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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1932
Page
2
Crowds flocked to the Meigs County Fair with attractions including livestock poultry motor shows and rides. Heat and dust marked the three days as vendors sold cold drinks and ice cream while hunters reported squirrel abundance and others hoped to bag game.
Evangeline Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will host a reception at the Masonic Temple to honor Middleport and Galipotia the championship and runner-up teams of the local recreation basketball tourney. Attending will be tournament organizers committees the Board of Education and participants. Covers for six.
Middleport on Thursday the school band joined the fair closing day crowds. The band rode to the grounds by truck and entertained spectators with musical selections through the afternoon.
Austin Reed recounts the first sorghum seed in Olive Township from Avants Georgia, cost a thousand dollars per cup, and the makeshift mill using a large beech log and oxen to drive crude rollers. He recalls grinding cane across Olive and Orange townships and the old mill's frosty mornings.
Hosoes guest Middleport Sept 16 Mrs Lucy Boggesa Grant Street entertained a few friends at dinner Wednesday honoring Mrs Julia Hobart Mrs Hobart of Lakeside Cleveland is spending a few weeks here at the home of her son M C Hobart Lincoln Street
Mrs. George Sayre visits Mrs. Cor delia Murphy in South Third Avenue as many locals host relatives. Hunts planned for squirrel season open with Middleport residents leaving for nearby woods. William Stansbury and Gordon Harris enroll as sophomores at Ohio State University with plans in pharmacy and music.
Burial services were held Thursday afternoon for two two month old infants. The Burtshhey child was laid to rest at Mt Olive Cemetery at 2 o clock. The Bowers infant from near the Meira County Infirmary was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery.
About thirty contractors attended the Pomeroy bid opening for six county road projects. No contracts awarded yet as bids of new bidders are reviewed. expenditures total about 12,682 dollars. Roads include Pullins, Joppa Success Head, Joppa to Athens Line, Rainbow Ridge, Berne Wood, and McClure, all to be surfaced with gravel or limestone with hauling costs factored.
POMEROY September 16 Two lunacy cases heard in probate court bring total to eight in two weeks. Mrs Ada Foster of Middleport and Milton Russell of Bradbury were committed to Athens State Hospital. Russell resisted violently and required restraint at Meigs County Jail before transport. Foster had reportedly been troubled by nervous ailment and consented to the asylum for treatment.
The District Missionary Convention of Southeast ern Ohio convened at Peace Evangelical Church in Pomeroy with afternoon sessions featuring Rev Meir Mrs Louis Reibel and Mrs Ed Huber. Lina Bracken and Mrs Duffy spoke as delegates discussed district reports and issues.
The fourteenth district of the Disciples of Christ in Ohio will hold its annual Fall Rally at the Athens Christian Church on Tuesday September 20. More than 200 delegates are expected to attend the day sessions and the youth conference, led by Raymond F. McLain of Cleveland, with a full program of devotions, addresses, and discussions on strengthening local churches and Christian work.
The Rev. O. M. Grace preaches Sunday morning at 10 39 o’clock at the Church of the Nazarene The Plains marking his start as the new minister at the church.
Chauncey report says a party of Merman Theisen Jr Dr C N Sanders Edward Evans John Theisen and Shorty Bryan of Millfield went squirrel hunting on Thursday.
The Martha Bible Class of Millfield Church of Christ will be entertained tonight at the home of Mrs. L. L. Howard in Millfield.
Miss Rose Clark, a graduate nurse from Mercy Hospital in Portsmouth Ohio, visits her parents Mr and Mrs John Clark at Sugar Creek.
Mrs Duffy inspired the audience with a talk on Christian Citizenship. Short addresses of appreciation followed by Rev Lammers of Newark and Rev Kaiser of Columbus. The convention drew strong local turnout with about six out of town delegates.
In Pomeroy on September 16, five Meigs County girls will graduate from the Nurses Training School at Holzer Hospital. They are Ruth C. Daniels of Pomeroy, Eisie Frecker of Mineraville, Alta M. Radford of Minersville, Beulah Y. Winebrenner of Syracuse, and Ruth E. B. Arnold of Syracuse.
Dr and Mrs Byron Bing hosted dinner guests with William and David Reynolds of Columbus for the hunting season opening. Several afternoon bridge club gatherings were held with Mrs Theodore F Reed hosting twelve guests at Mulberry Avenue.
The Trimble Church of Christ near Chauncey in Athens County plans its annual home-coming on Sunday September 25 with morning and afternoon services. A male chorus from years past will perform during visitors hour and the final musical number. Rev. John Scott of Nelsonville Church of Christ will deliver the afternoon home-coming address. Committees led by Lewis Kasler coordinate invitation program communion and dinner among others. A complete program will be announced next week.
Chauncey Local 358 held a meeting at Washington School to elect delegates for miners’ meeting in Murray City today. President Elmer Allen presided with secretary Floyd Karns. delegates named were Taylor Blair Rev. Guss Graham and William Glass. About 150 members attended.
Mrs. Sarah Ferrel of Nelsonville visits her son Watt Ferrel in Chauncey. Rev. Ward Radford begins his duties as the new minister at The Plains Methodist Church after preaching there last Sunday. Chauncey residents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johnson and Florence Fielder host guests, as do Mr. and Mrs. Eiza Chalfant of Trimble. Mrs. Verne Robinett of Haydenville visits Millfield with Mrs. William Sisson. P. D. Hill and family return from Brownsville Pennsylvania. Wendell Moore and family relocate to Clarence Way. Wyona Tittle of Beaumont recovers from pneumonia. W. D. Hines hires an operator in Charleston, West Virginia, and spends time in Chauncey. Mrs. I. F. McCollum of Chauncey, long ill, is reported to be improving.
Mrs Herbert Mingus entertained The Millfield Needle Club on a Wednesday night with a refreshment course. Guests included Mrs Grover Patton Mrs H McDaniel and Mrs Julia Mingus. Members present were Mrs William Sisson Mrs Frank McDaniel Mrs Henry Heffkin Mrs Lewis Sanders Mrs Clarence Sanders and Mrs Herbert Mingus.
Lawrence Shields suffered severe lacerations to both hands during a Wednesday altercation while battling catsup at his parents home in Chauncey. He required several stitches to close the wounds.
Mrs Harrison Davis of The Pisins was brought home by ambulance from White Cross Hospital Columbus after a major operation. Her recovery is reported satisfactory and she was accompanied by her husband on Tuesday.
The Ladies Aid Society of Millfield Church of Christ met Thursday in Chauncey for an all-day quilting event and potluck dinner. Members listed include Mrs. C. H. Boudinot, Mrs. Bart Pettit, Mrs. Ailen Boudinot, Mrs. Daniel Fulton, Mrs. Henry Heffkin, Mrs. Harold Blower, Mrs. Norval James, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinett, and Miss Olive Brookins.
Currency torn into small pieces was picked up on U S Highway No 50 at Dallison ten miles back of Parkersburg on Wednesday afternoon. F H Alleron of Dallison brought pieces of ten dollar bills to the Parkersburg Police Department, reporting the find.
Police seek the serial numbers of torn currency picked up by school children. The money, scattered from an automobile, is thought to be marked cash possibly tied to the Lindbergh Kidnapping case, according to Allerman.
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