Athens City Council Orders Weed Arrests and Sidewalk Forcings
The Athens City Council voted to arrest property owners who refuse to cut weeds after orders and to force sidewalk construction on two noncompliant properties. They plan more such actions, with fines under existing ordinances. The meeting also covered alley deeds, utility repairs, and street reconstructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
E. C. Wharton
West State Street
Cal Coss
Stewart Street
Council
Sam Warren
John Finsterwald
North Court Stret
Farmers to receive instruction in Meigs County
G. W. Kreitler office hosts Meigs County Farm Bureau agents and Farmers Institutes staff on September 11 from 9 30 to 11 30 where J P Schmidt new State Supervisor of Farmers Institutes will provide training. No dates set for local institutes yet but likely equal to last year four state aid and four independent.
Various Local Updates From Meigs County And Surrounding Areas
Judge F W Crow spends week in Cincinnati. Bob Roberts underwent ton sils removal at home with Dr S A McCollough. About 140 ministers and 48 delegates attend the Methodist Episcopal Church South conference in Ravenswood. Gallipolis ferry operators criticized for limited hours. Public Service Commission notified in Charleston. Meigs Free Will Baptist Conference convenes at Egger or Popular Ridge Church from Friday Sept 6. Amos Rathburn learns his wife is ill and then dead. Howard Churchhill Howell, 16, sentenced to Boys Reform School for liquor raid. Verlie Church reports sister Mrs James Mahoney improving. Mrs Thomas Saffied dies at Ravenswood. W Scoot Mossman elected president of Ohio Eastern Christian Conference. Dog quarantine remains in Scipio, Columbia and part of Salisbury Township. Probate reports show 24 August marriage licenses issued in Meigs County, up four from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Crow
Cincinnati
Bob Roberts
Cora B. Roberts
Roberts
Beech Grove Hill
Pomeroy
S. A. McCollough
Huntington
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Ravenswood
Gallipolis Ferry
John W. Lane
Ohio River
Public Service Commission
Charleston
Meigs Free Will Baptist Conference
Kgger
Popular Ridge
Amos Rathburn
Fostoria
Dexter
Rathburn
Howard Churchhill Howell
Scipio Township
Rheumatism and Neuritis Yield to New Konjola
Mrs. Leah Basher of Dayton Ohio reports years of rheumatism and neuritis eased after trying Konjola. She describes dizziness and a 13 week bed confinement, then rapid improvement and ongoing use. Konjola is sold at McKee Drug Store Athens Ohio and by local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Basher
Newport Avenue
Dayton
Ohio
Konjola
Athens
McKee Drug Store
Hit-Skip Drivers Blamed in Vermont Accident
Miss Easta Anthony new Central School teacher from Hamden was seriously injured when two racing boys approached Cook's Gap near Rutland. One swerved by without stopping. the other struck her car, sending it into a ditch. Passersby provided aid, Dr Maag set the broken arm, and she rests at the McKay home awaiting transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Easta Anthony
Central School
Hamden
Anthony
Cook's Gap
Rutland
Miss Anthony
McKay
Genevieve Sherman
Ohio University
Four Hurt In Auto Wreck In Middleport
A Middleport car collision last Monday injures four occupants including Mrs. L. A. Hulbert's granddaughter Mrs. Charles D. Hughes of Albuquerque and former Middleport teachers Miss Lillie Huber and Miss Virginia Bruestle. Huber suffers head and facial injuries requiring stitches. others have arm and facial bruises as they were en route to Pt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. A. Hulbert
Charles D. Hughes
Albuquerque
N. M
Hughes
Lillie Huber
Virginia Bruestle
Evelyn Roth
Huber
Mid- Deport
Miss Huber
Pt. Pleasant
Local families visit relatives and return home
Many residents and visitors spent Sunday and Monday with relatives in Charleston Columbus and elsewhere. Dr A W Humphrey remains seriously ill and Mrs Humphrey still recovering from last October accident. The narrative lists multiple households traveling visiting and returning, including the Armel Stuart Wagner Hecox Burdette Wilson McGhee Russell and Brooks families with moves and trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Armel
C. F. Besserer
Columbus
Armel
A. W. Humphrey
