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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1935
Page
3
Fay Warner of the State Water Commission will speak at a special Pomeroy Civic Club meeting at the ME Church. The hour will cover streams, water power development, and conservation ideas for rural residents. L. D. McMas is chairman, with Malcolm aiding.
Mrs. Louis Probst has returned home to Columbus after surgery at Grant Hospital and is recovering. she was formerly Miss Jennie Lloyd of Pomeroy. Horton Pownall of Seattle will return home Tuesday after the death of his father H. C. Pownall. Philip H. Meier, ill at Holzer Hospital, Gallipolis, is home and improved. Ed Ebersbach family and Mrs. Ed Smith host social events. Willard Grant and Dorothy Ebersbach visit Lincoln Hill. Boyd Dilgard leaves for a machinist convention in Buffalo New York.
Middleport updates note Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cooper and son William visited Columbus and returned with daughter Eloise who had stayed with grandparents. Cordelia Murphy arrives from Mansfield to visit family through Memorial Day. Local visits include Dr. E. F. Maag and companions at Long Bottom, and funeral attendance for Lena Bruestle in Point Pleasant.
The Gordon C. Greene river packet, newest on the Ohio below Huntington, plans a public reception at the foot of Enth Street in Gallipolis. Master Tom Greene and Capt Chris Greene attended the maiden voyage with E. White commanding the line. Officials estimate two days to reach Gallia after loading freight for Louis.
Fragmentary notice records a 19th century marriage and obituary details in Gallipolis with names like Amytis Moore Bottom and Joseph T Bottom, plus scattered references to Episco services and a cemetery memorial, but many words are garbled and unreadable.
Roy Sherman a 54 year old Mason City West Virginia resident died suddenly in Gallipolis after travel for medical tests. Coroner ruled heart trouble as cause. Sherman a former river engineer was brought to the Gallipolis physician by a Mason County doctor and died on a cot before tests could finish.
Lew B. Brothers seeks 75000 damages from Richard Brown and Ed and Lester Dawson in Common Pleas Court alleging they drove onto the berm and struck Brothers on Pine Street last August, breaking his right leg.
Investigation into Wednesday night crash at Second and Sycamore streets led to changing the original charge of driving while intoxicated to reckless driving against Paul Walters. Walters paid the fine in Municipal Judge A. J. Stormont’s court, claiming another motorist ran a red signal as the cause.
Gallipolis note: Ray McGuffin of Fort Lewis Washington died of heart trouble three weeks after his mother’s death. He left Gallipolis in 1911 as a first lieutenant, rose through promotions, served overseas in World War I, and was nearing age 40 at burial in Lone Oak Cemetery, Pt. Pleasant. He survived by his mother Betty Roberts, stepfather Richard Roberts, a sister, and brothers Bruce and Amos.
A car driven by Skeets Wieher veered off Route 7 near the Gallipolis Waterworks, striking an electric pole and flipping off the fill. Laura Johnson sustained a deep cut that severed an artery and a gash on her right leg, while Wieher suffered a head bump. The car, bearing a West Virginia plate, was heavily damaged.
A dog owned by Lewis Hughes in Addison Township tested positive for rabies after being killed following fights with other dogs. State health authorities were notified through Dr. F W Shane, the health commissioner.
Miss Jeana Maxine Lewis and Ben Hayman Philson wed in a small Racine ceremony at the bride's parents' home. Rev. Ray L. Cross officiated as fern and dogwood decor set a soft backdrop. The bride wore white mousseline de soie and carried calla lilies, and the couple plan to reside in Racine after a East-bound wedding trip.
Ohio Republican Women from Meigs County join a statewide meeting Tuesday at Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus. Mrs. Evelyn Jones, Meigs County club president, notes an all day session with luncheon at 1 PM and advance reservations required. RACINE. Summer Vacation Bible School at Baptist Church has 60 enrolled and closes May 29 with an ice cream and strawberry social to raise funds.
Mrs. Lee Mc Comas organized an Audubon Bird Club for Central school fourth graders to study native birds. The club is a branch of the national Audubon Bird Society with officers President Miriam Jane Kauff, Secretary Mildred Ann Wise, Treasurer Norma Jean French, Reporter Lois Ann Roush.
Puzzle captures references to Longfellow and Iroquoian lore with clues across vertical and horizontal entries. It includes terms like Indian hero, gun shields, lariat, and sea eagle while weaving in historical and linguistic hints.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Middleton attended the funeral of Mrs Middleton's stepfather in McConnelsville. Dwight Frazier of Columbus visited his aunt Miss Daisy Saunders. Mrs Emma White of Columbus visited her son James White and relatives. Mrs Floyd E Koehler and two children visited Glouster and plan to attend the Glouster High alumni banquet. The Martin and Roller Drug Store in Middleport received a State Liquor Control Board sub agency permit to dispense liquor like the Pomeroy store.
Final details for the Meigs County emergency schools exhibit to be held in Pomeroy on Saturday May 25 were arranged at a meeting led by County Superintendent Co. C. Chapman. The Koehler Sisters donate their Front Street building for the display showing 21 county units, nursery classrooms, agriculture centers, and student papers on Berry Growing Modern Carrying Home Canning Poultry Care.
Distribution of saled and liquid fuel tax money will reach Meigs County schools this week. The total for the county is 11759.20 dollars across districts including Middleport Pomeroy Bedford Cherter Columbia Forest Run Harrisonville Scipio Lebanon Letart Long Bottom Minesville Morning Star Olive Orange Portland Racine Sutton Reedsville Rutland Salem Salisbury Syracuse Williams and others. The funds equal about two dollars per pupil countywide aiding teachers awaiting overdue salaries. In Middleport James Whitlock, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Whitlock, was bitten by a dog Friday evening on the way to Masonia Hall. The dog owned by Paul Swisher was killed and the head sent for rabies testing.
An exhibit titled education in infant care will display a correct layette and current literature on child care and prenatal care. Mrs Wyatt announces the exhibit aims to acquaint the public with emergency school work and invites viewing today from 10 to 12, 2 to 5, and 7 to 9 with teachers guiding entries.
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