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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1951
Page
8
Meigs County residents signed as blood donors in a Red Cross effort with 41 new registrants announced yesterday for planned mobile visits. Letart Falls leads with 55 registrants while the first drive is set for April 17 with a 128 pint quota.
Meigs County Common Pleas Court saw two divorce actions Tuesday. Ruth Larson sues Lewis Sarg on grounds of neglect and extreme cruelty, while Herald W. Hite sues Tenckies Hite seeking custody of one minor child.
Mrs. Geneva H. Nolan county home demonstration agent announces a Recreation for Life Institutes and Worship session in Parkersburg from today through Saturday. Friday includes Youth and Adult recreation panels from church home school and community perspectives. Home demonstration group members may contact the extension office for transportation arrangements.
Meigs County real estate transfers include Serina A. Gordon and Figg cons. Gordon to Charles M. Roush and Odessa I. Roush for 175 acres in Middleport. Lou Custer and associates buy Lot 433 in Pomeroy from Jo ney Downing. Henry Ol ive Township parcels shift to Horace E. Kibble and Susie Kibble. Beasie Johnson acquires 25 acres in Lebanon Township from Emil Johnson. Weaver family transfers in Racine and a 29.12 acre parcel in Orange Township to Lenora M. Koehler from Millhone. Rose Hill Coal Co transfers 5 acres in Sutton Town.
Miss Margaret Gaskill returned home Tuesday after a days absence. She went to Lancaster for the funeral of Mrs. Charles Connor Friday then to McArthur where her sister Mrs. Minnie Morrison of Hamden died. Ming Gaskill stayed through Morrison funeral services Monday and Mrs. Morrison was buried in McArthur.
Funeral services for George W. Nuckles age 85 will be held at 3 p m Thursday at the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home. He died Monday at his daughter Mrs Russell Rice s home. Burial will be in Mochmere cemetery Huntington.
Clifton residents share visits and greetings with relatives in Tampa Grundy Virginia South Charleston and Gallipolis. A war memorial dedication committee met with local women to plan the project as revival services begin in Clifton.
The Rocksprings PTA met Monday with Mrs. Elaine Smith presiding and elected officers. Plans were made to entertain the County Council of the PTA next month. A penny social closed the gathering. In Alfred, eight WSCS officers were installed at Chester WSCS with Helen Woode as president and meetings set for May 15 and monthly thereafter, inviting new members.
William E Williams of Augusta High School vocational department won the Gov Frederick G Payne trophy in the Southern State Contest in Auburn Maine on April 3 He is the eldest son of William Edward and Elia Edwards Williams and a grandson of Mr and Mrs W E Williams of Darwin The contest judged scholarship craftsmanship knowledge of trade personality and appearance and his project redesigned a motor to change voltage speed horsepower and current He was to enter the state championship on April 8.
Mrs. Margaret Humphrey, former Meigs County resident now living in Wheelersburg Ohio, is reported to be somewhat improved after a stroke. She spent her early life near Letart and later started a newspaper career in Middleport. She is residing with her daughter Ruth Humphrey.
A daughter born to Set and Mrs. Edward Cavanaugh on April 3 at the home of Mrs. Cavanaugh’s mother Mrs. Robert Jackson. The infant was named Mary Lanuise. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George Cavanaugh of Long Island. Sgt. Cavanaugh is a paratrooper stationed in South Carolina and Mrs. Cavanaugh recently discharged from the Women's Army Corps.
Sixteen Sixteen Max Hall attends a Charleston meeting. Mr and Mrs J M Jackson visit Callettsburg Kentucky sister Mrs George Shannon. Mr and Mrs John Rawlings and others visit Dailey Wood. Harry Williams buys a tractor and Jim Jackson buys a tractor. The Mahaffeys of Columbus spend a weekend with William and family. Robert Steele resigns as school bus driver and works for Jackson Telephone Co. Logan Home Telephone Co checks switches. Mayme Bishop returns home after new superintendent takes over. John Mahaffey gives blood at Holzer. William and Mrs Martin visit Dailey Wood. Harry Booth of Wellston visits relatives. Mrs D B E Wood
Alfred reports 20 members enrolled in the MYF organization as its second meeting convened Sunday evening. President Norma Jean Robinson led the business session and devotional services while Eleanor Boyles fed a program. A marshmallow roast is being planned.
LETART Falls Ohio Valley Grange will hold a Friday evening meeting at the Grange Hall with members expected to attend.
Miss Ada Ervin of Chillicothe visits Mrs Emma Webster of E Main Street and Mrs Rolla Young in Columbus. Anita Sue Russell J C Russell Helen Hysell and Carolyn Ann accompany. Mrs Young, patient at Grant Hospital, shows improving condition and is expected home at 5311 Southwood Ave this week.
Marine Private First Class Norman L. Hooker, 22, of St. Joseph Missouri, wore his dress blues in Korea after a mail mix up led to a Christmas package. Hooker recounted how a squad dared him to wear the uniform and he obliged, hoping the colonel wouldn’t notice.
Local notes report several visits among residents including Mrs. Dave Woltz, Mrs. Charlie Meyer, and Mrs. Robert West with her sons. Don Meyer ships out to the army with family accompanying to Columbus. A birth is noted for Freddie Wayne, son of Clyde Nisher, born March 31.
Forty one seniors from Pomeroy High School will graduate at commencement May 24 in the Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium. The class includes 17 girls led by Lily Girolami and Janet Hill, with many students from Pomeroy, Minersville, Chester, Syracuse, Darwin, Racine, and other nearby towns.
Mayor Sidney A. Spencer announced Dor Schaefer, a Pomeroy businessman, as chairman of a volunteer citizens advisory committee for the district Office of Price Stabilization in Columbus. The group will aid in enforcing ceiling price rules through public information and act as a liaison between OPS and residents.
1951 installations at the 15 An cord Achievement Day feature new council members Mrs Geneva H. Nolan presiding. Members include Mrs Charmion Snodgrass Alfred and others from Tuppers Plains Reedsville Long Bottom Racine Laurel Rocksprings Harrisonville Forest Run Rutland and Danville with Edith Throckmorton and Mary Virginia Holliday among the named.
Dale Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Wilson is reported improving at home on Carpenter Route 1 two weeks after contracting rheumatic fever. Date was stricken with the disease.
Fides Lodge No 210 Knights of Pythias will confer the rank of esquire Thursday evening at their castle hall. Final arrangements will be completed at the meeting to confer the rank of knight at Wilkesville within the week.
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