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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1946
Page
8
The Athens Messenger reports today that the final tolls will be collected for the Pomeroy-Mason Bridge with a ceremony planned for today. The piece notes local ceremonies and the project’s completion status, highlighting civic interest in the bridge’s toll phaseout.
The Island near the West Virginia entrance on the Pomeroy Mason bridge was removed yesterday and the road relaid and tarred. State Highway patrolmen completed the job by running the center line.
Virgil Roush completed his final toll collection at the Pomeroy Mason Bridge toll house just before 3 PM Thursday per Jed G. Webster manager. George Grindley Homeraye was on duty at dawn on Oct 33 as the shift began. A bridge celebration was planned for this evening in Pomeroy. Other workers listed had served after his departure from the State Bridge.
Four month old son of Clyde Radcliff of Cheshire died Wednesday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis following an illness from whooping cough and pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at Coats Funeral Home in Middleport with interment in Cheshire. Local commission notes and community remarks follow the obituary lines.
Rev Kuether and his wife and child relocate to Wisconsin to take the pastorate of St Johns Church in Pomeroy. The Federated Church in Pomeroy was his first assignment. He helped remodel the parish house, did kitchen cabinet work, repaired toys for Christmas, built a large illuminated cross on Lincoln Hill, and ran skating parties on Main Street. He supported war drives and led active youth programs. The Kuethers served the Federated Church for about ten years before moving to La Crosse to lead a larger congregation.
Mrs Stella Conrad and Marie Wellman of Columbus will spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs Jake Hartenbach and Miss Sue Lehew. Mr and Mrs Clifford Bauer of Columbus were weekend guests of his parents in Breezy Heights. Juanita Casta of Middleport and William Hayes of Syracuse visited Columbus with Paul Casta. Dr and Mrs Stanier were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs C E Brider of Athens. Mrs Paul Dillard and son Babie visited Cincinnati with Mr Dillard. Mrs Scott Ridgeway and niece Sandy Griffith of Columbus visited friends in Pomeroy.
Hillsboro area street light inspection leads Pomeroy mayor and council to approve twelve wooden post lamps for downtown. Installations set for Court and Main, Court and Second, Sycamore and Main, and Sycamore and Second intersections while location final decisions await.
Wir and Mrs. Fred Crow moved Monday from Sycamore Street in Pomeroy to a new home in Syracuse. Crow, a Meigs attorney, and the couple recently bought the C. A. Lei prand property near Syracuse School.
Mary Scott hosted a Halloween party at her home with lighted pumpkin faces lanterns and seasonal decorations. Young guests arrived in costume and wore masks while prizes went to Jane Harris John Talbot Charles Winebren ner Sharon Ritey.
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