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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1934
Page
5
Meigs county office downsized with J. O. Roedel out and Vernon wife Rutland named manager. The staff is reduced from four to one eighty, Mills and Edna Jo Berry remain as a statistician. Registrations limited to morning hours. calls from employers accepted anytime. Reemployment shifts back toward private job service as CWA work declined.
Evelyn Behingert, formerly of Middleport and now living in Circleville, joins 21 other students as they are initiated into Kappa Delta Pi at Ohio University. A banquet followed the ceremony at the Colonial Tan.
Middleport residents including Mr and Mrs Paul Leonard Mrs J O Leonard Mrs Dana Hamilton and Miss Pauline Tuckerman motor to Charleston Tuesday for a day trip. Mrs Kathryn Anderson leaves for Cleveland to visit her son Ralph until after Easter. Mrs E M McCarty visits New Salem then returns to Columbus with relatives. Phyllis Jane Mason ill. Mrs Emma Priode returns to Delmar Priode in Zanesville after a week at home. Mr and Mrs Plummer Beeson and Mrs Marcus Chambers motor to Columbus for an overnight visit with Miss Helen Beeson. Beeson party then goes to New York City for a week. Lena McElhinny reported ill with blood poisoning in her right hand.
Floyd Westfall, arrested Monday for parole violation, received a one to several year term at Mansfield Reformatory by Judge C. E. Peoples. He and co defendant Eldon Wells were convicted of breaking into a dwelling near Point Rock in May 1903. Wells got reformatory time while Westfall previously faced parole conditions. Everett Burton, released from Boys' Industrial School Lancaster, was returned there by probate order after an earlier Gallia County theft entry.
Middleport Council No. 187 Daughters of America met with 19 members. After the business session a party followed to honor members with March birthdays. Guests of honor were Mrs. Madge Taylor and Mrs. Edna Morria.
Pomroy and Middleport finance committees finalize plans for a Boy Scout financial drive to be held Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Patrol leaders select assistants to aid them. Ten dollar contributions have been promised by the Feeney Bennett American Legion Post of Middleport and the Drew Webster Post of Pom eroy.
In POMEROY probate court executrix Jean Hennessy was authorized to settle a claim against Lasley Leifheit Lassey and Richards for 375 and costs in a damage suit. Nella Calderwood was appointed administrator of Andrew Calderwood with bond 4000. Appraisers named George Parker Alan Shain and Edward Foster. Lucina Hubert will admitted to probate with witnesses Beott and Ward. Irma Dillard estate relieved from administration. Henry Warren settlement completed Effie Warren discharged executrix. Hannah Price will witnesses Webster and Meinhart.
Mrs Will Foss was taken to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis Tuesday morning for an appendicitis operation. She had been ill two weeks at her parents home, accompanied by husband and mother. Several local residents of Rutland and nearby towns visited family and reported illnesses.
Mr and Mrs J E Torrence hosted a Tuesday dinner for M L Torrence of Chicago turning eighty five. Mr and Mrs M W Stewart from Pomeroy visited Monday regarding their property. Mrs R D Babcock is critically ill. Miss Clara Swan of the New York Central Railroad in Cleveland spent the weekend with her mother.
Thia Fae Swart of Marietta and her parents visited over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Dane Swartz. Mrs. J. M. Bentz and her children joined the Swarts’ hosts Sunday. Reverend McCormick preached Sunday and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Gaul.
Rutland High School music classes present the operetta Ask the Professor on Thursday and Friday March 29 30 directed by Mrs G O Chapman. Cast includes Hubert Deem Vera Clark Inez Stiles Bradford Powell Kenneth Michael Marie Smith James Theobald Imogene Queen with Clarke on piano and costumes by home economics students led by Miss Parrett. Dwight Kennedy injured at work last week. Easter pageant The Chalice and the Cup to be shown Sunday at the M E Church after Sunday School by the Merry Maids Class. Easter market basket and pillow sale Saturday at Rathburns Store.
At Carpenter last week Columbia Grange held a poverty social meeting with many costumes and a lively program. Attendees counted 22 on the lecturer side and 18 on the opposing side, plus three visitors. The event opened with a swake hunt and a newspaper article by Marvin Chase, followed by talks, poems, music, dances, and a greased pig relay, concluding with music and games.
Dayton death shocks Middleton family as Mrs. J. G. Sharkey, wife of J. G. Sharkey, dies at her Dayton home. Frances Kreager, a Denison graduate, married December 2, last year. Survived by husband, parents Rev. F. C. Kreager and Mrs. Kreager, sister Ruth of Oklahoma, and brother Donald Kreager.
A Holy Week picture will be shown in the Syracuse school auditorium Friday. A play titled The Rock, sponsored by Rev G L Bogardus, is set for Sunday at Asbury Methodist Church. Rev B R Foster and Portamouth held a quarterly meeting at Asbury Church. Star Class hostesses planned for Sunday School at the Karr home. The Loyal Helper Class met with Mrs Williams. Annie Hilber learned of her nephew Theodore Morgan's death in Chicago. The Morgans were well known in Syracuse. Funeral services for Loren Quillen were held in Syracuse.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Badgley East Letart announce the birth of a son on Friday March 23 Miss Sallie Weaver attended a birthday party Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Milton Wolfe near Racine in honor of Mr Wolfe Mr and Mrs Tom Norris and children Pittsburgh visited the father of Mrs Norris G E Roush ill at a Gallipolis hospital Rev Green Byesville is guest of the W F Sayre family at Antiquity while conducting a revival at the Baptist Church there
Kindergarten pupils gathered at Mrs. Oscar Klein’s home in Middleport for a celebratory party hosted by Mrs. Guy Carson. Easter favors and decorations delighted the children before the regular class resumed.
