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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1955
Page
13
District Legion session opens Sunday at Ohio Boys State Camp Perry with Feeney Bennett Post 123 hosting. Roach commander and others will lead morning and afternoon programs, a parade from Legion Hall to the high school auditorium, and routine business. notable attendees include state and district officers, and a principal speakerCol Hing.
The Chester Methodist first church drew 230 worshipers for Easter services as new pews and an altar were used for the first time. The sanctuary was redecorated, the Frost trio and choir sang, robes were worn, and the primary department recited while senior youth presented a pageant. An Easter egg hunt followed the service led by Rev. R. M. Grove.
MIDDLEPORT At Feeney Bennett Post 12% Aeon Lesion meeting finalizes plans for the Eighth District Conference to be held Sunday April 17. Commander ben W Roach presided. New parade colors were dedicated and a candidate for a honor to be drawn in the presence of the school principal and district officers. Henry Clatworthy membership chairman reported 179 members. Robert Schmoll named Memorial Day chairman. Memorial services to be held at Cheshire Bradford Park St Riverview morning and Middleport Roadside Park afternoon. Feeney Bennett Post will sponsor Cunningham Shows the week of May with horse and fair. Junior League Baseball Club event postponed. uniform turn-in requested at Legion Hall Friday after 7 p.m.
Middleport society members and guests from Diles to Dutton gathered for reviews of plays and readings by Mrs Diane Telchman and Hennesy among others. Guests included families of the Mitchells and Hartingers with a decorated birthday cake. The We minister Youth Fellowship invited from Gallipolis to a Foreign Night and several Middleport families hosted visitors from Athens and Springfield.
Fomero y The sixth annual concert of the Chester High School band and glee club will be held at 2 pm Sunday in the auditorium. The program opens with band numbers and includes vocal items by the glee club directed by Mrs. Maura Miller. The senior ensemble will perform a medley of old favorites and a religious number, Give Me Strength, with students Rosemary Rose Pauline Dorst Betty Ours and Sharon Ginther forming a saxophone quartet. The concert features solos, a serenade to an Insomniac, and combined singing of the Alma Mater. Concert personnel include band and glee club members listed in full in the text.
Martin J. Waddell, 78, died Wednesday morning at his home in Pomeroy and will be conducted at 9 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church. Friends may call Trevey Funeral Home where rosary services are set for 1:50 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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