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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1934
Page
5
Pomeroy committee chairmen urge all residents especially car owners to buy home-coming tickets. All proceeds will fund the new parking lots already aiding motorists in the town.
The Meigs County general committee previews the Fall Festival to be held in October inviting residents and Meigs County groups to participate. A public address system and weeklong homecoming events are planned with performances by the Meigs County Band and Pomeroy Band.
Middleport residents report visits from Fred Schroath and his wife with Mrs. Schroath returning to Diamond West Virginia. Frank Rice of Toledo visits with his mother Effie Rice for part of hunting season. Irma Brannon of Weston West Virginia visits Mrs. E A Reed with her son entering Ohio University at Athens. Reed and Dunbar return to United West Virginia after weekend in Middleport. Harold Kreuse and son return to Columbus after visiting local relatives. W R Luellen plans move within South Second Avenue. Mrs Dale Dutton and sister Elizabeth Carpenter visit Lincoln Street relatives. Carpenter to resume Ohio University studies. Mrs Dutton plans a week to ten days here. Reeves and Oller families from Columbus spend Sunday with Mattie Reeves at Grave Hill.
Letart Falls couple Mr A B Alexander and Mrs. A B Alexander marked fifty five years of marriage with a Sunday celebration at their daughter Mrs. Earl Grimm’s home in Columbus. Mr Alexander is a farmer and Sunday School superintendent at Letart Falls. their family includes Mrs Grimm, Mrs W O Barnitz, Paul Alexander, Carl Alexander, thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
James A. Graham sues Bliss Woodyard and Glen Woodyard in common pleas court seeking 205 dollars plus interest on a promissory note. A second suit by Graham against Bliss Woodyard requests 89 dollars in judgment.
W H Moody a 50 year old Rockland Ohio car inspector at Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards lost both feet when a car cut knocked him down. Doctors at Camden Clark Hospital report hopeful chances for recovery as he lies injured from the Sunday incident in Parkersburg West Virginia.
A special Pomeroy High School assembly on Constitution Day celebrated paying the last bond for the Senior High School Building. Floyd Mees spoke for the school board. original members Abe Massar and others were named. The program reviewed school history and noted growth from 75 pupils and 3 teachers to 295 pupils and 10 teachers across three grades.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Smith hosted a Monday afternoon party from 3 30 to 5 30 at their South Second Avenue home for Lee Smith on his fourth birthday. Yellow and white decorations and refreshments set the scene as friends played games and presented gifts. The guest of honor received a birthday cake from Mrs. J. P. Joachim with many attendees listed and Mrs. Smith assisted by Mrs. William Robson and Mrs. Charles Wise Jr.
Letart Falls announces a Fall Festival at the Letart Falls Community Hall on Saturday September 22 sponsored by the Girl Scouts. They will hold their annual exhibition with Leora Roush hosting a 6 pm dinner and Grace Crow giving first aid lectures to the Scouts. The group aims to expand their program for the coming year. In Middleport Noah Haskins and wife visited Crown City to see their great grandmother America Haskins who is 95. infant Charles Preston, six weeks old, was present.
The Star Class of Asbury Methodist Sunday School met at Mrs. Ellen Turley's home and served a 12 o'clock luncheon. Attending were Mesdames A M Roberts Irving Karr Fred Shumway George McBride Frank Harris John Hallam Clarence Springer Carl Genheimer Henry Zeiher Curt Lallance Mark McBride Frank Winebrenner Ira Fleming A Crooks Mary Karr Florence Marcia Eleanor Karr Tillie Bentz Anna Turley and guest of honor Mrs Lilen Turley.
Regular Pomeroy Council meeting not held due to lack of quorum. Without a mayor called special meeting, business will be carried over to the next regular meeting date.
Mr and Mrs Lee Roach completed a ten day East and Canada trip and arrived in Meigs County to attend American Fisheries Society events in Windsor Montreal. Roach presented a paper on aquatic plants and oxygen supply and has worked with the Bureau of Scientific Research.
Gallia County witnesses will be called to test rumors that 26 year old Ben Call died from criminally administered poison after being found unconscious at his Mercerville area home on September 8. Call lived alone in a four room bungalow and his father previously killed his mother and himself.
The 1983 State Auditor report shows Gallipolis with a self supporting police unit reporting $2,519.91 in fines collected, higher than nearby cities with similar populations. Jurisdictions listed include Bexley Athens Marietta Ironton Chillicothe Lancaster and others, with Gallipolis’s total excluding state and county fines. City officials note the figure reflects amounts paid into the city treasury rather than broader fines.
POMEROY Meigs County Fair officials foresee top class horse racing with no conflicts in Southeastern Ohio. Entries include Lon Dewey Nick Silk Peter Anon Dollys Best and 45 other fast trotters pacers. The county road race allows only Meigs County horses. Midway shows concessions rides and other fair attractions fill the grounds as finishing touches are completed.
