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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1930
Page
2
The Frooks Ebersbach Company plans a gas well at its Niddleport auto plant to power lighting and heating. Raymond Ebersbach will drill a well at his Main Street home to serve his family and neighboring households. Fuel supply concerns drive the decisions amid abundant prior gas finds near the Sugar Run Salt furnace sites.
The driver confessed mis driving and directed repairs at his expense after a collision with the Burns vehicle. Both front wheels of the Burns machine were torn off, but no occupants in either car were injured.
Mrs Frank Simms and her children of Athens stayed with Mrs M C Hobart on Thursday. They came for the funeral of Mrs James Clifford.
The Church of Nazarene Sunday School will hold Parents Day services at 9:30 a m with Rev L H Stanley pastor announcing Mrs Carrie Channel as Sunday School superintendent Special singing will follow the 7 30 p m service
The body of Maud Olive Amos, 63, of Ben J Amos, was transported from Columbus to Letart Cemetery for burial after an 11 year illness from paralysis. She leaves husband Harry, a son, another son William C Amos, a daughter Mrs Mary A Vincent, one grandchild, four sisters and a brother. Mr Amos was a longtime mail agent on several Western Virginia and Ohio routes and a member of the pioneer Amos family.
Frank Fugate of Pomeroy has been appointed county board of elections clerk for two years, with the board to meet today to organize. Four inmates from Meigs County Children's Home moved to good homes recently, leaving fifty eight in the institution. In local news, Mason Mayne and Lucy Margaret Brewer wed in Pomeroy with consent from the bride’s father Charles Brewer. John Taylor, 17, appeared in juvenile court for delinquency, receiving a lecture and return home. Oscar Linscott is jailed for unpaid fines. Syracuse grade school construction proceeds, while Main Street business and housing areas improve, an Elberfelds in Pomeroy Company is formed with $50,000 capital. Area women attended Legion auxiliary in Jackson. Mr and Mrs Charles Bierbauer of New York City travel to Middleport to visit Mrs Emma Harpold amid illness.
Mrs. John Bass of Clarksburg West Virginia reports years of indigestion gas and bloating. She credits Orange Brand Tonic with improving digestion reducing heartburn and restoring strength noting weight gain and better liver function after use. Sale available at Lash's Drug Store and other first class stores.
May 9 Pomeroy reports from many parts of the county describe a hot dry spell harming pastures oats and wheat. Cattle raisers with early pasture grazing find no grass and fear yields. Potatoes suffer from lack of moisture and corn planting is delayed while river truck growers face severe losses after a freeze.
A migratory youth bound for somewhere applied for lodging at the City Jail in Middleport. Marshal Gib Mayer approved the request and arranged a bed for the night. The man left his coat in a cell, wandered, then woke to spend a restless night beside two friendly bloodhounds kept in jail.
Alfred E. K. Huber, son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Huber, left Albion Montana after ten years in cattle business to visit Pomeroy, care for his ill father and seek treatment for blood poisoning. He is unmarried and manages a large ranch and herd.
Mrs. T. A. May and Mrs. J. H. Grate traveled from Middleport to Columbus for the National White Shrine of Jerusalem convention. Five thousand delegates attended as Mary E. Bartlett of Nelsonville presided, and the event marked the thirteenth annual gathering.
May 9 in Pomeroy T P Eiselstein a local merchant finds most Ohio automobile plates carry duplicate numbers among 300 inspected cars many show two sets of duplices especially pairs of twos or sixes. Other states’ plates lack such twin figures he notes.
In Bombay on May 9, authorities tightened protection for Europeans as rumors of attacks spread. The unrest centered near Poona where Gandhi is imprisoned after his arrest near Surat last Monday. Europeans in Talegaon, 30 miles from Poona, were ordered to evacuate before noon.
The body of Mrs. Hershel Thomas of Colum bus died there weeks ago was brought to Middleport and taken to her mother Mrs Mollie Edwards home. The Thomas family formerly lived here and Mr Thomas was a fireman on the New York Central Lines. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
Reports from local sportsmen say dry weather favors pheasant hatching in Meigs County. Nests with eggs are found countywide, including a nest of 18 eggs observed by Val Jones on Thomas Fork.
Rutland May 9 village and township teachers have been employed for next year. Rutland Village High School includes C. C. Chapman as superintendent, with staff M. B. Roush, Margaret Spratt, Lucile Smith, Helen Milliser, O. D. Will, Mildred Hoppess, Thelma Michael, Martha Bolton. Township assignments name Harley Musser Hysell Run Muriel Foley Lima Bernice Pond Parker Rachel Reese Wright Helen Miller Grass Run Eleanor Fitch Stout Everett McKnight Buckhorn Grace White Beech Grove Seth Nicholson.
A car driven by John Burns of Pomeroy was badly damaged in a collision on Third Street at the old car line turning point with a large car driven by James T. Jolly of Cleveland. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon in Middleport.
Revered James conducted the funeral of Mrs. Ray Heines and previously Mrs. Heines’s sister in town. Several relatives arrive for family matters, births, and school events. Mrs. Densmore is seriously ill. Mrs. Weisman’s passing prompts friends to travel. Oregon co eds return for college work. Pacific dining car chief M. M. Lesher visits Middleport. Homer Hysell and family prepare to move from Lincoln Street to Breezy Heights.
A letter from Capt. William H. Slayton, chairman of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, describes Hoover as not dry at heart but dry due to expected vote profits. The letter was read to the Senate lobby committee in Washington and addressed to Herbert L. Clark of Philadelphia.
Throughout the night sacraments were celebrated in Catholic churches as pilgrims from many countries joined in religious services for the thirtieth Eucharistic Congress in Tunis and Carthage, Carthage May 9.
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