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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1932
Page
2
Local organizations pledge support for a riverbank parking project in Pomeroy between L Street and Beaty Street. Mahoney promotes volunteer labor, K of P and American Legion back the effort, with a three person committee appointed to handle promotion and community outreach.
The Presbyterian Church Woman's Missionary Society in Laddport will hold a meeting next Friday night in the church lecture room. The program includes a reading on India by Mrs. J. Admphrey and Mrs. E. Provet will read on America. Mrs. L. J. Pyleiner will lead the program and preside. Members to bring gifts for Mrs. Shumaker's Christmas shower.
Miss Berah Dobus departed Tuesday morning for Columbus to spend several days with friends. Grace Hanvage returned Monday evening to her job in Columbus after a brief visit with her sister Mrs Kari Thama and attending Mrs Buchanan's funeral. Mr and Mrs Charles Anderson and family of London Ohio visited Monday with their cousins Mr and Mrs Edward Anderson. The Christian Women's Board of Missions met Monday evening at the Church of Christ for the October meeting hosted by Mrs Herman Oniinger's group. The study period closed with social time as the Woman's Bible Class continued their activities.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Maerar and son George of Buttermut Avenue motor to Aliquippa Pennsylvania to visit the Albert Masear family and return with Mrs Barbara Masear who had been their guest for five weeks. Mrs Val Jones near Thormas Fork shows slight improvement. Several households entertain weekend visitors including the Roush Morin group at Bashen and Olive Badger of Elizabeth West Virginia.
Advertising claims Bayer Aspirin dissolves in the stomach to provide almost instant relief from headaches neuritis and rheumatism. The copy urges buyers to insist on Genuine Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer cross on each tablet and warns against counterfeit products.
Ot Carpenter notes three Baytiar Young Peoples Conveption attendees and businesses. A report on the Gallipolis trip is promised for the following Sunday evening at 7 o clock after a cancelled regular testing.
A family dinner party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Westervelt to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Mrs. M. T. Weile, formerly of Pomeroy and active in local clubs. A reception followed with many former residents now living in Columbus attending.
Rev Lawrence Lineberger former rector of the Rutland M E Church in Meige County now serving Columbus authors three Bible themed books titled Towering Figures Among the Prophets Cardinal Characters of the New Testament and The Man From Tareus set to release December first He recently moved from Rutland to East Columbia to pastor St Paul M E Church bringing active church involvement to his new post
George Hortung 61 year old farmer died Monday night at his home near Rock Springs after a long illness. He is survived by three sons John Albert and Willi and three daughters Mrs Wallace Smith Mrs J H Kautz and Mrs Henry Erickson and four brothers Chris Lawrence Val and Henry. He was preceded in death by two sons and his wife. Funeral services will be Thursday at Rocks Springs Church with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Denver Chapman, 34, a resident of Ol City, Pa., was killed by a train near his home Tuesday morning. He was unmarried. The body was sent to Pomeroy for burial. no funeral arrangements have been announced.
Word reached relatives in Pometoy of the death early Tuesday morning of Mrs. W. J. Bigley formerly Elizabeth Wolf of Vomeroy. She leaves her husband a daughter Hilda and five brothers Martin and Lewis Wolf Columbus Henry Wolf Westerville George Wolf Cincinnati and Walter Wolf Pomeroy.
Mrs Carl Owens of South Third Avenue hosted a Monday night gathering for her daughter Anna Margaret on her sixteenth birthday. The event featured dancing card games and refreshments for the young guests in Middleport.
The Cedar Creek Circle Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic was entertained at Mrs. Effie Rice’s home for a noon potluck dinner in her honor as she celebrated her 75th birthday.
Draft proposes that the government cabinet rather than Parliament manage state affairs. Chancellor Franz von Papen, representing Bavaria, confirms preparation of the constitution plan in Munich.
The Rev. Say gee Spied Ble led services at United Brothern Church with wife as guest of the Sharp family. Social visits span Athens and Coolville areas, including Kinnen, Metcalf, Runni, and Sharp households, with multiple Sunday and Friday gatherings noted.
An informal social snippet records Me aunt Merwe Hermen Abart near Létile three miles and Mes Gory Watkins and com Billy visiting Mr and Mrs Swartz on a recent Sasday.
The State Conservation Department orders a one month ban from October 15 to November 14 on dogs roaming fields and woods at night. Hunters must not carry guns or climb while exercising dogs. A hunting license is required and landowner permission must be secured in advance. Respect for farmers’ land rights is urged.
Professor Wilfred Mauck of Ohio University spoke to the Athens Rotary Club at Hotel Berry about the Paraguay Bolivia conflict over the Chaco. He noted centuries of disputed boundaries, with eight of ten South American republics affected by wars, and said neutrals have failed to restore peace amid suspected oil deposits under the Chaco.
Rutland will hold its annual homecoming game Saturday as the Rutland High School eleven meets McArthur. Last year the teams tied 66. McArthur brings a strong lineup with only two roster losses from the prior season.
