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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1933

Page

2

Eve Bayless Starts Promotion Battle at Bixby’s

Eve Bayless, pretty assistant to Earle Barnes at Bixby’s, marries Dick Rader while pursuing a path to succeed Barnes as advertising manager. She faces a demanding workload, office politics, and threats from rivals as she clings to her ambition and balance with marriage.

Eve Bayless Earle Barnes Bixby’s Dick Rader Lake City Eve Sam Holeridge Arlene Smith Bixby's George Bliss Bliss Mona Allen Theron Reece Marya Vlad the Times Barnes Arlene Mona

Meigs County Death Toll Over Labor Day Weekend

Six Meigs Countians died during the Labor Day weekend in southeastern Ohio. Deceased include Dr. A A Hugg at his Middleport home from paralysis, Christian Keehne a former Pomrey iron worker in Charleston, Mrs Ella Baer of Forest Run from cancer, Miss Bisha Wolfe of Racine after intestinal obstruction, and Mrs Eva Killinger of Naylor's Run with three sons and two daughters. Surviving relatives and funeral arrangements are listed for each case.

A. A. Hugg Ohio Front Street Middleport Hugg Congregational Church Arthur Hugg Detroit Virginia Patricia Hugg Frances Smith R. P. Smith Cora Tidd C. B. Smith G. H. Smith Thomas Smith Mary Adaline Christian Keehne Pomeroy Charleston Willis Hill Mr. Keehne Charlies Keehne West Main Street Edward Keehne Belleview Mich Julius Keehne Youngstown Christian Keehne, Jr William Keehne Roanoke Elizabeth Keehne Clara Kautz Nitro Ella Baer Forest Run Dana Baer John Carolyn Virginia Walter Davis Athens Linda Davis Emmett Davis Clarence Davis James Howard Nelsonville Daisy McKinley Albany Bisha Wolfe Racine Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Wolfe Sisters Sturday Miss Wolfe Chicago California Thomas A. Wolfe Harry Feiger Eva Killinger Fred Killinger Naylor's Run Elmer Will Raymond Lawrence Lan

Majestic screens Dressler Beery in Tugboat Annie finale

Marie Dressler stars with Wallace Beery in Tugboat Annie at the Majestic Theater marking their first team appearance since Min and Bill. Mervyn LeRoy notes their natural collaboration and audience appeal as Dressler pilots a tug in Seattle Harbor rescue amid stormy seas and a dramatic sacrifice by Beery.

Majesti Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Annie Ohio Sylvia Sidney Jennie Gerhardt COURT Majiestic Majestic Theater Mervyn le Roy Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Min Bill Mies Dressler Norman Reilly Raine Saturday Evening Post Stor Ies Beery Terry Thrilla Seattle Harbor Miss Dressler

Visitors and relatives noted in Middleport area

A long list of residents visiting relatives or returning home is recorded. Mrs. R. G. Flowers and children visited Mrs. Flowers' parents in Middleport and returned to Akron. Several others, including Mrs. Will Wittmer and Frances, George Lee Beards, and J. D. Bryan, arrived or returned from trips in Columbus Akron Dayton Rutland Akron and Chicago. Atty. Bryan was in town for two weeks with family, and several locals were briefly in town for funerals, visits, or vacations.

R. G. Flowers Sara Carter Albert Collins Gravel Hill Walter Phillips Washington, D. C Joe Phillips Pearl Gardner Columbus Akron J. D. Bryan Chicago W. E. Bryan J. E. Harley Bryan Place Lewis Gibbs Travis Genesee Iowa Clair McHaffee Annie Mills Paul

Pomeroy Personal News Reports Weekend Visits

Mr and Mrs Wright McCroba and family hosted Dr and Mrs Burton McCroba of Lima Mr and Mrs Charles McCroba of Shady Side and Miss Betty McCroba of Bellaire for a week end They returned home Monday afternoon Dor Schaefer and wife visited Columbus for Mrs Schaefer while he traveled to Chicago George and Agnes McQuigg and daughter spent Monday in Huntington Sam Wood and others went to Chicago for the World’s Fair returning today John Kreinbich recovers from diphtheria Geoge Gloeckner hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Lewis F Gloeckner Mr and Mrs Robert Swyers from Athena and Cleveland

Wright McCroba Burton McCroba Lima Charles McCroba Shady Side Betty McCroba Bellaire Dor Schaefer Columbus Schaefer Chicago George McQuigg Agnes Huntington Sam Wood Albert Coates William McQuigg Selim Blazewicz John Kreinbich Lewis F. Gloeckner Robert Swyers Athena Cleveland George Gloeckner Union Avenue

Man Gives Freely To Needy Neighbors In Dexter

Homer Marchington distributes farm products to neighbors in Dexter. He provides sweet milk vegetables ears pork hay and clothing among recent donations to the needy.

Homer Marchington Dexter

Reverend Bogardus Marries Miss Hill in Boston Area

Rutland report states Rev Gaylord Bogardus pastor of Rutland M E Church wed a Miss Hill at the bride’s home near Boston Mass. The couple will visit relatives in Cleveland before returning to Rutland from the Ohio Conference in Columbus. The Snowden family held a picnic at the test farm near Carpenter. Mrs Opal Wright Ryger missed the event due to her father-in-law John Wright’s death.

Rutland Gaylord Bogardus Rutland M. E Miss Hill Boston Mass Cleveland Ohio Columbus Snowden Test Farm Carpenter Opal Wright Ryger John Wright

Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters to host potluck supper

Meigs Temple 153 Pythian Sisters will serve a potluck supper Tuesday night at the K of P Hall at six o clock. Afterward a program is planned.

