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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1932
Page
2
Over ten days residents called officials with rumors about kidnapers, but denials followed. Reports circulated in Guysville Granville and Pomeroy about sightings and a car with four men a woman and a child. The public remained watchful amid the unclear tips and local investigations.
In Pomeroy Meigs County Democratic primaries a rare central committee contest drew two factions with suspected Republican ties. Officials listed successful nominees across Meigs municipalities and wards, with strong GOP counts in county offices and the governor race result showing Ingalls defeated.
Local grocers hail Kellogg's Whole Wheat biscuits as up to date and convenient. Two biscuits fit a cereal bowl and the package contains 15. Pack is certified for food value by Philadelphia’s Medical Arts Laboratory and uses pressure cooking to preserve nutrients and flavor. Kellogg in Battle Creek produces the red and green package.
Multiple short items report Mrs. Adolph Grueser’s childbirth illness at a Gallipolis hospital, Mrs. Flora’s post appendectomy improvement, and Mrs. Evelyn Knight along with two others joining the Episcopal Church. Also noted is H Keehne’s appointment to the Soldiers Relief Committee, delegates chosen for the Ohio Council of Republican Women, a church society meeting, and Margaret Marshall visiting Mason City from Cannelton W Va.
Oil property in Meigs County has been purchased by Charles Vaughn of Marietta and William F. Smith of Racine from O L Barnabey of Columbus. The purchase includes seven Berea wells located in Chester Township. Price paid was not disclosed.
Peter Gans 69 of Monkey Run Pomeroy died Thursday morning at his home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 PM from the residence with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife Thersa Grandt Cincinnati two daughters Eleanor and Florence five sisters and two brothers. Member Odd Fellows Lodge of Pomeroy.
Racine May 13. The Racine-Sutton School Board will meet Monday May 16 to hire high school teachers janitors and bus drivers. This week the board rehired all grade school teachers from the previous year including W O Crow Maurice Lott Fannie B Weaver Maxine Wingett Gladys Holman and Ruth C Tucker.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hartinger reported that the Middleport Literary Club earned first honors in the Federation's literary club class for its best program of the year. Dayton's Woman's Literary Club placed second. Newark's Coterie won in the general class. The club also received a $15 cash prize, to be donated to the Middleport Public Library for books.
Catherine Somerville 70 died Thursday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs. F E Matthews on Grant Street after a weeks long illness. She lived in Middleport most of her life and is survived by her daughter and three grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Matthews home with Dr. Boyd T Gay officiating. Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery Pom eroy.
Middleport residents enjoyed the first excursion of the season on the Steamer Washington Thursday afternoon and evening. Separate social events included Past Chiefs meeting with Mrs Ada C Bing and others, and a birthday trip for Mrs Mina Boice in Columbus ahead of her eighty fifth birthday.
POMEROY May 13 In line with safety plans for inland shipping the Ohio River locks between Pittsburgh and Cairo will get a standard electric light system. Upper wall will show three red and three green lights, lower wall two red and two green, with a lens to boost visibility. Lights are 10 feet above the wall on the lower lamp and spaced five feet apart. The Liberty carries 138 tons of cast iron plates to Alley West Virginia for the Big Kanawha headwaters near Charleston on its first run. Captain John Barton of Ohio River Transportation Co. predicts a busy riverboat season with increased passenger inquiries for Cincinnati routes. Arrangements aim to place two boats in the Pittsburgh Cincinnati trade this summer, including the Queen City and the Senator Cordill which is being cleaned and painted.
Middleport will discontinue soup kitchens for feeding school children at year end after a PTA meeting. Methodist Church members led by chairwoman Mrs. A. W. McKay will take over next week. New PTA officers include President Mrs. William Bradford and Vice President Miss Klas sie Brecker.
Edith Hawkins was granted a divorce from Gilbert Winegar in common pleas court on the charge of willful absence. She testified he left her six years ago and she was restored to her maiden name Edith Hawkins.
Athens woman M. Whitcomb Hess, wife of Dr. John A. Hess and University of Kansas graduate, published a poem titled The Voice in the May issue of The World. Her verse, a bitter indictment of war, moves from bitterness to hopeful trust and reflects its formal metre.
Marietta reports a burglary in the H. N. Proctor & Son general store and Post Office building. Police say burglars forced a rear glass door, entered the ware room, then the main store, stealing a box of postal funds about $1.90 and a $10 cash drawer plus footwear sex items, a wrist watch, a flashlight, and groceries. Fingerprint experts and photographers were summoned to aid the investigation.
Interest runs high as the Lindbergh baby case stays at the forefront of district minds after the March 1 abduction at the Sourlands estate. The Messenger received a flood of phone calls and erroneous reports spread via radio inquiries in the first week.
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