Oct 12 Amesville residents and visitors attended Methodist Church services led by Rev EB McClure from Citilincothe. The Epworth League showed growth as a four part study on Practibin began with Miss Blanch Wrash leading next Sunday. Numerous local families joined guests for visits and meals after services.
Lima Oct 1. Loren Truesdale two will appear before the Allen County Grand Jury to repudiate his Sept confession that he killed his brother Zari and Thelma Woods in May 1901. The case was before the jury seeking a first degree murder indictment.
The piece urges readers to protect skin in winter with a nightly cleanse using soap and water, then a heavy massage cream. It warns against hasty dawn routines and stresses sticking to one cream to maintain softness, noting few stabilizers can replace proper care.
An old style ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to improve skin tone appetite and energy. Claimed to substitute for calomel and stimulate the liver and bowels without dangerous effects. Sold widely in boxes for a small price with nightly use suggested.
Gallipolis reports a Sixth Annual Fall Festival deficit of about 200 dollars. The committee raised 30 of the amount in two minutes and planned further solicitation from local business leaders. Total expenses run 1000 to 1050 dollars with 842.61 in receipts so far.
Mrs. P T Wall 65 died Tuesday at her sister Mrs Ida Nissen s home in Winston Salem N C Funeral services will be held in Reidsville N C She had been ill for months and was flown to North Carolina Aug 31 by airplane ambulance in hope of improving her health Her husband Mr Wall in poor health cannot attend the service
Mrs. A R Frame of Athens was admitted to Holzer Hospital for an operation due today. Lavern Hope of Gallipolis Ferry underwent a tonsil operation on Tuesday. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Pearl Williams of Vinton on Monday night. Dorothy Woods of Coalton, injured last winter in an auto crash, was released after treatment. &4 Sunbury and Mrs. Battsman?er Funeral Home held services with burial in Mount Zion Cemetery. John N Mills and W Kerr of Gallipolis are mentioned.
In Gallia County Court two actions proceed. Maurice Golden seeks 233.24 from King Powder Co after Ira Wolfe's vehicle struck his car on Route 7 near Addison on Sept 12, 1932. He claims 133.24 damages plus 100 for loss of use. Wilma Moore sues on a 200 note taken by Garland et al in 1922 with 60 credited.
John Lawrence is ill. Cedric Campbell and family of Nelsonville visited Mrs. A. A. Campbell. Jennie Poston stayed here briefly then returned to Canal Winchester to winter with Mrs. Mary George Kerr. Bill Williard and friends escaped a wreck near Canaanville when their car and a Ford Sedan left the road. all but minor injuries. Henry Koehler of Pomeroy and Henry Geisendorfer of Hamden visited C C Christy’s home. Albert Hutchens went to Lancaster. Joe Marshall and son George were in Athens. Ora Ashcraft and son Charles spent the weekend in Columbus. Bessie Buck of near Coolville visited Dorothy Coen. Homer Moorehead bought a sedan from an Athens agent.
William Thabet a Gallipolis grocer born in Damascus Syria on January 15 1871 seeks his final citizenship papers. He arrived in New York City July 1 1890 and has lived in Gallipolis since September 1919. Thabet and his wife Mary have seven U S born children and he declared his intention on March 7 1929.
Carl Beard and Clyde Cornell pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor A. J. Stormont in Gallipolis. Each was fined $15 and costs and remanded to jail if fines were not paid.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Kerr Mills were held in Gallipolis on October 12. The widow of John Mills, she was a longtime resident with ties to local families and church.
GALLIPOLIS Oct 12 Approximately 0 steel barges will be needed to transport 25 000 tons of pig iron for Wheeling Steel Corp from Steubenville to Breckenridge Pa on the Allegheny River. The steel steamer Labella will tow the pig iron up the Ohio and Allegheny Rivers.
Gallipolis fire department responded to a car fire at 8 pm in front of Mr and Mrs W G Sibley residence across from the City Building. The sedan owned by a Sibley relative from Illinois was damaged but only slightly, marking one of the department's shortest runs on record.
Offices in the Gallia County Courthouse and local banks are closed today in celebration of Columbus Day.
Federal engineers in Huntington district opened bids on contracts for Marmet lock and dam on the Great Kanawha River including power house machinery installation lock illumination signal apparatus and two haulage units.
The tow boat Rex of the Ohio River Dredging Co. burned to the water line near Huntington after its gasoline engine backfired, igniting the gas tank which exploded.
Gallipolis news notes that Jamesoc Fourth of Bladen was named executor by Judge J B Clark for the estate of A J Fourth, deceased, on October 12.
Coal trade improves along the Kanawha River with Hatfield Campbell's Creek Company reporting a 20 percent increase in the past month. Local information from Gallipolis notes continued growth in coal shipments and activity.
Dr. Leroy H. Bundy of Cleveland City Council will address a Republican rally of colored voters at Lincoln School in Gallipolis Saturday night at 8 30 o clock.
County Superintendent and Mrs E W Edwards attend the Columbus funeral of J E Petry who died Sunday in a Columbus hospital. Petry was married to Bird Edwards, sister of the superintendent.
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