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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1941
Page
3
The Pomeroy bond issue seeks 61000 for a football stadium, swimming pool and vocational agriculture building. Booster Club launches final push with wide window poster campaign funded by dollar poster sales to local businesses.
In Racine the Happy Hustler Class of the Methodist Church met at Mrs. Owen Watsons. A surprise handkerchief shower honored Mrs. Ernest Wingett who will preside in Sandusky. Jimmie Smith celebrated his second birthday as mince meat orders were planned. Potluck lunch closed the gathering.
Many relatives traveled from distance to join in the funeral at Racine for Mrs. Warren Morrison who died in a Columbus hospital. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Compton and family, Mrs. Hazel Rapp and James, Mrs. Helen Rowan, Miss Mae Morrison, and numerous Morrison relatives from cumkeu and Athens area. A closing note mentions the Army structure: a regiment ranges 800 to 3100 men under a colonel.
1942 bride to be Miss Mary Jane Roush has announced her engagement to George Ury Jr of 669 Oak Street Columbus. She works as a secretary in Columbus and plans to marry in early January. A graduate of MHS and Office Training in Columbus, she also attended Ohio University in Athens.
Two cars were badly damaged in a crash on West Main Street shortly after midnight Saturday. Drivers were William Strauss of Middleport and Robert Johnston of Parkersburg West Virginia. The collision near the highway center left little room for traffic until local officers cleared the tangle.
Middleport Troop 40 of the Boy Scouts, led by Scoutmaster R E McKay, held a paper rag and magazine drive Saturday from 9 a m to 4 p m and collected 1500 pounds This marked their second national defense project.
Real estate transfers in Meigs County show multiple deeds and sheriff sales this week. Transfers include Charles W. Ward to Leah B. Ward and others, middleport parcels to Audrey McElhinney, and sheriff’s sales to Harry Barnes and Federal Farm Mortgage Corp. Other transfers cover acres in Bedford, Rutland, Tuppers Plains, Harri sonville, Sutton, Scipio, and Meigs towns to various buyers.
The First Presbyterian Church of Middleport will host an oyster supper for men Tuesday at 6 30 p m. Women will serve the meal. At 7 30 p m a popular meeting will feature Rev John E Youel of Fairbanks Alaska sharing 35 years of missionary work and showing motion pictures of his Alaska activities.
Middleport residents hosted Athens High football guests including Bob Mills Lee Yaw and Tom Faulkner at a Sunday gathering with Jim Hartinger and Fred Klein of the Yellow Jacket squad. Numerous family visits, hospital updates and trips to Columbus for the Ohio State game are listed, with residents from Parkersburg Charleston Huntington and Washington sharing travel and illness updates.
Meigs County probate notes include approval of the transfer of Henrietta Stewart estate real estate to Myrtle Frost and authorization of household distribution. Executors seek tax exemption for Margaret Faehnle estate and guardians petition to lease minors Harold and Wanda Gardner property for oil and gas.
Ivan McKellip from Ohio State University will speak to interested dairymen in Racine High School's agricultural room Thursday night at 8 o'clock about feeding and management practices that pay. The session, led by C. E. Blakeslee, invites all producers to ask questions and discuss better milk production amid rising feed costs and the Food for Defense program.
Ira Beegle, returning from Tate Grueser's near Minersville, faced a bizarre accident when a horse leaped from a high bank onto his car. The impact shattered the windshield and kicked Beegle, with the horse afterward sliding over a embankment, leaving the car damaged and Beegle with a sore side.
Organization meetings for courses in accounting and drafting will be held at Pomeroy High School this evening under Ohio University auspices. George W. Clark will instruct drafting and Roy M. Paynter will teach accounting, both assistant professors.
Mrs Elizabeth McDougle visited Pomeroy on her 90th birthday with Miss Lucy Kibble. The Reedsville resident reads two daily papers and several magazines and has sewn and quilted many quilts. She reports a Confederate soldier husband buried in Reedsville Cemetery and notes her long lived family lineage. A lifelong Democrat she criticizes Roosevelt and urges universal military draft and faster national defense preparation.
Meigs County Association of Township Trustees will hold its meeting Thursday evening October 30 at the court house, as announced by association president Gil.
The First Presbyterian Church in Middleport hosted the Athens Presbyterial meeting on Friday. Mrs. Potter of Chicago spoke for the national board of missions and Mrs. Kirkendall of Vinton led the session with remarks on the General Assembly. The group, welcomed by Miss Anna Weed, discussed devotionals, missions, and next fall’s Gallipolis gathering.
Meigs County Senator Tom W. Jones, of S Third Ave, attended the Lancaster Fair and was struck on the shin by a horseshoe thrown by a fast trotter. The incident occurred as horses passed by the fence, with the shoe flying about 20 feet before hitting him. He brought the token home as a good luck omen.
Bert Weeks announced he cannot contact the trustees in person due to illness at his home, affecting arrangements for the meeting.
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