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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1931
Page
2
Prisoners Indicted by Grand Jury Sentenced by Pomeroy Judge
In Pomeroy on Monday, Lafe Romine received a $10 fine and costs for assault and battery after pleading guilty. Benjamin Donahue, charged with non support, was ordered held to meet the 24 hour rule. Wrank Parker, Andrew Spencer, Edward Wittitoe and Raymond Baldwin faced grand larceny charges for copper wire theft. their pleas were withdrawn to allow a jury trial on Monday, Nov. 2. Spencer remained in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ
Seourt
Romine
Benjamin Donahue
Apple Grove
Vernon
Wrank Parker
Andrew Spencer
Edward Wittitoe
Raymond Baldwin
Syracuse
E. W. Peoples
Spencer
Pattern 2228 Dresses for Girls with Scalloped Details
Advertising copy for a 15 cent pattern 2228 in sizes 4 6 8 10 12 with scalloped collar and bolero. Minimum fabric 1% yards 36 inch and 3% yards binding. no dressmaking experience needed. Send address and style number with payment to The Athens Messenger Pattern Dept New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accea
Athens Messer Pattern Department
West Street
New York City
Local News and Ads Contact Mes senger Staff
A Hartley staff correspondent notes telephone access for Your News Locals to 403. He will appreciate service. Circulation and classified advertising available. For any circulation related notices or classified ads, contact John Sauvage at phone 453-L.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hartley
Messenger
John Sauvage
Night Watchman Tagged in Connection to Robbery
A night watchman working for the same company that lost the wire was released on bond. He was believed to be present at the site during the robbery as investigators pursue leads and review security footage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Jurors Drawn for Meigs County October Term
POMEROY Oct 27 Jurors named for the Meigs County court of common pleas October term include E A Grate Alice R D 1 Ross Norris Letart Falls H S White Harrisonville Roy Gor by Langsville R D W E Wright Langsville E A Dodderer Coolville R D 3 L D Davis Pomeroy D B Harris Ravenswood R D Wesley Buckley Reedsville Ethel Swan Portland Walter E Wolf Pomeroy Glen Strong Langsville Delbert Welker Pomeroy Ethel Stout Long Bottom D A Armstrong Rutland Ida Radford Pomeroy R D 4 Ed Sisson Middleport R D Howard Stout Carpenter K E Ogdin Langsville R D Homer Story Pomroy Thomas Evans Minersville Pomeroy Thos Evans Minersville field Vinton R D Fred Fick Long Bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Court of Common Pleas
Meigs County
Industrial Commission of Ohio
E. A. Grate
Alice
R. D
Ross Norris
Letart Falls
H. S. White
Harrisonville
Roy Gorby
Langsville
W. E. Wright
E. A. Dodderer
Coolville
L. D. Davis
D. B. Harris
Ravenswood
Wesley Buckley
Reedsville
Ethel Swan
Portland
Walter E. Wolf
Glen Strong
Delbert Welker
Ethel Stout
Long Bottom
D. A. Armstrong
Rutland
Ida Radford
Ed. Sisson
Middleport
Howard Stout
Carpenter
K. E. Ogdin
Homer Story
Pomroy
Thomas Evans
Minersville
Thos. Evans
Field
Vinton
Fred Fick
Nutting Trip Costly in Minersville
In Minersville on a sunny Sunday Henry Mescher and family returned home to find a basement lock broken and a ten gallon keg of sweet cider stolen. The thief emptied the keg into stolen cider and fled, the sheriff investigating but failing to recover either keg or cider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minersville
Henry Mescher
Rally Day at Middleport Church of Christ Bible School
Rally Day proceedings at the Church of Christ Bible School in Middleport drew 277 attendees on October 25. Superintendent Homer Rice led with Charles Walburn as chorister. Loyal Women, Berean, Sons and Daughters, and Loyal Men classes contributed strong enrollments. The program featured special music and short talks across class periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ Bible School
Homer Rice
Charles Walburn
Charity Group Hosts Penny Social And Masquerade
Charity Council No 254 D A entertained with a penny social and masquerade at Woodman Hall Monday. The event included a program and a dance. Several local residents and relatives from Athens visited over the weekend, and many names are noted among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Lawrence Reed
Rutland Road
Fred Leydorff
Columbus
St. Ann Hospital
Leydorff
Helen Louise Huert
Middleport
Ed Hulbert
Bly
D.S. Hartinger
N. H. Skiles
Clifford Erwin
Branch
Toledo
Lansing
Wheeling
W. Va
Elizabeth Jenkins
Dan
Anna Jenkins
Mary Dawson
Louis Seyfried
New Lexington
Ruth Mossman
Huntington
C. EB. Erwin
Addie Branch
Jessie Lansbury
Deputies Intercept Bus in Pomeroy Over Robbery Suspect
In Pomeroy on October 27 sheriff and deputies surrounded a noon bus after a Lancaster hold up was reported. The driver said a bandit boarded at Lancaster and left for Athens, but no gunplay occurred as deputies investigated the passengers and searched the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Tracy
Lancaster
Athens
Gravel Bed Found in Letart Reveals Road Material
In Letart on October 27 a buried horse unearthed a large bed of fine gravel beneath the surface. Reportedly free of sand and small enough for good road surfaces the find promises a valuable source for material with short hauls amid rising demand for durable road surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart
Tax Case Scheduled in Circleville Court of Appeals
Several Pomeroy lawyers including F. W. Crow A. D. Russell C. W. Clark and D. H. Peoples expect to travel to Circleville tomorrow for the Ebersbach tax case heard by the Court of Appeals. The case has spanned several years in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Circleville
Ebersbach
Court of Appeals
F. W. Crow
A. D. Russell
C. W. Clark
D. H. Peoples
Former Resident Dies in Indiana
