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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1934
Page
2
Fifty years a martyr to constipation is recalled in a playful tribute. Mrs. Sarah Haynes of Rochester credits Al Bran with relief after trying many remedies. Kellogg compares ALL-Bran bulk and vitamin B to leafy vegetables and notes iron for blood. Two tablespoons daily often suffices.
POMEROY May 18 The Fish and Game Association banquet and registered shoot drew one of the largest crowds in local history honoring Dr. L G Gribble. Notable attendees included H Graves of the State Department of Conservation and game protectors Ben Swartz and Clyde Strofe. E P Duerr won the main shoot with a 90 of 100, ahead of A H Joachim 89.
Syracuse May 18 Mothers Day observed at Presbyterian and Nazarene Sunday Schools with programs and carnations. Youngest, oldest, and largest family honored. nine five present at Nazarene. Local notices include illnesses visits and social visits across Syracuse area.
Members of the Class of 1984 at Pomeroy High School were awarded diplomas at the Thursday night commencement in the Junior High Auditorium. Dr W S Gamertafeider of Ohio University delivered the principal address outlining future challenges. Diplomas were presented by C J Rhodes, superintendent, and Jesse White, principal.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Spencer and son William with Al Cooper of Parkersburg W V spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Clara Hess. Mrs. George Roy of Racine visited Charlies Hall and family. Harold Duckworth and children with Erie Gandee family visited Racine. A W Quillin and children with Robert Snowball of Columbus visited parents and grandparents in Syracuse. The Muskingum River area hosts Fannie Guinther and Mary Lighter visit Lock No 6. Clyde Mills and Edward Mills with Thomas Duffey guests return home to Steubenville.
Michael Sigling a retired farmer left an estate valued at about 100000. The will names a cousin Mrs. Lou Fein of Lynchburg as beneficiary and the assets consist mainly of land in Clinton Highland and Brown Counties.
In Columbus the Prohibition and Commonwealth parties met to plan a new fight against liquor. Both conventions called for uniting city forces under one banner and denounced the non partisan method. They attacked major parties as straddlers and claimed the Eighteenth Amendment failed due to the Depression. Candidates for forthcoming elections would be named, with possible cross party support for some posts.
Middleport families visit Mrs Iren Smith and relatives in Bradbury. Mrs Herbert Smith and her children stay a month with Mr and Mrs Martin Collins and others. Janet Russell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Leo Russell, recovering from measles. Other locals, including Marcella Ruth Vaughn and the Chases, travel to Jackson and Columbus.
M R Isaacson, former camp superintendent, leaves to join the Department of the Interior for an erosion survey of Navajo lands in Northern Arizona and New Mexico with HQ at Albuquerque. Capt R A McClellan to be reassigned later this month as preparations for summer include camp buildings and tennis courts. Several Camp Meigs men recently discharged for other jobs.
Pomeroy residents return and travel details include Edgar Ebersbach and family arriving from Miami California to Lincoln Hill. Edna Hite Fay Dawson and Edith Ihle return from Pennsylvania after a death in the Hites family. Dawson and Ihle visited Canonsburg before coming home. Howard Ewing leaves Lincoln Hill for Columbus to visit his sister Harriet Ewing.
Seth F. Nicholson reports ownership of a coin dated 1766 showing King George III on one side and the word Hibernia on the other. About the size of a colonial copper, the owner believes it is Irish in origin.
Cass Gilbert, 74, renowned for shaping American skyline, died unexpectedly in a Brockenhurst hotel room while on a pleasure trip. He designed the Woolworth Building in New York, once the world's tallest, and led a movement for beauty in commercial architecture.
The Remire teachers in the Middleport school district were rehired by the local board of education in an adjourned meeting. Mrs. Fred Treath resigned and Miss Ruth Humphrey was appointed to replace her.
Announcement of the marriage between Betty Matlack daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac Matlack of Long Bottom and Virgil Roush of Chester. The ceremony occurred last August. The bride is a student at Ohio University in Athens.
Middleport event drew a good crowd at the Baptist Church Thursday night. Irene Mills welcomed mothers as group president and Mrs. M. J. Mygatt delivered the response. Other participants included Letty Fugate Clara Mae Hamilton Paula Virginia Gregg Marguerite Hysell and L. D. Diles.
Mrs. Hayes Roush of Minersville had a goitre operation at Grant Hospital on Thursday. Several friends and relatives plan to travel to Columbus Sunday to visit her.
May 18 in Columbus Ohio the Ohio Tax Commission authorized Meigs County Lebanon Township trustees to move 200 dollars from the road and bridges fund to the general fund to cover needs in Lebanon Township.
Orbiston News reports the Union Sunday School Junior Choir will sing next Sunday evening at The Plains Nazarene Church. The group, 45 members strong, is making flowers to sell and raising funds for uniforms for their trips. Ruth Camp travels to Columbus to visit relatives. Robert Evans, living with his grandparents the Sorrells, stays in Lancaster with his mother. Mrs William O Rourke and granddaughter Glenna Bricker visit relatives in Columbus.
A partition suit was filed in common pleas court Thursday by Freda Bailey Kunce and Naomi Fo gard against Paul Bailey Caroline Bailey and Lucetta Bailey widow of Llewellyn Bailey.
Charles Jonson was arrested in Gallipolis at the request of Sheriff A O Tracy and brought to Meigs County Jail on Thursday. Local officers stated he was wanted for automobile theft.
Ironton May 18 Agnes B. King author and lecturer announces bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Ohio's Tenth District seeking a seat in Washington.
Earl Van Meter son Robert enrolled in a CCC Camp in Idaho and suffered appendicitis. Mary Cole of Mariette was at home over Sunday. Mrs King is ill. Mable Koehler has been ill and is recovering. Mrs Oscar Pierce of Coolville is here with Emma Findling. Sarah Estella Findling has returned from Huntington. Ethel Partlow returned to the Dell Gaul home after a visit with her mother, Mrs Jack Pullins. A L Cole planted ten acres of corn on the Kelly farm near Alfred.
Mrs. Mary Cook travels from Gillespieville to attend the funeral of her twin sister Mrs Albion Gibson who died at her San Diego home. The body arrives Saturday with Rev Gibson and his sister and brother in law D C Cornwell of Hollywood slated to attend.
Mrs Oma Almona Davies at Yale Street Berkeley California is critically ill in her ninety second year. Widow of Alvin Davies former Pomeroy Foundry superintendent and state legislator she is mother of Mrs Ralph Elise a nationally known writer who used Oma Almona Davies as a pen name.
The Steamer Washington will carry the first excursion of the season on Tuesday. Afternoon and evening trips will be run, offering boat rides for the public.
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