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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
2
Meigs County story fragment notes society and locals content for The Messenger. Classified ads and circulation details reference Virgil Marsh and A Hartley staff correspondent file material. The fragment mentions telephone contact and service appreciation for readers.
A Meigs County Republican rally at Knights of Pythias Hall drew attendees from across the county. Speakers included Col. Ralph D. Cole and Rep. Tom Jenkins. Mrs. Windsor, recovering from the Middleport gas blast, read a letter from Gallipolis hospital while praises were given to Meigs County women for party work.
A public notice posted at the Hobson shops states a force cut in the round house and boiler shops commencing Friday. The order calls 13 or 14 men to be laid off. Wages at the Pomeroy foundry and machine shops will also be reduced from the superintendent downward, while weekly working days rise from two to five.
Mrs J M Burchett hosted a surprise birthday party for Mrs Nan Moore at her Fisher Street home in Middleport on Monday evening October 30. Attendees included Mrs Fred Thomas Mrs Harold Root Mrs Herman Bailey Mrs Everett Davis Mrs Dwight Kim Mrs Ernest Lewis Miss Nella Zerkle Miss Hallie Zerkle Bess Sanborn Mary Root Grace Bartels and Blanch Matthews.
Langsville mourns Roy Lansbury who died suddenly last week. Funeral held in Middleport with burial at Bradford Cemetery. Several local residents visited relatives and others reported improved after ailments. News notes include family travels and a serious injury to Don Miller in Michigan while employed by Western Union.
Wyatt G Plantz aged 58, last of a wealth Meigs County family, died at 2 am after a long decline. He leaves a vast estate, a may- be largest in the county, and his will provides the bank remain under Plantz name. He supported Grace Episcopal Church endowment and was active in the Kiwanis and Masonic orders.
Mrs Addie Maguire wires from Port Angeles to aid the Walter sisters in Meigs County education as they age. Families from Dayton Charleston Blackford and Minneapolis visit grandmother Hannah Fisher on Liberty Avenue. K Parrett sues Mrs D S White in Common Pleas Court for two cognovit notes totaling 538.96 with 7 percent interest. Selim H Near from Rhutland wed Martha D Dowell of Zanesville last Saturday.
Mr and Mrs J J Mitchell of Grant Street will travel from Middleport after school Thursday to Portsmouth where Mr Mitchell will attend the Southeast District teachers meeting.
About 80 men gathered at the Courthouse in Pomeroy to seek work not covered by the state highway program. Miners and laborers asked to receive priority, with family heads favored where jobs exist. Giles Smith criticized local candidates for hindering funding plans. Pearl Parker urged jobs in industrial centers and called on Governor Cooper to mobilize state support with anticipated federal aid.
Mrs. Marion Rife returns home after visits in Columbus with nieces and nephews and Bucyrus with sister Mrs. Samuel Rife. Coach Coffee's Yellow Jackets head to Nelsonville Friday to face Nelsonville High School with many football fans along. Mrs. Robert W. Harris visited Pt. Pleasance to see sister Mrs. Sally Jordan who has been ill, and Mrs. E. M. Harrah with her mother were seen in Addison.
Wednesday brought Mrs. Lafe Nelson and kin with neighbors once of Addision. Carrie Grimes of Charleston plans to stay through Mr. Browns funeral. Forquer and Helene Radford travel to Columbus and Youngstown to visit kin and tend estates. Emma Davis goes to Middlebourne with Stagg and Traugh kin. Jones family leaves for Winchester after brief Newark visit. Modney Downing and J B Downing visit Newark then return to Middleport.
Mrs. Bertha Garrison reenters divorce action against Absolom Grant Garrison in Common Pleas Court after withdrawing last week. They wed May 31, 1893, have grown children, with Judge Crow ordering no disposal of property while pending. Mrs. Garrison resides in Huntington, West Virginia with her brother.
Cedar Creek Circle members met Mrs. James Stevens on South Third Avenue for a Wednesday noon potluck dinner gathering.
Meigs County Schools receive 27 400 state aid to pay teachers janitors and bus drivers. Allocations include Syracuse 1 600 Salisbury 3 600 Salem 1 000 Rutland 3 100 Racine Sutton 2 200 Olive Orange 1 800 Letart 1 800 Lebanon 1 200 Harrisonville 2 600 Columbia 1 400 and Bedford 1 600.
A strong quake centered in the Adriatic region was recorded by the local observatory in Rome on October 30. The event was described as severe and centered offshore in the Adriatic.
Sunday service at 2 o'clock post meridiem will be held near Lewis School on Trimble Amesville Road. John L Southard and Joe Judson of Jacksonville lead the service and conduct.
Washington Oct 30 U R says the Interior Department discharge of Ralph B Kelley triggers a demand by Senator Glenn Republican to require a full sworn statement from Kelley. The senator seeks details on charges that favoritism favored Colorado oil shale lands and large companies.
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