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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1937
Page
8
Relief Director George R. Beards said Meigs County funds can cover November only with no available money for December unless the Ohio Legislature acts. About 300 families are on relief, with 250 more eligible. CCC enrollees and WPA workers also affect relief needs.
Henry Thomas age 70 died at his Prospect Hill home Tuesday night after a long illness. He never married and lived with relatives. Funeral services are Friday at Finsterwald Funeral Home with interment in Beach Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Martha Bryant of Middleport mourns as niece Mrs. Harry R. Wells dies in Detroit after months of illness. She leaves her husband and two sons Robert L. and Harry Jr. The Wells family, former Middleport residents, ran Wells and Son furniture. Funeral held in Detroit.
Conrad Scholl sends a card from Okley Kansas announcing a concert tour through Kansas. He plans to visit four more towns before returning home to Hayes Kansas.
In MIDDLEPORT the first men's fellowship meeting at the Church of Christ featured group singing, selections by the Fellowship Quartet, and readings. Superintendent M. W. Essex spoke on religious training at home and in school. Rev. Don McMillen presided and attendees voted to continue the fellowship gatherings. Coffee and doughnuts were served to a large turnout.
Charles E. Wood deputy regional executive of Region Four Boy Scouts of America will speak at the annual dinner meeting of Kinshata District at Simpson M E Church at 6 15 Friday evening December 3. The event is open to the public with tickets sold by Scouters of various troops. Rotary Club of Middleport and Civic Club of Pomeroy join to aid in the event. Two bamboo species native to the United States form disappearing cane brakes in the southern states.
Middleport churches held their annual Thanksgiving service at Heath Methodist Episcopal Church. Special music featured Mrs. Cc. M. Hennessy on organ with the choir singing Fear Not O Land. Rev Don McMillen preached on Thanksgiving in the Heart and Thanks Living in the Life.
Pomeroy community notes list ill resident Charles Gloeckner at Mulberry Ave. families visiting relatives for Thanksgiving. Ohio State University students home for holidays. several residents traveling to Parkersburg and Pittsburgh. Eva Walters and Oscar Halley of Gallipolis wed in Probate Court Room with Justice P L Peoples officiating.
Mrs Lawrence Colbert entertained her bridge club Monday evening with guest players Mrs Earl Faires Miss Helen Dennison and Mrs Emmett Anderson among the guests. High club scores went to Miss Agnes Melligan and Miss Olive McKee with Miss Helen Dennison taking the top guest score. A salad course was served to all.
Clerks in Glouster Ohio vote to affiliate with Athens County Labor Council and push unionizing every store in Athens County. They plan coordinated hours, seek cooperation from unions and the labor council, and will report store practices at a December 1 meeting. Harold Kittrell praises Boy Scout achievements and a $5 donation is pledged.
Announcement of Ella Meadows and Herman Mattox marriage in Roseville on November 22. Attended by the bride’s brother H Meadows. couple to live on Third Ave Middleport. Thanksgiving visitors include local families and a trip for the Kincaid family to Philadelphia New York City Army Navy game and West Point graduation planned.
Glouster residents host relatives and friends for Thanksgiving with visits from Ray White family in Ath ens and Ruth Anna Harper in New York City. Ohio University and Ohio State students plan holidays at home in Glouster while Ben Goldberg shops in Cleveland for Christmas stock. Buffalo Fire Appliance Co reports order for three pumpers to Canton China to bolster firefighting equipment.
The Athens County Board of Elections announces a special election in the Albany Consolidated School District on November 30, 1937. Voters will decide on an additional two mill tax levy outside the ten mill limit for two years to fund current district expenses.
The Citizens State Bank of Glouster begins its stock sale drive with blanks out for subscriptions. Shares cost 24 dollars including surplus, aiming to raise 200000 dollars in pledged deposits. The first purchaser was R. E. Bond of Haydenville, a salesman for Armour and Company, who bought Tuesday.
Funeral services for Howard Davis, who died Tuesday of scarlet fever followed by a heart attack, will be held at Wallace Funeral Home Friday afternoon at two o'clock. The piece notes a fox seen as a messenger from the gods in Japan.
Jacksonville Trimble High School staged a midday Thanksgiving program at 2 30 with musical numbers by the Freshman Sophomore Boys Glee Club Juniors Senior Boys Glee Club and Girls Glee Club under Miss Mary Helen Lee. Billy Mandrele read The First Thanksgiving Ralph White played piano Clea Conaway spoke on Thanksgiving history Gertrude Bernard read the 1788 Northwest Territory proclamation and Thelma Rainey read President Roosevelt's proclamation. Students dismissed for the break until Monday morning Nebraska is larger than all the New England states combined.
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