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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1930
Page
2
Guy Parsons of Pearl Street employed at the Used Chevrolet salesroom on North Second Street sustained a compound fracture of the right arm Sunday while cranking a truck in Middleport.
The Women's Music Club closed its season at Heath M E Church with a program exploring poets who inspired musical settings by Browning Shelley Shakespeare Burns and others. Performances included Schubert Shakespeare songs piano pieces Peer Gynt excerpts and Mendelssohn organ selections followed by a spring flower decorated tea hosted by club members and guests.
In probate court Hulda Ours sued Robert Ours for non support of son Ray. Judge A D Russell defended the father while Ralston Russell spoke for the wife. Case dismissed for lack of evidence of means. son placed with sister Mrs May Van Meter after parents had been separated for two years.
Mrs. Otto Schmall and Mrs. H E Cooper were in Huntington Monday. Mrs. Roscoe Fowler was soloist at the Woman s Music Club in Athens Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Deval and family have rented the Mrs Nelle Bailey property on Lincoln Street and will move there in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. R W Harris and sons Gene and Gordon were visitors Monday at Huntington with the latter s sister Mrs T J Sharpley and husband. Mrs. Laura Saunders has been here visiting Mrs Ruth Saunders and daughter Daisy then will go to Pratts Fork for Decoration Day. Mr and Mrs James Swan and sons Billy and James of Jam were here visiting the former s aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Dell Martin. Jap Russell, lately in Columbus with his grandson Ray Russell and family, returned to Middleport Tuesday. Ruth Entsminger and Margaret McBride are the latest to be ill of mumps. The Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church met with Mrs Dana Hamilton Monday evening. large attendance and refreshments served.
In Pomeroy on Sugar Run Walter Miller a garage proprietor keeps an unusual children s play house formed from a former horsedrawn ambulance used by the Finsterwald undertakers for five years. It rests on a foundation with steps to the rear doors and a stove inside. The play house can be locked with a iron keyhole insert. Neighbors overlook the sight while the children enjoy the warm dry roomy space and see no link to sickness or death.
Plan Air Service Middleport reports a radio service for Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Church of Christ with a new radio installed. International Radio Broadcast of all the Churches of Christ will be aired over CBS. Members will join via Columbia Cathedral Choir from New York City and other congregations nationwide and abroad participate.
Deputy county members of the Motor Commission Tenth District will meet in Wellston on Sunday evening June 1 to organize for Brown’s secretary of state candidacy. R G Webster named leader for Meigs County.
In Middleport on May 28 Mrs James Stevens entertained with a 6 o'clock dinner for her grandson James Sisson, a high school graduate. Other boys present included Thomas Riley Gordon Harris James Russell Joe Michl Willis and Albert Smith and Billy Sisson. Sunday the Sisson boys and their parents left for Charleston.
Frank McCann, 63, a Westward traveler and Buffalo Bill follower, visited Pomeroy after decades roaming the U.S. and the Philippines. He sought his sister Mary Blake, formerly Mary McCann, whom he last saw as a child, and learned she was visiting a neighbor while her husband had died.
A man claims to be Frank McCann and returns to his sister Mary in Pomeroy Iowa after presenting papers. Mrs. Blake initially doubts but agrees to give him a chance staying a week at a local hotel while they reestablish kinship. He spends days trimming trees and chatting with townsfolk and plans travel with Albany as a possible future, though his sister prefers remaining near home.
Chesterhill May 28 Union Hall hosts eighth grade graduation exercises for Marion Township Tuesday evening June 3. Largest class in years includes Ray Mendanhall Isabel Newburn Frank Black Russell Miller Harold Fitch Harold Miller Ronald Davis Charles McPeak Arlie Hill Lena Faye Smith Maud Bowman Margaret Shook Addie Ewart Martha Lynn Alma Dunega Vera Michener Martha Calendine Clyde Weaver Donna Davis Eva Randall Doris Zumbro Thomas Worrall Don Woodward Dean Callan Chesterhill School Carlos Peebles and his wife of Barberton Gerald Peebles of Canton visiting parents Mr and Mrs Will Peebles. Mrs Blanche Schofield returns home from LaRue then Europe trip planned. Mrs Margaret Johnson visits daughter Mrs Gladys McCune of Athens. Melissa Hallowell residence sold at auction for 1800 more than appraised 2000.
Co. E crew member ill for months shows no signs of improvement. Local social notes include Ben and Ella Funk hosting dinner. Carl Patterson group attending Friends Boarding School commencement in Barnesville. Harold Wood from Columbus visits family. Kennards return from Clearwater Florida. Rolland Davis visits aunt Hettie Woodward. Margaret Ray, nurse from Grant Hospital, visits her father J. L. Ray of Elliott.
Miss Edith Yarnell longtime primary teacher in the local schools, recently re employed for a year, is in a serious condition at Bethesda Hospital Zanesville after a nervous breakdown. Lon Ellis plans to move this week to a residence he bought from W Peebles. Mr and Mrs Will Peebles sold their Cemetery Street home to Lon Ellis and will move to rooms in Mrs William Johns Main Street property. Harry Smith Parkersburg visited Saturday with his father Osha Smith.
A former marine commander known as Roxy has moved from leading a squad to running what is described as the biggest theatre the world has seen since the fall of Rome.
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