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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1929
Page
2
J Clyde Edmundson in Athens County announces a complete list of personal tax delinquents, the first of its kind in the auditor’s office. Hundreds failed to file, notices and blanks mailed, penalties looming under General Code Section 559.
Miss Jean Russell will deliver the valedictory and Miss Bertha Bailey the salutatory as 62 seniors graduate from Pomeroy High School on Wednesday evening May 2. Russell earned the highest average. Bailey had the second highest grades. The class includes 42 girls and a long list of named graduates such as Phith Alles Lucia Amberger and Ferne Bradbury with scores and honors noted in the ceremony program.
Court officials in Pomeroy drew the grand and petit juries for the May term. The grand panel includes five women among fifteen. the petit panel, eight women among four names, starts June 11. Grand jurors and petit jurors listed with residences include Racine, Carpenter, Pomeroy, Harrisonville, Minersville, Dexter, and others. The term is expected to run five days with a Decoration Day recess.
Mrs Thomes Young suffered an illness en route home and was treated at Cherrington Hospital in Logan before returning by ambulance. Meigs County records show 15 inmates jailed in Pomeroy, the largest in months. W G Sibley, formerly of Racine, is reported improving after a stroke at Holzer Hospital. The Pomeroy Council plans a 190 expenditure to improve Sugar Run show grounds under Street Department direction. The Nacine Sutton Rural Board will auction the Bowmans Run Schoolhouse and half-acre lot on June 15, marking the school’s final days after 109 years of operation.
Lawrence Kramer of 2220 Chase Street reports two bottles of Konjola ended two years of illness. He suffered from flu related decline, stomach and kidney issues, and weakness before the remedy improved his digestion, liver function, sleep, and general strength. Konjola is sold at McKee's Drug Store in Athens and by other local druggists.
May 12 report from Open Office Pomeroy states Karl R Titus will open a law office on Court Street and move into a Remington residence on Lincoln Terrace. Titus, a Pomeroy and Middleport native, has returned from Kansas City Missouri with his family of wife and four children. He previously piloted towboats on southern waters and later pursued other ventures.
Dorcas Society gathering in Middleport on Monday evening at the home of Mrs T F Ferguson. Guest Mrs Ralph Windsor delivered two readings. President handled business, then a social hour and refreshments were served.
Mr and Mrs O L Roush and daughter Lois Ann visit home from Maggie West Virginia. Miss Rosamond and Kathryn Pillard and Mrs Walter Owens drive to Columbus for work. Owens to return by train. Hayes family and baby visit, with others remaining in Cheshire. Dr Cecil Horden of Columbus travels to Chicago for sister Elizabeth's illness and reports slight improvement. Families from Dasten Huntington Parkersburg Circleville Washington D C Syracuse and Columbus stop by or relocate, including Talbott resigning from National Biscuit to join Dad Campbell Company and Allen White filling vacancy.
Middleport residents held an indoor picnic at A. A. Dillard's Gravel Hill home on Sunday with 18 to 20 attendees. The Fisher family and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Quinn were among those present. Later, May 22, Lodge No. 363 was inspected by Unrue of Trenton, followed by a social luncheon served by the Eastern Star women.
May 22 report from Middleport notes an old fashioned homemade ice cream social at the Chris Church hosted by the Local Berean Class. Proceeds support church activities. The event runs Thursday evening with expected turnout from town residents.
Word reached Pomeroy May 22 that Mrs Charlies Schneider died Monday at her Columbus home. The Schneider family formerly lived on Lincoln Hill in this city for many years. Mr Schneider was a clerk at the New York Clothing store. Many relatives reside in Meigs County.
Middleport May 22 veterans gather at City hall Gierbe Camp to elect delegates for the State Department Encampment in Athens June 24 and 25. They plan a drum corps and camp colors leading the march with efforts to fund the trip.
Mrs Albert Mees wife of a top Elberfeld department store clerk collapsed last night after gallstone surgery and distress over her father John Smiths death. Four doctors attended her and she is slightly improved with hopes of recovery.
Meigs County reports three personal crisis cases in two months with three men taking their own lives by shooting. In the same period three men were sent to hospitals for treatment. Ward Chapman of Peach Fork Salisbury Township is in a serious mental state with a wife and three children.
May 22 report from Pomeroy notes the Washington in boreal waters and the Verne Seam set to begin service from Pittsburg on May 25, with the Julia Jelle already active. Three excursion steamers will run from Pittsburg harbor this season including two sidewheel types and the stern wheel Homer Smith. Heavy bookings predict strong business throughout the season.
The Brown oratorical contest is at 8 o clock in Ewing Hall Auditorium with seven contestants competing for prizes of 50 40 and 20 dollars sponsored by J D Brown of Athens. Prof C C Robinson directs music and Dean F E Chatty presides. Judges include W S Framerstsfelder Raymer McQuiston George Starr Lasher and W H L Cooper. Contestants listed in order: S S Stuart Kleiger Ernest Reynolds George Caswell Robert W Young Harry Brown David A Stein and Marcelita Wallace.
Joe Mitchell, a pro at the Coun try Club in Cleveland Ohio, has held the same job for 34 years marking a long tenure and steady leadership within the club.
The Y W C A cabinet at Ohio University introduced its sub cabinet members at Monday afternoon’s regular meeting. Named officers include Hallene Woods as president Jackle Cutler as vice president Helen McLaughlin secretary and Peten Vane treasurer.
Former Mayor Ales Moore returned to his home at 23 West State Street after a hearing before Judge J. G. Worstell on Monday night, correcting a report that he was staying with friends in Athens.
Six members of a Birmingham Alabama semi pro basketball team share a surname and are all related forming a rare family line on the squad.
An affidavit charging manslaughter was filed against Ralph Post of Zanesville and an affidavit for Floyd Woodward of Crooksville alleging improper parking on the wrong side of the road after a storm. Frank Willison was killed and three others injured on the Lexington Crooksville road when Woodward allegedly parked on the wrong side and Post swerved to avoid him.
New Lexington May 22 John W. Holden 658 chief of police of New Lexington and
The Green Goat humor magazine published its last this college year with comic sketches and burlesque write ups of campus figures. Notable contributors include James Piork Ray Westphal Wirginia Paul and Neal Wakely who served as editor and business manager respectively.
Miss Anne Schellinger presents a graduation recital at Alumni Memorial Auditorium starting at o'clock with a challenging Bach suite from Clavierbuch No. 2 and ending with Chopin's Fanatatse Op. 3, praised by critics including Reeves Robinson of Ohio University School of Music.
The former sheriff of Perry County died suddenly after suffering an attack of diabetes. Local officials and family mourn the loss as tributes come in from colleagues and residents.
An ad promises relief from stomach and bowel gas with Baakmann's Gas Tablets. It claims elimination of belching, chest tightness, and palpitations, plus improved sleep and circulation, urging readers to buy the genuine yellow-packaged product at local pharmacies.
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