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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1941
Page
5
Meigs County farmers will participate in the 1941 Agricultural Adjustment Administration program, with 98.4 percent of farmers and 98.3 percent of cropland signed up. Participants will receive 18 cents per bushel on wheat allotments, plus access to wheat loans crop insurance lime and superphosphate, and soil-building payments.
The Meigs County Ministerial Association met at Simpson Methodist Church with Rev. Warren Bright presiding. Judge Earl Titus and Roy Tracy discussed delinquency solutions. Rev. Charles Baird led a discussion on The Minister and Gambling and was elected president. The next meeting plans a June picnic at Elberfeld Farm.
John Patrick Andrews of Olive Township leaves Meigs County to take final army tests in Huntington with other volunteers from Pomeroy. If he passes, he will depart for a western camp. Andrews has 12 years as Long Bottom School principal and is active in Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society.
A full moon lit up the night as Phi Delta Kappa and Gallipolis Eagles promoted the season's first boat excursion aboard the Island Queen. A large crowd boarded in Middleport and Pomeroy between nine and ten, returning around 1 30 a m.
The Junior Class of Rutland High School presents Tomboy, a three act domestic comedy, in the school auditorium on May 16 at eight o'clock. The play centers on three sisters, two refined young ladies and one tomboy, and unfolds in a typical home setting.
The Meigs Chapter No 53 Disabled American Veterans has scheduled Memorial Day observances including a radio Memorial broadcast on June 1 over Station WPAR Parkersburg. A graves inspection committee will prepare veterans’ graves by May 30. Participants include Frank Will Dayton Strickland Charles Walburn Herman Mees Charles Ricketts with Gerald Hoffner on piano and Roger Morgan on taps. R. M. Cheseldine will speak.
Loren Petty aged 79 died Saturday after years of failing health at his Reedsville home. Funeral held Sunday at four o clock in his house with Rev. E L. Miller officiating. He moved from West Virginia to Ohio in 1923 and lived there since. Survived by three daughters Mrs Ida Milhoan Mrs Nora Ward Akron Miss Ella Petty at home one son Everett Petty twelve grandchildren three great-grandchildren one brother Ervin Petty Belleville W Va Burial in Reedsville Cemetery.
Pomeroy Clayton Vance of Racine driving a car owned by Lucy Hardman collided with Ralph C. Zandel of Zanesville on Route 33 Monday afternoon. Both cars were damaged but no injuries were reported.
A county home conservation meeting listing several scheduled gatherings in May across Bedford Haytown Chester Columbia Township Lebanon Township Letart Olive Orange Rutland Salem Salisbury Scipio Sutton Townships. A county committeeman will present slides on topics if electricity is available with Mrs Roberta M. Lee attending multiple meetings. All events start at 7 30 p.m.
Federated Circle meets Wednesday at Federated Church. Queen Esther Class hosts Bertha Miller party at Mrs. Alex Fisher home in Sugar Run. Residents return to Ravenna work after weekend with parents. Various local memberships, visits, and trips noted across Pomeroy including Columbus, Athens, and Hamilton. A birthday birth announced Patricia Lynn Fogle. Hospital appendix operation for Mrs. Ginn. Excursion boat guests from Athens and Zanesville.
Mr and Mrs Virgil Edwards of Columbus with son Franklin and daughter Beatrice Ann visited Middleport andFranks on OSU honor roll. Dear relatives attended Mothers Day tribute for 84 year old Mrs Gregory and many others from Columbus Wilkesville Langsville Syracuse Pomeroy and Detroit.
Mrs Laura Hutchinson celebrated her birthday with family including Mrs A W McKay and R A Miller in Parkersburg. Ill health noted. Mr and Mrs R E McKay and children visited their aunt Miss Laura McKay in Portland for Mother's Day.
Daughters and son of Mrs. Nancy Major Gregory of Alice plan a gathering marking Mother’s Day as a family reunion. The note highlights close ties and a celebration of kinship among relatives.
The Woman's Society Christian Service staged a pageant at Heath Methodist Church with theme Women in a Changing World. Members portrayed Susannah Wesley to Madame Chiang Kai-shek amid hymns led by O P Klein and organist C M Hennesy.
Jimmy Johnson and his 10 piece Athens band provide music for the MHS alumni dance after the annual banquet at the high school Thursday evening May 29. The dance runs 9 to 1 with a Gay Nineties theme and tickets cost 1 dollar for dinner and dance, with a 1 dollar guest option.
Refreshments were served in the church dining room as spring flowers and white tapers decorated the tea table. Mrs C. M. Hennesy, social chairman, and Miss Vesta McCoy presided at the table with Mrs Walter Hayes and Mrs Robert Harris among the attendees. Tea and coffee with upside down cake were served.
Pomeroy Dana Covert was fined 50 dollars and costs by Justice Frank Stowe after being arrested Monday by Constable Ronald Grindley for operating a motor vehicle on dealer plates. Joe Napper jailed for failure to pay an old fine. Robert Leifheit fined 5 dollars for permitting an unlicensed driver. Charles Hannum and Harry Laudermilk each fined 20 dollars for disturbing the peace and intoxication respectively.
Spending Sunday with Mr and Mrs Obert Markins of Harrisonville were Mr and Mrs David Hinds and family Mr and Mrs Robert Hinds and family of Stovertown Mr and Mrs Lloyd Moore and family Mr and Mrs Floyd Dusenberry of Zanesville Mr and Mrs 8 Markins Miss Emma McLain of Rutland R D Afternoon callers were Mr and Mrs Eldon Markins and daughter Arlene and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Markins and son Keith.
Arthur Hoover files for divorce from Katherine E. Hoover. The couple married May 16 1928 in Lafayette Indiana and are the parents of three children.
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