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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1935
Page
5
In Gallipolis R A Lewis pleaded not guilty to illegally selling apples. He raised fruit on his Harrison Township farm and sold from a warehouse at Second and Sycamore Streets. The judge bound him over to Common Pleas Court.
ALLIPOLIS Seven arrests this year by County Warden Charles Phillips for hunting squirrel out of season. He warns that many hunters are in the woods as season opens and urges hunting license and property owner permits before hunting on premises. Pheasant season opens at noon November 5.
S Alva Agee, once of Gallia County, died at his San Calif home from a heart attack. He and his wife had earlier lived near Cheshire and were linked to the David Swisher farm. Agee was an engineer in New York City, a contributor to the National Stockman and I, taught at Penn State College, and served as secretary of agriculture in New Jersey.
A reward is offered for the return of Modern Woodmen records stolen from C. F. Lips' car near Third and State Streets. The missing items include a mine book five receipt books with lodge receipts five insurance policies and other lodge records. Lips will pay the reward and asks for the return of the papers.
Lipolis Charlies Hammtt Hughes sue John W and Walton alleging the Waltons boarded up a lease on two Hughes tracts totaling 85 acres denying them entry to a mine and lumber and coal access. The suit seeks an injunction to restrain obstruction of entry and asserts the lease grants all stone coal as theirs. A related note mentions the DO X trans Atlantic flight being placed in a Berlin museum.
A Gallia County farmer writes Truant Officer Walter Wedemyer explaining he has been hospitalized and cannot care for his cows and property. His wife and daughters run the farm and he cannot hire help, noting relief recipients prefer to drink beer and sleep while his daughters are ready for high school.
Gallipolis residents Chink Ferguson and Sylvester Minnis of Morgan Center were fined 10 dollars and costs each by Justice Fred Millis on Monday for intoxication charges.
Gallipolis Motor Company reports a record three week period with fifty new cars bought three weeks ago and fifteen more since, leaving thirteen unsold Monday noon. Eight used cars were on the floor as Col. H. B. Ecker cites regular newspaper advertising as key to the sales surge.
Gallipolis reports the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society gathering at Mrs. C. G. Parker's home with each member bringing a guest. Lula Fraley announces the marriages of her daughters Dorothy Miller to Russell Meacher and Lottie Miller to Elmer Gaworski in Wheeling West Virginia. Homer Beck and Fannie Kraus visited relatives in Caldwell Sunday.
The Rev. J E Dibert a 62 year old retired Methodist minister and former Crown City pastor died in Portsmouth recently.
Gallia County women from each PTA and Grange will meet at 1 30 Friday Oct 4 at the Methodist Episcopal Church for a nutrition lecture and demonstration led by Alma Garvin OSU nutrition specialist. Rep bodies plan to share similar demonstrations at home communities.
Holzer Airport here will be a stopping point in a testing use of airplanes starting at Middletown next Saturday. The planes will arrive here sometime next Sunday.
Edward William Burton age 82 died at the County Infirmary from old age and ailments. He was a long time teamster in the coal yards of the area. He is survived by one son Roy Burton, who was reportedly with him at the home.
Gene Redwell of Phenix Arizona was seriously injured when his airplane crashed near Boulder City Nevada close to special trains during President Roosevelt's visit today.
Dexter residents John Nicholson and grandson Wade left Monday for a three week visit to Buffalo Missouri Kansas and Colorado to see relatives Mr and Mrs Claude Dunlaney Miss Allen Dunlaney and Franc Young Rutland hosted visitors Buckeye Lake and Mrs Mary Dulaney entertained guests Thursday night including Melvin Ken and baby of Lowell Ohio and Alpha Plummer family Also noted are visits by the Amer family and several others with multiple local households hosting guests during the week.
Mrs Earl Kennedy and son Elwood of London Ohio joined Mr and Mrs D C Gibson at their home for Sunday dinner. The Gibsons hosted Will Nickelson and family Will Barnhill and family Lloyd Woodgerd and family Charley Woodyerd and family Arthur Gibson and son visited Frank Gipson and family. J W Cheadle spent Sunday evening with Charles Woodgerd. Mrs Conrad Steinmetz visited her daughter Mrs H G Haning a few days. Bernice Gibson did housework for Mrs Albert Leadinghaus of Albany. W B Gibson and Howard Gibson were in Athens on Saturday.
Long Bottom reports Guy Hayman son of Rural Carrier and Mrs CB Hayman married Miss Ernestine Barton of Reedsville at St Marys West Virginia. They plan to live in the Haman house near Shade River mouth. Various local names and travels follow in brief notices.
Families from Athens East Liverpool New Lexington and Nelsonville visited relatives and shared gatherings over the weekend. Colds are spreading through the vicinity and local church services were held. New York City licensed about 1 090 000 chauffeurs and operators of motor vehicles.
After a nation wide swing with brief stops at Boulder Dam Los Angeles and the San Diego exposition President Roosevelt will board the U S S Houston and sail to Hawaii then to Cocos Island. The voyage includes deep sea fishing a Panama Canal transit and a presidential suite aboard the ship.
John McNeill confronts a vanished Elaine as Duncan Hunter reveals a past linked to the mystery. Elaine and Duncan discuss a former ally, while Blaine and Bertha fret over the girl’s disappearance. Hunter hints at detective aid and a possible reunion in a tension filled scene.
In Chester the Jr. O. U. S. A. M. and the Daughters of America held a pig raffle and pie supper at the Auditorium. A large crowd attended and receipts will fund new chairs for the hall. Local residents joined in weekend visits and quilting activities noted among community members.
Huntington Grange members and friends will gather at Mrs. J. W. Howell's Huntington Township home to cut corn in a spirit of pioneer neighborliness. The event emphasizes community cooperation and shared labor.
Gallipolis licenses issued for George M. Clark a 32 year old barber and Hilda Ruth Taylor 22, with Walter Jackson 23 a mechanic and Bessie Hinkle 28 a bookkeeper. Hinkle is a native of Roncevort West Virginia.
In Rio Grande the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McCarley hosted a Loyal Friends Sunday School Class party with a brief business session electing new officers. Guests included Arthur Lindamood and other locals as tea invitations were issued for Oct. 5 at the Allen Inn.
A fire at a 1994 Buick show car was reported to Walter N. Wine, the dealer, and the burned vehicle was placed on display at his Second Avenue shop in Gallipolis.
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