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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1935
Page
3
Community leaders urge authorities to advance the sewer scheme as Pomeroy criticizes expenses tied to building mains and a river dam. Discussion highlights risk from open sewer conditions and the need for government responsibility amid local demonstrations and council meetings.
Mrs. Harry Jenkins arrived from Kenton to pack and move household effects to Kenton where she will reside. The Jenkinses have moved to Kenton twice in recent years. Mrs. Charles Bing and husband, a senior at Ohio University, returned from Athens to here. C. W. Jones moved from Shenango Springs and is improving. Pete Sisson family will move from Nelle Batley property on Mill Street to Frank White house on the same street. The White property is being redecorated.
POMEROY Lend A Hand Society of Simpson M E Church hosted a silver tea at Mrs. A O Tracy's Mulberry Avenue home. The program featured vocal solos by Mrs H R Carman and James Mahoney, piano pieces by several performers, and readings by Mrs Stanley Bobo and Miss Emma Kessler. Mrs Howard Ebbersbach led the program.
Mrs Don Davis entertained her sewing club and guests Wednesday night with a miscellaneous linen shower. A social hour was enjoyed and light refreshments were served.
Mrs. A. W. Mc Kay and Mrs. H. C. Ewing traveled to Athens Friday to join daughters Henrietta Ewing and Jean McKay at Ohio University for the Mother's Day celebration which runs from Friday through Sunday evening.
A well named cat formerly owned by Coach Clyde Battin named Gene Tunney reappears in the back yard of J. O. Leonard after living with the Leonards and a prior move to Gravel Hill. The Leonards decide to keep him at their home following the visit and milk offerings.
A Rocksprings school picnic was held at the Harley Musser farm near Harrisonville on Friday, with teachers sponsoring and the Burnside and Wilson families assisting. The item notes attendance at Chester High School graduation, and visits by multiple families to relatives in Long Hollow and Gallipolis, plus a local education figure in rural adult programs.
Members of Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters attended the district meeting at Glouster on Thursday. The degree staff included Mrs. Lewis Burford captain and many other officers led by Mrs. George Childe as a delegate. Past Grand Chief Grace Downing and Mrs. J. H. Grate were among attendees.
Rutland residents Dwight Brown Lawrence Calvin Marcus Roush Oscar Patterson and William Myers attended a Masonic Lodge inspection in Coolville on Tuesday evening. Martin Summers and family from Akron visited Fred Winn. Mrs Retta Lutz remains ill with pneumonia in critical condition. Lupt and Mrs Wayne Luts traveled from Gallipolis to Rutland Wednesday for James Theobald's funeral and visited Lutz's ill mother. Roy Tillis plans to move to Chillicothe. Mrs Ed Mills of Syracuse visits Supt O O Patterson. Supt and Mrs O O Patterson and Mr and Mrs Vernon Mills were in Gallipolis Monday due to Mary Jane Sloman's death.
A Middleport committee representing the village council calls a mass meeting for all citizens to discuss a town future development issue. The topic remains unrevealed. The meeting is Friday at 8 PM in the High School Gymnasium. Citizens urged to attend and back village officials in bringing a new industry to Middleport.
Virginia Jones Pomeroy 17 of Carbondale and Garnet Radcliff 16 of Marting were taken home by parents after a runaway hitchhike that ended in Meigs County. The pair were placed in custody by local officers Wednesday evening.
Archie Clark was arrested Wednesday night at Sumner in an alleged intoxicated condition and held at the county jail pending disposition. James Singer was arrested Wednesday on a charge of assault.
Mrs Frank Bean has been in Columbus several days with relatives. Mr and Mrs Carl Reeves spent their eighth wedding anniversary in Athens and are visiting friends at Zaleski. Miss Beatrice Pond underwent an operation for mastoiditis in St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg. She is recovering satisfactorily. Elbert Williams was taken Sunday to the Government Hospital in Huntington for treatment. Mrs Ruth Hoppes Pettibone came here from Columbus to attend the funeral of James Theobald. Melvin Pierce is in a serious condition at Holzer Hospital as the result of burns received when his home was destroyed by fire.
Dr Dean Dutton will speak at Simpson M E Church Sunday morning at 10 30 o'clock after Sunday School Rev T E Maness announces the event Junior Church and Church School will hear the sermon The evening service will be at Junior High School with the Junior Choir singing The Federated Church pastor Rev R C Ditter delivers a sermon The Inexcusable Fact Young People meet at 6 Mr Ditter preaches at Minersville at 2 30 in the afternoon on A Shepherd of My Soul
Middleport Wednes day gathering chaired by Miss Vivienne Middletown as the club wraps until fall. Mrs Elizabeth Hartinger reports on the recent Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Columbus and the outcomes discussed.
Funeral service for Mrs Mary Dawson who died Tuesday at her home will be held Saturday afternoon at 8 at the Louis Seymed residence North Second Avenue Rev Cecil Batley to officiate.
Pomona Grange organizers announce a Friday night session at Grange Hall located in Hemlock Grove. Members and nearby farming communities are invited to discuss upcoming events and cooperative activities.
A crossword style puzzle list featuring clues for Horizontal and Vertical entries. Mentions the Taj Mahal as the mausoleum in Agra and includes a mix of definitions from architecture to common words.
Philippine constabulary detachments were sent to areas around Manila after telephone and telegraph lines were cut by opponents of the proposed Commonwealth constitution. A copy of Milton’s Lycidas with the poet’s own handwriting corrections is noted as one of the world’s most valuable books.
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