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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1953
Page
7
Middleport Thomas Longstaff who will be 90 Friday was honored by parishioners of the Middleport Church of Christ where he is the oldest male member. A fruit basket was presented by the Loyal Pals Class as he remains active in church affairs.
POMEROY The village council approved Gerald Reuter as clerk retroactive to April 1 at a special session. The meeting also authorized payment actions for the first ward fire truck impounded over unpaid balances, with a balance of 6239 due. Subpoenas were served to attendees, including reporters, in an ouster case against Mayor Canaday by six council members.
Funeral services for James E Harley were held Saturday at Rawlings-Coats funeral home with pallbearers John Kincaid Marcus Chambers Thomas Mills H H Martin Robert Riggs and Homer Cook. Feeney Bennett Post American Legion gave military rites. Harley a charter member and past commander. Rev Howard E Ruppelt officiated. Attendees included relatives and Muskingum Coal Co. associates from Zanesville where Harley was long time general superintendent.
About 130 people registered for the Daf fodi and Spring Flower Show at the Middleport Library. Out-of-town guests included residents from Athens Gallipolis Coolville The Plains Chester Point Pleasant Jackson Columbus Zanesville Pomeroy Mason and more.
POMEROY Patricia Meter head nurse in pediatrics at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg left Sunday evening for Charleston to attend a pediatric conference for supervisors and head nurses at Memorial Hospital. She will stay at St Francis Nurses Home and return Friday evening after the conference ends. Miss Meier RN and her sister Phyllis N Meier student nurse at St Joseph Hospital spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Philip Meier at Wehe Terrace.
Sugar Run elementary hosts Dad's Night with a 7 30 p m start featuring a panel on discipline by Prof Charles Gibbs Rev Charles Speer and Mrs A R Knight plus a mock wedding and music. Hostesses include Mrs Wilson Carpenter and others and student nurses assist. Miss Buell trains as a nurse and will wed A Thomas Dooaser III at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport on June 14 at 3 30 p.m.
Mrs Marcellene Buell of the Southern School District and Mrs Walter Burns Harris of Middleport attended a bridal shower in Cincinnati over the weekend for Emma Jane Buell, daughter of Mrs Buell. Hostess for the shower attended.
Mr and Mrs Walter Schreiber announce their daughter Hazel will wed Edward Ball in an open church ceremony at St Pauls Lutheran Church on Sunday April 19 at 3 30 p m A half hour of pre nuptial music will precede the wedding
The Rev. and Mrs Don Seevers with Bill Smith and Michael Ohlinger were in Cincinnati for church business yesterday and today. Mr J B Marshall of Louisville Kentucky is a guest of Mrs Marshall's parents Mr and Mrs John Bailey Forest Run.
Meigs County juvenile judge said Monday afternoon that two out-of-town teenage youths apprehended by county officers after an alleged early morning breaking and entering attempt at Stark's Pharmacy have been completely freed of any connection with the incident.
In the court of Mayor Delmar A. Canaday, Monday night, Conrad Bentz, Alfred, was fined 8100 and costs on charges of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Charges were filed by Patrolman William Lehew.
Middleport Ohio reports the death of Mrs Agnes Swyers Braley a former resident. She had been ill after a stroke of paralysis for three years. Survived by three sons, two daughters, two brothers and a sister. Albery Woodard and his wife, a Braley niece, left to attend the funeral.
In MIDDLEPORT Gallia County three truckers faced penalties from Mayor Sidney T Russell after state highway patrol apprehension. Thomas L Springer and James F Stover were fined five dollars and costs for following too close Vernon Taylor was fined for an excessively long truck Wiliam Clyde Dinguss of Dexter was fined fifty nine dollars and costs for being in physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Mr and Mrs James Lewis formerly injured in an automobile accident in Columbus last week have recovered, according to a telephone update from Mrs Ruby Byers to her brother Howard Byers.
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