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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1938
Page
3
Meigs County sportsmen push a boom for R W Finsterwald to serve another term as president of the Meigs County Fish and Game Association. Officers to be elected Friday at City Hall. Finsterwald led the dam building program in local streams and supporters say he should continue to oversee its completion.
Middleport Junior Chamber of Commerce members plan a Thursday dinner at the Masonic Temple. President and village treasurer Charles Walburn will explain flood wall project details to Jay Cees. The swimming pool project will be discussed. last meeting had 29 members and a larger crowd is expected.
It explains itchy pimples eczema and red blotches as a social handicap and promotes Peterson's Ointment used in millions of homes. The ad claims relief after one application and offers money back if not delighted. It also advertises soothing for tired feet and cracked toes.
Mrs Charles Wagner and children Joan and Edward visited Saturday and Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs E J Thaxton in Charleston. Lewis Thompson Peach Fork spent Sunday with George McBride. Mr and Mrs Coleman Pinkerman visited Huntington with Mr Pinkerman's ailing mother. Carle Duckworth and daughter Pauline visited Bashan with relatives. Charles Capehart Charleston spent Sunday here with relatives. Mrs Henry Zeiher recovering at home after illness. Her birthday Saturday March 10 honored with a card shower. Samuel Frank and daughter Doris Nelsonville spent Monday with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Richard Duckworth. They were accompanied home by Mrs Frank who had been visiting. Pat Little brought their daughter Patty here Sunday to treat for infantile paralysis in Columbus for four months. Rev and Mrs L R Carmichael and Emma Jean returned Friday after visiting Tarieton and Wellston. James Quick and daughter Margaret were week end guests of Prof Thomas Quick and wife at Granville.
Ruth Ellen Riethmiller 78 died at her Racine home from infirmities of old age. Survived by daughter Ina Riethmiller at home, son Ray of Columbus, sisters Jennie Bentz Racine and A Haywood Newark NY, and brother Josephus Pickens Apple Grove. Funeral arrangements expected to be announced.
At a regular Phi Delta Kappa meeting plans for extensive redecorating and repair of their quarters on North Second Avenue were laid out. Next Monday the fraternity will host a smoker with members and guests attending.
A large group gathered Sunday at George Denney’s home to celebrate his 70th birthday. About 55 guests enjoyed a long table of foods. Denney, a longtime resident and 27 year veteran of the New York Central Railroad, plans to retire Thursday.
Andy Batey celebrated his fourth birthday with a party at his home on Sycamore Street. Four teen youngsters attended and spent the afternoon outdoors playing games. Ice cream cake and candy were served to the children and the guest of honor.
Mrs. H L Ward hosted her Contract Club with two guests Mrs. C E Smith and Mrs. B F Fultz Sr. High scores went to Mrs. J B Downing and Mrs. Theodore Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schneider visited Mrs. Robert Harris. Mrs. Schneider attended a Junior Recital at Heath M E Church. F F E Mathews has returned from McMillan Hospital Charleston after a stroke, improved. Vesta McCoy announces new scenery for the operetta Bitter Sweet Anne to be staged Friday at the High School Auditorium with a children’s matinee. A chorus practice for the Woman's Music Club is set for Sunday at 2 30 in preparation for the Seven Last Words of Christ cantata on Good Friday, directed by Mrs. Willis Aleshire. Miss Phyllis Piles, Wheaton College freshman, will sing in the Spring Concert of the Women’s Glee Club at First Baptist Church Gallipolis on Tuesday April 5. she travels by bus with the group and is Beech Street native, MHS graduate active in school music.
Mrs Lillian Moore 38 of Syracuse died Tuesday morning in Parkersburg Hospital after surgery. She had been in poor health for months and a blood transfusion failed. Survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Van Johnson and a daughter Marjorie, plus a sister Mrs Charles Calkins and a brother Henry Johnson. Funeral tentative for Thursday.
E. W. Stivers son of Mr and Mrs W L Stivers of F Main St has been chosen as an investigator for the Meigs County Division of Aid for the Aged. He starts duties April 1 under manager George Childs joining current investigators Ed Thomas and Waid Sayre.
French, long tied to the dry cleaning trade, teams with Edgar Reynolds to open a new dry cleaning establishment at Pt Pleasant.
POMEROY George Childs sub division manager of the Division of Aid for the Aged asks for three wheel chairs for needy elders. No funds exist for purchase, two chairs previously donated by the county are in use. Loans would be returned when no longer needed.
The town beautification committee formed last week will hold its second meeting Friday evening. Plans begun at the first meeting will be finalized and carried forward.
Rev F G Strickland will preach at the Columbia School auditorium Sunday at 10 45 a m on there are signs of revival. The event invites the community to attend the religious service and hear the sermon topic.
Syracuse and surrounding areas report the Eighth Grade Honor Roll for the Southern Rural School District. The roster includes Ruth Carnahan Racine Miriam Holmes Syracuse Ronald Roush Letart Dorothy Stobart Racine Mary Shain Racine Gayle Wagner Letart Mary Jean Watson Racine Wanda Mae Potts Syracuse Naomi Hayes Racine Mildred Hubbard Syracuse Wilma Barnett Letart Delmar Byers Racine Marian Simpson Racine Bery Wolfe Letart Marjorie Eyren Forest Run Marjorie Forbes Minersville Gilbert Hart Racine Betty OConner Racine Mae Sayre Racine Evelyn Sayre Antiquity Pauline Spencer Racine Bud Crew Syracuse Dean Sayre Antiquity Evelyn Rose Racine Kenneth Cundiff Syracuse Adria Diddle Antiquity Charles Moore Syracuse Margaret Curtis Racine Gloria Schaefer Racine Marjorie Theiss Racine Mildred Cottrill Racine Harry Rhodes Letart Margaret Greuser Syracuse Maxine Clark Racine Madelene Proffitt Portland.
Pomeroy High School will field only tennis this spring for athletes besides football candidates in spring training. A schedule of matches with other schools is planned. Baseball and track were dropped years ago.
Last Friday night Olive Grange drew many members as Wesley Green Meigs County farm agent and Arlene Graff county demonstration agent spoke on 4-H Club work. The program included folk games and a lunch was served. A chili lunch is planned for the next meeting.
Mrs. E. B. Nicholson of Marietta Ohio credits Vendor Tonic with removing foul waste from her intestines and easing indigestion. She reports better sleep appetite and energy and recommends the medicine sold by Athens Pharmacy and Hickman’s Drug Store among others. The ad notes Vendor is made from roots and herbs with mild alkalines and claims wide local use.
WPA workers started this week to remove brick on Mill Street prep for filling and leveling the highway after sewer work. Dirt from town sections cleaned from gutters and road siding is moved to the Mill Street levee fill, to create a public parking area.
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