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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1945

Page

15

Middleport Band To Present Seventeenth Annual Concert

Middleport High School band under H B Krinke will give its seventeenth annual concert Sunday at 3 p m in the high school auditorium. The program includes marches overtures a cornet solo a cornet trio and a novelty number with Band Boosters handling the silver offering at the door.

Middleport Middleport High School H. B. Krinke Betty Holter Vale Paula Jean Britton Kenneth Sauer John Fultz Dorothy Scott Maxine Thomas Harold Rice Jane Bailey James Whitlock John Kircher Susan Allensworth Ohboe Mit White Phyllis Smart Charles Miller Patricia McElhinney Colleen Waddell Franklin Ginther Edward French Marvin Murray Robert Tewksbury Donis Warner Bruce Bingham Virginia Schaaf Sara Hartley Milton Smart Robert Fisher Mary Gomer Virginia Wise John} Kircher Dorothy Chase Janet Russell William Cheatham Wanda Koehler Janet Rusgel Joanna Warren Frances Pickens Juanita Casto Norma Plantz Rooster Club Max Roller Sidney Russell Willis Anthony Gertrude Miller Curtis Kelly Alfred Scarberry

Middleport Couple Wed In Easter Week Ceremony

Announcement: Miss Juanita Price daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Price and Mr Lynford Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Homer Johnson Mason City were married on Saturday March 31 by Rev Scott Westerman at Grace Methodist Gallipolis. The bride wore a baby blue ensemble with red rose corsage and was attended by her sister Miss Anna Price in fuchsia. Harald Hoffman served as best man. The couple will reside in Middleport and both hold local employment.

Middleport Juanita Price Edward Price Lynford Johnson Homer Johnson Mason City Scott Westerman Grace Methodist Church Gallipolis Anna Price Harald Hoffman Miss Price Middleport High School Evans’ Market Johnson Wahama High School Marietta Mfg Os Pombroy Oo Church OF Christ Scientist Maur County Ministerial Association Methodist Church W.s.cs Council of Church Women Children’s Missionary Meeting First Baptist Rutland Carpenter— Church MT. Union Baptist Trinity Lutheran Church Butternut Ave W. Main Hilmar Th. Rosenberg John Jesus

Amateur Gardeners Club Meeting Notes and Activities

The Amateur Gardeners Club met at Mrs. F. M. eat’s home Wednesday night and voted to donate $15 to the War Fund of the American Red Cross. Prizes from members’ gifts supported a game session led by Mrs. Carroll Swattson. Mrs. Robert Coats led the business session and accepted the resignation of Mrs. Delbert Rice while electing Mrs. James Pullen to membership. The program opened with roll call. members shared their favorite birds and habits. Mrs. Howard Byers prepared a paper on Bees read by Mrs. Coats. Plans were announced for a postmeeting tour to the John Kincaids’ wildflower garden and Tunnel Hollow. If rain, the trip shifts to Monday at three. A salad course ended the evening. Delbert Rice of Rodney attended.

F. Meat American Red Cross Howard Byers Coats John Kincaids Kincaid Tunnel Hollow Delbert Rice Rodney

Two Pomeroy Soldiers Meet in Luxembourg Reunion

Letters received by Mrs. Truman A. Russell from Elma Spencer note a two hour reunion in Luxembourg between Cpl. Truman A. Russell and Pie Norman Hysell, who had not seen each other for two years. Russell is from Bradbury. his brother Thomas recently advanced to Corporal T-5.

Pomeroy Truman A. Russell Elma Spencer Cpl Pie Norman Bill) Hysell Luxembourg Corporal Russell Milton Russell Bradbury Thomas Russell

Racine High School Presents Bill O' Blarney Operetta

Racine High School will stage Bill O Blarney in two acts this evening at 8 30 in the school auditorium set in modern Ireland. Senior and junior members perform with solos chorus numbers and dialogue directed by Mrs Marcelline Woodrum Buell. In Middleport Church of God announces Sunday services with Sunday School at 9 45 and sermons at 10 45 with evangelistic services in the evening led by Pastor George.

Racine High School Racine Bill O' Blarney Ireland Marcelline Woodrum Buell Church OF Got Middleport Church of God Will Ilee George In

Social Notes From Blue Lake Area Church Guests

Blue Lake society page reports Mrs. Dewey Gay led a prayer meeting at Elizabeth Chapel. Easter guests included Rev. Harley Brucker and the Brucker family from Erie, Pennsylvania visiting Mr. and Mrs. Adam Brucker. Other readers recall visits by Mary Geraldine Sheets of Columbus and Grace Sheets of Gallipolis with their families.

