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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1936
Page
3
A total of 66 youths from Meigs County will be sent to Civilian Conservation Corps camps during October 1 to 15. The enrollment comes from J Otis Garber Ohio FERA director indicating the boys will fill vacancies created by recent enrollees' discharge. Many had left to take other employment.
Funeral services for Laud McHaffie will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the home of his sister Mrs James Stevens on S Third Ave with Rev Harley Bolton officiating. Burial follows in Robinson Cemetery near Langsville.
James Folden age 85 died at his home near Langsville Tuesday afternoon at 5 o clock. He is survived by his wife and two daughters one in Charleston West Virginia the other in Florida. Two sons Herman and Herbert live at Langsville. The funeral was held at the home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial in Robinson Cemetery.
Miss Gladys Pullins died Sunday evening at her sister’s home in Eden. Funeral services were held Tuesday at White Chapel by Reverend Fields of Athens. Lawrence Chevalier returned to Empire Ohio after a week with relatives here. The article notes several local visits and illnesses including Mrs Pheba Tribbit and Mrs Anna Bailey. A dog fight case in Portland Oregon resulted in a court award of eight dollars to cover an hospital bill.
Mrs. Harry Hysell visits Oak Harbor with daughter Margaret Ella Hysell while Miss Hysell stays home over the weekend. Ed Warner of Columbus and James Warner of Mason visit Gravel Hill for a death in Mason City. Mrs. Tom W. Jones returns from six weeks in Twin Falls and Omaha. Mrs. J. K. Smith plans to bring home a new car won at the Athens Brands picnic. Various residents travel, move, or open businesses in the Middleport area including Jake Betz opening a store and Russell Bailey moving to a new Mill Street apartment.
The Whatsoever Class of Presbyterian Church in Middleport will meet Friday evening at the church. Mrs. M. R. Sherman will preside in the absence of the president. After devotion, plans will be discussed for two dinners to be served. One dinner, Oct. 14, is for the District Meeting of Missionary Societies with Pomeroy and Gallipolis aid. The other, Oct. 24, is for the Southeastern District of Ohio Federation of Music Clubs at 12 30.
Broadwell residents attend the National Brands picnic in Athens. Local households hosted visitors including the Whites, Luster family with two children Crookeville, Parsons and Driggs families. Guests travelled from Cambridge and Zanesville. Local business visitors also appeared in Athens. An old note states engine boiler improvements have increased power from coal threefold over 50 years.
POMEROY Fifth District Conference of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held in Athens on Sunday Oct 11 announced by district leader J E Mahoney. The event opens at 10 30 AM at the high school auditorium with Congressman Thomas A Jenkins as principal speaker and state officers present. Newark Band and a Portsmouth degree team will attend. A noon parade through Athens follows and all overseas veterans are welcome regardless of VFW membership.
Pomeroy Times lists 1937 Court of Appeals sessions in the Fourth Judicial District by county with dates from February to December. Judges William H. Middleton Peter J. Blosser and Russell K. McCurdy preside. Middleton’s term ends late this year.
Mrs. C E W Downie hosted the Presbyterian Missionary Society gathering Tuesday evening with large attendance. Miss Anna Vaughan led the devotional and Mrs W R Finsterwald read a paper on Stewardship. Refreshments followed during the social hour.
Pomeroy social notes record visits among residents of Warsaw Indiana and Point Pleasant with cousins and relatives. The Past Chiefs of Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters hosted a series of bingo parties ending at Edith Ament’s home with prizes awarded to Elwood Bowers, Claude Durst, Richard Campbell, and others. Additional mentions include travels of Mrs. Morgan to New Rochelle and illness recoveries of Mrs. Viola Jones and Mrs. Charles Morrison, along with local business visits by P. L. and Dana Peoples.
Girl Scouts of Troop two gathered at Simpson M E Church in Pomeroy Tuesday afternoon after school. Present were Angie Shain Mary Martha Smith Margaret Mc Callum Ernestine Rea Mary Phylis Hines Mary McCroba Jean Mallory Louana Ebersbach Charlotte Mees Ruth Ann Mees Nora Tracy Helen Rhodes Abby Warner Marlyn Young Lilly Blairwick Berry Hoffner Adele Fowler Barbara Wildermut h Wilma Stivers Kathryn Hennessy Vera Hepp Jennette Schorr Dorothy Gloeckner Emma Gloeckner Mary Goodwin Jennette Young Maxine Russell Carolyn Smith Eva Jane Simpson Margaret A Strauss Leona Priode.
A group of Pomeroy women left on Wednesday for Chillicothe to attend the South Eastern District of the Women’s Union. The delegation includes Mrs. Lena Huber Mrs. Elizabeth Huber Mrs. John Blaetmar Mrs. Elizabeth Jennings Mrs. Jack Hoffner Mrs. Albert Kasper Mrs. Harvey Pierce Miss Emma Werry Mrs. Wm. Durdt Mrs. Anna Hamm Mrs. John Stace Mrs. William Baker and Mrs Henry Meinhart.
A vintage ad promotes FPasteeth powder that keeps false teeth tight and steady all day with no pasty taste. It promises confidence, comes in three sizes, and is available from your ruggist.
Mrs. Thomas Terrell, 59, died at her Kerrs Run home Tuesday after months of illness. Survived by husband, four daughters, and two sons Norman and Thomas, with one son Thomas predeceasing. Services at United Brothers Church Enterprise with Daughters of America rites.
POC POCAHONTAS district plans a lodge school in Pomeroy on October 14 at the K of P Hall with a supper at Red Men's Hall. The district includes 13 councils and White Cove Council will be honored. Presiding Chief Verna Hysell and Great Chiefs Ida Beens Clara Cundiff Hazel Coons will attend.
A young Russian descent girl registers at the University of Idaho in Moscow Idaho seeking a closer name match to her homeland. She notes the Moscow in Idaho, while not her native city, is the nearest she can reach for her studies.
An ad promotes S.5 Tonic claiming it restores digestive juices and red blood cells to turn digested food into firm flesh. It says 5.5.8 before meals boosts weight, improves health, and helps you look and feel like yourself again with drugstore availability at $8.8. Co.
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