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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1937

Page

3

Middleport Study Courses Offer Adult Education Forum

A weekly adult education forum will meet at Middleport High School from 7 to 10 p m with Gene Wyatt as instructor and director. Sponsored by the Ohio State Department of Education with the Ohio Council on Adult Education, courses cover speaking, journalism, history, music and dramatics. A Pomeroy forum follows Mondays 6 to 9 p m, with city officials arranging space and equipment for classes and motion pictures.

Middleport Board of Education Ohio State Department of Education Ohio Council On Adult Education Gene Wyatt Wyatt Pomeroy City Hall

Pomeroy Prom Date Set for Late April

POMEROY April 30, has been set as the date for the annual Junior-Senior Prom of Pomeroy High School. It will be held at the Junior High School Auditorium. Committees are making arrangements. Orchestra committee includes Jeanne Williamson chair and others. Refreshment committee lists Margaret Allis and others. Decoration and program committees named with several members.

Pomeroy Pomeroy High School Jeanne Williamson Allan Jones Milton Houdashelt Betty Ward Charlotte Williams Dorothy Hamm Margaret Allis Margaret Amberger Rose Angeletti Kathryn Krider Billy Hobstetter Victor Hannah Frank Gress Theodora Fisher

Racine Social Notes Share Weekend Visits and Events

Mr and Mrs Andy Snyder of Pittsburgh spent the weekend with J L Spencer. Howard Miles and Ruth Spencer attended the Ohio University Glee Club concert in Athens. Bonnie Miles is a Glee Club member. Mrs Mary Clark hurt a hip in Clarksburg W Va. Henry Weaver Alfred and Tom Stobart Antiquity visited Owen and Ella Watson. Dell Taylor announce birth of daughter Mary Jean on April 17. James Jiden and Bob Spencer, Louisville, Ky, spent the weekend in Racine. FFA Father and Son Banquet led by Sidney Fadely at Racine High. Ruth Spencer Mary Jean Watson and Gloria Shaffer performed in Letart Falls program.

Racine Andy Snyder Pittsburgh J. L. Spencer Howard Miles Ruth Spencer Ohio University Glee Club Athens Bonnie Miles Walter Stewart Mary Clark Clarksburg W. Va Henry Weaver Alfred Tom Stobart Antiquity Owen Watson Ella Watson W. B. Cross Bert Crow Parkersburg Dell Taylor Mary Jean James Jiiden Bob Spencer Louisville, Ky Future Farmers of America Sidney Fadely Racine High School Mary Jean Watson Gloria Shaffer Letart Falls

Boatmen To Meet Pomeroy Boat Club

The Pomeroy Boat Club will meet Wednesday at 7 30 o clock aboard the new houseboat Emil Ball president announced. Members and boating enthusiasts are urged to attend as the club discusses the recently acquired houseboat brought from Racine and now anchored near the ferry landing.

Pomeroy Pomeroy Boat Club Emil Ball Ball Racine

Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Nuptials

Local residents shared weekend visits across Pomeroy Parkersburg Cincinnati and Charleston. Notables include Geneva Duerr and William Hallerman's Cincinnati ceremony with Duerr later working at Bethesda Hospital. The bride is a Pomeroy High School graduate nurse and plans residence in Cincinnati.

Geneva Duerr Ernest P. Duerr William Hallerman Cincinnati Miss Duerr Pomeroy High School Bethesda Hospital School of Nursing Bethesda Hospital

Miss Luella Petrel Dies at 77 in Racine

Miss Luella Petrel 77 died at the home of Mrs. Lennis Petrel in Racine Monday. She was in Pomeroy shopping Saturday. Funeral arrangements are being completed today with burial planned at Greenwood Cemetery.

Pomeroy Luella Petrel Lennis Petrel Racine

Mrs. Snider To Head PTA Of Middleport

Mrs. Charles Snider was elected president of the Middleport PTA at the year end meeting in the auditorium. The program featured guest speaker Mrs. John Cranston of Pomeroy who spoke on The Understanding Parent and urged harmony between parents and children. A social hour followed with ice cream as 75 parents and teachers attended.

