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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1930
Page
5
McArthur and other Vinton County public schools reopened at the start of last week with an unusually large turnout. Not all schools have reported attendance figures or other details yet.
Glouster, Sept 11. Work to coat the state road from its Trimble intersection through Glouster to the Corning road will start within two weeks. The roughest improved road in the area will receive tar mix and gravel dressing, with a permanent hard surface planned for next spring after winter settling.
A five year old son of Mr and Mrs Earl Duncan of Mountville fell from a small wagon Wednesday afternoon suffering a fracture of the right elbow. He was taken to Glouster for X rays and the fracture was reduced by Drs May LeFever and Elias.
The Rev. Paul E. Kemper returns from the M E conference at Oxford. He will fill the pulpit at the M E Church next Sunday morning and evening at the usual hour.
H N Burgett of the Athens Automobile Club says tourist cars were plentiful this season despite road work. Many autos from Utah and Colorado passed through, with a Great Britain car spotted bearing Leviathan tag. Improvements are expected to boost next year’s traffic.
Glouster city officials will enforce the anti spitting ordinance along High Street. Mayor Penman announced the measure after years of lax enforcement. The rule was passed several years ago and was strictly enforced for a few months, but has since been ignored.
The Rothwell club first season meeting scheduled for today at the Lovell residence near Bishopville is postponed for one week.
Oliver Curtis Perry once commanded a Lyons New York baggage train and fled before being captured. Sentenced in 1892 in Syracuse to confinement as long as he could see he later tried to blind himself and climb from his cell in a failed escape attempt. He died at Dannemora Prison Hospital after years of solitary confinement.
Won't study Canton. Thelma Hilty of Apollo, Pa. sues Paul Hilty for divorce claiming he refused to study after she paid for his correspondence course and bought his clothes. She says he was indifferent and would not accompany her to outings.
The Christian Workers meet at the Church of Christ Friday night with a descriptive talk by Miss Merle Danford of Trimble about her western journey and Alaska visit this past summer. Musical numbers are planned and refreshments will follow. the public is invited.
Mr and Mrs B H Pettit return to their farm near Millfield after a visit. Their children Hyatt and Nira Louise stay to finish high school at the local school.
Clinton Shaw 67 died Tuesday morning at the home of W. H. Graves in Allensville after two years of ill health. He once worked as an assistant at the Allensville Mill. Born and raised in Allensville, he was not married and leaves no brothers or sisters. Funeral services will be at the Allensville Christian Church at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, with burial in Bell Cemetery.
In McArthur on September 11 the Knox Needle Club met at the schoolhouse to sing America and report completed exhibits for the Vinton County Fair. Attendees included Virgene Tewksbury Madge West Louise Jourdan Arlene Beckley Velma Brooks Annabel Chesser Ruth and Bessie Beckley Marjorie Dickson and leader Mrs Dickson Visitors were Opal Beckley Ruth Zimmerman Helen Louise Tewksbury Cora May Jourdan Doris Lash Laura Dickson.
A west side Church of Christ at Trimble plans an all day meeting and home-coming next Sunday. A basket dinner at noon will feature the event. Several speakers of prominence will attend and the program is described as unusually interesting. An invitation to all is extended.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH JACKSONVILLE Sept. 11 Mr. and Mrs. William Stolz are parents of a ten pound son William Jr born Tuesday.
Rupture Shield expert E. J. Meinhardt, Chicago, will visit Lafayette Hotel Marietta Ohio Sunday and Monday Sept 14 15 from 9 am to 4 pm daily. No charge for consultation or demonstration. Admission restricted to men. White customers only.
Household goods belonging to Ezra Frazee were sold at auction this Saturday at the Bubb place in east McArthur. Frazee recently moved with his family to Seattle Washington.
In McArthur on Sept 6 Sheriff Ray Cox sold a house and two Hamden lots in the Rose Cross estate case to William Partlow of McArthur for 836 dollars. Partlow reportedly plans to make the property his home.
The county commissioners select Champion Bridge Company of Wilmington to build the new Raccoon River bridge near Rolen's Mill for 1466 dollars. Construction starts immediately.
Mrs. W Jones hosted a Market Street gathering Thursday afternoon with guests Mrs. Elizabeth Westerman of Columbus, Mrs. Frank Carraci, Mrs. Morris of Jackson, Mrs. FF Pilcher, Mrs. Ray Saltz, Mrs. Everett Beckley, Mrs. Pearl Saylor, Mrs. Hamson Lomax, Mrs. W P Rutherford, Mrs. Pete Lomax, and Mrs. Rannelts Martindill. Refreshments were served and bridge was played.
Mrs Liverett Beckley hosted a Tuesday afternoon gathering for Wellston Club members and guests at her residence. Attendees included Mrs Joe Galliher Mrs Harry Tense Mrs Nelle Voglesang from Wellston Mrs Herbert Hamilton Mrs Harry Westerman Mrs Warden Tinker and Mrs Rannelis Martindill with bridge as the main diversion.
Jeffers of Carpenter Route 2 visited McArthur on Monday. Mrs Leo Stanton and children from Hamden also visited McArthur Monday. Mr and Mrs L W Pilcher plan a Pittsburgh trip for a short vacation. Lawrence Gill has entered Marshall College Huntington. Mrs Aiken of Columbus visited Mrs Everett Beckley and Hamden friends for the weekend, noting her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Bancroft who once lived at Vinton Furnace in the 1870s.
A Pennsylvanian couple visited the Benners in Dundas then traveled to Point Pleasant after the three week West Virginia tent revival ended at Trimmers Grove. A Civic Club reading on a European trip accompanies numerous local social and teaching notices involving Mmes. Dunlap Hamilton Atkinson, Vinton and Meigs county residents, and area activities.
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