Blue Lake Dewey Gay Elizabeth Harley Brucker Leslie Brucker Larry Erie Adam Brucker Mary Geraldine Sheets Columbus Grace Sheets Gallipolis E. N. Leonard C. E. Sheets Lindsay Plymate Westerville R. Wooten Divas Plymate Floyd Fieldher Sons Charles Cox Evelyn Boggs Marshall Boggs Daytona Beach Florida

Pomeroy High Sets Junior-Senior Prom Tonight

Pomeroy High is ready for the annual Junior-Senior Prom to be held this evening at the Junior High School. Elaborate decorations by Mrs. Paul Nease and committee are in place and music will be provided by a Parkersburg orchestra for dancing.

Pomeroy Paul Nease Parkersburg

Wahama Students Present Welcome Danger Three-Act Play

Wahama High School senior class will stage Welcome Danger a three act play in the school gym on April 19 at 8 p m The group expects it to be one of the most successful local stage productions backed by student talent and community interest

Mason City Wahama High School

POMEROY PARENTS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS AT Bashan Bashan Faster

Celebrate birthdays at the Pomeroy home in Bashan Faster with most children and grandchildren present. Absent are Cpl. Charles Griffith in Germany, Michael A. Bentz Jr. in the Pacific, and son-in-law T Set. Charles Reuter a POW in Germany. Family group includes Ed Griffiths, Michael A. Bentz Sr., Roy Pearson and families, Charles Reuter’s son, and Mr. and Mrs. Lavudermilk.

Michael A. Bentz Roy Pearson Charles Reuter Mr. Pearson Okey

Imprisoned German Prisoner Reported Missing

A German prisoner Pfe Everett Michael, husband of Mrs Everett Michael, was reportedly missing in action. The missive mentions their children Patricia Ann and Everett Jr. The text also notes a science curiosity about the earth’s curvature and rotation in a tangent, tied to Bertha gun usage in wartime.

Middlefort Weerd Everett Michael Pfe Everett Pete Tras

Multichurch Services Across Middleport Sunday

In Middleport and surrounding areas churches plan combined and individual services. Rio Grande College gospel team leads at First Baptist 9:30 AM with Mrs McDermott, ex Sunday school director. Evening sermons feature Rev Zander and Rev Rothrock on topics Life After Death and The Supreme Quest. Heath Methodist Mt Moriah Nazarene Churches hold morning services and evenings with defined themes. POMEROY farmers urged to arrange limestone deliveries per Wayne H. Chase Meigs County AAA.

Middleport Rio Grande College First Baptist Church McDermott Ohio Baptists Ralph Zander H A. Rothrock Heath Methodist Church Mt. Moriah Baptist Church B. R. Smith Church of the Nazarene E. E. Cox

Pomeroy Garden Club Elects Leaders and Grants

Pomeroy Garden Club elected Mrs. C. E. W. Downe president with officers including Mrs. Jacob Elberfeld vice president and Mrs. Theo Smith secretary. The group voted $20 to the Red Cross War Fund and awarded a Pennies for Patriots prize to Mrs. Willis McMurray. Three member papers on color, roses, and perennials were presented.

Pomeroy Downe Pomeroy Garden Club Albert Bengal Jacob Elberfeld Theo Smith H. B Smith George Parker A. H. Rosenbaum F. J. Reed War Fund American Red Cross Edward Stark Willis McMurray Harry Feiger J. O Roedel Lily Coates Bengal Home Coats Wiliam Downie Dwight Parker C. B. W. Downie

School Bids Rejected At Public Auction Sale

POMEROY Ohio bids were rejected by the Pometus Board of Education after Saturday's sale because bids were too low. Kerr's Run School and lots drew 325 dollars while the Russell house bids were unsatisfactory. The properties will again be offered at public auction on Saturday May 3. The sale must occur on two occasions before transfer. Luther Russell returned to Dayton after visiting relatives. Congressman Thomas A Jenkins of Ironton visited yesterday.

Pirate Jenally Luther Russell Dayton Peart Russell Wyths Thomas A Jenkins Ironton

Contests and Puzzles Entry Guidelines from Facts Magazine

Readers are urged to mail puzzle solutions by midnight April 7. Instructions cover entry form completion, wrapping fees, prize rules, and eligibility. employees and relatives are excluded.

Pacts Magazine Rm Ployees Facts Magatinf Sts

Official Rules of the FACTS Magazine Puzzle Contest

FACTS Magazine outlines an open contest with 80 puzzles offering $10,000 to top entrants and 499 other prizes totaling $217,500. Puzzles cover names of famous people, places, and works. entry requires submissions by deadlines with spelled answers and postmarked dates.

Facts Magazine

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