Middleport John Cranston Pomeroy Parent-Teacher Association Peter Stace Francis H. Klein Marion Allen Rife Konrad Scholl Ferry Rife Kathryn Rose Monahan Denver Chester Rice Charles Snider David Entsminger Earl Lama Paul Smart Lena Mae Fels Margaret Sauer Flossie Frecker M. W. Essex PTA Vergil Edwards

Rose Hill School Announces April Commencement

Announcing the commencement exercises at Rose Hill School to be held April 28 at Enterprise U B Church. Rev. Franklin Norris of Greenfield Ohio will deliver the principal address. Music by the Syracuse Orchestra. Fourteen seniors to graduate. Norris, native of Letart, has had a successful year at Rose Hill.

Letart Falls Freeland S. Norris Rose Hill School Enterprise U. B. Church Franklin Norris Greenfield, O Syracuse Norris Letart Rose Hill

Middleport Social Notes Brighten Weekends in Nearby Towns

Middleport social column highlights visits and gatherings across Columbus Huntington Long Bottom and Cheshire. Notable mentions include Ben Fultz Jr returning home with wife and son Tommy, the Hawley family visiting relatives, George Van Zandt house hunting in Huntington, and various arrivals departures and hospital visits among local families and workers.

Ben Fultz, Jr Columbus Tommy Fultz James Hawley Jimmy Long Bottom Hawley John Frecker Flossie Frecker H. S. Mourning Paul and Henderson

Ruggles Sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary for Probation Violation

G R Ruggles, recently arrested for probation violation, was sentenced by Judge C E Peoples to one to three years at the Ohio Penitentiary. He had prior bad check convictions and had been released on probation.

Pomeroy G. R. Ruggles Ohio C. E. Peoples Ruggles

William Reynolds to Perform in Ohio University Band

William Reynolds son of Mr and Mrs William Reynolds and a Ohio University student will play in a 90 piece band under Curtis W Janssen as the group presents a concert at Alumni Memorial Hall Sunday.

Middleport William Richey Reynolds William Reynolds Ohio University Curtis W. Janssen Alumni Memorial Hall

North American Churches of Christ Convenes in Indianapolis

Reverend Fred I Gardner and Mrs Gardner attend the convention in Indianapolis where Gardner will lead devotional sessions Friday morning.

Middleport the Churches of Christ Indianapolis Fred I. Gardner Gardner

Meigs Family Relatives Die in Erie Wreck

Mrs. William Stethem learns that her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs William Skidmore and their son Eugene were killed in a collision near Erie Pennsylvania. A second son was badly injured and not expected to live. The Skidmore family includes Mrs Nellie Stethem and W B Coleman as relatives. Funeral held in East Liverpool and Mrs Stethem's father remained ill.

Long William Stethem William Skidmore Eugene East Liverpool Erie Skidmore W. B. Coleman Nellie Stethem M. S. Coleman Parkersburg Edgar James Sebring Stethem Audra

Myrtle Rose Weds Wallace Damewood at Long Bottom

In Long Bottom, Myrtle Rose daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Rose married Wallace Damewood of near Keno on Saturday April 17. The ceremony at 1 pm was led by Rev. D. G. Holman before family members. The newlyweds depart for a two week honeymoon including Niagara Falls and Canadian sites.

Long Bottom Ulysses Rose Myrtle Wallace Damewood Keno D. G. Holman Tuppers Plains Rita Myrtle Damewood Damewood Niagara Falls Canada

Millard Wildermuth Joins Fisher Grocery in Open Post

Millard Wildermuth has secured a position with the Fisher Grocery Company here filling the place of Jacob Thomas who has a position with the Forest Run Milling Company.

Millard Wildermuth Fisher Grocery Company Jacob Thomas Forest Run Minjing Company

Central officials begin fire inspection trip in southern division

R. W. Nutting trainmaster and E. R. Tompkins general foreman, with other New York Central officials, left Monday to conduct a fire inspection tour of the railroad's southern division.

Middleport R. W. Nutting E. R. Tompkins New York Central New York Central Railroad

Don’t Irritate Gas Bloating With Harsh Alkalies

An old style ad warns that gas and bloating stem from constipated bowels loaded with harmful bacteria. It claims Adlerika cleanses both upper and lower bowels to relieve gas within minutes, not causing griping or habit formation, and lists Athens and Nelsonville pharmacies as sources.

Adlerika Athens Ball Pharmacy Nelsonville

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