Mrs. Charles Sayre hosted a potluck dinner at her Apple Grove home in honor of Mrs. A M Hague celebrating her ninety first birthday. Mrs. Hague will travel to East Liverpool for the winter this week.
Mrs F L Lomes, three children and a niece and nephew of McArthur stayed Sunday with relatives Mr and Mrs W R Garber on South Second Avenue. Rose Barker, severely injured in an earlier crash, is recovering at home on South Second Avenue. Mr and Mrs Robert Washington traveled to Maggie West Virginia on Sunday due to the illness of Mrs Washington's sister Mrs George Yeager. Mrs Fisher and daughter of Morning Star and Mr and Mrs John Leifheit of Pomeroy visited Mrs Nancy Andrews on Sunday.
Rio Grande PTA opens year meetings in the high school assembly room with parents and teachers invited. The Baptist Auxiliary met with Mrs Jenkin Davis hosting and discussed Japan study and the Berlin world alliance report. Rio Grande High School Home Economics won six county fair prizes. Rev W T Packer preached at the church and spoke to youths at two events. The Baptist Pastor's Council plans fall church work.
Gallia County collector Cap Houck owns seven bank notes valued by collectors. The oldest, a 1815 Farmers Bank of New Salem one dollar note, predates greenbacks. Other pieces include 1839 Bank of Gallipolis ten dollars and 1817 Mechanics Bank Baltimore two dollars.
Gallia County sells $13,400 of Selective Sales Tax bonds to Assel Goetz Morlein Inc of Cincinnati at a $13 premium. Prosecuting Attorney Cherrington says the high rate signals strong finances. Proceeds fund poor relief. earlier issues were $20,000 and $11,200.
Elwood Shaffer of Philadelphia spent three days with his father in Gallipolis. Mrs Martha Deeds, a former Charleston music teacher, will move to Rochester to join Mayo Hospital staff. Several locals travel for weddings visits and events, including World’s Fair plans in Chicago and a nurse’s return. Annual American Legion Auxiliary election is set for tonight in Legion Hall.
Ina M Rutherford sues Thomas T Rutherford for alimony alleging cruelty. The couple are parents of seven children. She seeks custody of their 15 year old son Harry and his support.
Lawrence Pinkerman Crown City former deputy sheriff is free on 400 bond after allegedly smashing grill room property and punching a former schoolmate at the Lafayette Hotel. He faces charges of malicious destruction of property and drunk and disorderly conduct. Bond was provided by Thomas Daniels of Guyan Township.
In Gallia Common Pleas Court Judge W R White set aside a prior entry for applying funds from the Hocking Valley Mutual Benefit Association to the C E Clark vs Abe and Mary Johnson judgment due to an incorrect amount. A new order for 370.98 will satisfy the judgment. Mary Johnson is listed with 1000 in the association. The judgment totals 365.50 with costs 5.43. In Houck v Finley an order directs the clerk to pay Ellsworth Maccabee 892.31 from funds on hand for distribution to the owner of the premises involved.
Curtis M Galloway a 38 year old Columbus theatrical booker and Mildred Freisner 22 a Bremen native entertainer in his troupe wed. Thomas Leishman 29 of South Charleston W Va shipping clerk and Helen Brigode 21 daughter of Joe Brigode Kanauga were issued licenses.
McArthur reports Sant Arnett of Hamden seriously injured after being struck by a car driven by Wiloare Clark of Hamden. Arnett was rushed to a hospital for treatment.
Fifty friends gathered at the Fort home for a farewell in honor of Miss Thelma Steinmetz who returned to Stewart Sunday. Miss Ruth Flanagan has a clerical job at Ewing Grocery in Pomeroy and A L Flanagan serves as secretary of the Grievance Relief Board in Pomeroy.
Ethel Leifheit hosted a surprise farewell party Friday evening for her sister Miss Lucille Leifheit who left Monday for Jackson Mississippi. The gathering featured games music and a hay rack ride with refreshments for Alma and Leona Leifheit Allegra Wood Ruth Leichinger Curtis Schreiber William Smith Leroy Watson Ernest Liefheit James Clifford Richard Vaughan Lyle Hysell and other friends.
The Heath M E Bible School class No 12 met at Mrs Dc M Hennessys home on South Third Avenue and Garfield Street. After a potluck dinner a business session elected officers for the new year: President Miss Frieda Faehnie, vice president Mrs G C Schaaf, secretary Mrs L H Flickinger, treasurer Miss Hilda Russell.
A morning hearing in Gallipolis addressed six Cheshire coal mine operators charged with breaking NRA fair competition rules for Bituminous Coal Operators in Ohio. Judge W R White previously refused a TRO, allowing mines to continue operating. Defendants Darst, Scott, Swisher, Siders, Sigman, and Wilbur Darst filed demurrers alleging insufficient facts to state a cause of action.
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