Humphrey
Jerseyville Road
A. E. Stuart
Jean
Lewis Boyd
Beulah Belle
C. FE. Burdette
McMillan Hospital
P. M. Wilson
Beech Hill
W. Va
H. O. Ewing
Wilson
G. R. McGhee
Bluefield
Marion
Old Virginia
Lulu Mason
John Vrooman
Miss Bowen
Labor Day
Akron
Fred German
T. A. Russell
Harry Bennett
Gerald Rice
Russell Rice
Edith Schreiner
W. Schreiner
W. R. Garber
McArthur
J. H. Russell
Chapelle Talbott
Toledo
C. L. Brooks
Charles
Bellville
Major Tom Daniels Visits Middleport on Trip
Major Tom Daniels traveled from Baltimore to Middleport with his sister Dr. C A Pointdexter and mother Mrs Mariam Daniels for a brief overnight stay. They left early Tuesday for Baltimore where a later message confirmed they reached safely. The family matriarch is over 82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Tom Daniels
Baltimore
C. A. Pointdexter
Mariam Daniels
Morgan Family Involved In Auto Crash Near Terre Haute
Mr and Mrs Jack Morgan and daughter Corenna of Jasonville Ind were in an auto mobile accident between Bloomington and Jasonville near Terre Haute last Friday Mrs Morgan suffered a broken knee and serious bruising and is in a Terre Haute hospital Mr Morgan was injured lightly and their daughter was uninjured The car was wrecked They planned to move to Bloomington where Mr Morgan recently bought a grocery store and will reside He was known in Middleport for his musical ability and prize winning at the Jackson Eisteddfod
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jack Morgan
Corenna
Jasonville
Ind
Bloomington
Terre Haute
Mrs Smith, 70, Dies in Rutland
Mrs Lilah Smith aged 70 widow of Jacob Smith died at her daughter Mrs Freda Smiths home in Rutland after long residence in Pomeroy. Survived by children Thomas Smith John William Perry Florence Cullen Mary Perkins Mary Bennett and Freda Smith. Funeral at Ailand Church on Thomas Fork Friday at 2 pm with Beech Grove Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Lilah Smith
Jacob Smith
Pomeroy
Freda Smith
Smith
Linccoln Hill
Thomas Smith
John William
Perry Smith
Florence Cullen
Toronto
Ohio
Mary Perkins
DeLand
Florida
Mary Bennett
Miami
Ailand
Thomas Fork
Beech Grove Cemetery
Norris reunion registers Ohio relatives in West Virginia
Sept 5 Middleport reports Norris reunion at Evans fairgrounds in W Va last Sunday listing attendees from Ohio including Brooks Brooks Charles Norris Norris families from Delaware Columbus Chillicothe and Tuppers Plains plus Dwight Kim and more. about 50 relatives attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio
Norris
Evans
W. Va
Fairgrounds
L. Brooks
Charles
Will Norris
Lewis Center
Earl Norris
Delaware
Everett Norris
Columbus
Boyd Woodal
Chillicothe
A. W. Norris
Long Bottom
Guy Parker
W. KE. Matlack
Tuppers Plains
Dwight Kim
Middleporrt
Henry Family Reunion Set for Embree Park
In Amesville on September 5 local residents report the Henry family of Morgan County will attend a Pennsville Henry family reunion at Embree Park next Sunday. The Morgan County Henrys are not descendants of John Henry, unlike the Amesville settlers, though a distant relationship is claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Henry
Pennsville
Embree Park
Morgan County
John Henry
Shade Valley Masonic lodge to use old seminary building
POMEROY Sept 5 The Shade Valley Masonic lodge of Chester granted permission to use the third story of the old seminary building for lodge purposes free of charge provided the order keeps the building in repair. The county commissioners received a petition to grade and surface a road from the Charles Radcliff residence in Columbia Township to the C. T. Woodyard home in Scipio Township, with work expected to finish this fall. Charles Betz of Eagle Ridge Chester Township was granted blind relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Shade Valley Masonic Lodge
Chester
W. E. Jeffers
Charles Radcliff
Columbia Township
C. T. Woodyard
Scipio Township
Charles Betz
Eagle Ridge
Chester Township
Firemen Answer Two Alarms Here
A grass fire near Cemetery Street by the Hocking Valley Railroad tracks was likely sparked by a locomotive and was put out by the Athens Fire Department before any damage. Earlier a State Highway Department office awning in the Security Bank Building burned from a dropped cigarette, cracking a window but causing no further damage.