Mary Laughead Jones, a former Middleport resident and Middleport High School graduate, died recently in Meron Indiana. She and her husband W H Jones moved to Sullivan County in 1899 and she leaves three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mary Laughead Jones
Meron
Ind
Meigs County items include appeal in common pleas and local events
Ernest Clark appeals a State Industrial Commission adverse finding in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Week end visitors include Ruth Ihle and daughter Frances of Warren to Lincoln Hill Pomeroy. Other notes mention rural school levy debate, arrests of Ira Cross and Neal Bragg in Middleport with fines paid, Vaughn Glassburn and Thena Moore wed at Gallipolis, and Congressman Jenkins to conduct the annual Fisteddfod in Jackson next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Ernest Clark
Ira Cross
Letart
W. Va
Neal Bragg
Cottageville
Middleport
E. R. Titus
Vaughn Glassburn
Bidwell
Thena Moore
Cheshire
Gallipolis
Thomas A. Jenkins
Jackson
German Two Mark Coin handed to Pomeroy bank
George H. Parker of the Farmers Bank received a surprising visitor when a young woman presented a pristine two mark German coin. The edge inscription Mitt Une Gott was read aloud as Parker declined to accept foreign currency. Edward Foster, a coin collector on staff, bought the piece for fifty cents in U S money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George H. Parker
Farmers’ Bank
Methodist district meeting to be held in Jackson
A large number of Methodist Church members from Meigs County will attend an all day district meeting in Jackson on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Jackson
Dorcas Society Plans Christmas Bazaar in December
In Middleport on October 27 Mrs B BE Talbott and her daughter Mrs H M Cross hosted the Dorcas Society. The group decided to hold a Christmas bazaar and market on Saturday December 5. The evening ended with light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
B. BE. Talbott
H. M. Cross
Dorcas Society
Talbott
Death of Civil War Veteran Nathan Inman
Jesse Gee of Cambridge was called to Athens County after the death of his great-uncle Nathan Inman 90 a Civil War veteran who died Thursday at his Vore Ridge home. He lived near Nelsonville most his life and leaves a widow three children two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday with burial at Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Gee
Cambridge
Athens County
Nathan Inman
Vore Ridge
Inman
Nelsonville
Greenlawn Cemetery
Virgil Perry Enjoys Rides Through Seasons And News Delivery
Virgil Leroy Perry, born Sept. 1 1918 in New Marshfield, spends fall gathering nuts and roaming woodlands. He delivers The Messenger along a two mile route in Morristown area, trapping in winter, swimming in summer, and plays football at school. He favors arithmetic, Babe Ruth, and building wagons from scrap. his ambition is to be an engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Leroy Perry
Bailey Run
Charley Baker
Morristown
Frank Sands
Virgil
New Marshfield
Albert
Bessie Perry
Chauncey
Morristown-Dover Township
Babe Ruth
Tom Mix
Birthday wishes for Athens schoolchildren
On October 27 the community congratulates two pupils Albert Miller a fourth grader at Central School and Laurence Bobo of the Rufus Putnam Training School for their birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens’ School
Albert Miller
Central School
Laurence Bobo
Rufus Putnam
Boy Scout Troop 2 organizes meeting in Athens
Thirty-one boys registered at Boy Scout Troop No 2 of Athens meeting Monday night in the Methodist Episcopal Church scout room. After a business session the troop was organized and games were led by John Pickens and Walton Davies under Scoutmaster Roy L. Dupler with Clare Franklin as assistant. The troop was split into two tribes with junior assistant scoutmasters John Pickens and Walton Davies. New senior patrol leader is Borris Woolley. William Leaders is scribe and Merritt Preston treasurer. New patrol leaders include Robert Bird Beaver Carol Davies Panther Robert Morrison Buffalo and Ralph Dalton Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Methodist Episcopal Church
John Pickens
Walton Davies
Roy L. Dupler
Clare Franklin
Borris Woolley
William Leaders
Merritt Preston
Robert Bird
Beaver
Carol Davies
Panther
Robert Morrison
Buffalo
Ralph Dalton
Wolf
Salvation Army Halloween Party Planned in West Union Street
The Salvation Army schedules a Wednesday night Halloween party at 7 at its West Union Street headquarters for Sunday School members. Mr and Mrs Gates, leaders of the young people, will supervise the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Salvation Army
Army
West Union Street
Gates
Cooking School This Week Promises Hands On Lessons
Miss Ferguson leads The Messenger four day Cooking School with a model kitchen on stage. Pupils may examine equipment after each session and view dishes prepared. A printed leaflet of new recipes will be given daily. Value gifts of home making equipment distributed Friday at final session. Begins next Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
the Messenger
Day at Athens Senior High Auditorium at 2 O clock
A day at the Athens Senior High School Auditorium with doors opening at 1 o'clock. The event is announced for the afternoon start time and venue details remain consistent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Senior High School
There Will Be a Musical Program The Early Comers
A note announces a musical program titled The Early Comers with a reminder to watch for tomorrow’s announcements.
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Western and Southern Wife Insurance Company
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Dorcas Society Meets
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Cooking
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Tune IN
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