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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1933
Page
2
Meigs County reports 6314 children of school age five to 18 with 6297 in school. Seventeen hold work certificates and are excused. Middleport shows a gain in attendance while Pomeroy shows a loss.
Middleport High School football players toured the Ohio State University campus to watch the Ohio State Virginia game in Columbus. After observing the game they returned to prep for the Gallipolis contest at home Friday night with renewed effort.
Mrs. L F Sater and nieces Christine and Kathryn Grant of Columbus visited over the weekend with the Grants' mother Mrs Louise Grant. The Wilsons and the Ingrahms of Columbus stayed with the Juhning party on South Second Avenue. Grace Sauvage returned to Columbus after a weekend with her sister Mrs Earl Lama. The Wilsons formerly lived in Middleport. Theodore Wilson and family left for Columbus. Mrs Wilson had spent the summer with her parents on Lincoln Street. A E Nevers and family traveled to Detroit after a weekend here. Mrs Nevers' grandmother Mrs T J Wilson, ill, is improving. Walter and Harold Chase with daughters visited Ironton Sunday with Mr and Mrs T J Worley. Mrs C F Reed spent last week at the World's Fair in Chicago with Charleston WV relatives. John Mayer and wife are visiting Charleston and Alderson WV relatives. Mrs C C Washington, here since Wednesday with Paul C Jones and relatives, returned to Sprigg WV.
The Aftermath a play about the liquor control problem will be presented this evening at the Christian Church in Pomeroy with no admission charged. It will also be shown at Middleport on Tuesday evening as part of community offerings by churches.
Willard L. Ashworth aged 24 and Sarah Frances Wildermuth aged 22 both of Pomeroy secured a marriage license in probate court on Friday.
In Pomeroy on October 9 1909 the village faced missing ordinance books. The 1909 volume held outdated rules no longer enforced, with printing costs delaying a current convenient record. Mayor Eugene Long and Clerk T W Bengel led council members W Andrews M Blaettar Edward Hennessy C W Jones John Roedel George Schlaegel. only C W Jones remains living.
Meigs County voters face a calm race with election day under a month away in Pomeroy. Prohibition repeal draws more interest than local candidates, with repeal supporters keeping low and opponents already active in the campaign.
Annual district meeting of the missionary societies of the Presbyterian church will be held Tuesday October 10 at the Middleport church. The district includes Gallipolis Pomeroy and Middleport churches with a 10 30 am business session followed by a noon dinner hosted by the local society chaired by Mrs W H Juhling.
In Pomeroy on October 9 a correction clarifies Eldon Weeks never served as state game protector. The post under Dolph Joachim names the new appointee as state game protector, while the role has previously been held by Eldon Clark during the Donahey era. The piece also notes Weeks as fair board secretary and deputy treasurer. A separate notice mentions Lend-A Hand Society meeting at Simpson M E Church and a silver tea.
Gay E. Hamm was granted a divorce from Walter T. Hamm in common pleas court by Judge CC. E. Peoples. Hamm was ordered to pay costs of the suit and alimony.
Dan L. Farmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Farmer, a junior at Ohio State, has earned a place with the first violins in the Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra after a successful test try-out at Port. The report notes the event from Middleport dated Oct 9.
Gallipolis Ohio river regatta cancelled for first time in eight years as a fierce wind and hail storm at 1 30 p m drives the official barge upstream with 12 aboard and two towing boats out of commission. Thousands watched as weather ends the five event program and festival attendance sets a record.
Marriage licenses granted Saturday by Judge J S Clark to William Stewart and Hattie Howell of Addison and to Charles Wise and Geneva Little of Cheshire. The Addison pair are 24 and 21, while the Cheshire couple includes a 20 year old and the 4 year old daughter of Vernon Little.
Hollis C. Johnston was named executor of the will of Frank Swigert Washington School principal. The will, written in 1928, was admitted for probate Saturday and outlines bequests made as the result of the estate’s insolvency.
Eight Gallia County CCC youths return to Gallipolis Sunday morning after a five month stay at Huntington Lake California camp. They traveled via special train to Camp Knox then Chillicothe, with a continental crossing in four days. The group worked on clearing a route and building a mountain road at the lake. They visited Los Angeles Hollywood and Chicago en route home. Members include Carl North John Mayes Robert Hatfield Frank Smart Chester Mayes and Clarence Kirby.
John Greer of Gallipolis denied shooting George Casey who said Greer fired at him Friday night as he entered Betty Roe’s residence. Casey survived a shotgun wound to the shoulder and Casey, arraigned, pleaded not guilty to shooting with intent to kill and was bound over to the grand jury. Mrs Roe acted in self defense after Casey allegedly attacked her.
H. O. Cadot of Columbus and Mrs. Cadot visited the Miss Nan Deardorff home over the weekend. Mrs. C. F. Hudlin and Charles of Charleston W Va stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Gus Frye. J. K. Powell Miss Belle Powell and Mrs. Viola Plymale visit Earl Powell in Philadelphia. Mrs. John O Neill of Catlettsburg Ky guests of W. A. Robinsons.
In Gallipolis Ohio on October 9 Bobby White five son of Judge W R White was treated at Holzer Hospital for a head injury from a fall while watching radio controlled cars at his State Street home. He arrived at the hospital Saturday night with severe head pains but his condition was not serious and dismissal was possible.
