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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1930
Page
2
Hartley city page invites readers to send in society events and local notices via telephone, promising attentive service and timely publication of community highlights. The column emphasizes reader participation and ongoing coverage of social events and legal notices.
Mr. and Mrs. David Holter celebrated their golden wedding at Morning Star in Sutton Township. The couple married October 7 1880 in Pomeroy and have five living children, eight grandchildren, and one deceased daughter. Attending were relatives including the Holters’ daughter-in-law Mrs. Charles Feer and others from Forest Run and nearby towns.
State authorities allocate 12000 dollars for a temporary gym at Middleport High School. Plans are with the school board and the building will be ready by December 1. The structure will be used until a permanent gym is built.
Oct 7 report from Middleport states Mrs. O K Kelley died Saturday in a Columbus hospital. News reached Mrs. James Souder on Sunday. Kelley had lived in Middleport several months with family. Hilda Kelley, a 1929 Middleport High School graduate, was her stepdaughter and studied at a business school in Clarksburg West Virginia.
Residents recount weekend trips to Columbus visiting relatives including the Kent, Mills, Mayer and Emmish families. The Foreign Missionary Society met at Heath M E Church. Frances Willock, Ohio University sophomore, was named a Green and White reporter. Chi Omega pledges at Ohio University include Miss Mary Wilmetta Farmer of Middleport.
The Standard Bearers of Heath M. E. Church meet tonight with Mrs. O. B. Stout as counsellor. A potluck dinner begins at four o clock followed by a talk by district secretary Mrs. Wizard and speaker Jack Pow addressing the youth.
In Pomeroy Ohio the crowd urged Governor Cooper to call a one day special legislative session to reallocate a $25,000 state highway appropriation from Meigs County to county and township roads. Local committees tallied needs, with Washington County reporting 762 families to aid, while officials warned against political influence.
The Parent Teacher Association in Middleport provides a milk lunch to grade school pupils just before the first recess. The program began yesterday and continues in the district schools.
Rutland resident Mrs. Albert Nelson mother of four boys died at Holzer Hospital from typhoid fever. She had fallen ill soon after the birth of her youngest, 18 days old, and was admitted last Saturday after the fever began.
Forty eight friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs KF M McPherson near Pleasanton in Alexander Township on the fifty second birthday of Mr McPherson. A noon basket dinner formed the feature. Attendees included multiple local families from Jackson The Plains New Marshfield Washington Columbus Athens and The Plains with several children present.
The Daughters of America National Home in Tiffin opened with a Sunday dedication drawing several hundred visitors. The new facility cost 315000 dollars and will care for 100 aged members.
The Marietta McGonnelsville Road, closed between Marietta and Lowell for improvements, reopened to traffic Tuesday morning. A short detour remains via Lowell.
CAPTURE STRONGHOLD SHANGHAI Oct 7 Chinese Nationalist forces seized Cheng-Chow a key position on the Peiping Hankow Railway from Northern forces according to the government announcement.
The October Grand Jury met in Pomeroy with W. L. Stivers as foreman. J. W. Wolfe Mrs. G. T. Lutz and Mrs. Ruby Halliday were excused and replaced by C. J. Pratt Henry Meinhart and Frank Diehl. On opening there were 13 criminal and 110 civil cases on the docket.
Estate of Amanda Selby valued at 4051 with 426 personal and 3625 real estate. Eliza Selby estate valued at 8102 with 852 personal and 7250 real estate. Hew heirs include W A Selby and Rowena Selby Long. Marriages: Cecil Ridgeway to Thelma Jones. Ralph Whitmore to Ruth Sickels. William Smith to Eva Lovely. Common Pleas: Millard Foster seeks 1376.94 on 1600 note from Charles Zimmer and mortgage foreclosure naming Lola Zimmer and David Herbert.
Brazil banks in Rio de Janeiro suspended operations for a 15 day period ending early next month, with all branches shut as the nationwide measure took effect yesterday.
Advisory note warns sore throats can worsen without treatment and promotes Bayer Aspirin gargle. It stresses using genuine aspirin endorsed by physicians and to look for the Bayer cross on each tablet as a safety cue.
In Middleport on Oct 7 the Heath M E Church held Rally Day with 30 children promoted. Attendance reached 218 as Dr. Houf of Ohio University delivered an address. Combined services boosted Sunday School and church attendance.
John Harschman of Akron was fined 17.35 total for intoxication after a Sunday arrest in Minersville. Harry Cunningham, former Middleport resident and Hobson Shops employee, has died in Parkersburg. A charity board will form at City Building at 7:30 tonight to organize Pomeroy Bend charities. Frank and Mrs Diehl received 27.50 in gold from St Paul Lutheran Church on their golden wedding. Katherine Schlaegel, back from New York, saw a play set in Pomeroy with a Riverview hotel lobby matching the local hotel. The play hinges on church bells in Peace and Bethany Churches. Captain Juhling of Hartford, W Va marked his seventy-fifth birthday Sunday.
A gas explosion at Middleport leveled two adjoining brick buildings including the Dixie and White stores. Mrs Hazel Grant lit a stove with a match and the blast sent rescuers to the scene as residents were pulled from debris. Six victims suffered severe burns but were expected to recover as firefighters from multiple towns fought the blaze.
The mains were cut from a town section raising the risk of further fires. Had wind shifted, additional buildings could have ignited and the flames seemed poised to cross the street.
George Eppler, 30, was killed when he grasped an electric light extension cord while standing on a wet stand in a basement at Phillip Wilberger’s home. The incident occurred yesterday in Cleveland.
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