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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1935
Page
3
Celebration of the Middleport Firemen’s event was postponed due to weather. A street parade and boxing bouts were planned, with activities starting on Main Street and ending at the field where the program would be presented.
In a second trial, Judge Peoples and Mr Peoples preside over a possession case with a 12 member jury. the panel tires and the court plans a Sept 10 hearing. A separate liquor case and a Pom Committee meeting at City Hall open at 7:30 PM.
Nearly 100 gathered for the Campbell family reunion at the Roy Davis home. Officers elected for the year include President Richard Campbell and Secretary Mrs. Arthur Elves. oldest attendee Robert Campbell and the two month old Roland Campbell were noted. Meigs County members listed among attendees.
Lorraine O. Oiler sues Charles Lewis Oiler for divorce in Meigs County common pleas court citing cruelty. She seeks alimony and restoration to her maiden name Quillen. Also Lucille Cousins files for divorce from George Cousins, married June 22, 1921, parents of two children, alleging cruelty.
Harry Potts aged 83 died Monday evening at his Syracuse home from pneumonia. He leaves four children Jennie Isabel William and Frank all at home. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 PM Thursday conducted by Rev Sayre of Circleville. Burial will be in Syracuse Hill Cemetery.
POMEROY Mine No. 5 of the Lost Run Coal Company will reopen Thursday as announced by Supt. R. T. West. Employees are being summoned to report for work on that day.
Midport trio Miss Rosamond Dillard and Mr and Mrs Branch Fleming with Miss Dorothy Dillard depart Monday for a several days sightseeing tour in Kentucky.
Middleport Public Library announces new titles added to circulation. Notable works include Splendor of Eagles by Miller and Women in Love by Norris, plus classics like Goodbye Mr Chips and When in November, with authors such as Ostenso, Ferber, Buck, and Gibbons among the additions.
Ralph Keller Pomeroy age 31 and Marcia Weber age 27 of Long Bottom secured a marriage license in probate court Saturday.
Pomeroy residents and visitors share a busy Labor Day weekend with family ties spanning Huntington Union Avenue Charleston Lorain and Bradbury. Guests include the Chase Beetler Russell and Tebworth families plus nurses and professionals visiting from Holzer Hospital Union Avenue and Cleveland.
Pomeroy Council examined a complete set of blue prints for the Naylors Run sewer project prepared recently by engineers. The meeting adjourned to reconvene at 4 PM to pass resolutions submitting the sewer plans to the Public Works Administration.
In Gallia County the Gallia County Children's Home convened an unusual gathering to plan a permanent committee to improve child welfare. Trustees Rupe Simms Burger and many community members discussed recreational needs, supplies, transportation, and programs for 40 residents with a budget of 7000 dollars per year.
Harsh and Davis of Columbus were chosen as architects for a four room and auditorium school at Vinton costing 30 000 dollars. A PWA loan request for 45 percent of the total cost was filed Tuesday. All rural Gallia County schools opened Monday and Tuesday except Cheshire Special and Cheshire Rural Districts which will start next Monday.
Marjorie Taylor sues Albert Taylor for divorce and alimony charging failure to support. Married in 192% and parents of three children. Judge W. R. White issues restraining order barring sale of property and interference with children.
The Ohio and Kanawha rivers run at normal to poor stages with a slight rise expected. Carnegie and Jones and Laughlin tugs Isthmian and Vesta sail downstream to Memphis and New Orleans with steel products, gasoline barges, and coal for Cincinnati. The Winifrede Coal Company plans a new tipple and ice-breaker upriver, recalling a historic fleet and the long lineage of Racine boat builders led by Capt. J. Wallace Weaver and family.
A drop in new car sales from July to August is recorded with 66 passenger and 12 commercial cars in July and 47 passenger and 13 commercial in August. August 1934 sales show 45 passenger and 19 commercial cars. H B Ecker Motor Co reports 50 new Chevrolets received, the largest shipment ever sent here in one order.
County commissioners certify right of way for the Murdock Ledta Road with 60 feet to the survey end and TM feet for the rest. Five thousand dollars will be allocated to the state for six miles of construction with the state contributing twenty five thousand dollars. Contractors R PD and J G Pethel win reroofing and cornice work at the Children's Home for 431.60. An order for tile and limestone is granted for local road work and a sewer project is planned. A bond of 10000 from U S Fidelity and Surety is accepted for county treasurer E E Myers. Coal for courthouse and county home is ordered from Kern bankey Harrison Clark mine or similar suppliers.
An all day poultry tour with a basket dinner will be held Sept. 5 according to County Agent R. J. Starbuck. Four flocks will be inspected starting at Ralph Davis farm Walnut Township at 10 o'clock then A. J. Ropeter farm Chickamauga Park for lunch H A Wood farm in Raccoon Township and C J White farm. P B Zumbro extension poultry specialist from Ohio State University will discuss housing principals records management and parasite treatment.
A marriage license was issued in Gallipolis to William Taylor aged 74 of Middleport and formerly a car repair man at Hobson, and Barbara Might aged 4 of Kyger.
Mr and Mrs Jack Wolfe entertained over the weekend and Labor Day. Mr and Mrs Jon Merriman and Mr and Mrs Jack Taylor of Columbus attended. Aldo Fontana 15 will enter Campion Jesuit high school in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Lou Burdette moved to Capt H E Houck lot on Garfield. H C Kent family visiting Stella Kent at Shadwatde. Mrs W F Edmunds and daughter Florence Amelia of Lebanon Kentucky visit Mrs T C Thomas.
Homer Summers a Midland Grocery Company salesman from Portsmouth and resident of Gallipolis Second Ave suffered a sprained ankle when his car skidded on a wet highway near Cora Tuesday afternoon and rolled four times He was treated at Holzer Hospital and sent home.
Middleport notes list Mr and Mrs Donald C Wolfe who have rented the F A Shiflet property on South Second Avenue and remodeled the former Park Calderwood house. Also mentioned: Mrs Loren Russell and son returning to Columbus, and several relatives visiting from Marion Bucyrus and Columbus.
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