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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1934
Page
2
Athens city begins metering all water services at City Waterworks. Service Director C W Grosa says 2200 accounts are affected with payment due by Nov 15 and disconnection if unpaid by Nov 20.
Lima report states Horace F. Shock, a farmer, was fined 100 dollars and costs and given 10 days in jail with execution suspended for not buying milk on a butterfat basis not paying milk prices set by the Ohio Milk Market ing Commission and for lacking a distributors license. The case tested the powers of the Ohio milk marketing group.
George Arliss headlines The Last Gentleman at Majestic starting Friday with a strong supporting cast and a twist ending. Loyal John Wayne fans see Trail Beyond at Court Theatre, while The Lemon Drop Kid teams Lee Tracy and Helen Mack at Majestic. Gift of Gab debuts Universal with Edmund Lowe rising to broadcast fame and a wide gag lineup including Phil Baker and Ruth Etting.
Middleport residents report travels and family health updates. Clyde Winebrinner and family attend the World's Fair in Chicago this week while Loran Russell travels to Pomeroy for his father Judge Morton Webster’s illness. B F Fultz Sr. journeys to Columbus after M L Fisk’s sudden death and funeral plans. J G Talbott and family visit Parkersburg to see Mrs Fred Healy improving after surgery. F A Makin returns home from Columbus with son Robert Mackin a St Charles Academy student.
Regular monthly gathering of the Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ met Tuesday night at the church. Mrs. Haggerty led the activities and hostesses served refreshments to close the program.
Edward Frecker, a Columbus businessman and Pine Grove native, returned from Ontario with a moose a deer and a bear. His party reached the site by small boat north of Duluth. He paused on Court Street to share the hunting trophy with local hunters and visit relatives.
A dredge boat has worked here since Friday removing gravel from the river bed. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Torrence spent the weekend at Jeromesville with Mrs. Torrence's sisters. Dr. E. D. Shumaker of Scio visited his parents last week. Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Rheinhart, camping here for a month, returned to Weirton West Virginia. Miss Leona Swan left for Parkersburg for employment.
The second grade led by Miss Helen M Evans staged a Halloween assembly with a play about friends hosting a party. Doris Casley Harold Finsterwald and others starred while the class prepared a Halloween backdrop and songs. Mothers and first graders attended a party with refreshments for 93 guests, plus a separate piano lesson class performed for mothers.
Capt George Howder remains quite ill at his Gravel Hill home since Saturday. Mrs Alice Selby and Mrs Dee Ward returned to Columbus after attending H S Roush's funeral. E S Downing of West Fir Ore left after visiting relatives to Pittsburgh then New York on business. Mr and Mrs T F Ferguson took Miss Lulu Hundley to Charleston after a six week visit. Dr and Mrs T H Davis Jr and son depart Columbus for Tulsa Oklahoma after visiting his parents.
First program of the Pomeroy Music Club will be held Tuesday evening November 6 at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. Mr and Mrs Ed Priode of Vaile Street spent Sunday evening at Parkersburg visiting their daughter Jane who is training as a nurse at St Josephs Hospital.
Mrs Witlara of ville Ohio visits with Mr and Mrs Lester lipolis and Mr Antley and son Richard as they spend Sunday with E D Tucker along the P Road.
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