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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1935
Page
3
The Bath Street project in Ohio faces council debate over a new 0-year and 20-year service plan. Officials discuss reading procedures, financing, lighting contract terms, and a potential bond issue to fund a parking lot and street lighting. Faris and Sauvage observed at the meeting as councilors weigh operating costs and candle power totals.
A fragmented clipping appears to reference a work by Im Hartley with garbled OCR text. The readable bits show a signature line and partial title fragment, leaving the larger context unclear.
Edward Grueser and Doris Whaley wed in Gallipolis Ohio before a federated minister and a squire. Frank Fife, 27, of Gallipolis, also named in the record.
Racine social column lists visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hayes spent Sunday with sister in law Mrs John Circle and family. Charles Crow returned from Columbus. Cross visited Reedsville. Beegle and Watson in Parkersburg. guild soup dinner planned for Nov 20 at church annex. county P T A banquet attendees include Fadley Lewis Philson Crow Barnett Watson. Hovis and Bobby Jones from Mercer Pa visited. Easterday with Smith in Sumner. Tanthorey with Ella in Coolville. Jessie Crow visited Athens. Howard Hughes and children from Columbus visited. Bessie Smith returned to Crane Texas after week with Mrs Fanny Sines.
Rev Clar ence Swearingen traced Miles Coverdale s printing of the English Bible at the Meigs County Methodist Ministers Association meeting in Bethany Church Meigs County Ohio Rev Frank Beuscher shared Bible exhibit details for the Christmas season and Rev Cloyce D Copley reported Ep worth League canned goods drives for Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati
The Middleport Literary Club will meet on Wednesday November 20 at 2 o'clock with Mrs M L French instead of Mrs Rathburn of Rutland. The change was announced by club president Mrs R W Harris.
Middleport High School auditorium hosted a well attended PTA gathering led by president Mrs. R L Smith. The group discussed upcoming activities during the business period with Mrs Cranston in charge of the study period and special music featured in the program.
Joseph Bulova, president of the watch company known for wrist models, died here Monday. The report also notes claims that electric fangs raise room temperatures and that body heat is dissipated by breeze cooling the skin.
Meigs County Recreation Center WPA project totals eighteen thousand federal dollars and three thousand from subscriptions. Frank H. Johnson says the meeting in Syracuse will outline progress, calendar of 1936 activities, and discuss local troop leadership under Carl J. House.
The Happy Hustlers Class of Racine M E Church sponsored a world trip for church members. Two buses carried a large crowd to stops including Norway at Mrs. Sybil Miles home, Ireland at Mrs. Clark Jiiden, Holland at Mrs. Gomer Lewis, and Japan at Mrs. Ernest Wingett. A final program and church refreshments closed the event.
Marietta Chamber of Commerce asks operators of the Marietta-Williamstown and Short Route bridges between Newport and St Marys Wa Va to immediately reduce tolls to meet at least the Belpre-Parkersburg bridge schedule. Clear answers expected within days.
William Heines of Pomeroy was indicted last August by the Meigs County grand jury for assault and battery and pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Common Pleas Judge C. E. Peoples. He was released on a $200 bond.
Mrs Herman Bailey and daughters Doris and Mary Jéan return from Charleston. Several couples visit Charleston and Clarksburg with relatives. Loyal Berean Class meets at the Church of Christ. Socials hosted by Rev. Gardner. Worley Howell injured his hip in a fall. Robert Mackin visits from Columbus. Whatsoever Class holds rummage and bake sale.
Olive Grange elected Nerva Pryor as Master Bess Rose as overseer Iva Buckley as lecturer Percy Curtis as chaplain Fannie Coleman as secretary Ada Bahr as treasurer Willard Taylor as steward Wilbur Weber as gatekeeper Ronald Osborn as assistant steward Myrtle Rose as lady assistant steward Lettie McCain as Ceres Edith Stalnaker Fiora Elsie Bahr Charles McCain as business agent Charles Myers as legislative agent A harvest supper is planned for November 22 with Third and Fourth degree conferred on three candidates.
Mrs. J. Chappelle Talbott hosted a miscellaneous shower Monday at her South Third Avenue home for her sister Mrs. Marion Allensworth. About 30 guests attended, with games and contests throughout the evening followed by refreshments.
Carl Ohhlinger of Cheshire was arrested by state and federal officers on Monday for operating a moonshine still. He is jailed in Gallia County awaiting a hearing.
Five member Gallia County election board begins recount of ballots in Gallipolis Township wards Kanauga and other precincts after Jack Davis loses to Clint Allen by four votes. Recount covers seven precincts with totals Davis 601 Allen 605 and notes 689 unused ballots and 17 disputed ballots across nine districts.
Pastor’s widow Della Porter died Friday at White Cross Hospital in Columbus after long illness. She helped lead the movement for the Simpson M E Church during her husband Rev David G Porter’s pastorate here. After his death she lived in Columbus, leaving Pomeroy.
Mr and Mrs Jacob Roller of Mulberry Avenue and Mr and Mrs Homer Marshington of Dexter spent Sunday in Gallipolis visiting Mr and Mrs Loyal Folden.
Gallia County Commissioners approve Benjamin Jones as architect for courthouse repairs with 5 percent compensation. Route 11 Davis Road to be relocated after landowner requests. W. J. Wickline to grant right of way. public use of old road until June for 100 dollars. Engineer Haskins authorized to build cattle pass, obtain right of way, and repair bridges. gravel and lime work on several rural roads with varied costs.
Marriage licenses were issued to two couples and a third pair. Paul Skidmore 21 farmer Evergreen and Lucile Sprague 21 Kerr to William A. Smeeks Jr. 23 Hockingport farmer and Grace Randolph 21 Hockingport. Charley E. Bryant 30 Charleston West Virginia mechanic and Rose V. Beaver 30 Charleston native.
In Gallipolis Virgil Eads was fined $10 and costs on intoxication charges while Lena Campbell paid $2 and costs on a disorderly conduct count after hearings before Judge A J Stormont Monday.
Capt and Mrs H F Houck and Mr and Mrs C G Houck shared a turkey dinner in Dexter Ohio Sunday hosted by Mr and Mrs James Folden and Mr and Mrs Albert Romine.
Funeral services were arranged for this afternoon at Bulaville Church for Mrs. Sarah Ann Rothgeb Jones 77 who died on Upper Sandusky Saturday. Surviving are three sons Charles William and Perry Jones of Upper Sandusky a daughter and two sisters Mrs Jane Brown Gallipolis and Mrs Flora L Rife Bulaville and the husband Burial was made in Rife Cemetery.
Robert Thompson, Miami University graduate and former National Reemployment Service worker, begins as bookkeeper at Gallipolis Motor Sales replacing Jack Wolfe who moved to Charleston to join General Motors. A replevin suit by L W Barton accuses the motor company of detaining a truck and owing damages, seeking a judgment of $000 and $500 in damages.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Knight of Pomeroy at Holger Hospital in Gallipolis.
L L Louthian the Columbus school examiner surveys Gallia County clerks and records to set last year budgets up to July 1 1935 for state aid distribution. County Superintendent H B Bradbury joins the review of teacher salaries bus costs and operating expenses for aid up to Jan 1 1936 with districts Bidwell Porter Cadmus Green Greenfield and Raccoon represented and Morgan Springfield to be surveyed next.
An ad for a home remedy claiming to prevent gall stones and avoid operations. It promotes a physician endorsed formula labeled Prescription No 69 and offers a free Doctor's Guide from Write Home Drug Co at 16-126 N. 4th St. Minneapolis. The sale promises a money back guarantee and cites 30 years of reported success.
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