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Cemetery Street
Athens Fire Department
State Highway Department
Security Bank
Finsterwald Family Reunion Draws Seventy Seven Attendees
The fifth annual Finsterwald reunion was held at Fred Phillips home near Amesville with 77 members present. Officers elected for the year include President C H Copeland Guynville vice president Ruel Finsterwald Pomeroy and Blanche Finsterwald Athens as secretary and treasurer. Next year’s meeting is planned for George Tedrow home in Guysville. Notable out of town attendees included Flora Byers June Dunbar Albert A Byers Henry Rodgers Brownsville Pa Clara Murphy Nelsonville J R Hays Hartwell Arthur Wolf and wife Fort Lauderdale Fla W G Daley Parkville Mo V C Dent and son Parkersburg W Va Dr W H Finsterwald Columbus Dr E D Harper and wife Indianapolis Ind Perry Harper Indianapolis Ind Beatrice Finsterwald James Finsterwald New York City Joe Miller Chesterhill and R M Finsterwald Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finsterwald
Fred Phillips
Amesville
C. H. Copeland
Guynville
Ruel Finsterwald
Pomeroy
Blanche Finsterwald
Athens
George Tedrow
Guysville
Flora Byers
W. H. Finsterwald
Columbus
E. D. Harper
Indianapolis
Ind
Perry Harper
Beatrice Finsterwald
James Finsterwald
New York City
Joe Miller
Chesterhill
R. M. Finsterwald
Athenians Take Trip Through Civil War Landmarks
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mason and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lockard of Athens drove 1,389 miles through Kentucky Tennessee and Georgia from August 25 to Labor Day visiting Civil War sites. They saw Lookout Mountain Mission Ridge Signal Mountain the locomotive General at Chattanooga Mammoth Cave the Bardstown Lincoln birthplace and the My Old Kentucky Home site. They also toured Chickamauga Park Fort Oglethorpe and Frankfort and rode a boat 280 feet underground at Mammoth Cave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Mammoth Cave
George W. Mason
Edward Lockard
Athens
Labor Day
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati
Lexington
Lookout Mountain
Mission Ridge
Signal Mountain
Frankfort
Syracuse Woman 87 Remembers Wagon to Airplane Era
Mrs. Hannah M. Capehart, widow of John P. Capehart, is Syracuse’s oldest woman at 87 turning 88. Born December 11, 1841 in New Haven West Virginia, she came to Syracuse after marriage in 1858 and has lived there 65 years. She recalls coal industry prosperity and remains active in church and Ladies' Aid Society. Six children were born. four survive Thomas and Mary at home, Mrs. C. H. Williams of Syracuse, and John of Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Hannah M. Capehart
John P. Capehart
New Haven
W. Va
Ladies’ Aid Society
Capehart
Thomas Capehart
Mary Capehart
C. H. Williams
John Capehart
Portsmouth
McHarg Family Holds Third Annual Reunion at Lower Plains
The McHarg family held its third annual reunion at the F. M. McHarg farm orchard in Lower Plains. Elizabeth Barker was elected president, Della Shaw vice-president, and Margaret McHarg secretary-treasurer. The 1930 reunion will be at Old Man's Cave on the first Sunday in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McHarg
F. M. McHarg
Lower Plains
Elizabeth Barker
Nelsonville
Reunion Association
Della Shaw
Athens
Margaret McHarg
Old Man's Cave
Charles McHarg
Charles ‘Poling
Lancaster
Hawk
Harrisonville
Claire Giles
Springfield
Clinton Oxley
Chauncey
Gross
Rodney Reeves
Edward Reeves
S.S. Shaw
I. N. McHarg
Howard McHarg
Lie
M. McHarg
Rus Lsell McHarg
George Gabriel, Jr
Lois Stage
James McHare
Gerald McHarg
George Gabriel
the Plains
John MecHarg
Sylvia Mitchell
Pearl McHarg
Blackston
Reynolds Lenigar
Lawrence Hoffer
Vincent Leniger
Columbus
Rena MecHarg
Edward Stine Hach
Toledo
Guy Dowler
Parkersburg
Livin' For Another Day Menu Preview
Friday menus list breakfast with baked apple and coddled egg white. Lunch includes stewed clams salad and graham bread. Dinner features clear beef broth brailed fish baked tomatoes and pineapple with whole wheat bread and demi tasse.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mayor Wood
Arden Place J
May Avenue
Messrs. Warren
Pratt, Russell
Dalton
North Court Street
West Union Street
Morris Avenue
Elliott Street
Kern Street
Romine
West Washington Street
Pratt Street
McBee
Meigs County
Mrs
Leah Bashor
Pleasant
Morgan Co. Family
Athens Countia
Reunion
Stanso
Nature
Stansbury Drug Company
Stanso Remedies
Orchard
Marbersaordrut
Sandals
Uckoff
Atkens
Wooltex
Sterling
Corrade
Uziver
Devonshire
Burnett-Smithe
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