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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1946
Page
8
Meigs County veterans are offered on the job training under Public Law 366. The federal plan aims to educate and make better farmers, giving veteran farmers a chance to become leading members of the community through agricultural training and tutoring.
Funeral services for Mrs Susan Allen age 80 who died at the Pearl Russell home Tuesday evening will be held at the Ewing Chapel Friday at two o'clock with interment in Beech Grove Cemetery. She is survived by one daughter Magdalene Russell and three grandchildren. Friends may call at the Ewing Funeral Home. Plan and details follow on training programs for farmers and veterans in Meigs County with a committee led by Herbert Shields and others. applications for subsistence allowances require discharge papers.
Mrs L A Caruthers and family have returned to their Residence at 690 Locust Street after a February fire partially destroyed their home. Mrs Caruthers thanks the many persons who aided the family during the fire and during repairs.
In Middleport district directors of Children’s Work met at First Baptist Church for a two session Institute on April 23. Morning and evening sessions included speakers Miss Esmah Orcutt and Miss Miriam A Peterson with closing consecration led by Miss Peterson. local attendees listed.
Chester high school freshmen class held a final social event with a picnic at Howells Grove and a skating party Monday evening. Attending were Violet Bissell Larry Carnahan Jeanette Clark Gene Connally Marilynn Cowder Mary Bell Cowdery Margaret wrnslip Betty Hant Phyllis Lawrence Roy Parker Lorena Pigott Leo Riebel Donald Sprague Ruth Weber Bernard Wells Donna White Mary Will Donna Wolfe Jeraldine Wood Gladys Wright Howard Wolfe and sponsor Miss Fay Pichens.
Dairy experts estimate brucellosis costs Ohio dairy men 1.5 million annually. Area testing and disposal of infected cattle is the effective control. Meigs County farmers can apply for herd testing via blanks from the state veterinarian or County Extension Office. Shortage of veterinarians may delay tests as Bangs disease control efforts grow. Daileys to Move Middleport Mr and Mrs Bob Date plan to move into a newly furnished Lincoln Heights home after his Air Corps discharge. The Colemans bought the former Maidie Russell residence on Lincoln Street and moved in this month.
Committees of the Middleport Rotary Club report on the annual Community Easter Egg Hunt held Sunday afternoon at State Roadside Park on Mill Street. Eggs colored and numbered under Emmett Shuler’s supervision with prizes for numerous children. donations from local businesses supported the event with treats and photos for guests from the Meigs County Children’s Home.
Columbia Grange will meet Friday night April 26. The Home Economics Committee sponsors a jitney supper and an Arbor Day program will be featured during the lecture hour with both subordinate and juvenile members participating. An invitation is extended to members of other Granges to attend.
A committee led by Fred Crow Jr from the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce discussed forming a Twilight Softball League. An organizing meeting is set at Pomeroy City Hall Friday at 7 40 p.m. to establish league rules and participant roles. Opening day is tentatively May 6 with mayors Howell and Crang invited to attend.
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses for multiple couples from Ohio and nearby states. Names include Orlan W Smith and Dora B Miller. Stanley E Road and Betty Sue Weekley. Walter Huffman Jr and Margaret Brown. Joan Riger and Gloria Nichos. Hairs Mitchell and Marjorie Diles. Isaiah Wilson and Wilhelmina Adams. Andrew Hensley and Ernestine Dunn. Hansel Warner and Rubs Cooper. One note: Shirley Mills entered McMullan Hospital for a Wednesday operation. Italian laws ban kissing in public except at railroad stations.
Final rehearsal for the Pomeroy High School Band under John W Kline takes place tonight in the Junior High Auditorium. The roster includes clarinets John Lee Ann Smith and others, plus flute trombone saxophone and trumpet sections with Hazel Bolinger as drum major and majorettes Charleen Smith and Bett Tedrow assisting.
Justice of the Peace Lee Higgins officiated two wedding groups in Middleport on April 20 and April 23. The couples include V E Williams with Cio Copley, Jack Rizer and Gloria Nichols, followed by John Dray with Juanita Maddispanugh, Thomas Van Dyke, and Margaret James.
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