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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1935
Page
3
A garbled report notes pleas entered after indictments for passing checks, with mentions of a prison term and a penitentiary sentence. It references authorities, a judge, and local dealers linked to license issues and alleged battery charges.
Progress toward final acceptance and payment for the Masonic property at Second Street and Mulberry Avenue for a new post office is moving forward. Abstracts have been prepared, land surveys completed, and ground composition investigated as local citizens anticipate the project after months of delay.
Frances E. Sayre 67 died Monday at her home in Apple Grove after weeks of illness. Survived by husband Millard Sayre a son Raymond of Millwood W Va five daughters Hallie Biffle Parkersburg Ruth Donahue Millwood Edith Heiner Dolly Wolfe Hazel Taylor Apple Grove. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev J B Law. Burial Letart Cemetery.
Middleport witnesses a Worthwhile Class event as Rev. C. C. Bailey and his wife receive a church welcome. An automobile tour of the town led to the manse where refreshments and social time followed a greeting by the class.
Kidnappers waited near the John P. Weyerhaeuser Jr residence in Tacoma to seize 9 year old George, heir to lumber millions, for a $200000 ransom. The map places Lowell school and Annie Wright seminary where he planned to meet his sister Anne, 12, with the suspected crime near Tacoma Avenue. The first Seattle newspaper classified ad, coded by criminals to signal ransom readiness, is shown.
Gallia County Commissioners appoint a dog warden for 60 days to curb stray dogs. The appointee will have jurisdiction over the county, be supplied with shelter and feed for all dogs, and be paid for duties.
Gallia County will graduate 201 eighth grade students into high school this year. Fourteen names were added to the published list of 187, including Robert Thompson and Calvin Lane of Addison, Roland Wayne Rupe of Morgan, and Hazel Marie Rees of Perry.
Mrs Sophronia Green Nibert 67 widow of James M. Nibert died at Bla Den five years after her husband’s death. Funeral services were held there Wednesday afternoon with pallbearers S R Gilmore Carl Nibert William Irwin Kenneth Saunders Eustace and Raleigh Jeffers.
Paris and Myrta Elkins sue the Industrial Commission of Ohio for damages linked to father Leslie Elkins’s death in a Route 7 traffic accident while employed by Gille Produce Company on December 15, 1933. Mary J. Sheets seeks divorce from Marshall Sheets with alimony and a restraining order in Green Township. Helma K. Allen seeks divorce from Carl T. Allen and restoration of her maiden name Helma Kathleen Hill.
Emory Grover nineteen, a Cheshire High junior, was fatally struck by a southbound car on Route 7 near Cheshire while thumb- riding to the town. Witness Cassius Thompson said Grover stepped into the highway and was hit as the northbound vehicle passed, Treadway’s car delivering the fatal blow before taking Grover to Holzer Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. May leave Wednesday for Washington D C to spend several days. Rev and Mrs C C Bailey motor to New Castle and New Bedford Pa to stay with their parents until after Memorial Day. Mrs Cash Johnson is in Holzer Hospital recovering from a surgical operation. Mrs Wilma Girard and daughter move to Spencer W Va to live. Mrs J E Atkinson goes to Columbus to visit Dr and Mrs E E Campbell until after Memorial Day. Rev and Mrs F C Kreager motor to Beverly to visit Mr J H Richardson and family. Mrs William Bullis of Washington D C is here with her sister Mrs M G White. Miss Virgie Major, recently in Gallipolie with Floyd Barcus family, returns home.
Middleport High School seniors and friends will attend a baccalaureate service Sunday at 8 pm in the Pearl Street gymnasium. Rev. Clarence Swearingen of Heath M E Church will deliver the sermon titled Faith and Life's Future. Rev. C C Bailey will preside. The Heath Church choir will provide special music.
Memorial Day services will be held at Burlingham Church and cemetery on Thursday with a 10 30 a m program. Rev Earl Cowen and Rev Ward Radford will speak. A children's program of patriotic numbers will be presented. Lunch will be served on the grounds.
Middleport residents report Mr and Mrs Neils Powell have settled into their new Broadway Street residence on Tuesday. Updates note visitors and family travel plans including Harry Corbin of Washington DC and his aunt Miss Virgie Corbin, with Memorial Day timing mentioned for return travel. Dr H L Welch and daughter return to Gasway West Virginia after a week with his parents on Main Street and a West Virginia dentistry convention in Parkersburg.
More than 60 Hemlock Grangers attended Rural Life Sunday on May 2 at West Shade Church by invitation of Chaplain C. L. Heaton. Music by the Heaton Kenney Mitchell Coffee Quartet of Athens. Rev. Lawrence Wilson of Rocksprings led the service. Regular Grange meeting is set for June 1 with Ladies Degree Team presenting First and Second Degrees.
Edward Reuter refused to buy a dog tag claiming the county owed him a $3.75 bill to offset the tag cost. Dog Warden J A Cottrill pressed the case. Reuter was fined $10 plus costs in H H Mees court. Tax commission upheld the action noting county debt does not excuse tag purchase.
Mr and Mrs Dan Moore and son of Cincinnati visited relatives in Racine. Winifred Wolfe returned to Columbus after weeks with her mother Mrs D K Wolfe. Cincinnati guests Frank Sutton and wife stayed with Mr and Mrs John Clarke. Glouster and Jacksonville visitors joined Mrs Kate Wolfe family weekend. Marietta guests Mr and Mrs John Thorney stayed with W G Van Gilder. New Haven visitors Fred Spencer and son spent time with Mason Spencer and Mrs Okey Cleland. Newark guests Dudley Wolfe and Dillon Richards visited Paul Wolfe. Portsmouth guest John Stevens planned several weeks with A J Schaffer. Gallipolis guest Betty Van Gilder visited with her parents. Harvey and Roy Johnson plus families spent weekend with John Meredith household.
Gallipolis reports Ohio district teachers chosen for the next term. V. Waugh, Margaret E. Paliit, and Evelyn 8. Sims to Waugh Bottom. Helen G. Mills, Charlies Jeffers, and L. Vance Campbell to Bethel. Three one room school teachers awaiting State Department approval: EB. W. Church Mooney, Grant Johnson Hickory, Frances Green Pine.
Mrs. Margaret Bradbury president of District 8 of the American Legion Auxiliary will travel to Columbus Friday night for the meeting of the state auxiliaries. Eleven districts are scheduled to meet.
Gallia Gallia County Ohio. Gallia Academy High School presents its commencement program at Washington Auditorium tonight at o oclock with Senior Memories as the theme. Rev L W Gishler to give invocation and the high school orchestra to perform. Seniors will depict class work and Miss Virginia Shahen will introduce the program. Alumni banquet and dance set for Friday night marking the close of the 1935 graduation events.
Mrs. Bradbury will confer on plans for the state convention representing Fairfield Meigs Gallia Athens Vinton Jackson Hocking and Perry Counties with over 1000 members. Logan the state president is in this district. The convention will be held in Dayton in the fall.
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