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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1937
Page
8
Elmer Shoemaker of Chesire Township was bound over to the grand jury in Gallia County after a hearing before Judge A. J. Stormont on charges of taking 10 bushels of wheat and harness from W. E. Swisher’s barn. The bond was set at $300.
David and William Bonan of Moundsville West Virginia were fined 33 dollars each by Magistrate Milliser in Eureka and ordered to the Columbus workhouse for non payment.
Gallipolis Presbyterian Church marks 100 years of foreign mission service with a Sunday service debate on abolition. Rev Lewis Weber Gishler will present both sides while a collection aims for fifty one dollars. Prizes go to perfect attenders at Sunday School and Young People's Forum.
The Macedonia Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Alva Calhoun’s home in Gallipolis on Oct. 8 with 21 in attendance. They spent the morning quilting and shared a noon potluck. The program included songs, prayers, poems read by Myrtie Neal and Elma Saunders, and readings by Emma North and Faye Harrison. The next meeting is set for the first Wednesday in November at Mrs. Kermit Price’s home.
Mrs. Clara B. Taylor aged 62 died Thursday after a second paralytic stroke. She was the mother of Fred Sorg and lived with him. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the family home by Rev. George Sagen, with burial at Pine Street Cemetery.
Reverend Robert Leake spoke to St John’s Bible Class at Grace Church. Social hour and refreshments followed. Dozens of residents attended dinners and birthday celebrations, with numerous guests from Cincinnati Covington Huntington and Columbus. Various members traveled to Cleveland Fostoria and Italy. Local clubs discussed Venezuela and held summer vacation recaps with light refreshments.
Miss Myrtle Watson daughter of Mr and Mrs G M Watson and Robert Vellines of Chicago married in a noon ceremony at the couple's home with Rev Lewis Wener Gishler officiating Attendants were Wesley Velines Jr and Miss Margery Moore The bride wore a gray tailored suit and Talisman roses A buffet luncheon followed and the couple will live in Chicago where Vellines is a chemical engineer The article also lists probate court accounts filed in Athens County Ohio with various estates and guardianships and a notice of exceptions due by October 27 1937.
Gallipolis relatives await news as Hugh Bean Evans son of Rev and Mrs Hugh Evans Edwards Bean is ill with pneumonia at Princeton University where he studies. His uncle Dr Leo Bean stays in touch with his doctor and his mother is by his bedside. Other local movements include Dr and Mrs C E Richards visiting Cincinnati and Bert Kerns with Mrs William Rohrbach in Iowa after the death of their sister Mrs C C Payne Huntingon. Mr and Mrs Charles Barnett announce the birth of a son Tuesday night.
Morton Dickey and Lora Smith wed in Catlettsburg Kentucky with attendants Eva Evans and Harry K Mills. They returned to an apartment on Third Ave ready for occupancy. Dickey is son of Fifie Dickey and works in a local store. Smith is daughter of Samuel Smith Huntington and was raised by aunt Anna Mehl and also works in a local store.
The court will hear inventories and appraisements plus schedules of debts for numerous estates including Charley M. Wolf Lewis Woode Daniel A Bardin Mable Lawrence Herbert H Oxley John McLaughlin Charles YW White Isaac Winner Elery J Michael Elizabeth J Gross Nancy Green Willam Rogers on October 26 1937 at 9 oclock Probate Judge Louis Tyroler directs all interested to file exceptions before five days prior to hearing.
A tense World War I spy tale arrives at the Athena Theater featuring Dolores Del Rio George Sanders and Peter Lorre. The film centers on a British agent posing as a Prussian lancer with a single chance to strike a deadly blow.
Gallia County Aid for the Aged Advisory Board, announced by state head H. J. Berrodin, includes A. S. Lloyd of Gallipolis Board of Education, Levi White former county auditor, Casby Meadows of Empire Furniture Co, Mrs. Harry Maddy wife of a local banker, and Harlan Fulton from Cheshire Township, a farmer.
Judge Benner Jones chairs the Jackson Rio Grande College Committee naming residents of Jackson City and Jackson County as committee members. The Jackson County goal is 75000 dollars, matching Gallia County’s raised total. A dinner at the Cambrian Hotel marks the formal launch of the Jackson County drive.
Members of the Bidwell Springfield Parents Teachers Association plan the year's first gathering at Bidwell High School. The program includes singing, invocation by Rev. J L Stephenson, P T A creed, music, address by W A Lewis Rio Grande College president, round table led by Prof L D Freshwin, readings by Mrs C V Ward, and social hour. An executive committee meeting at president Mrs S C Halley’s home will appoint program, social, membership, ways and means, publicity, auxiliary, and auxiliary membership chairs.
Warden Joseph Ragen announced the hunger strike at Stateville Prison is over. The World Series and beef stew were cited as factors ending the protest, with no injuries reported.
Auction set by Athens County Sheriff Charles W. Bayless for October 18 1937 at 1 30 PM at the East door of the Court House Athens Ohio. Property on Lick Run Road York Township two plus acres appraised at 450 dollars with two thirds minimum bid. Sale cash in hand. deed from 1905 recorded. deputy and attorney listed.
The comedy Yes My Darling Daughter by Mark Reed plays at Hartman Theater Columbus Monday October 18 through Wednesday October 20 with a matinee on Wednesday. Star Florence Reed leads a strong cast including Lawrence Grossmith Agnes Doyle Helen Flint Owen Davis Jr Boyd Davis and Janice Hanford in a touring company.
Funeral services were held in Columbus for Elizabeth Rardin a 67 year old native of Gallia County who had lived in Columbus for 40 years The obituary notes her long flourished life in the community and her Gallia County roots.
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