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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1929
Page
2
POMEROY Oct 2 Those who named Pomeroy streets favored nature themes. Street names include Butter nut Mulberry Linn Laurel Vine Locust Sycamore Willow Oak Plum Beech Elm Cherry Berry and birds Condor and Peacock with Salt Street for a condiment and Coal to keep folks warm.
In Middleport on October 2, Harry Gaskill and sister Etta visited their brother Peter Gaskill and family where Mrs. Peter Gaskill and four children suffered typhoid fever. The mother first contracted it, with a daughter in Grant Hospital and a son in a Zanesville hospital. two children recovered and were home. The parents’ illness location is unknown. Relatives were finally allowed to see Mrs. Gaskill after six weeks.
Mr and Mrs W A Rice of Reedsville welcomed a baby girl at Camden Clark Hospital in Parkersburg. Minnie E Steinbauer of Potyorey is reported for major surgery in Toledo. Paul Cass, 14, of Karr barber shop fell at Pom eroy Catholic School Building injuring his right wrist. John Higginbotham and Michael Curtis of Middleport pleaded guilty to fighting and intoxication, each fined 5 dollars plus costs. Ewing ambulance will transport envoy Ewing from eroy to Columbus, recovering from hernia surgery. Only thirteen marriage licenses issued in Meigs County in September. Miss Henrietta Middleswart, Portland, celebrated her 81st birthday near Graham Station. Robert and Leslie Proffit, Minersville, surrendered to Meigs County Children’s Home. Gomer Lewis and family move from Minersville to Pittsburgh for a job with New Pittsburgh Coal Company. Lewis is a former Middleport resident.
Frenk Ramsdell 23, a dry cleaner from Hamburg New Jersey, and Miss Myrna Henderson 21, a Portland school teacher, took out a license to marry with plans at the bride’s home in Portland. A Columbus license was issued Monday to Henry Idle 25 a machinist and Utreva Keiser 21 of Pomeroy.
A massive hydroelectric scheme on the New River near Hawk's Nest in West Virginia aims to cost over 59 million dollars. The Carbide and Chemical Corp and its subsidiaries plan a dam tunnel and power plant below Hawk's Nest with 35 000 horsepower units and a 64 1/2 mile transmission line to Bonear, contributing to Kanawha Gauley and New River electricity production.
Louis Brown, a Pomeroy printer, and his nephew Albert Brookhart were seriously injured when their car left the road near Henderson West Virginia in dense fog. Brown suffered multiple head and body injuries while Brookhart had a deep cut on the lip and face. both were taken to relatives’ homes as they pressed toward Emma Brown in Rocksprings.
Mr and Mrs Frank Abbot spent Monday in Columbus for business. The Yellow Jackets with several businessmen were in Portsmouth Sunday to watch a football game.
Dr. W F E Stansbury of Stansbury Drug Co hosted a noon dinner at Elmhurst Tavern in Middleport on Sunday for eight old friends from Thurman Oak Hill and Centerville. The group plus 15 store staff toured Mt. Vernon home of Mr and Mrs Chaddle near the Kanawha River. Undertaker B H Rawlings earns praise for delivering Uncle Sam Wood’s remains to the State Hospital at Athens at no charge.
MIDDLEPORT Oct. 2 relatives and friends traveled from several towns to attend the funeral of Mrs. L. H. Plickinger. Names include Mr. and Mrs. H Hoaglind and Miss Grace Sauvage from Columbus and Edward Sauvage from Chester Hill, along with others from Bucyrus Nelsonville Logan Arbuckle W Va and Charleston.
Mrs. Nan Wiseman visited Middleport to spend days with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Snider before returning to Akron. Mrs. Bessie Hartinger returned after a week with federated clubs. Various relatives and neighbors including Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Downing and families traveled to Indianapolis and Parkersburg for lodge, games, and family gatherings at Quannacut Camp.
Theodore Wildermuth is chosen president of the Pomeroy High School Senior Class with Eva Fontana as vice president and Virginia Sauer as secretary. Other officers include Juniors Alice Lee as president, with additional officers to serve the coming year.
The document lists class officers: Sophomores Eleanor Karr as president Hugh Daniels as vice-president and Phyllis Ducer as secretary. Freshmen Harold Greaser as president Mary Russell as vice-president Velma Geary as secretary. Rose is listed as vice-president Geneva Ducer as secretary. No class treasurer was elected due to the central treasury system.
Meigs County report shows 76 new passenger cars and 16 new trucks bought in September. Used car transfers totaled 197, with no records of vehicles going to the local junkyard or Sugar Run Crematory.
The New York Central Athletic Association Band, the largest at the Sunset Parade in Columbus, drew members from Toledo Bucyrus Columbus and Hobson. A 90 piece unit with 70 marching, Hobson the largest contingent, was paid by the New York Central railroad. Manager J W Kincaid praised the band for its honors.
James A. Devine of the Ohio Building Association League outlined a proposed tax limit amendment to shift burden from real estate to tangibles. The plan aims to limit real estate taxation to 15 mills, encourage industry in Ohio, and curb double taxation while preserving exemptions for public, religious, and charitable property.
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