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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1934
Page
3
Approximately 75 shocks of worn were destroyed Friday afternoon by a fire that started in the barnyard of the Russell Bailey dairy farm. Neighbors had the blaze under control before the fire department arrived, and outbuildings were saved due to lack of wind.
Report at noon indicated a heavy election in Meigs County with 3857 absent voter ballots issued, 50 above the prior record of 307. Nearly all ballots were returned, though three voters who had voted since the opening date for absent voting have died, necessitating withdrawal of their ballots.
The council reviewed funds from the Home Coming event and Halloween party expenses, with a $23,500 Home Coming fund noted. A committee was tasked to finalize plans and consider a parallel parking system, as officials push for parking lots and related town job protections.
Phil Weber aged 77 a local resident died Monday afternoon and will be buried Wednesday at the Chester Episcopal Church within Kennedy Cemetery. He was unmarried and survived by brothers Henry Weber Jacob August Weber of Long Mary Swatze of Pom Katie Smith of East Liver Ann Bailey of Big Timber and Mrs Lizzie Biddle of
A fragmented testimony from Cuby of Abbottston Street describes ongoing recovery after stomach illness. He credits a prescription for acid reduction and stomach lining protection. Free samples offered by a local pharmacy.
A fire Monday afternoon started by a truck backfire swept the Pt. Pleasant Transportation Company building and damaged adjacent Johnson's Restaurant and offices. Fire crews from Gallipolis Middleport and Pomeroy contained the blaze by 3 30 pm aided by a dredge boat pumping water. The incident follows a recently installed sprinkling system in the destroyed structure located on Main Street between Fifth and Sixth.
Miss Mayo Fuller spent summer and fall with her sister in Middleport and returned to Barboursville Kentucky. Miss Marguerite Ball travels to Nelsonville due to her father Harry Ball's arm injury. Clyde Helwig returned to Columbus after a weekend at home. Mrs. Anna Steele left Athens for Middleport after two weeks with Oscar Cheatham. Mr and Mrs Oscar Cheatham announce birth of a son. Mr and Mrs G A Williamson returned to Columbus after visiting C L Brooks. Mr and Mrs Walter Chase and daughter visited Wellston and returned to Railroad Street. Miss Lettie Fugate becomes permanent employee at Middleport waterworks office. Mrs Orrison Jeffries and son to move to St Paul Minnesota to join Mr Jeffries transferred from Rocksprings conservation camp. Mr Jeffries will take a new conservation position there.
American Legion Minstrel set for Thursday and Friday at the school auditorium. Frank Will Dayton Strickland John Shorr and Dick Hepp in the quartet with R G Webster MC. Final dress rehearsal Wednesday night. A Victory Ball follows on November 12 at the K of P Hall with the Hotel Lafayette Orchestra providing music.
Members of the Foreign Missionary Society of the Heath Methodist Episcopal Church met Monday night at the parsonage with Mrs. Clarence Swearingen for their regular November gathering. The president led the session as Mrs. Swearingen gave the lesson on the first chapter of the new study book titled Japanese Women Speak. Attendance was large.
Mr and Mrs W J Root longtime Middleport residents will spend the winter in St Petersburg Florida after a summer trip through the southwest They also visited their son in law and daughter Dr and Mrs William Thayer in Portland Oregon Mrs Root is remembered here as Miss Carrie Powell
In Mt Vernon a memorial ceremony honored Dr Charles Oliver Probst for founding the Ohio State Sanatorium. About 200 physicians health officials and nurses attended as a plaque by Erwin Frey was presented at a service led by Dr Charles A Neal. Dr Probst born 1857 Middleport died 1933 Columbus.
C A Crary age 67 died Monday afternoon at his Wyoming Ohio home after several months illness. He is survived by two sisters Mrs C M Hennessy and Mrs W G Davis and one brother Fred Crary all of Middleport. He was a son of the late Melissa Crary who died Monday morning. Funeral arrangements not set but rites likely Thursday in Wyoming. Dr Crary, remembered here as inventor of a new form of floating soap.
W H Rutherford 66 died at his Rutland home Monday. Survived by widow and son Carl at home. Former New York Central employee for 25 years. Funeral Wednesday at 4 at Rutland Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial in Miles Cemetery. LICENSED TO WED POMEROY Harvey Barton 28 Fort Knox Ky and Bernice Fairbanks 25 Minersville. Emmett Davis 29 and Edna Dray 24 both Middleport.
Meigs County cattle owners enroll in the Bangs Disease elimination program. County agent George W. Kreiter says tests will be conducted through Dr. D. C. Hyde of the Ohio Bureau of Animal Industry with several thousand head to be tested. Testing will begin soon after November 12 and dairy men have signed or filed agreements to participate.
Miss Virgie Hobstetter of Rose Hill is back home from White Cross Hospital in Columbus after an appendicitis operation. She is accompanied by her sister Mrs Herbert Chambers of Columbus and is reported in favorable condition.
R. B. White is reported seriously ill in McMillan Hospital Charleston after a surgical operation Friday. Mrs. White spent Sunday in Charleston. A similar operation was undergone by Mr. White a year ago.
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