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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1932

Page

2

Local families visit in weekend travel amid PTA plans

Mr and Mrs Robert Williams of Fayette City Pa visit relatives for the weekend. Jack White spends the week in Athens with his aunt Mrs Guy Edmundson. Dee Ward travels from Lancaster to Columbus then Los Angeles to join Elizabeth McNaughton. Sue Fisher from Dayton arrives to stay through Decoration Day. Final calendar plans for the Parent Teacher Association money making program are underway.

Robert Williams Fayette City Jack White Athens Guy Edmundson Dee Ward Lancaster Columbus Los Angeles Calif Elizabeth McNaughton Sue Fisher Dayton Dave Davis Parent-Teacher Association

Legion Memorial Day plans in Pomeroy and county history

Memorial Day activities are set in Pomeroy with the Drew Webster Post leading services at Hemlock Grove and Kerrs Run and a march to Beech Grove Cemetery. Prosecution speaker Ross Cunningham will top the Kerrs Run observance, while a Chester turnout completes the district observances.

Kerrs Run Parent-Teacher Association Legionnaires Beech Grove Cemetery Ross Cunningham Lancaster Chester Drew Webster Post Hemlock Grove Grange Legion Legion Auxiliary Ralph Gilmore Gilmore Court Street

Farm Raid Nets Liquor At Jones Farm

Pomeroy May 27 Acting on Sheriff A O Tracy and three deputies raided the Charles Jones farm beyond Wilkesville Thursday. They found a 10 gallon still three gallons of liquor and two barrels of (rest unclear)

Pomeroy A. O. Tracy Charles Jones Wilkesville

Moonshine Still Found on Farm in Raid

A still and moonshine equipment were found in woods on a western farm during a raid. No owners could be identified, no arrests were made, and the equipment was destroyed. The report credits Malcolm Hartley and notes Mes senger contact for circulation and ads.

Tracy

Ebersbach Tax Case Returns to Meigs Court

Four years of litigation end as Ohio Supreme Court dismisses Case No. 23 540 with no debatable constitutional question. Meigs County seeks about 130 000 in back taxes from the Martin Ebersbach Company. case returns to Common Pleas for evidence on collection costs and final settlement.

Ebersbach Company Ttis Sait Pittsburgh Coal Company Common Pleas Ebersbachs Court of Appeals State Tax Commission Ebersbach Common Pleas Court Common Please Court Supreme Court of Ohio Supreme Court Meigs County Common Pleas Court Clark Martin Ebersbach Company Tax Commission of Ohio County Board Pittsburgh Company

Out of Court Settlement in Property Dispute

After a day and a half in common pleas court, Sophia Meier Nellie Meier and Nellie Wright settled their property line dispute with Belle Seidenabel and Henry Seidenabel. Judge W R White presided. thirty four witnesses had been subpoenaed. Proceedings were slow and observers were surprised by the settlement Thursday afternoon.

Pomeroy Common Pleas Court Sophia Meier Nellie Meier Nellie Wright Belle Seidenabel Henry Seidenabel W. R. White Gallia County

County Board of Education To Meet About District Combined School

POMEROY May 27 An adjourned meeting of the County Board of Education will be held Saturday at the Courthouse to discuss combining four districts Banner Morning Star Pleasant View and Forest Run into a two room schoolhouse serving all. C N Wagner announced.

Pomeroy County Board of Education Banner Morning Star Pleasant View Forest Run C. N. Wagner State Department of Education

Dorcas Youth Injured in Racine Car Crash

Donald Saiser of Dorcas and Earl Hardin, Racine High School basketball alumni, were struck by a car Wednesday evening. Saiser suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized in Gallipolis while Hardin received treatment. driver unidentified. John Epple and Mrs. Dena Young recover in nearby hospitals.

Racine Donald Saiser Edward Saisser Dorcas Gallipolis Saiser Earl Hardin Joseph Beegle John Epple Parkersburg Second Street Dena Young

Estie Arnold Dies in Kerrs Run Home

N Estie Arnold died at 11 o clock in Kerrs Run at his brother Kinney Arnold's home of heart disease He was formerly in the newspaper business in Pomeroy and later in the coal business in Marion He leaves a family and was visiting his brother on the occasion reflected in this Marion county notice

Kerr's Run Pomeroy N. Estie Arnold Kinney Arnold Kerrs Marion

Sophomore Marvin Finlan Eyes Football Return After Bone Graft

Pomeroy May 27 Marvin Finlan a Pomeroy High School sophomore hopes to play football again pending an operation. Surgeons in Gallipolis will graft bone from his good leg to his missing shin area after a hunting accident left part of the bone gone. Bruno Casci also seeks treatment for a rupture after the same hospital visit.

Pomeroy Marvin Finlan Pomeroy High School Young Finley Gallipolis Finlan Bruno Casci

Rutland House Burns in Rural Fire Disaster

Fire destroyed Edward Taylor’s farm residence near Rutland on Thursday. Neighbors saved ground-floor belongings while upper floors burned. Mrs. Taylor alone inside. Loss about 1500 with inadequate insurance. Rutland fire department arrived late. Also notes on Middleport students and staff travel for illness in Columbus, and local teachers’ graduations.

Rutland Edward Taylor Taylor

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