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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1935
Page
3
Disjointed notes show the council proposing several projects including night work 935 in sidewalks. A request lists an apartment near Beech and Coa Street in Fourth Ward along with sewer improvements to the river. The office engineer will submit plans for widening near Beech and Butter properties.
A court convicted E. Lindsey in a case involving monetary misfortune and a related misdeed. Details indicate a verdict reached on the premises of local justice with implications for the accused and observers.
Fragmentary chatter from Michigan concerns a 31 year old parent with five children and a disputed alter ego. Readers caution against unsafe comments and rumors while noting odd tasting beverages and low prices for juice and water.
J E Mahoney announces a veterans meeting at 7 30 p m on Wednesday at the I O O F Hall to form a local Veterans of Foreign Wars unit. Adjutant Kirwin and Zone Commander Greisheimer will speak. Membership is limited to those with foreign service. a postponed banquet will follow after formation.
Floyd Wilson and Eber Smith visited Bashan residents Mr and Mrs Homer Circle in Bashan Monday. Mrs J B Frank stayed with her mother Mrs John Meyers in Pomeroy. Amos Edward Bannister from Topeka Kansas spent Tuesday afternoon with Joe Smith and family. Bannister who visited Mrs William Wolf left for home Wednesday. Enid Tuttle from Annapolis MD and Mr and Mrs J M Tuttle of Chester visited the A D Tuttle family Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Harry Spencer moved to Fostoria for work. Roy Wolf Edna Fell Mrs Ernest Holter and Mrs Norman Green of Columbus visited Orvill Holter in Flora Thursday.
Vinton seniors plan their class play The Alley Daffod. Presented Thursday night May 9 at o'clock Two negro characters will add comedy to the plot Vinton lost to Chester 7 0 Sunday on the latter s field Vinton to play Dexter there next Sunday May 12 Frank Cardwell G B Glenn and Mrs Isaac Evans attended a Gallia County Health Board advisory committee meeting at Gallipolis Edith Webb who has been here with Dr Ice s family has been called home to Kentucky due to her brother s illness
Rutland graduation exercises for men who completed the Boy Scout Leadership Training Course are set for Tuesday night at the Methodist Church. A dinner will precede the diploma ceremony, hosted by church women. The event is open to all interested in scouting and is expected to draw a large crowd.
Federal agents nabbed Peter Smindak after a five month probe into blackmail letters. The scheme targeted 150 wealthy individuals including oil heiress Annie Burr Jennings and New Haven magnate Mrs. Henry W. Farnam. New York bankers Lewis L. Strauss and Carl M. Loeb were among those reported terrorized and connected to the confession.
Seventy-one seniors will graduate at the fifty-ninth commencement of Pomeroy High School on May 29. The addressed speaker will be Hon. Hugh K. Martin, Columbus attorney and former American Legion official. Baccalaureate Service is May 26 with Rev. Eugene Dunn delivering the sermon. Class Night is May 24 under Miss Ethel Garland and Mrs. Margaret Chapman. Alumni Association meeting set for May 31. Diplomas will be awarded to named graduates including June Amberger and Wallace Amberger among many others.
Vinton reports a Freshman Class outing at Bidwell Porter Park Sunday with Supt. Welker Mrs. Welker Mr. Glenn and Miss Edminston and refreshments served. Ted Ramilla moved his family to Columbus Saturday. Freshcorn and family occupy the Ramilla property. Feitman Gerlach and Butler attended the funeral of Prosecuting Attorney Fred Cherrington at Gallipolis Friday.
Salisbury Township School plans new contracts for the 1935-36 year next month after December payroll news. Eldon Weeks, newly appointed clerk, announced the hiring will occur in June while Joe Evans remains on the board and continues in his role.
Miss Martha Fick age 22 of Meigs area died Monday in a Pittsburgh hospital after exposure to gun fumes. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs Dana Fick she is survived by parents three brothers and a sister. Funeral plans not announced. body to be brought to Chester for burial.
Middleport couple Miss Virginia Hess of Pomeroy and Raymond Allensworth of Grant Street Middleport married Saturday evening in Pt. Pleasant West Virginia by Rev. Mark Shiffer. The bride is the Hesss youngest daughter. Allensworth is the son of Mr and Mrs H E Allensworth. They will reside with the groom's parents on Grant Street.
Mrs. Catherine McCahill Lane was granted a divorce from Franklin K. Lane Jr in Los Angeles California. The plaintiff labeled him a chronic fault finder in court filings and testimony reflecting a highly publicized separation involving a prominent political family.
Mrs. Bert Grimm learned her brother Richard Coe of Van Port Pa. is seriously ill with spinal meningitis. One hundred attended Sunday School services here. Visitors from Charleston and Pomeroy stopped by Eva Roberta. A Nazarene zone rally was led by the Gospel Team from Wellston and Rev Clendenin of Syracuse at East Letart Friday night. The Hill family spent Sunday with relatives in New Haven W Va.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B Painter entertained Friday night in honor of the Senior Class featuring their daughter Lena Fern as a member. Faculty members attended and refreshments were served. Wade Parsons, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Parsons, died Sunday morning of pneumonia after the family moved to Isaac Evans's farm. The article notes the first legal execution by electricity at Sing Sing prison on August 6, 1890 as a historical aside.
Mrs. T. W. Autherson and Mrs. Griff Russell host Past Chiefs Association. Pythian Sisters district meeting at Fides Hall with Meigs Temple as hostesses. Visits by Mrs. Baird and family from Zanesville. Clergy attend Meigs County Ministerial Association in Reedsville. Booths in Quincy West Virginia. Alonzo Russell in Toledo. June Lansbury returns from Washington, D. C. to Middleport.
Five year old Helen Frost convalesces at home after surgery for appendicitis and serious infections in Athens. Clyde Brown returns home from Huntington Hospital, slight improvement. Mrs. Albert Wipper recovering after surgery in Parkersburg. Manchester Quillen funeral attracts relatives from Letart Flora Coolville Ravenswood Racine with many attendees.
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