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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1934
Page
2
Pomeroy faces Chesapeake at Middleport High School in a season opener hampered by inexperience and early timing errors. Chesapeake, after a 72 0 win over Cheshire, is favored to start strong. last season Pomeroy fell 2 1 2 to 0 to Chesapeake before steady improvements later.
POMEROY Meigs County Complaint and Adjustment Committee held an organizational meeting in Welfare Director Henry Corradini’s office Monday night. Members include A H Moellenkamp Mise Helen Windmiller Edna Jo Berry A B Bingham W A Compton Pearl Parker. Pearl Parker chosen chairman with A L Flanagan as secretary.
Mrs R A Miller entertained nine members of the 1904 graduating class with a six oclock dinner at the Mary Jane Tuesday evening. Guests included Pauline Downing of Chicago Susie T Taylor and Alvira Jones of Middleport. After dinner the group spent the evening at the Miller home on South Third Avenue.
Members of the Philathea Women of the Church of Christ will meet Mrs. F. L. Gardner at the parsonage Thursday evening for a 6 o'clock potluck dinner. It is the regular monthly meeting with Mrs. Sidney Pickens presiding over the business session and plans for winter discussed.
An advertisement promotes Peterson's Ointment for eczema itching and skin relief. It claims quick improvement within minutes and outlines uses for red pimples, toe cracks, and smarting skin with overnight relief. Money back if it fails and wide availability at druggists.
Middleport residents and visitors are listed with trips and arrivals. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pradt accompanied Mrs. J. O. Leonard and Mrs. Margaret Ralph to Wichita and Toronto, then returned to Covington Virginia. Ottie Stanley visits Buffalo for several days on business.
Mrs Ernest Mulford hosted a surprise party Monday evening for her husband on his birthday anniversary. Five hundred dollars was the diversion with four tables in use. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Howard, Mr and Mrs Lee Rudisill, Mr and Mrs John Russell, Mr and Mrs Sidney Russell, Mr and Mrs Carl Owens, Mr and Mrs W R Wayre, Mrs James Stevens, Mrs Charles Sauer and Mr and Mrs Ernest Mulford. High ladies scores went to Mrs Sidney Russell and Mrs Rudisil, gentlemen to Mr Rudisil and Mr Owens. Refreshments by Mrs Mulford ended the evening.
This year all students from Middleport residing in Columbus are male with no local girl registered at Ohio State University. Those leaving soon to resume studies include Harold Lohee Fred Kanouse Wayne Swisher Dell A Russell James Russell Orville Chambers Dan L Farmer and Gordon K Harris. The majors include music pharmacy electrical engineering and medicine among the group.
D of A Middleport Council No. 187 met at Knights of Pythias Hall for a birthday party for August and September celebrants. Honorees include Mrs. Catherine Gibbs and others. Estelle Ely presented Monna Smith with a D of A pin and a Past Councilor's pin. Smith served as Deputy State Councilor for three years. A future social gathering is planned.
POMEROY Clark DeWollf aged 14 secured a license in probate court yesterday to wed Dessie W Grueser 51. DeWolf a former river pilot now lives in Rut land. The marriage was to occur today.
Meigs County's old age pension office reports 28 percent of 833 applications filed since May 28 have been investigated or disposed of. Investigator George Childs says 258 cases checked, 215 certified to Columbus for payroll. A September quota of 110 new names was set, with 106 approved applications sent to Columbus since September 1.
Meigs County Aerie will be the name of a new Fraternal Order of Eagles group forming in Pomeroy. The hall at 226 1 2 East Main Street was approved as the permanent meeting place and regular meetings will be Mondays at 7 30 p m. L D McMaster presided and said the charter from the Grand Aerie F C E is expected within a week. Visiting delegations from Eagles Aeries in nearby towns attended.
Austin Byrne brother of Mrs. C H Mullen Mulberry Avenue a former local resident was injured in a train wreck receiving three broken ribs and minor bruises He serves as chairman of Lincoln Park Mich city safety committee He writes his sister he is recovering and plans to visit for the home coming next week Also Herbert Calloway a Kerrs Run resident who was left with leg amputation after an automobile crash is reported to be recovering at home from Holzer Hospital care
The Middleport Bible School group and teacher Mrs. H. B. Curd will be entertained Thursday night at the Mills Street home of Miss Edith and Miss Jessie M. Russell. The September meeting will be in the president’s charge.
Coolville and Troy Grange prepare for their annual Booster Program at 8 PM Saturday in the school auditorium with the Subordinate and Juvenile Granges aiding in a musical and literary program. Juveniles meet 7 PM for practice and Subordinates at 8 PM Friday for rehearsal.
