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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1939
Page
3
The Mercy village council meets Monday night to review the Sugar Run sewer plan and how to apply $17,978 in government funds. Engineers from Marion outline needed work while a special session is scheduled to continue discussion and set a new traffic time limit for parking.
Initiation of two Sub Deb Club members Betty Hoffner and Iley Hysell occurred at a Lincoln Hill home with Mary McCroba presiding and Charlotte Mees as secretary. Missionary Society plans a joint meeting with the Foreign Missionary Society. reports mention gifts and clothing for a child, with activities and refreshments following. A Beaver Ohio wedding officiated by Rev. Bert O Connor united Isabel O Connor and Woodrow th of Chester, with both families noted. others host events and travel details populate the social page.
Fifty varieties of chrysanthemums were shown at the Monthly Meeting of the Garden Club held at Mrs. E. R. Tompkins home. Members heard a paper on mums by Mrs. Edward Duffy and named their Favorite Chrysanthemum.
Mrs. Frank Grogan of Beech Street hosted a Saturday afternoon party from 2 to 4 in honor of her daughter Virginia Lou s tenth birthday. The event featured games opening gifts and serving rice cream cake and candy with guests including Mary Thomas Dorothy Frances Ruth Chase Marilyn Graham Betty Nash and George Nash.
The American Legion Auxiliary facility to host Armistic Day dinner by Post 1 at the Legion Home. Mrs Edward Spencer presided naming committees for the meal and for memorial relocation from Pythian to near the city park site. Members discussed repairs to the Legion Home and approved sending annual child welfare funds to the Ohio American Legion. New member Mrs Leo Sisson elected. Fall Conference report shared by Mrs E R Mulford.
Friday evening Oct 27 Miss Wyona Moore hosted a Halloween party at Center Street home. Attendees included Grace CharltonJimmy CharltonJimmy Vess Junior Seaman Shirley Seaman Betty Jandes Betty Barnes Betty Moore Earl Root Annabelle Root Norma McCune Dorothy Russell Bobby Frost Eleanor Buck Eleanor Fuller Janice Chapman Goff Dunfee Presley Winner George Ogg Elaine Barrows Bobby Bolen Billy Hart Janice Moore Nellie Ogg Catherine Barrows Jackie McIntorf Phylis McIntorf Wyona Moore. Visitors from Athens Ashland Williamstown Sabina etc noted among hosts and guests.
Marriage license issued in probate court to Alvin Walter Kennedy 40 of East Liverpool and Lillie Reena Donohue 42 of Pomeroy on Monday.
POMEROY The Syracuse Presbyterian Church hosted 35 ministers as Wesley Green urged leaders to study their communities and act as local authorities. He advocated church programs aligned with local needs and noted Boy Scout groups add value to church youth. A peace mass meeting was announced for Thursday at Federated Church, with Rev. Arthur Milne as featured speaker.
John E. Lyons filed an appeal to the court of appeals after the common pleas court upheld a motion to dismiss Lyons suit against State Fire Marshal Ray R. Gill. The appeal questions whether the dismissal motion was proper, not the building removal order itself. Henrietta Ewing joins Pt. Pleasant Light and Water Co. work, commuting daily since mid October.
Meigs County records confirm rural mail service began in Pomeroy on June 1 1899 three years after the first three routes started in Halltown Charleston and Avilla W Va on Oct 1 1896. The county's first rural carrier was W P Woodgerd. Congressman Thomas A Jenkins reviewed locals’ request to verify the claim.
Upper Radcliff notes report Glenn Wilbur of Hamden ill with influenza at the home of his father in law David Eberts. Breta and Leona Eberts attended a football game at Middleport Friday night. A stork shower was held for Mrs Audrey Chambers at her home with many attendees. A meat house theft occurred at Gard Laughlin’s. hog stolen. Franklin Elwood Garvin died Oct 31 of pneumonia at two months old. burial at Radcliff Cemetery. Shirley McManus and Merrill Wells wed at Bidwell on Nov 3. Roy Adkins welcomed an 8 pound son born Oct 30.
George Schmoll, student at Anderson Diesel School in Los Angeles, expands technical studies and gains exposure to the movie industry. He met actors George Raft and James Cagney and will continue training for 7 to 11 months before returning home for the holidays.
Twenty seven new members of the Rutland Church of Christ who were converted during two weeks of evangelistic services conducted by Rev Don McMillin and Charles E Walburn will be baptized Wednesday evening in Middleport The services drew large crowds each night culminating Sunday evening
Middleport council meets amid talk of a 3-mill levy needing 65 percent support to avoid drastic cuts. Officials have gone unpaid since January, with water shutoffs to hydrants and police and lighting reductions possible. The meeting also approved memorial relocation plans, extended a roadside park driveway, and city depository and street repair bills.
WPA workers started typing and arranging all ordinances of the Village of Pomeroy for recodification. The project, approved earlier, had been delayed but is now underway and mirrors similar work in Middleport, submitted jointly by both communities.
Vivian Kellar hosted the Afternoon Bridge Club with Thelma Frasure taking first prize and Lu Brown second. Guests included Vera Cookley and others as lunches were served. Local residents and visitors from Columbus and Athens appear in social updates and upcoming events noted for Corning.
Rev J P Miller will lead the Christian Endeavor group Thursday night with the topic Must We Have Poverty This gathering urges participants to wear old clothes to heighten impact After the service and business meeting attendees proceed to the church basement for chili service
Funeral services for J. W. Terry, who died Sunday morning, will be held at 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon at the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home. Interment will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire.
In Reedsville on November 3 the Parent Teacher Association gathered at the Methodist Church. School pupils performed a program of skits recitations and songs led by teachers and older students including readings by Kathryn Wallace Mary Lou Sisson Ruth Ann Williams and Martha Buckley with numbers such as The Old Rugged Cross Earth Magic and The Peevish Wife featured.
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