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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1933
Page
5
A grass fire discovered around 6 30 PM near the Lasley property on the West side of the Middleport line burned thrush and hillside area but was checked within an hour. City firemen and volunteers battled embers from the cliff base to keep the blaze from spreading to Howell property and nearby stacks.
Middleport residents report visits to Columbus Akron and Detroit for funerals illnesses and family gatherings. Notable items include Mr. and Mrs. T. A. May and Miss Hulda Klein traveling to Columbus, M. F. Bennett visiting his niece, and the Dorcas Society meeting with Mrs. Raymond Saxon.
Middleport schools closed at noon to allow students to watch the Middleport Logan game in Logan this afternoon. Local fans followed the Yellow Jackets. next week they host Glouster before Thanksgiving with Logan. Pomeroy fans arrive for the Pomeroy Gallipolis game at 4 pm on Middleport field.
Mrs W E Bryan leaves Middleport with daughter Mrs J E Harley to join her husband in Washington D C for the winter. He serves on a labor advisory board tied to the Leather Workers Union of United States and Canada, with long leadership in the union based in Kansas City. The Harley family accompanied her to Athens to catch the train bound for Washington.
Local attorneys for Edward Roush announced a satisfactory out of court settlement in condemnation proceedings brought by the highway director for land needed for Route 7 improvements. The case had been slated for trial with jurors summoned. several other condemnation suits remain pending and may head to court if settlements are not reached.
C W Cauble of Indianapolis will conduct a series of evangelistic services at the Pomeroy Church of Christ starting Sunday November 5. He holds degrees from the College of the Bible Lexington Indiana University and attended Harvard Divinity School. Cauble has toured Northern Europe and visited Palestine and Egypt and has dedicated churches in 26 states the District of Columbia and Canada. The Rev Kenneth Reed invites attendance with special music planned. services begin at 9 30 a m Sunday and 7 30 p m nightly except Saturday.
Rev Frederic Ross of Bethany M E Church will preach Sunday at 10 20 on What Price Up on Your Head and at 2 pm at Forest Run M FE Church with Does God Care The 1 15 Sunday School session opens at 9 15 with superintendent John Baily guiding the program
Pomeroy news item reports Sheriff A O Tracy answered a long distance call Wednesday night to inform Mr and Mrs David V Wetzel of East Main Street that they had welcomed a seven and a half pound boy. The mother is Pauline Wetzel formerly McCullough of Rushylvania.
Harrisonville residents attended the Ladies Union Halloween party at the school with proceeds benefitting the church. Mrs. Kate French, back from Pasadena, Calif., visited family in town as did several guests from St. Albans, Millersport, Herrington, and Columbus.
Miss Rosalee Carr gave a Halloween party Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Henry Wyatt moved to Bardin dairy farm near Athens this week. Mr and Mrs Russ Little will live in the Wyatt house locally. Mrs Wealthy Clark of Downington visited on Tuesday while Pearle Jordan was ill with asthma.
In Middleport on November 8 a Junior Choir was organized at the Baptist Church with Mrs William Haptonstall directing. The initial practice drew 17 members and future sessions are planned weekly on Wednesdays after the midweek service.
Mrs Nancy Dougherty Sears longtime Portland resident and last of the Dougherty family died Tuesday morning at the old Dougherty home. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon with local attendees.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a notice about mail carriage on a messenger route between Portland and West Virginia. Limitations in text prevent clear names or dates, but the item suggests a posting or announcement on route operations. Further readable details missing to specify parties or deadlines.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the U B Church in Tuppers Plains held their regular monthly meeting and arranged to serve lunch all day and evening on election day.
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