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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1941
Page
3
After a win over Oak Hill the Pomeroy Panthers travel to Jackson for a league game Friday. A new coach has brought changes and missing veterans Hartenbach Williams and Don Brickles limit experience but the squad shows enthusiasm and drive to improve.
Pomeroy notes record visits by Charles Jenkinson of Rocksprings now aged 84 with his daughter Ruby Reinsberg and others from Tiffin and Crown City. A Lincoln Hill outing at Dr. C. E. W. Downie’s Salem Center farm gathers many residents, while a surprise birthday for Mrs. Nease is noted. Others include Miss Amy Kingsland’s return to Napoleon and wedding news for Miss Helen Ruth Shumaker to Ralph Sankey of Bridgewater Beaver Pa.
Meigs County farmers are advised to plant winter wheat on or after October 3 1941 to avoid Hessian fly damage. County Agent C E Blakeslee urges delaying seeding until Oct 3 or soon after. Seed should be treated for smut with NEW IMPROVED CERESAN at 1-2 oz per bushel. seed sources available at the County Agricultural Agent’s office. The Ohio Seed Improvement Association notes Thorne wheat leads in production this year.
John McClaskey learns of his brother Charles McClaskey's death in Marion where he resided. Charles left Friday for Marion. He was accompanied to Vinton by Mr and Mrs Clark Jividen.
Meigs County WPA projects rush toward modernizing 4.2 mile Flatwoods to Route 7 road to provide flood outlets and farm to market access. 450 workers on WPA list. new bridges planned including a Shade River span replacing an old steel bridge.
Middleport notes recount a Lake Breezy picnic for the Lucky 13 Club organized by Junior Class girls. Chaperone Miss Elizabeth Ann Newman, teachers and many attendees listed. Also reports WCTU meeting, local visits, illness recoveries, and social events across Middleport.
POMEROY. Real estate transfers in Meigs County during the last 10 days include Ethel M. and J. O. Smith transferring two acres in Bedford Township to Anna Eastman.
Miss Ruth Spencer leaves Tuesday for Columbus to attend Ohio State University as a home economics freshman and is guest of honor at a Friday Oak Grove Community House party. The note lists attendees, helpers, and a cousin’s visit, plus various local moves, sales, and land transfers across Letart, Pomeroy, Middleport, and Salisbury Township.
Mrs Harriett Allen entertained at her apartment over the First National Bank in Racine with a surprise birthday party for her daughter Mary who observed her tenth birthday on Thursday. Guests included Helen Sayre Lois Ihle Betty and Joan Martin Ruth and Eileen Johnson Mary Ann Holter Ruth Mary and Crit Junior Bradford and the guest of honor Mary. Mrs Allen was assisted by Miss Kathryn Wolfe and Miss Jean Hayman.
Middleport reports a peculiar birthday incident as Mite Yeanger of Silver Run nearly severed his left hand fingers while cutting grass with a sickle on Friday.
In Middleport residents gathered yesterday between 11 and 12 as the minesweeper U. S. Navy Y N 17, built at Marietta Plant Pt. Pleasant, conducted a river trial up and back at about 20 mph. The craft passed the town with a towboat named John F. Brandt and eight barges loaded with sulphur, scrap iron and coke nearby at the C. & O. depot.
The WSCS social committee met after Sunday services at Heath Methodist Church to plan Family Night on Wednesday at 6 30 PM. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and table service. Dining room coordinators include H A Rothrock M L French Esther Louise Hoyt Harvey Mourning and Roy Lansbury. A display of new United Methodist Church publications will be shown.
Equipment of the Racine Recreation Center was moved from the Grade School basement to the Town Hall. The center had resided in the school building for years, but the basement is needed for a school lunch project and cannot accommodate both activities. The center opened this morning in the Town Hall.
Daryl Sayre, Ra cine, R. D., and Robert Shank of Apple Grove left Friday for Chanute Field to join others bound for Taft Field in California. Shank and Sayre have a 15 day vacation after finishing the Air Corps Technical School at Rantoul Illinois. They were accompanied to Rantoul by Shank’s parents who spent the weekend there.
Middleport residents are invited to a special Village Council session at 7 30 p m in the town hall. The third and final reading of the proposed gas ordinance will be presented.
A collision between Fred Mulford of Gallia County and Herbert Fink on Sunday afternoon caused minor damage. Both drivers escaped injury as Fink turned from S Third Ave onto Main St and Mulford's car struck his. Chief Robert Allensworth investigated.
MIDDLEPORT The J. A. Williams Tin Shop has been moved from S Third Ave by the owners Mr Williams and his father. The machinery and equipment were moved by truck Saturday. Mrs Williams and children remain in the apartment above the former business place for the present.
Attention is drawn to a blooming tomato plant growing from a brick wall crevice behind the Lyons Pool Room on S Second Ave and to a strawberry bush at the rear of the Stansbury property on S Third Ave now owned by Mrs Roy Stansbury. Both bear berry-like blooms similar to medium strawberries.
Local hunters rally for rain as woods are described as dry enough to crackle with every step, hindering pursuit and raising fire hazards amid recurring warnings to protect nearby timberlands.
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