. J. B. Burnell in Pt. Pleasant after traveling from Middleport. Other locals report Roscoe Satterfield’s health improvement after hospitalization.
Middleport reports Coach Battin and Clyde Battin visiting Mrs Emma Battin in Athens as he recovers from a blood poisoning illness. Miss Mildred Hawley has been ill, with Mrs Bush substituting. Mrs Tom W Jones spent the weekend with a sister in Oak Hill. Minerva Childers has been with her mother in law in Leon West Virginia since Friday.
The body of Martin Alvin Cummins, a farmer aged about, was found near his Fairview home around 5 pm Sunday. He had left Saturday evening for a farm task and did not return. Officials say a heart attack caused his death, with a prior stroke noted in his history.
Gallipolis resident Harry Goddard attacked two men with a hatchet after a bathroom door was locked in a shared upstairs residence on Front Street. Robert Henry and Clarence Roush were injured lightly. Goddard fled and was believed to have crossed into West Virginia. Police report a history of minor offenses.
Miss Wanda By ers entertained the T Y C Club Friday night at her home on South Third Avenue. A new member, Miss Shirley Duerr, joined alongside Janet Hecox Jane Stansbury Easter M Ewing Alice Ebersbach Joan Hamilton Virginia Mayes. Officers were elected and refreshments served.
Remonstrance petitions against merging Guyan and Crown City School Districts gain support. In Crown City 140 of 190 voters have signed, while Guyan District with 640 voters also signs, though density is lower due to its size. The County Board of Education again passes a consolidation resolution, but prior petitions blocked it.
Gallia County officials and Judge A. J. Stormont condemn loopholes in Ohio law that fail to prove sale for liquor cases. He notes illegal whiskey sales outpace legal and urges action to halt illegal manufacture. Voters circulate petitions for earlier saloon closing ahead of a City Commission meeting on Monday night April 1.
Holter Hospital notes show Chris Mack improving after two days of treatment. Mrs. Harry Miller and baby daughter left the hospital, and Miss Helen Vickers was dismissed. New medical admissions include Mrs. Mary F E Coleman, John McKean, Carl Davia, Homer Raymus Walters Jr., Arleen Frecker, E T Glassburr. The son of J H Beauchamp, James Todd Beauchamp, operated for mastoid trouble, has improved after two blood transfusions.
Ada Gooldin sues James Gooldin. Judge W R White orders the husband to pay 1.50 per week for a minor’s support and 50 in attorney fees.
The coffer dam around the new Gallipolis locks was flooded again to ease flood pressure. Officials say the Ohio River rise mainly comes from the Kanawha, with the stage at 27 feet, 15 feet above normal. The government pays the contractor $5,000 per flooding incident.
In Gallia County two farms sold cheaply at a sheriff sale. A 167 acre Perry Township farm went to H M Miller for 1060 versus 1400 appraisal. A Gallipolis Savings & Loan case in Morgan Township sold two 40 acre tracts for 534, against an 800 appraisal. Henry Cherrington acted for the plaintiff. Elephant tusks sometimes weigh up to 75 pounds.
Settlement reached with the insurance company over the traffic crash that killed Isabel Manring on the highway above Addison March 4. She was assisting companions with a flat tire when Ed Judy of Gallipolis blinded by oncoming lights struck her, dying soon after at Holzer Hospital. Judy and Mrs Judy were injured. administration bond set at 2600 dollars with Manring and Cherrington as sureties.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims the tablets improve skin color appetite and energy, stimulate the bowels with no dangerous after effects, and notes millions sold yearly for 30 cents.
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