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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1939
Page
3
The Pom eroy village council considered a two mill levy to fund street lighting and fire hydrants. Voters at the general election will decide whether to implement a permanent levy, with debate over cost, debt, and funding sources.
A note on indictments for forgery involving Ted Teague the gardener and a related hospital case at Holzer Hospital. Also record of a divorce suit Burchett versus Wakeman filed amid absence in the same period. fragmentary poolroom references appear.
Middleport residents share updates from trips and visits across New York, Connecticut, Ohio and Massachusetts. Parmelee and family return from vacation. guests include Mrs. Mills and family. Talbott attends a Paris School in Charleston. James Russell born to Grimm family. Lewis and Hawkins visit Columbus. Diles returns from Cleveland to Wheaton College. Wilt family visits Bucyrus.
Great Bend Grange No. 224 schedules an open meeting for Friday evening September 15 with public invited. Refreshments follow the program. An annual inspection will be held September 20. all members are asked to attend, per secretary A W Smith.
Scouts from Middleport Troop 40 resumed meetings Monday evening in the Heath Methodist Church basement after a July August break. Patrolmen James Egnor Harry McGuffey and Lewis Durst were appointed. Scoutmaster R E McKay explained coupon collections from Meigs Grocery Co and the awards to troop members.
Work will start Wednesday on State Route 680 between Langsville and Albany under a state WPA sponsored program. The project, with WPA labor and state sponsorship, aims to improve secondary highways first in underimproved areas and relieve county WPA relief burdens.
Pomeroy personal notes report the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Terrill of Naylor's Run born at home. Mrs. Joe Ebersbach underwent surgery at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis with a blood transfusion from Mr. Ebersbach. her condition is fair. Other items note travels of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ervin to New York and Washington D C visiting relatives, a Syracuse Parent Teachers Association meeting, and visits among Millersport residents including the Arnolds and Hoffners.
Attorney and Mrs. Edwar Ervin depart Monday for New York City to visit their son Thomas Edgar Ervin and his wife and their cousins while attending the World's Fair. Mrs. Ervin then plans a visit to Washington to see another daughter Elaine Ervin, a Central High School teacher. The couple will return to reside with Mrs. D. J. Sullivan after their trip.
The Stars Say notes that important planetary alignments could energize initiative and promote new propositions. Ingenuity and audacity may overturn old, stagnant situations as sudden changes bring new environments, interests, and associations. A birthday reader may face upheaval but in a constructive, progressive direction.
In Dexter the Star Garden Club staged its first flower show at Star Grange during Grange Booster Night. Judges included Clyde Jones of Ohio State University with displays featuring marigolds dahlias and zinnias. Ribbons awarded for marigolds dahlias zinnia and variety display. Next meetings set for Sept 14 at Mrs Mary Bolen home and October with officer installation and guest speaker.
The Ladies Guild of the Heath Methodist Church in Middleport elected four new members Mrs Richard Grogan Mrs Gordon Harris Mrs Marshall McCuen and Mrs Willis Aleshire at a meeting hosted by Mrs Herbert Chambers. The group discussed the rummage sale, reappointed the nominating committee Miss Bess Sanborn Miss Nora McCoy and Miss Ruth Drake who will report next month.
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters plan a first postsummer meeting in Middleport tonight led by Mrs William Lowe L as Most Excellent Chief. The group resumes activity after months of inactivity during the summer.
In cold weather the Sophomore class at M H S escorted their freshmen to the Ohio River at Cole St levee for the traditional ducking. A parade of students and spectators witnessed the chilly ritual as one participant shed his shirt and shoes before wading in and ducking himself.
Mrs. George Lasher, regent of the Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter, D A R, invites members to the Southeastern District conference in Jackson on Thursday September 28 at 10 a m in Memorial Building Broadway. Luncheon reservations due by Monday September 25 to Miss Adele Bennett 175 Oak Street. The district event precedes Ohio D A R State Marking and Golden Jubilee at 3 30 p m on Ohio University campus in Athens. attendees can join both events.
Eddie Frecker of Columbus flew over the Frecker home at Pine Grove in a new Beech craft on a Sunday flight. He has been a flying enthusiast for several years. In Middleport Miss Ethel Finney has entered Ohio University Athens to take a nurse training preparatory course while living with her aunt Mrs Susie Manley Pearl Street.
Dredge boats at Letart Falls report eight foot depths in the river channel indicating the nine foot stage may not be maintained in that section. Rivermen suggest dredging to keep a clear channel while army engineers study dam sites below and above Letart Falls to reduce danger.
Ohio Fuel Gas Company plans a booster station at Old Town Flats to aid Portland gas field and nearby areas. Current wells feeding an 18 inch line have underperformed due to rock pressure, a problem to be overcome by the new station.
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Brooks included Mrs. Maud Nelson Duval Lula Marie Lee from Pomona California Mrs. Sarah Nelson Murphy of Lebanon Ohio Mrs. Belle Gibson and son Howard near Albany Ohio and Mrs Eddie Romine plus granddaughter Etta Romine The penguin is a bird of paradoxes with scaled looking feathers and wings used for swimming on land it slides on its stomach and walks erect
POMEROY regular meeting of the J O F Class of Simpson Methodist Church was held at Mrs Malcolm D Hartley's home with Mrs T A Downie assisting. De votions on peace were given. Plans for a luncheon and a white elephant sale were made. Next meeting at Mrs Norman Russell's Athens Road home.
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