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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1939
Page
3
Meigs County jail investigation opens after an escape plot is uncovered. The report notes ongoing inquiry with authorities leading the probe. In other notes, a basement office at a local project progresses with the Ang Company supervising work on the new building.
Readers are told nagging backaches may stem from tired kidneys or bladder trouble. Doan’s Kidney Pills are recommended to help flush out acids and poisons, restore energy, reduce swelling, and relieve discomfort.
Officers thwarted an attempted oil break by prisoners at the Meigs County Jail when they found a wall section two bricks thick had been dug out. Eight inmates were confined, with suspicion falling on Harry Dye, a former Methodist minister on parole from the Ohio Penitentiary. The discovery occurred around 8:30 p.m. in the bull pen as deputies investigated.
Middleport members studied Shakespeare's King Lear with focus on Cordelia. Mrs. R A Miller presented her traits and fate while Act III was read by selected members. Mrs Jas E Harley elected delegate to the State Federation Meeting in Cleveland in April with Mrs H E Cook as alternate.
Night guard Fred Swatzel found a mortarless brick area in jail walls and noted the opening could be enlarged before nightfall. The mortar was soft, consistent with pre concrete brickwork. An instrument to dig out mortar was not recovered. A broader probe began, and prisoners remained locked in cells while Dye faced grand jury today or Friday and would stay confined.
Two seventh grade teams won both post season games in the Little Tournament against eighth graders with scores 36 to 5 and 14 to 11. Standouts include Bill Bolin Tom Blaine Charles Hughes Robert Bradshaw Fred Klein and Ernest Thomas Charles Saunders Carl Searles Gene Abrey Roger Beech Bill Childs and Bill Hubbard. Coach Marshall McCuen oversees the squad.
John Lyons of Middleport and State Fire Marshal Ray Gill seek to remove the old opera house on Second Street. Probate Judge E W Peoples will hear the case on April 6 after Lyons posted a $100 bond. If upheld, the building must be removed and the lot cleaned within 30 days.
The Willing Workers Class of the First Baptist Church and teacher L. K. Evans led fifteen boys on a Bone Hollow hill hike Tuesday evening. A fire was built for a wiener roast and marshmallow toast after the trek. Mr. Evans accompanied the group. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph West and sons Jack and Dan of Gordon W Va visited Mr. West's sister Mrs. Henry Hennesy Monday. Mrs. Julia Lee Roscoe Satterfield Doyle Miller and C. M. Gregg have been ill with influenza. Lewis Sayfried is able to be out after several weeks illness.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Wilson return to Columbus after visiting Mrs Wilsons mother Mrs H E Thomas and daughter Mrs Dan McNaughton. Mrs McNaughton plans to move to Portsmouth to join Mr McNaughton with Ohio Power Co after transfer from Pomeroy. Mrs Thomas will live with daughter and Richard Hayman who came from Chicago to join his mother in law Mrs Roy Lansbury ill with influenza.
Wednesday afternoon from two to four playmates of Junie Seines celebrat ed her fifth birthday with mothers present as she hosted her first party. Home made ice cream and cake were served and Easter eggs given to each child while guests delivered gifts.
POMEROY All instrumental music groups from Pomeroy Senior and Junior High Schools will perform at 8 o clock this evening in the Junior High Auditorium. The Orchestra, Junior Band, and Senior Band will present a carefully prepared program directed by W A Aleshire. Members include listed instrumentalists across groups with multiple woodwinds brass and rhythm sections. Funeral notice for Minnie Krider Mahugh, 74, held at Rawlings Coats with burial at Middleport Hill Cemetery following a stroke of paralysis. survived by husband George Mahugh and sons John and Kenneth.
Ten girl scouts joined 24 who passed Tenderfoot Tests after Troop 1 meeting at the library. New qualifiers include Marjorie Michl Nan Fisher Seanna Durst Mary Lou Allensworth Elizabeth Moore Marjorie Diles Paula Jean Britton Katherine Lois Smith Susan Allensworth Dorothy French. Captain Pearl Reynolds announced an American flag and staff donate by Jane Howell Tent. A court of honor followed under Lt Ruth Pickens.
The Gallipolis Rio Grande Garden Club will meet with Mrs. B. Lewis Jones on April 6. The group reports ambitious horticultural plans for summer planting as the village enjoys water service.
Mr Frank B Weisenbach of Guysville Ohio recounts long stomach distress including gas bloating and constipation. He credits Vendol for dramatic relief after trying the remedy sold at Athens Pharmacy and Hickman’s Drug Store with promises of better health.
Louis Nichols 76 of Dyesville was found dead in his bed Wednesday morning after several days of illness from intestinal flu. He spent his life as a farmer in the community and was never married. He leaves a sister.
Mrs Victoria Swett of Logan and her brother Marion Nichols of Columbus will have funeral services in Columbia Chapel at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
The Busy Bee Class of the First Baptist Church will gather at Mrs. Ross Pulls home Friday evening for its regular monthly meeting.
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