Middleport Meigs Temple Pythian K. of P. Hall

Obituaries Note Deaths In Meigs County Texas and Pomeroy

Mrs. William Russell and Mrs. Dan Wil aged 76 die in Meigs County Texas. Funeral arrangements set with services this afternoon at 2 o'clock and burials at Naylors Run Lutheran Cemetery and Texas Church cemetery.

Forest Run Methodist Church Frederic Ross Gilmore Cemetery Naylors Run Lutheran Cemetery Dan Will Dan Wil Texas Meigs County Texas Church

Dahlia Champion Reaches Eight Feet Tall in Pomeroy

George Gloeckner of Union Avenue reports a giant dahlia growing at his home that stands over eight feet tall and could reach nine, with cream and white blooms, a five inch stock, and a first branch two feet five inches high. He notes trimming as key and invites other growers to beat the record through The Messenger.

Pomeroy George Gloeckner Union Avenue Mr. Gloeckner

Funeral for Eichinger couple draws 500 mourners

In Letart Falls 500 people attended the burial of Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Eichinger killed in a Circleville automobile crash. Rev. Herman Sayre of Nelsonville led funeral services at the grave, with 27 ministers among the mourners.

Letart Falls C. H. Eichinger Circleville Eichinger Herman Sayre Nelsonville

Circleville Visit Tied to Eichinger Tragedy

In Circleville Middleport Sept 5 Mr and Mrs Sidney Pickens and daughter Frances joined Evelyn and Henry Eichinger at their Circleville home. Mr Pickens stayed through Labor Day and returned to Middleport. Mrs Pickens and daughter plan to stay until Sept 10 to help move belongings and settle in new quarters. The Eichingers, longtime acquaintances of the Pickenses, were killed in a recent motor accident. Miss Eichinger starts her junior year at Ohio University late September.

Middleport Sidney Pickens Frances Evelyn Henry Elchinger Circleville Mr. Pickens Pickens Miss Eichinger Eichinger Miss Elchinger Ohio University

Fowler Decorated At 937th Division Reunion

MIDDLEPORT Sept 5 One of the local Legionaires Roscoe Fowler was decorated with military honor at the reunion of the 937th Division held this weekend in Columbus He received the medal for service of merit during World War I Others from the division attended the reunion Mrs Starling McCullough left Sunday for Gladwin Mich where they are spending a vacation of several days They will be joined there by Miss Mayme Covert Miss Frances Worman George VanZant and Harry Wheeler who have been attending the Worlds Fair

Middleport Roscoe Fowler Columbus Fowler Starling McCullough Gladwin, Mich Mayme Covert Frances Worman George VanZant Harry Wheeler

Mystery Office Conflicts Over Evening Copy

Eve retrieves Tuesday Times copy aided by Dick yet irritation and duty clash. Eve discovers Mona Allen copied work after Marya's wedding while Arlene suspects Mona and vows caution for future assignments. Eve vents frustration as tensions rise at the office.

Eve Times Office Arlene Mona Allen Marya

Honored in Verse POMEROY Pythian Press poem honors Ferd Hunker

In the Pythian Press, Ohio Knights of Pythias official, Edgar W. Ellis of Columbus writes a poem about Ferd G. Hunker of Middleport a former Grand Chancellor and Past Supreme Representative. The author is a national officer and close friend of the ex-postmaster.

Pomeroy Pythian Press Knights of Pythias of Ohio Edgar W. Ellis Columbus Ferd G. Hunker Middleport Pythian Order of Ohio

Zuspan Clan Reunites at Ash Cave in 1933 Ohio Event

The Zuspan family held its sixth reunion at Ash Cave in Middleport on Sunday. Sixty eight members attended including nine siblings of C J Zuspan, ages from 52 to 76, with two branches achieving full attendance. Officers were reelected and Lancaster was chosen as 1934 reunion site. A picnic dinner preceded the business session and weather cut the gathering short. One group traveled 420 miles from Pontiac Michigan.

Middleport Zuspan Ash Cave C. J. Zuspan E. J. Zuspan Maggie W. Va Otto Zuspan Marion Lancaster Zuspans Pontiac Mich

Return from Convention Sends Davis Family Home

Everett Davis came home to Middleport Monday after attending the American Legion Convention in Columbus. While in Columbus Mrs. Davis and Miss Nella Zerkle and Miss Hallie Zerkle spent the weekend with Hallie Zerkle's relatives in Parkersburg and returned Monday evening.

Middleport Everett Davis American Legion Columbus

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Rte Maryan Earl Barnes 55Th Street George Bixby China Duce Oriental Meigs “Unly W. B. Patterson The Heath M. E. Church Middleport Hill Cemetery Minnie Vinson Cincinnati Ewing Beech Grove Cemetery Bisha Wolff Chico Theodore Dreiser Miss Sidney Donald Cook Mary Astor H. B. Warner Edward Arnold B. P Dreiser Fay Wray Spencer Tracy Fox Film Ohio Theater Miss Wray Hollywood Tracy Paramount Picture Kews Shirley Mills Frank White Bellefontaine Asklin Labor Day W. H. Juhling Kathryn Edgar Tuckerman F. 8. Wilson H. D. Smith Irene New Salem E. M. McCarty Coal Street W. J. Williams White Sulphur Springs Norma Bertha Grant South Sixth Avenue Main Street Nella P. Calderwood H. B. Hobart Theodore Reed Paul Leonard Nallen Pomeroy Personals Rev. Bogardus Ing Mrs William Russell Mani la Wellace Beery Michigan Ellis’ Pen N. Court ST J. B. Swanson I ‘Fair Glouster Cornei Kellogg's of Ban A.A.A Indiana Tenn W.va Ves Ford Standard Oil Che Aruee Renwesset
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