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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1935
Page
3
Direct relief records show 1,627 cases at September end, with numbers reduced slightly. Thirty boys enrolled have been certified to work. funds for other relief programs released and projects start next week. Hi Street recon and Col oh Caewsetei noted in updates.
A disrupted report notes an American Legion gathering in Athens with local members and district representatives. It mentions Rufus Side's entertainment and a planned Junior High minstrel performance on November 8 with Mr Owen Wat cited for ticket duties and probate related arrangements.
Fragmentary notes discuss Dr Cald and Pays Works with advice on taking less and building habit. Mentions Situp Pesin and natural approaches to ease Hous condition and relief without upset.
POMEROY Plans to speed ballot receipt and tally for the referendum on the Federal AAA corn hog adjustment program to be held Saturday Oct. 26. Signers may mail, hand to committee members, or deposit ballots in a box at the county agent's office in the courthouse. Ballots must be plainly marked and sealed. The question asks if voters favor the program to follow the 1935 expiration date of Nov. 30 1935. Votes must be yes or no.
Decorations worth several hundred dollars are being placed on businesses along North Second Avenue and on Legion flag poles in Middleport. Feeney-Bennett Post members work to finish setups by Friday morning as Logan High School football fans arrive Friday and Legionnaires come for the Eighth District convention Saturday and Sunday.
Meigs County Common Pleas Court County Commissioners and Sheriff's office arrange for county prisoners to work on county roads as future hard labor sentences. Special deputy sheriffs Walter Houdashelt Paul Leonard Don Anderson and Charles Edwards will supervise groups of prisoners. Prisoners will be transported from jail each day for road work to repair neglected county roads and boost law enforcement effectiveness. Go to Marietta Middleport Federated Music Club meeting attendance noted with Mrs. C W Clark Mrs Oscar Klein Mrs Dan McNaughten Mrs Arthur Skinner and Mrs Theodore Willson. Mrs Skinner represented the local society on program.
Mrs. Wilbur Reeves of Chillicothe visits her mother Mrs. George Leifheit on Mulberry Avenue. Mrs. Bob Spencer and daughter Joan of Columbus visit Pine Grove relatives and stop by Mulberry Avenue. Esther Frecker of Pine Grove accompanies them. Dorothy Reibel and Dorothy Ebersbach visit with parents on Union Avenue and Lincoln Hill. They return to Ohio University in Athens Wednesday. Mrs. Ebersbach leaves for Miami Florida for the winter months. Mrs. Willis McMurray and Miss Freda Warner spend days in Cincinnati for the Eastern Star convention. Grace Episcopal Ladies Auxiliary hosts Friday at the homes of Mrs. Edith Newton and Grace Horton on East Main Street.
In Pomeroy the $10 000 damage suit of Allen T Jones against Roy C Herrman was settled with the administrator authorized to take 1040 plus costs as part of Pearl Allen Jones estate. The case arose from Pearl Jones being struck by a truck operated by Herrman’s employee. Probate Court also adopted Mary Ellen Harper, a minor, to Mr and Mrs Campbell Harper. Allie Evans filed for divorce from Samuel Evans in Common Pleas Court on grounds of extreme cruelty and gross neglect.
Seventy members and guests gathered at Mrs. O. B. Stout’s home for a Literary Club meeting. New president Mrs. R. W. Harris led the session with a club song and roll call on Hamilton and Burr. Prof. A. W. McKay spoke on the history of Hamilton and Burr.
Meigs County musicians join the All Southeastern Ohio Symphony Orchestra in a Friday 4 pm performance at Athens for the Southeastern Ohio Education Association. Elwood Lewis from Middleport High and Rolland Chase from Harisonville High will perform trumpet and clarinet respectively with teams and towns across Athens to Portsmouth and Logan represented. The Jacksonville Trimble football team meets Rutland at Middleport High tonight at 8 under floodlights. Senate Agnelli is reputed to be Italy’s richest of 15,000 millionaires.
Middleport Philathea Women Society will meet at the church with groups 10 and 11 hosting led by Mrs. C. O. French and Mrs. Edgar Allensworth. Miss Nella Calderwood heads to Washington, D. C., then returns. Several locals face illness or travel, including Mr. and Mrs. Willis Root moving to St. Petersburg, and amateur detective Harry P. Smith winning a radio mystery prize in Pomeroy.
Members heard Mrs. Howard Ebersbach host a program on welfare at Mulberry Avenue. Mrs. T. M. Wolfe of Athens spoke on welfare conditions and problems, followed by Miss Lydia Ebersbach on the need for strict law enforcement as a national menace.
A description notes sawfish snouts being used as spear head models by various tribes. It highlights that indigenous groups repurpose marine features for weapons and tools.
Broadwell residents share hospitality as Rev Campbell fills his Sunday appointment. Athens visitors include Lizzie Brooks family and Bernard White with Viola Tuttle. Guests at Rufus White’s home include Tuttle and Mrs. Brooks. Families from Millfield, Plantsville, Amesville, Utley, Mt. Hermon and Sand Ridge appear in weekend and Sunday visits.
Middleport hosts Logan in a Friday evening football game expected to be evenly matched and well attended. Logan travels by special train with over 400 cheerers and an 80 piece band amid enthusiastic sections for both schools. The United Christian Missionary Society sponsors a barrel packing drive of fruit preserves and jelly for the Christian Home in Cleveland with donations urged before shipment Saturday.
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