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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1933
Page
9
An inconclusive OCR fragment mentions a man named John Stewart age 67 and a pony incident near Route 7 and Lincoln shade. It references an Holzer Hospital, a grocery trip, a son, a vehicle collision, and a witness dated Saturday with injuries to the left leg.
Prowine stated that all concrete road work on Route Bridge and the Ohio Railroad underpass will be completed. A small stretch of widening on each side of the project was started with concrete pours during working days. Scout notes November 6 report girl security retiree groups and a Presbyterian grace church meeting in East Gallia.
Capt. Fred Hornbrook part owner of the Cordill spent Saturday night at home then traveled to Cincinnati to confer on river freight rates with Greene Line. The Senator Cordill will run Cincinnati Huntington and Cincinnati Pittsburgh trades under new management. Engineer Charles Atkinson of Pt. Pleasant left the packet due to illness. Cordill repairs are finished and she will depart Cincinnati Tuesday night for Pittsburgh on the first trip with the new setup. Mrs. Fred Hornbrook is the first Gallipolis resident to get Capt. Fred Way’s The Log of the Betsy Ann, a New York released book. Steamer J. C. Rawn arrived Sunday with six barges of sand for Wilson Sand & Gravel Co. Tow of Pittsburgh steel products via Mary Alice will go to Inland to be shipped South to Louisville and Memphis.
Personal mentions list Caldwell residents Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Nobile and Nell Huron as weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. I. E. Huron, plus Miss Ruth Maddy visiting parents, Esther Ingels in training in Cincinnati, H. C. Cadot visiting Columbus, and Frances Bijlker with the Bruning family and their children at the Eilker home.
Fifteen Gallia County workers were employed on the Eureka super dam project last week, according to B. Lewis Jones re employment manager. Two more from the county were to receive jobs today.
Evans Barnett of Cannons Creek Lawrence County former prohibition agent was sentenced to one to 15 years in the Ohio Penitentiary by Judge W R White after a burglary and larceny conviction. Execution stayed until December 4 for appeal. He was denied a new trial. Bond set at 2000. Everett Koster pled guilty to a similar charge and received no sentence.
Judge J B Clark issued licenses on Saturday to C E B Miller 26 of Clendennin West Virginia truck driver and Lula Adkins 22 of Gallipolis, Bennie Bloomer 24 and Cora Meadows 18 both of Cora.
Buckeye Building and Loan Company bought Third Avenue property in the suit of the company against Charles Mack et al at sheriff's sale Saturday for 2725 dollars. The appraised value stood at 3800 dollars.
Gallipolis authorities report William Cousins Jr waived examination on a petit larceny charge for stealing 10 dollars from Robert Stevers on October 31. Mayor A J Stormont bound over the case to the Gallia County common pleas court with a bond of 100 dollars.
Aarora Kelton of Gallipolis, a fresh man on the Ohio State University football team, is confined to University Hospital in Columbus with a knee injury from scrimmage. The injury is not serious.
Mrs Carl Allensworth hosted a Saturday afternoon children's party in Middleport from 2 to 4 to honor her daughter Mary Lou on her seventh birthday. The pink and white decorations featured chrysanthemums and the guests numbered about twenty five to thirty. Mary Lou received many gifts and ice cream cake and candy were served at 4 PM.
Italo Balbo was moved from the cabinet to governorship of Libya in a Mussolini shakeup. Mussolini now heads all defense forces in addition to his other posts.
Pomeroy Franklin Rutherford from Montana visits relatives in Pomeroy and Chester staying with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Smith and friends. Carl Schaefer and daughter Mary attend the Ohio State Indiana game in Columbus. Mrs. Margaret Jones returns from Columbus to Union Avenue after two weeks with Mrs. C. E. W. Downie. The Foreign Missionary Society meets at Mrs. John Leakus on Second Street. Mildred and Mary Hennessy visited Columbus with Mary Russell. Albert Coates and Fred Crow, Ohio University students, spend weekend at home.
Mrs. Anna Dunbar of the Masonic Home Springfield visits her brother Albert Dailey and family and sister Mrs Alvira Rawlings. The Swett and Woodward circles host visits by Marion Swett George Wood and Jessie Hampton. The group travels to Chicago for the World’s Fair and attends services in Dyesville.
Louise Quickle, formerly of Middleport, wed Dan McClure of South Charleston West Virginia on Thursday November 2. The bride is the daughter of L Quickie, longtime local business figure who later moved to Nitro West Virginia. The couple will live in Nitro for now.
Middleport reports the first six week period of the school year completed and lists twenty top students by class. Freshmen include Laurence Bradford and Phyllis Diles. Sophomores feature William Cooper and Lois Diles. Juniors list Beulah Burdette and Kathleen Bush. Seniors name Elizabeth Bradford and Edward Lewis.
At Middleport on November 6 friends and relatives traveled from Boston Detroit Charleston W VA Graham W VA Parkersburg W VA and Columbus to attend the funeral of Mrs T J Wilson. Attendees included Mr and Mrs R B Wilson Mr and Mrs A W Nevers and daughter C M Barnett Rev Lieva Evans Mr and Mrs L R Powell Mr and Mrs Thomas Spencer Mrs Corrinna Jones Mrs Emma Barsett and others.
Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church held its monthly gathering at Mrs. Saxon’s home on Locust Street. Officers elected for the coming year include President Mrs. Raymond Saxton, Vice President Mrs. Izora Guinther, Secretary Mrs. J. M. Mygatt, Assistant Secretary Mrs. Harry Houdashelt, and Treasurer Mrs. Frank Guinther.
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