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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
8
The Red Bird mine near Hobson resumed coal output and is now operating at near capacity alongside Syracuse Mining Company mines No. 75 and No. 5 back of Pomeroy. Local miners are from the Pomeroy area. no new workers sought. Winter fuel supplies improve as steamboat trade remains solid.
Redeemer Pascal A Bright, pastor of the Pomeroy M E Church for two years, is assigned to Junction City. Rev H L Henthorne will pastor Pomeroy. Bright faced bereavement and family illness during his tenure and was a depositor tied to the Logan bank closure.
POMEROY Sept 17 The first preaching by a regular rector at Grace Episcopal Church will be Sunday at 7 30. Rev Mr Clark from New York State will preach his first sermon in Pomeroy and will serve both Pomeroy and Athens congregations. He will hold morning services in Athens and evening services in Pomeroy with communion twice monthly in Pomeroy at 8 o clock followed by 10 30 in Athens.
A. L. Smith of West Virginia is charged with assault and battery stemming from a Tuesday fight at the Fairgrounds. F. J. Ferguson, a Gallipolis trainer, was struck on the head with a club and wounded. A Ferguson son filed the charge in Justice E. R. Titus court to detain Smith while Ferguson’s condition is assessed in Gallipolis.
John Winning, 21, a West Vic youth who worked for Fred Selfheit this summer, is jailed as a suspect in the Mary Canterbury Rocksprings home robbery. Oral reports say stolen articles were found in his possession.
Society and locals listings including circulation and classified ads information. Hartley staff correspondent directs readers to contact John Sauvage at 453 L for Messenger services and related notices.
Dr. Ernest Scott of Ohio State University performed an autopsy on Harry France, 45, found dead in No 5 mine near Rutland. He concluded death resulted from coronary thrombosis with left coronary artery occlusion, caused by a foreign substance in the blood. The Ohio Industrial Commission ordered the inquiry and burial was planned for today.
Middleport Ohio September 17 The schedule lists nine games for the Middleport Yellow Jackets this season. Home dates include September 19 versus Rutland and September 25 vs Nelsonville with night games noted. Road games are September ? at Logan November 6 and November 13 at Pt Pleasant.
The Ohio M E Conference announced changes in Meigs County pastors. Rev C H Eichinger, Heath M E Church for five years and Meigs County native, will move to Circleville M E Church in mid next week. Rev W B Patterson of Cleveland Avenue M E Church in Columbus is assigned to Middleport and will arrive after the transition.
In Pomeroy on September 17, authorities struggle to agree with the Price Brothers of Portland on the price for an acre and a half needed for Battle Monument Park. The Prices demand $500 while state funds total $250. Condemnation proceedings are expected as the state seeks additional land, including a nearby mound, donated earlier by Mrs. C EB Peoples.
Relatives from Detroit Toledo Charleston Huntington and others attended the funeral of Mrs C C Williams. The service was at 4 o clock Tuesday with Rev O W Williams of the Pomeroy Church of Christ officiating in Rev Gardner's absence. Pythian Sisters gave rites and burial followed at Miles Cemetery Rutland.
POMEROY Sept 17 Last evening seven or eight boys played in a tree on Monkey Run Lower Pomeroy Pearl Fisher 13 stepson of George Enzenauer fell from a limb about 20 feet above the ground and rolled down a steep embankment He was badly injured and taken to a Gallipoli hospital in serious condition
County Auditor Walter McCullough estimates that every Saturday afternoon and evening about one half million dollars worth of automobiles are parked on Pomeroy streets. He says many owners travel here to spend evenings at picture shows or strolling downtown. He links rising industrial strain to time waste and luxuries.
Bertha J. Gill sues Ernest A. Gill for divorce alimony and child custody in Common Pleas Court. They wed January 28 1925 at Gaspolis now separated since July 17 with one five year old child Florence. She accuses extreme cruelty and neglect while he works as a mechanical electrician at National Air Transport Company Transport Port Cleveland earning about 40 dollars weekly.
Charles Thle, visiting his grandparents in Middleport, left Tuesday for Charleston and Wednesday followed by his aunt Bessie O Leary and two children. They will spend the winter in South Bay Florida where The Idle home is located. They traveled by motor.
Mrs. Dean wife of Jacob Dean Meigs County representative in the Ohio Legislature died at their Sumner Ohio home at 2 this morning after five years of invalidism. She is survived by several grown children and the funeral details will be announced tomorrow with further particulars.
T W Bengel county clerk of courts celebrated his fifty four birthday anniversary by leaving his Middleport home at break of day and returning by 7 with his bag of squirrels. E B Russell automobile dealer filed a cognovit note in Common Pleas Court for 205 60 by Choist Bagley and R L Roush. The Meigs County Fair weather showed a morning shower then clearing skies. A repeat forecast promises good attendance and funds to cover expenses. Mr and Mrs O H Dorst Gard
Meigs County relatives visiting inner Kansas. Meigs County election details note officers in the American Legion Auxiliary with Mrs Lawrence Bing as senior vice president and Mrs Allen White as junior vice president. No hunting casualties reported to Wednesday night. County election judges and clerks appointed for fall election. Watermelon and corn season fading as pawpaw crop begins to come in says local gardener.
Will Bradford improves after illness. Mrs. John E. Powell returns to Columbus after visiting her parents, the Root family. George Junkerman and daughter visit his brother Dr. Junkerman and depart to Sugar Grove. Frank Knopp recovers from pleurisy. Arthur Covert visits Mt. Carmel Hospital and returns. The Hoffman family ends a two week vacation returning to Dunbar. Warren Ellinger visits from Toledo. Forquer family returns from Columbus. Many Middleport residents go hunting, with a poor day Tuesday but a good day Wednesday amid rain showers.
Mrs Melissa Crary, mother of Mrs C M Hennessy, remains in poor condition with three fractured ribs after a recent accident. Mrs Lulu Mason aids in her care. Theron Russell returns to the Western Union office after a two week vacation. Kathryn Dillard leaves for Columbus to resume nursing work. The Russell and Wesson families plan local move into the Hartinger cottage on Garfield Street. Andrew Wesson of East Liverpool joins Mrs Ira Kincade for a visit with Mr and Mrs C L Brooks.
Pearl Cogart and his wife and two sons of Steubenville and Mrs. Mable Curby of East Liverpool visited Mrs. Cogart and Mrs. Curby's sister, Mrs. A P Chevalier, last week. The Shade River Bridge to Hazael road has been graveled providing an outlet down the river to Portland.
Advertisement claims Bisur ated Magnesia relieves gas sourness acidity and stomach pain after meals. Promotes instant relief and keeps digestion strong with bottle powder or tablets sold at Quick s Cut Rate Store and other drug stores.
The Sophomore Class of Middleport High School elected officers on Tuesday evening. Elizabeth Bradford was chosen president, Owen Fink became vice president, and Herbert Surface was named secretary-treasurer. The senior class has not yet organized.
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