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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1935
Page
3
Meigs area officials consider a next postmaster for Pomeroy as senators back a preferred candidate. The selection process continues with time and party leadership weighing executive power and local support.
Relatives of the M. E. Swinehart report the death of Swinehart at his Columbus home after an illness. A 4th degree graduate of Starling, he practiced in Columbus. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Sher and five sisters, with stepsons William and her. Services were held Wednesday at Grace Church with burial at Middleport.
The Mary Society of the Church will hold a regular session in the lecture room with a Foreign topic on facts and a home program. Margaret Saunders und E Harley lead the Endeavor group with donation for Missionary work in Manchuria. The meeting starts at 7 30 p m with Mrs Pummer Beeson in charge and Mrs Edward Tewkesbury assisting. Other items include a social hour for Mrs Russell and guests with light refreshments.
An advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a daily tonic to keep liver kidneys and intestines clean and toxin free. It promises relief from headaches restlessness and a feeling of youthfulness with a daily cup in the morning and emphasizes affordability at twenty cents a jar.
Middleport residents share news of visitors and travel. Miss Margaret Cunningham and Misa Butcher, nursing trainees in Parkersburg, spend two weeks with relatives. Stanton family heads to Millersburg and Cleveland. Paul Cunningham and orchestra members visit before Portsmouth engagement. Esther Hoyt leaves for Texas teaching post. Spooner family returns to Toledo with Edith Hawkins.
The entry predicts a day of initiative and enterprise driven by lunar influences and mutual aspects. It notes potential financial uncertainties but growth through shrewdness, insight, and hard work, with tact aiding paper dealings. Birthday individuals may show strong initiative for grand plans and persistent effort to overcome obstacles.
Middleport group of Philathea Women of the Church of Christ gather Friday evening at the church for a postponed session. Hostesses include Mrs. Fred Whitlock and others. They will finalize plans for a rummage sale to be held Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2.
Scottt Willock son of Eber Willock of Middleport has been employed as a state liquor store clerk and now works at the Pomeroy Liquor Store under state civil service rules. Columbus plant opens with union arbitration set for Hercules Clothing Co. sites. Rivers and glaciers meet evaporation as water moves to the sea.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Carl left for Baltimore Md after visiting the home of his parents Mr and Mrs H V Carl. Mrs Carl’s mother Mrs Mary Leisher will winter with them along with Mrs Sophia Fisher Mrs Lillie Coates and Miss Dorothy Ebersbach who spent Wednesday in Columbus. Paul Grueser and Leverett Roush were business visitors in Point Pleasant Wednesday. Jacob Zeiher has been employed at Ewing Grocery Store.
Mr and Mrs E Ashworth hosted guests on Butternut Avenue with Harold McDougle Parkersburg the guest of honor heading to Morgantown WV. Attendees included Miss Helen Windmiller Mrs Ella Miller Miss Gladys Kerr Mrs Mattie Custer New York City and Miss Aileen Hansen Athens. A social evening followed. Stephen D Ramseur notes as youngest Confederate Army major general at age 27.
Poem invites readers to imagine a country home where a farmer and his wife, a kind elderly woman, ministers, and friends share joys and support. It celebrates simple prosperity, family prayer, and the joy of returning guests, signed by Daisy B Burns of Amesville Ohio.
Ada Schueler, 25, confessed beating her stepdaughter Marilyn Schueler to death in Stamford after arriving for a coroner inquest in Bridgeport. Motive cited is hatred for the girl's mother.
The Olive Farm Women's Club gathered at Mrs Leota Hawleys home in Long Bottom. Ten members and seven guests attended as Mrs Effie Warren described a California trip and Mrs Myers read The History of Long Bottom. Refreshments followed before Miss Myrtie Rose hosts next on September 25 at Rose Hill.
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