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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1935
Page
3
Meigs County Women’s club members meet at Racine home to plan year’s activities and potluck program with guest speakers and poetry readings. Members discuss constitution and ritual topics as they prepare events across the county.
An order of sale directs a cash auction of lands in Athens Township described as portion of the tract in Town 4, Section 6, southeast corner, totaling about 140 acres. The sale, set for October, lists the price at 9600 and requires cash in hand.
POMEROY The baseball from a 44 year old grandfather game remains in possession. Sheriff E D Robinson who is in the club kept the ball after the game and took it to the county jail. Van Spence held there for cutting and later sent to the penitentiary for 21 years received the ball from Robinson. He gave it to Don Jay of Kerrs Run who cared for it until his death. his widow now holds the ball and brought it downtown today.
Middleport residents note visitors from New York City and Charleston while a local man, Joseph Mace, recovers at Holzer Hospital after a fall. The town hears about a recent Davenport visit, a Hartinger property move, a New Salem trip, a death in Athens, bingo prize winners for Charity Council, and updates on individuals recovering from illness and injury.
Miss Eileen Edwards returns to Columbus after vacation with grandmother Mrs Hugh Kennedy. She will sing alto in the Apostolic Gospel Church choir, which broadcasts on WAIU at 1 30 p m Sunday.
The Polish balloon Polonia appears to have won the twenty seventh Gordon Bennett international balloon race. It landed in Stalingrad Province near the Caspian Sea after covering 1054 miles from Warsaw.
A long list of radio programs and orchestras fills a Saturday schedule with numerous acts and names. The lineup includes Time, Hollywood Hotel, First Nighter, News, Hoff Orch, Lum and Abner, Beauty Box, Dailey Orch, Lombardo Orch, Mesener Orch, Dion Orch, Merry Macs, Tex and friends, and many others arranged across various times and stations. The roster features ensembles like Collins Orch, Himber Orch, Williams Orch, Lombarde Orch, and more, pointing to a broad variety show slate on network and local broadcasts.
Pomeroy notices record Bertha Pownall and John Chase traveling to Columbus. Sam Wilt in El Paso ill is reported. Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters host a potluck and meeting with Mrs. Willis McMurray demonstrating electricity. Robert Warner in Zanesville on business. Local families plan to attend the National Brandh picnic at Athens Fairgrounds with several members from Thomas Fork and Minersville. Church convention in Cincinnati draws H J Blackmore and Rev L W Clark. Mrs. George Parker visiting Detroit relatives. Miriam Blackmore visiting near Darwin. Farm Bureau Insurance agents meet in Jackson. Death of Robert Hughes prompts Athens trip by Roy Wright and others. Alvin Norris returns from Zanesville visit.
Word reached here that Mrs. Donald W. Kreager of Middletown underwent an appendicitis operation Thursday morning. She is recovering in Middletown Hospital.
Regular services will be held Sunday in Meigs County churches. At First Baptist Pomeroy Rev A R Stark will preach at 10 30 and 7 30 with Sunday School at 9 30 and Wednesday night service at 7 30. Simpson M E Church Rev T E Maness will preach A Message of Good Cheer in the morning and Called Kept Used in the evening with Sunday School starting at 9. Federated Church morning sermon The Other Brother with the Senior Choir singing. Minersville service at 7 15 night titled Why We Fail.
Ohio liquor monopoly profits jumped by more than $100,000 in August, reaching $574,914. The increase reflects continued strong sales and limited competition within the state run system.
Mr and Mrs Nick Klein and their sister-in-law Mrs Eva Klein and family visit Pearl Street. Klein born and raised in Pomeroy until eighteen now resides in St Laws Missouri. He notes many changes in Pomeroy Bend since his last local visit. The Kleins were accompanied as far as Columbus by their niece Mrs R S Kaser who spent the week with her mother and sister.
Thomas Morris filed for divorce from Edna Morris in common pleas court. They married March 13 1926 and are parents of two children. Morris seeks custody of the children.
Feeney-Bennett Post No 128 of the American Legion elected its officers Wednesday at the Legion hall on South Fourth Avenue. New leaders include C. Fish as post commander, Frank Johnson as first vice commander, Leo Bentz as second vice commander, Norman Whalen as post adjutant, Charles McElhinny as post treasurer, and Virgil Edwards as post chaplain. Detachments for the upcoming Fall Fest were noted.
The organization sponsoring the festival discussed details during the session. The festival will open next Monday evening, Sept. 23.
Akron reports 4 percent Chariesa F Johnson, president of the Ohio State Association of Real Estate Boards, states the group will advocate nominating former Governor Myers Y Cooper as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate.
The resistance to a vessel riding the surface mainly arises from waves generated as it moves through water. The interaction of bow and stern waves creates thrust loss and enhanced drag, influencing efficiency and speed.
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