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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1930
Page
2
York City and Frank Harpold of Pomeroy along with other relatives attended a funeral held at the family home at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The Rev C F Kreager, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiated. Burial followed at Plants Cemetery near Letart.
The New England Forestry Historical Association announced a thorough investigation into the Connecticut dispute over the location of the country’s largest elm. It concluded the largest tree is in Marietta, Ohio, not Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Mrs. Andrew M. Taylor wife of Rev. Mr. Taylor pastor of the Amesville Presbyterian Church sustained a fractured left leg internal injuries and minor cuts after a cement mixer was struck on the Amesville Athens Road. She was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital and reported improved. Mr. Taylor escaped injury.
At a mass meeting at the Courthouse in Pomeroy the sentiment favored granting the Ohio Fuel Gas Company an increased rate. A standing vote of five to one supported a new franchise with higher rates as demanded.
Ohio University dean T C McCracken will address the Pomeroy High School graduating class in the Junior High Auditorium on May 28. Fifty-two seniors will receive diplomas as the class play The Whole Towns Talking is staged Thursday and Friday evenings. Class night is May 23 with a sermon May 25 by Rev L O Forqueran.
The May rains in Pomeroy arrived late this year, delaying the usual sheep shearing period. Eldest residents recall no prior year lacking the cold spell around May 10, with typical rains expected between May 8 and May 12 but arriving around May 15 this season.
A 1929 reader from Peterborough reports relief from corns and hard skin using Radox foot baths. The ad claims softened layers and oxygen action penetrate to the corn root, enabling removal. It promotes buying a box from McKee Drug Co. or any American drugstore.
A bleak scene shows sheep stripped of their winter coats huddled in a field as cold rains fall. The passage notes the misery of exposed flocks and the unseasonable timing of the weather.
Mrs Lena Huber of Union Avenue learned yesterday of the death of her father Henry Grosshans 79 at a daughter’s home in Fontanelle Town. His sister Mrs Kline of Muscatine was en route to visit when informed. The body will be taken to Cedar Ill for burial where his wife was laid to rest 18 years ago.
Meigs County families lose income as idleness at the Ohio Penitentiary reduces wages for inmates on non support charges. Prisoners earn five cents per hour, about 40 cents a day, with averages around $10 monthly. Wages support families via clerk Bengel or prison officials, but the fire disruption halts payments.
Pomeroy will have three spectators at the Derby in Louisville Saturday. Capt. A. N. Schaeffer, Buckingham Ward, and William Freeman plan to attend. Freeman, a former race horse rider, came from the South years ago and could not resist the Derby lure. Schaeffer and Ward are longtime racing fans who never miss a major event.
POMEROY May 16 A meeting of all cattle growers in Meigs County is called for the Courthouse on May 22 to discuss a movement for bovine tubercular eradication. E E Jackson of the Ohio Agricultural Department will discuss the importance of this matter. Meigs and Adams Counties are among the last in the state to adopt tests. Milkers in Pomeroy are assured that herds supplying the town have been tested and found free of the disease.
In a letter from the Argonne Hotel in Louisville Kentucky M A Hays recalls General Morgan's July 1863 raid through Ohio. He describes childhood fear at Buffington Island and a home defense rifle handoff, noting a hastily raised local company to block Morgan's advance. He recounts leaving his brother in care as his mother rushed to a relative near Harrisonville Meigs County.
An inmate on parole will be returned to the reformatory by officers on Monday. The move follows court or institutional procedures after the parole status was in question.
In a southern town a lone observer spots four horsemen approaching signaling a Morgan raid. Troops arrive and surrender follows as Shackleford’s Cavalry enters from the opposite side. Local women supply the troops with hastily baked flapjacks before they depart.
Meigs County ministers plan an all day trip to Hocking County on Monday May 19. They will depart Pomeroy after 7 AM in a car caravan assembling at Simpson M E Church at 7 AM. Rev Pascal Bright will guide visiting Old Man's Cave with a noon wiener roast and picnic lunch.
Mrs Emma Harpold, 80, died at her South Second Street home after months of illness and a paralysis stroke. She moved to Middleport from near Letart with her husband in her children's youth. her husband preceded her in death. Survived by three children including Mrs Nora Roupe of Middleport and Mrs Charles Beirbaum of New.
Mrs. H O Kent and Mrs Larry Gardner hosted the Degree Staff of Meigs Temple No 153 Pythian Sisters. Visitors include R A Miller and D G Miller in Columbus and Cleveland. Mumps affect Jean Ebersbach and Roberta Howell. Howard Grant hospitalized for observation. Calcium chloride laid on Middleport gravel streets. Bridges club dinner and games hosted by Mrs C E Welch.
W R Osgood, a returned medical missionary from China, gave an interesting lecture at the Christian Church Thursday evening. He discussed years spent in China and the lifestyle there, and was entertained in the home of Rev. and Mrs. F I James.
CONTINUE BY RAIL CONNEAUT May 16 Two Chicago men continued their trip to Westfield New York by rail after wrecking their airplane in a forced landing near here Neither was hurt.
Grace Lea Ashby a nurse at Long View State Hospital Cincinnati faces an indictment for assault and battery over an alleged attack on 43 year old patient Mrs Christine Seufferle. Superintendent Dr E A Baker and three attendants testified witnessing the incident after the patient refused a cold bath.
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