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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1934
Page
3
A crowded Metcalf and Ohio Senate speakers at a Nelsonville P T A session argued taxation and school funding. Metcalf pledged uniform statewide schooling and expanded educational opportunities. James Knight reported PTA growth, while Mrs. Coakley opened a new restaurant in Columbus.
An advertisement claims a breathing aid named Breath and promises night comfort after years of choking and poor rest. It offers a free trial by mail from Harbor, Michigan, urging readers to send name and address to receive treatment at no cost.
Mary Ellen Milliron age 11 months died this morning at the family home on Patton Street after a several weeks illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock at the Pilgrim Holiness Church conducted by Rev Shearer. Burial will be at Greenlawn. Survived by parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Quince Milliron of Middleport.
Mr and Mrs Ray Stump and Mr and Mrs John R Stump and daughter Martha Mae of Laurelville were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Cox. Dr and Mrs Gilbert Love Mrs Hannah McGaughy and Miss Louise McGaughy of Columbus were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs John Love.
Nelsonville Mizpah Class of the Methodist Sunday School will hold a Wednesday night meeting with Miss Louise Pearce in charge and attenders invited.
Nineteen members and two guests of the Willing Workers Sunday School Class at the Christian Church attended a Halloween party at Mrs. Lena Snowden's Poplar Street home. The venue was decorated in Halloween style, games were played, and refreshments were served by the hostess.
Fred Gee of Murray City pleaded guilty at arraignment in Mayor Holland's court. He was fined $25 and costs, paid in full. Gee was arrested Sunday by Police Chief George Bateman after reportedly having a gallon of whiskey in his possession.
Mr and Mrs Charles Walker and Mrs Nel Dow ler left for Cleveland to attend the Grand Chapter Ohio Eastern Star sessions.
Athens Fire Department answered two grass fire calls on Monday. One fire burned the lawn of Mrs. H. R. McVay at Carpenter and Lancaster Streets. the second fire between Lorain and Home Streets was extinguished. Fire Marshal Harry Dalton warns this season is especially dangerous due to dry leaves.
Funeral services for Jacob Feth who died Monday morning in a Columbus hospital will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at Alexander Presbyterian Church on the Athens Albany Road. The Rev. Howard E. Warner will officiate with the Rev. Reed J. Downs assisting. Burial will follow in West Union Street Cemetery.
H C Bobo of the Southern Ohio Electric Company demonstrated a sight meter to Athens Kiwanis Club members. The device measures foot candle power of lighting fixtures, and the speaker urged proper fixture construction to ensure adequate home lighting rather than simply increasing wattage.
Virginia Rae Dicken seven weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dicken died at 9 30 this morning after a two week illness of bronchial pneumonia at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Robison in New Marshfield The child also leaves her parents brother Francis Eugene two years Funeral will be held at 2 30 Wednesday afternoon at the residence conducted by Rev Ray Huff Burial will be in the Marshfield Cemetery
In Cincinnati on October 28 hoboes led by self styled king Jeff Davis push for a federal recreation department to supervise play time for families. Davis plans to present the idea to Mrs Roosevelt and Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins in Washington.
Washington dispatch reports 32 year old newspaper route carrier P D Wilson mortally wounded in an ambush at Takoma Park Maryland. Police say two gunmen mistook Wilson for Mickey McDonald an alleged gambler who had twice faced threats to his life.
Nelsonville High School's football team under Coach Julian Yantis trains hard this week for the Gallipolis game at the City Playgrounds Thursday afternoon. The tussle, moved up to Thursday due to a teachers meeting, starts at 3 o clock. Gallipolis, a fast heavy foe, leads to a slim chance of victory. Nelsonville last beat them in 1929. The Greyhounds aim to stay unbeaten at 3 0 in the league.
Nelsonville reports James Sterling elected president and Roland Pierce secretary treasurer at the Chippewa Club meeting. The group schedules a Halloween party for Friday at 7 45 PM at the regular meeting place with members and their dates. Tom Auflick has left for a forestation army assignment.
A benefit dance to aid Buchtel school takes place Saturday Oct 27 at the Opera House. Prizes will be awarded for best and worst masks. Music by the Forest Rangers of Station WAIU Columbus. A third dance is set for Saturday Nov 10 with Dutch Wade's Orchestra.
Holzer Hospital reports the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stark of Pomeroy. New admissions include George N. Squires of Marietta, Mrs. Laura Gilpen of New Haven West Virginia, and Evan Gibson with minor injuries from a motorcycle accident. Wayne King of Rutland, treated for mine slide injuries, has been discharged. Dr. C E Holzer returned from Boston, traveling both ways by plane.
Set New Mark C W A Scott and Campbell Black, veteran British aviators, fly 11 300 miles from England to Melbourne in two days 22 hours 25 minutes to capture the $50 000 prize. They beat 19 rivals scattered across two continents.
Attorney Harry M. Miller has been named to a membership committee of the Ohio State Bar Association. The post aims to acquaint lawyers with reform work on criminal law probate code corporate code jury law and bar admission standards.
O. O. McIntyre notes a discovery of marvelous chandeliers from a Mantes château for the Ohio house under remodeling. The fixtures are described as the only known example in the state and are expected to enhance the residence further.
The second scarlet fever death at Bidwell occurred Sunday evening when Mildred Mayes seven died, daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Mayes. The home is quarantined and the funeral was held this afternoon with no one admitted. The schools, closed after Clark Wade seven, son of Albert Wade, died last week, remain closed all week or longer per county health director Dr F W Shane.
Gallia County circulates unofficial ballot naming candidates for November offices. Six Republicans seek reelection along with one Democrat, while two Democrats oppose Republican incumbents. Local race details include commissioner and auditor contests. Vinton resident Mrs. J M Bolles dies after illness. funeral set for Wednesday at Shiloh Cemetery.
Gallipolis American Legion Post announces a Halloween party featuring a costume parade and street dance on Second Street by City Park. The street will close at 6 p.m. and the parade starts at 7 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for best dressed and most comical entrants, with an old time dance band providing music after the parade for round and square dancing.
Rio Grande society pages record visits among local families including Miss Georgia Langdon and Miss Margaret Jenk ins with others in Gallipolis. In Gallipolis a bank suit seeks 1306.50 or sale of 1053 acres in Morgan Township. Funeral service held for Mrs Connard Hailey aged 27 near Bladen with burial at Rockland.
A sensational tale says a famed stomach specialist from the past cured ulcers gas pains and indigestion after death. The legend claims 54 160 grateful people benefited the Udga treatment offered by mail with a seven day free sample and money back guarantee.
Franklin P. McGhee aged 82 and lifelong Vinton resident died after a heart attack suffered the day before. Funeral services were conducted at his home by George E. Glenn with burial in McGhee Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Laura Bowman, four sons Edward Eliza Otis McGhee of Vinton Gus of Toledo and daughter Mrs Sarnet Kelvens of Toledo and his only brother Jefferson McGhee a long-time telephone operator.
George's Creek resident Ernest Smith, suspected of furnishing saw blades for Carl Beckett's jail escape, denied the accusation during a Monday hearing. He was bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond furnished by relatives and jailed by Sheriff E. E. Hatfield after initial arrest on an unrelated molasses theft charge.
A marriage license was issued to Loren Clifton Gallo way 21 of Columbus a meat cutter and Bertha Jane Parker 21 of Gallipolis daughter of Thomas H Parker.
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