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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1929
Page
2
In Middleport on September 30 a daughter installed a radio for her aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wilson. The 86 year old veteran is blind and thrilled by sermons and gongs while his wife, 79, retires as before. Neighbors visit to share the happiness of the elderly pair enjoying modern entertainment.
Plan announced for a church pageant The Torch Light to be produced by local church talent at an undetermined gate date The meeting occurred at Mrs R H Horden s home in Middleport Sept 30.
Four Columbus youths aged 11 to 15 were held in the county jail overnight after arriving by truck. The group identified themselves as Valentine Gloeckner 15 Donald Hunter 13 Tony Printoe 15 and Tom West 11 while authorities prepared to return them home.
The Woman's Music Club chorus will restart sessions next Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Heath M E Church. Miss Vesta McCoy directs this year and requests all active members attend the Oct 1 meeting.
Sunday School classes of Mrs James and Mrs May of the Baptist Bible School held a wiener roast in Watson Grove at Cheshire Friday evening. About 25 attended and enjoyed the outdoor event with Rev and Mrs W G James and Mr and Mrs T A May.
Pomeroy reports a county wide push for fiscal restraint. Officials defend past spending as 10 000 dollars shifted to roads. From January to May 20 felony cases ended with guilty pleas without witnesses. Sheriff Willock and deputy Welker moved four prisoners in one trip. Talks suggest layoffs and deeper cuts to restore balance.
An all day Saturday trial in Pomeroy ended in a divorce for Clara Price from Tra Price. Judge F W Crow granted the divorce and alimony was settled out of court. The couple’s property was divided about equally and amounts to a large sum. The pair, both elderly, had not lived together for about ten years.
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Fowler visit Columbus with relatives from Friday to Sunday. Several locals including Marcus Chambers Evert Harold Collins Lawrence Bing and family plan to attend the national American Legion Convention in Louisville this week. Others travel or assist while Mr Fisher attends.
Shippers and pleasure seekers turn to river boats as summer ends. The Greene line boats Tom and Chris run weekly from Cincinnati to Charleston on six day trips with cabins full and profitable freight. A General Wood run from Pittsburgh to Charleston carried 35 passengers and 69 000 pounds of reinforcing iron for viaducts plus poultry potatoes eggs and other freight. Meigs County Jail inmates drop to two as the facility receives a rare cleanup day.
Roy A Porter and Harry Bonney, prominent New York potato growers, anticipate a remarkable harvest of 5000 bushels from eight acres in the Elba mucklands. The fertile plot is being re checked with agricultural associations and serves as a show place for visiting farmers.
A testimonial praises Adlerika for complete relief from stomach trouble after using it to relieve gas and bloating. The ad claims it acts on both upper and lower bowels and removes old waste matter, with multiple local drugstores listed as vendors.
The old St Johns Church in Pomeroy’s Second Ward has been torn down by owner John Blaettar on orders from the state fire marshal and will be replaced by a modern garage.
Meigs County stockholders in the Jackson Building and Loan Association Huntington and Ravenswood W V are called to a special meeting October 10 at Huntington to examine a recently completed audit elect new directors and review a reorganization plan prepared by an advisory committee with State Banking Commissioner H A Abbott Assistants say the meeting aims to address major corporate changes and governance needs
POMEROY September 30 One problem grows after another as towns seek spaces to park dying cars and even graveyards for them. Cars are dumped on Sugar Run with other flammable rubbish and sometimes set alight. As automobile deaths rise graveyards must be enlarged and increased in number.
County Commissioner W A Compton purchased 108 acres at Langsville to aid his agricultural aims for his family. The Delphi Stansbury farm on Langsville Langsville sold for 1685 dollars. only Frank Ward bid higher but stayed under two thirds of 2500 dollars, with Edgar Morris conducting the sale.
Marietta Sept 30 Following a fight alleged to have occurred a week ago W S Lockhart of Cutler R D 2 was arrested by Constable A L Finch of Marietta The arrest was made on a peace warrant sworn out by William and Anna Sherman neighbors The trial is set for October 1 and seven witnesses have been summoned. After his arrest Lockhart swore out a warrant for Raphel Sherman charging assault and battery and he will have a hearing Tuesday before Squire O Neill.
A rare set of photographs shows Tristan de Cunha the loneliest inhabited outpost. About 140 inhabitants live self sufficiently on a 500 foot extinct volcano with annual British ship visits for supplies. Women and children visit by steamer during these rare drops.
A tropical hurricane plows across the Gulf of Mexico affecting Florida and Alabama coasts. At dawn winds hit about 50 miles per hour in Apalachicola and Port St. Joe, with telephones failing as barometric pressure drops were recorded from Panama City to New Orleans.
The Plains School held its first assembly in the high school gym with Senior class president Tom Fitzer presiding. Class presidents were introduced and Ruth McCullough received a Latin scholarship certificate. An athletic meeting led to a football team formation and practice to begin Monday under Jack Ithoades of Athens. The first P T A meeting is set for Tuesday evening in the gymnasium.
Industrial Commission records show 91 workers injured in Athens County in August. One death, 52 lost more than seven days, eight seven days or less, 80 with no time loss. total time lost 7 259 days. State totals: 24 522 accidents, 120 fatalities, 1 061 228 days lost. Increase from prior month and 12 more fatalities.
Hunted as key figure in Cleveland playground land grafts, Har mon G. Atwater was arrested in Chicago and flown to Cleveland. He faces charges tied to a $20,000 graft, with prosecutors and The Cleveland Press offering rewards and fearing disclosures from his testimony.
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