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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1948
Page
2
Delayed two days due to flooding Meigs County Commissioners met on Wednesday and approved bills for payment totaling amounts not specified in the report.
Births To Mrs Orville Bratton Middleport a daughter. Discharged Mrs William Swain and son of Long Bottom.
Hampton of Ft. Knox Kentucky spent two weeks visiting his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Allen Hampton of Pomeroy.
Officials reported fire hydrants were used to flush streets in Pomeroy and Middleport, depleting water pressure as the Lincoln Heights reservoir fell several feet. Mayors sought Red Cross help while Downing outlined steps to raise pressure, cautioning against using hydrants to preserve supply for fire fighting.
The home project meeting for Tuppers Plains was held at Mrs. Ometa Cole's home. Mrs. Mollie Shields sold her home and Everett Parker has the contract to build a cottage for her. Nelson Torrence drew the plans. Mr. and Mrs. Olan Hostetter returned to Dayton after visiting Mrs. Hostetter's mother.
A preliminary survey of flood damage is under way in Pomeroy and up-river villages led by Reuben Newberger of the U S Army Engineers from Huntington. The rough count covers damaged towns, businesses and homes with a fuller estimate to follow. In Cleveland a three day convention of the Ohio Association of Deans of Women starts Friday night.
Funeral services for Frederick Tuckerman 88 who died Wednesday at his daughter’s home in Mount Vernon Ohio will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings Coats funeral home with interment in Miles Cemetery Rutland He is survived by a son R C Tuckerman of Middleport a daughter Mrs Emmett Hull and another daughter Mrs Harry Walters of Clyde a sister Mrs Elmer Durst of Rutland a brother Howard Tuckerman near Pomeroy several grandchildren and great grandchildren Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
Funeral services for John Goodwin age 83 of Columbus formerly of Meigs County will be held Friday at 3 p m at Burlingham Church He died Tuesday in Columbus at his son Elmer s home Survivors include four sons Elmer Ross Charles of Columbus Lea of Covington Ky daughter in law Norma Goodwin grandsons Olin David of Pomeroy Tracy of Cincinnati and grand daughter Mary Bartels A sister and a brother preceded him in death The dodo bird note follows with no further relation to obituary.
Northern Ohio employment office reports abundant farm labor orders with verification from Wooster surveys. A sample order calls for a mixed farm couple ages 25 to 50 to manage 225 acres general farming and 125 acres orchard in North Central Ohio, with $120 monthly pay plus housing and farm provisions.
Scipio High School junior and senior classes will present The Minx from Missouri at the high school Friday April 23 at 8 p.m. The event is staged by the student groups in Harrisonville.
Mrs Charles Asa Bradbury and daughter Suzanne visiting relatives in Leading Creek report a deer in the yard on Wednesday afternoon. At least two deer are reported in the area near Middleport.
Middleport residents report Emmett Cray sustained bruises and shock after stepping into the back room stairway and tumbling to the basement from the Spencer Market.
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