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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1959
Page
3
Senators show reluctant stance as Sen. Stephen Young reveals substantial stock holdings worth about 250000 dollars. Oregon Sen. Richard Neuberger notes hearings unlikely, while Ohio Sen. Frank Lausche backs mandatory disclosure to prevent conflicts of interest among lawmakers.
MIDDLEPORT The arrival of the Sprague in the area is of special interest to Mrs Archie Butcher and her sister Mrs J H Pettit whose father the late J B Knight of Clifton W Va was an engineer on the boat in its early days. Mrs Butcher recalls her father apprenticed on the Sprague and became a licensed engineer before working on the boat for years. The Sprague is expected to pass here on its way to Pittsburgh Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning.
Jacksonville Mayor Charles Caldwell reports traffic violators in court on Sunday. Donald McLeod Shade Francis Schoonover Chauncey and Robert Keller Athens charged with passing in an intersection. Jo Ann Reithman Ravenna charged with speeding. Each fined ten dollars plus costs. Officers Sam Russell and Gene Goldsberry made the arrests.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schuler of Portland announce the birth of a son, Jacob Earl, on April 1 at Meigs General Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schuler of Pomeroy and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Sisson of Ryger. This is the couple’s first child.
The Philothea Society of the Middleport Church of Christ will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at the church for a pot luck dinner.
An advertisement promotes Stainless Pazo as a multi action pile remedy. It claims immediate pain and itching relief in minutes, reduces tissue swelling and congestion, and promotes healing of inflamed tissues without surgery. It urges readers to buy from druggists with a money back guarantee.
Samuel Morse built his early career as a portrait painter before gaining fame for developing the Morse telegraph code and advancing electrical communications.
Middleport residents host or visit extended family across nearby towns. Mrs. O E McKinley and Mrs M L Kelly joined Curtis Kelly’s family in Wellston. Ralph Davis and wife vacationed in Corning with the Parsons and Allen families. Various relatives from Charleston Sissonville Jane Lou and Bellefontaine added to a weekend of visits. Homer Jones remains home after hospitalization for a heart attack and Ernest Lallance suffered a fractured left hand in a fall.
Mrs. Henry Williams hosts the Past Chiefs Club at the K of P Hall Thursday at 7 30 p m. The Jacksonville PTO meets Wednesday at 1 p m in the Grade School building with a question and answer format. A record hop sponsored by the Band Boosters occurs Saturday 8 to 11 p m in the gym with Marty Howard as DJ. The Jacksonville Methodist Church choir practices Thursday at 7 p m and sings Sunday morning. The fourth quarterly conference with Dr. Carl Hickey starts 2 30 p m Sunday at the Jacksonville Methodist Church, covering the whole Jacksonville charge.
Mrs. Pete Eggleston and family joined Sunday dinner at Mrs. Allce French in Bell West Virginia. Don Cotterill and family dined with Mr and Mrs Olan Hysel in Minersville. Clair Waggoner hosted dinner with Mr and Mrs Henry Waggoner. Raymond Chapman and Barbara of Silver Spring Maryland spent Easter with B E Carl. Kenneth Welsh and family dined with Earl Cowen. Ralph Anderson of Akron visited relatives Frank Halliday home. Betty Jewell of Columbus attended Everett Blackwood funeral in Albany.
Mrs Norman Will of Rutland who was a patient at Holzer Hospital after a fall now resides at her parents home in Pomeroy. Her visiters include daughter Donna a Columbus student nurse and her two young sons cared for in Columbus. She has received about 300 well wishers cards.
Middleport Park Association schedules a 7 30 p m meeting today at the Middleport Village Hall to advance plans for the community day observance on May 30.
The B H Sanborn Missionary Society of the Middleport First Baptist Church elected officers including Mrs Willis Anthony as president and Mrs Ross Pullen as vice president. A mother and daughter banquet was planned for May and a house party at the Ohio Baptist Convention in Granville on June 18.
Middleport residents saw Rutland’s Carroll Snowden appear on The Price Is Right. Snowden won prizes valued at 988 dollars during the episode.
In Glouster Mrs Orlena Harbert Mrs Lucy Peticard Mrs May Stump and Mr and Mrs Herbert Zimmers all of Glouster and Mrs Fre da Ech tenkamper and daughter Linda plan birthday observances for Basil Roberts who will turn 99 on Wednesday in Millfield Route 1 visiting Mr Basil Roberts who remains in good health and loves to play the violin. Jacksonville visitors spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Guy White.
The Grace Guild of Grace Episcopal Church will convene at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Theodore Ebersbach. Mrs. H O Ewing and Mrs. Ebersbach will serve as hostesses.
The article reports two million male physicians in the United States and an additional twelve thousand women physicians, detailing the gender breakdown of the medical workforce.
Dr. Jack Fassett of Marietta spoke Sunday evening to the Men's Council of the Pomeroy First Baptist Church at the home of Harry L. Bailey.
Lassie Justice of Dexter files suit for divorce from Virgil Justice in Meigs County Common Pleas Court charging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
Visitation day was held today in the first four grades of Middleport schools. A program was planned for the mothers attending the affair.
The Federated Circle meeting moved from Wednesday at 7:30 to Thursday at 7:30 in the church. Members should attend at the new time and location.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grimm and their children of Columbus were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Grimm in Pomeroy.
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