Mrs. Henry Leopold of White Mills Pennsylvania faced armed highwaymen near Middletown New York. After a pistol was pointed at them she struck the assailant with a flashlight, stunning him. He fled, returned with a second weapon, fired at their tire, and sped away.
Shade Mr and Mrs John Cowan return from a West trip visiting Colorado Montana and Wisconsin en route they stop at Yellowstone Park and the Century of Progress Exposition. Lodi High School girls basketball team begins practice for the season. Reverend Earl Cowen reappointed to Shade charge after attending District Methodist conference in Zanesville. About 250 attend old fashioned bell ing and kitchen shower for Mr and Mrs Gerald Howard at the Yerkes home.
The Kanauga column notes social visits and travels among residents. Rev. J W McMahon preached his first sermon of the conference year. Ernest Rodgers of West Virginia visited relatives. The Thorne and Tope families hosted and hosted guests from Northup. Several relatives traveled to Cincinnati and Honolulu with family ties in Kanauga.
The Taylor Ridge Ladies' Aid Society hosted a church social Tuesday honoring Carl Hildebrand Sr's birthday with small gifts and a program of readings and songs. Guests included Gilbert Strausbaugh family and Margrett Coey.
William E. Rice filed suit in Common Pleas Court seeking to enjoin Olive Neib Ling from enforcing a $225.75 judgment obtained in Magistrate C. T. Stephenson. The petition also seeks to set aside that judgment.
Gallia Academy High School will host its first night football game Friday against Bidwell at 8 o clock with field lighting near completion. Injured players James Stewart and George Morrow will rejoin the squad. fencing work behind the school will cost 40 dollars to curb unpaid admissions. The district band plans October 12 dedication with Middleport. new music and a bass drum ordered. 20 in winter orchestra. library gains include 150 dollars in books and 15 dollars in magazines.
All Gallia County high school teachers gather at the Gallia County Courthouse at 7 30 p m on October 3 to discuss the 6 6 plan which would change the county from eight grades and four years of high school to a six by six system.
Gallia County police painted No Parking marks at zero foot intervals along the Fourth Street block in front of Gallia Academy High School. The measure was ordered due to the unusually narrow street.
Rotarians from Marietta Athens Portsmouth Huntington Point Pleasant and other cities attended the annual inter city Rotary banquet at the Hotel Lafay ette. Music came from a high school girls group led by Robert Price and a Pt Pleasant string band. Speakers included Homer Selby of Selby Shoe Co Portsmouth and Major Norman Imries of the Columbus Dispatch. About one hundred Rotarians attended the dinner.
Gallipolis merchants announce the ninth annual Fall Festival will be held on the Park front in the second week of October despite concerns from the regatta. John McNealey remains general manager with Russell M. Sloman secretary and W. S. Downtain treasurer. Local stores will sponsor displays plus autos foods flowers and poultry exhibits. National firms and Ohio Hospital for Epileptics handwork 4 H and school materials will be shown. G W Haney and Ed Sherman offer labor for booths and tents.
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis lists admissions including M. O. Fowler of Mercer's Bottom West Virginia for leg infection from a cut at the new Gallipolis locks Mrs. Morton Rupe Rutland for possible operation Vernie Castle of Vinton daughter of Denny Castle surgery James Greuser five year old son of Allan Greuser Rutland for operation Harry Ecker of Gallipolis for medical treatment Mrs J Herbert Evans of Jackson for operation and Clara Cooper daughter of Patrolman W B Cooper Gallipolis foot injury Dismissals Roy Sayre Racine finger injury from the locks and Herbert Calloway Pomeroy under observation after leg amputation from a prior auto crash
Edward Clagg pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Squire Milli sor’s court. He is jailed on a $1,000 bond. Robert Norman Porter faces transcribed cases from city court to Common Pleas Court for petty larceny alleged at H. M. Stevens filling station.
A former New York resident, McIntyre, plans major updates to the Bovis Property in Gallipolis. The remodel includes tiled bathrooms, a porte cochere, a steam heating plant, rebuilt woodwork, new wardrobes, study space, and a three car garage as crews finish brickwork and landscaping.
At Gallipolis one thirty seven new men join the project. Seventy five are from the Re-employment Service County. Dravo Contracting builds a sand digger in the Ohio River and produces pure white shell clam shells for forty minutes while laying strata of white die to widen the work area.
GALLIPOLIS The Rev. Gishler of Auburn New York will become pastor of the Presbyterian Church here after completing seminary work. Dr A Y Wilcox moderator will set the date for a national meeting. The minister is unmarried and the manse will be rented.
A fragmentary entry notes a civil record involving individuals aged 26 and related names from Williams Creek and Har city. No clear event type or actions are stated in the readable text.
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