River notes report the steamer Henry C Yeiser with 22 coal barges bound for Cincinnati from Kanawha River. Captain Harry Martin serves as pilot. Dan E Sullivan towboat carries gasoline barges. Dredges Jadwin and Burgess to be named for Federal use. inspections by Harry Layfield proceed. Heavy fog blankets the Ohio River. Duquesne resumes voyage from New Orleans to Pittsburgh after a broken wheel shaft incident in Memphis and Vandalia repairs.
Gallipolis reports the Silver Bridge baseball team won the opening game of a five game series against Chester 9 to 5 at Silver Bridge Field. Chester had won the first two games 3 to 2.
Gallipolis Oct 9 A car owned by George Meir of Pt Pleasant West Virginia was damaged Saturday night in an accident at Sliver Bridge no one was injured.
Homer Smith of near Gallipolis found guilty by a petit jury of petty larceny. Judge W R White sentenced him to an indeterminate term at Mansfield Reformatory, with transfer planned for today or tomorrow.
Lewis Evans 86 of Bladen was found dead on his porch in Gallia County on Saturday afternoon. Thought to have died of a heart attack he was last seen in a rocking chair. He leaves two daughters Mrs. John Wills and Mrs. Ora Waugh and was brother of John E. Evans. A prior incident involved gypsies. Also note a Gallia County jury summons announced for October term with jurors to appear October 31 at the courthouse.
In Gallipolis on October 9 judgment of foreclosure was granted in the case Small v O B War. Sixty acres of land in Ohio Township were ordered sold.
Charles Varney of Adama ville owned the horse that died Friday night when it dashed into a roadster driven by Hollis Ward of the Gallipolis Motor Company on State Route 11. Ward was injured as the radiator and engine were damaged. Dr. Charles B. Holger is due back Tuesday from Sherwood, after attending his uncle Augustus Holzer's funeral Sunday.
Gallipolis dispatch reports a tall Negro attacked Mrs. Russell Stone in Pt. Pleasant at about 3 am. He slashed her throat and face with a butcher knife after she woke, injuring her arm and breaking a banister during a struggle. Sheriff G. R. Douglas leads the search. the suspect fled toward a freight train. Mrs. Stone, a 24 year old mother, is expected to recover.
Mr and Mrs J E Harley hosted relatives at Bryan Place for a birthday dinner in honor of their aunt Mrs Paul C Jones. Guests included Mr and Mrs Paul C Jones Mrs Nelle Dumble Young of Charleston Mrs C C Washington of Sprigg W Va Mrs W E B Bryan of Washington DC and John son of the hosts.
Members of the Whatsoever Class met at the Presbyterian Church in Middleport Friday to plan a monthly doughnut sale. The finance committee will announce dates each month and a refreshment course for the Merge Young People’s Society will be set at a later date.
Police investigate the theft of several batteries and other equipment valued at 75 dollars from Evans and Son Tire Shop at the corner of Third Avenue and Grape Street. The incident occurred Friday night or early Saturday morning in Gallipolis.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M E Church held a monthly meeting in the Sunday School room with few members present. They plan to sell soup and hot coffee next Wednesday for church benefit. Local visits include Lizzie Stacy and son Dwight to Circleville and others in Athens and Gore with various relatives and civic members.
Celebration at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Dyer for their daughter Mary marking her 12th birthday. Many children attended from area families with games and refreshments served. guests included Norma Jean Bickley Barbara Dunlevy Genevieve Dunlevy Betty Vess and others plus Mrs Ed Slater and three children from Murray City.
Albert Westfall of Proctorville was treated at Holzer Hospital for a leg fracture after his truck left the road at Eureka. His companion Mrs Carr O Dell of Gallipolis RD was admitted for observation and Miss Leota W Brown of Pt Pleasant underwent an operation. Mrs Pearl German was dismissed Sunday. Stewart Church in Guvan Township was ordered sold at private sale by Judge W R White in the matter of Shaffer Wiley and Burcham selling committee of the Methodist Church. The Stewart Chapel Class has failed to function for several years.
Oct 9 report from Pace Street details Mrs Emmett Blackburn entertaining at dinner in honor of her sister Mrs Shirley Mills. Guests included J J Vaughn Warren Arthur Mor tis Vaughn Eileen Vaughn and the Vaughns of Jackson along with Mr and Mrs Sam Gregg of Dayton and other guests.
Glouster, Oct. 9. American Legion Jubilee Week opens tonight with High Street largely under Legion control. Howard Brothers’ shows and rides arrived from Nelsonville and will line High Street from the Gordon Hotel south. Businesses decorate for the jubilee as the street becomes a nighttime midway.
The Get-to-Gether Club met at Bishopville on October 9 with president Mrs Bertha Carpenter presiding. Members and visitors attended a brief business session, a social sewing hour, and refreshments after noting a recently purchased piano. The next meeting at Mrs Lucy Pedicord’s home October 19 will be an all day event with potluck and quilting to celebrate October birthdays.
John Buhla Sr aged 64 died Saturday night after several months of declining health. He leaves a wife and eight children: John Jr Cleveland, Mrs Clifford Thompson Columbus, Mrs Mary Alden Columbus, Joe this city, Helen Columbus, Frank this city, Andrew Detroit, Bent at home. Funeral at Holy Cross Church Wednesday at 9 a.m. with Rev Father A V Kessler presiding.
Visitors from Akron Mansfield Santa Ana Newark Camp Athens Albany Millfield Trimbleville joined the Christ Church homecoming in Grove City. The morning service led by Rev W A Roush featured a duet by Miss Campbell and a solo by Arthur Vercoe, with talks by local members and a sermon. A basket luncheon followed, and the afternoon program included readings and recollections about the church history written by the late Ma Allen.
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