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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1942

Page

2

Middleport Juniors Plan Banquet Dance at High School

Middleport high school junior class outlines plans for the annual junior senior banquet and dance to be held Friday night. Decorations team works on paper cuttings and the program promises tap dancing and popular song numbers.

THE Athens Middleport Middleport High School Wallace Laing Jim Hartinger Jim Bennett Rowena Warren Elizabeth Moore Norma Jean French Mildred Ann Wise Florence Clark Lois Ann Rous Marjorie Dilon Dorothy Jo Burenette Nan Fisher Dorothy, French Bill Mayes Saiwym Begnee Harry

Card Players Pick Nines Out of Deck

A cryptic OCR fragment mentions card players selecting nine cards from a deck. The readable text is garbled with mixed letters and partial phrases, lacking clear names, places, dates, or outcomes to anchor a fuller summary.

Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Garden Club Gatherings

Twenty one members of the Syracuse Garden Club and Presbyterian group will attend district meetings at Nelsonville and Grande. Mrs. Carr leads plans with flower show talks by Pearl McBride and James, while sophomore girls host a dinner prepared by the PTA and served by hostess committees.

Syracuse Presbyterian Bers Frank Union Furnace Carr Capenart Nelsonville Carr Alan Rothrock Bertha Pearl McBride Hoffman Miriam Kauft Donna Samm Alccoworth Rte Ramet Son Sythias PTA William “Bradford Jamnes

Typewriter inventory sheets offered in Meigs County

Meigs County rationing office urges nonreceiving dealers and residents to apply immediately for inventory sheets. Local banks report no available typewriters new or used. Community notices include births, society events, and residents returning from Florida or military service, with several local social engagements listed.

Meigs County

Allen Hartley Boys Kaiser Building Injures Youth

Middleport report details an accident during gym class at a high school involving Frank Maguire, grandson of Mes, injuring a youth named Kagure amid damage to a building and surrounding area. The item also notes a separate event at Mt Olive Church in Yan with a township prayer meeting announced.

Ft High School Frank Maguire Eeshman Wes Txen Pene Frank Ofveel Sceani Long Sevicest Mt Olive Yan

Hearing on Bus Franchise Friday in Charleston

Hearing on the franchise of the bus line operating between Pomeroy and West Virginia towns Mason City Hartford and New Haven is scheduled Friday in Charleston. A delegation of local men will attend. the bus company is owned by local businessmen who purchased the line from Dr. Harold Brown after he indicated operation would not continue.

vomEnar Charleston Bus Inc Pomeroy West Virginia Mason City Hartford New Haven Harold Brown

Middleport and Pomeroy News Roundup In Wartime Notes

Local Messenger staff visit routes with carriers including Beecher Kesger and Oscar Wince while Mrs Klein oversees circulation. In Middleport plastering on new homes progresses on Main Street for Frank Mayher and Mrs B C Tuckerman. Pomeroy final prep for the All Star football team and the Junior Senior Prom at the MHS building with Pvt Carl Barsett stationed at Parris Island.

muruLerum Grant Wailkey Athens Messenger Mra P. Klein Third Ave Beecher Kesger Anderson Lemley Oscar Wince Earl Ward Curtis Kelly Ernest Barnhart Klein Middleport Peter Oat Cage Frank Mayher Main St D. A. Howell Robert Coat Ena Elisabeth Sheet B.C. Tuckerman Ous Line Marines Dravo Company Middleport Carl Pomeroy-Mason Bridge Pomeroy Bargett Citizen AllStar Uate MHS Token Parris Island Pvt Carl Barsett Torlum Marine Barracks Ris Island 8. C Chestra Leroy Barsotti

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