Tuppers Plains reports Reverend Holman will arrive May 1 to assume leadership of the Orange Tuppers Plains Keno and Reedsville churches. Akron visitors, Mr and Mrs Vern Green, visit their father Herbert Green. Carl Parker couple traveled to Pomeroy on Monday. Bunice Tuttle from Silver Ridge visited Sunday with her parents Elmer and Mrs Newland.
The Church of Christ orchestra in Middleport, sponsored by Harry Gaskill, held a surprise practice Monday night for two members, Wallace Bradford and Paul Haptonstall, who were observing their nineteenth birthdays. Members present included Elizabeth Bradford, Wallace and Lawrence Bradford, Yolenda Dilgard, Anna Margaret Owens, and others. guests included Mildred Gilmore, Margaret Lalance, Rev and Mrs Gardner and daughter Joyce, Edna Maxine Heyes, Konrad Schott, and Harry Gaeekill.
The Meigs County Chapter of the Ohio University Alumni Association met Tuesday evening at the Presbyterian Church in Middleport. P. C. Miller led the session with Dean Edwin Watts Chubb of Ohio University and Clark Williams, secretary of the alumni association, as speakers.
Protracted meetings begin Monday night April 2 at Morse Chapel M E Church. Rev Roy Bush serves as pastor at the local A B Church with Sunday evening services. George Hupp family has occupied the Charlies Circle farm. Mins Postlewait, Flat Woods School teacher, was away several days last week. Miss Lizzie Lamp taught there.
Former Ohio State football player slated to become assistant to Willaman, Western Reserve's new head coach. Rumored candidates include Joe Gailus co captain of 1933 Ohio State team, Cyril Surington Ohio State assistant coach, with Mike Vuchinich and Sid Gillman also mentioned in connection with the post.
In New York on March 28 U.P. it was reported that thousands of steel workers in eastern and midwestern industrial centers expected a 10 percent wage increase effective Sunday. Authorities anticipated more than 300,000 employees would return to work next week at higher rates. United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Corporation had not issued announcements yet.
Browning of Missouri threw Abe Cole of Los Angeles to retain a title claim. Steinke of Germany defeated Tiny Ruff of Georgia. Cor dovano of New York beat Bill Middiekauf of Florida. Dusek of Orme ha defeated Mario Giglio of Italy. Fischer of New Jersey defeated Willie Davis of Virginia. Colombo of Italy defeated Henry Piers of Holland.
Barney Ross of Chicago aged 188 defeats Bobby Pacho of Los Angeles aged 139 in a junior welterweight title bout in Los Angeles. Artie Duran and Freddie Young fought to a four round draw. Al Romero defeated Mel Brown in Pasadena in a separate bout.
The Beginners' Class at the Church of Christ Bible School was entertained by teacher Miss Hazel Raber in the classroom Monday evening. The party featured games with all the children, songs, and refreshments.
GLOUSTER. There will be team practice at the Pocahotas Lodge at Millfield Thursday night.
Drapier daughter 18 of Jackson Mississippi family taken to St Francis Hospital Columbus for possible operation. Glouster nine year old Leo Thompson of this city at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens after mastoid operation with Mrs Thompson visiting him.
Harold Mount, a driver, was struck by slate during a night shift in Mine No 27 at Hunterdon. He suffered a dislocated left knee and received first aid before being sent to his home near Hollister.
A Pico Whaleasie Company truck driven by Edward Coon left Cincinnati loaded with beer and plunged into a ditch near Hilleboro on Monday afternoon. The vehicle sustained substantial damage and part of the beer cargo was stolen while in the ditch.
The funeral for Mrs Jeane Emerick at Orbieton ME Church was attended by Mr and Mrs Robert Canter Mr and Mrs William James Mr and Mrs Roy Douglan Mahala Johnson Fauna Matheny and Mrs Richard James. Sunday events included Villa Wooten hosting her Sunday School class with a taffy pulling. Others listed were Waveline Longerger Les Potter Elisabeth Turn Louise Torn Grace Garner and Betty Jane Garner Mre Pearl Hendrick and her son from Coshocton visited Mr and Mrs William Brooks Mre Beatrice Sommers Nelsonville and Bateman visitors joined the gathering.
The Progressive Study Club in Glouster hosted Mrs Hazel Jauchius with a talk by Mrs Bess Henshaw on History from Rutherford Hayes to William McKinley. In Trimble, Ford truck production films were shown at a Kiwanis Club meeting. next week’s meeting moves to evening at the M E Church with a church dinner and entertainment.
Floyd Leroy Mohring 18 son of Mr and Mrs Otto Mohring of Glouster died Tuesday morning at 11 15 after a two week illness. He is survived by his parents four sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements had not been made this morning.
An advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin tablets as fast acting with a scientific claim that disintegrates in about two seconds after moisture contact. It emphasizes immediate onset of relief and asserts genuine Bayer Aspirin guarantees quick relief.
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