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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1943
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR note describes a weekend drive to a store and varied items. details are unreadable, with several garbled words making specific entities and events indiscernible.
Major Cedric Clark, Meigs County Common Pleas Court judge, was commissioned a major in the Judge Advocate General Department. He will report to the University of Michigan for the JAG school by April 30 and has a long record as a county official and community leader in Meigs County.
Meigs County home demonstration members gathered at C. E. Blakeslee home on Lincoln Hill for a bridal shower honoring Mrs. Howard Nolan Geneva Humphreys. Over 70 members from 16 groups attended and presented gifts. Mrs Nolan’s marriage occurred March 20 and she will continue as county agent.
A capacity Middleport crowd attended Easter services across local churches with Holy Baptism and Communion observed. The third annual Community Easter Egg Hunt at Roadside Park drew hundreds, with Stephen Coats winning the first egg prize amid guests from Meigs County Children’s Home and area families, aided by Rotary Club volunteers and local officials.
Middleport events feature junior choir members at Sunrise Service breakfast hosted by Rev. and Mrs. Redman. Birthday celebrations for Arthur Clark and Donald Ray Karr accompany Easter activities and the Community Easter Egg Hunt at Roadside Park. Miss Elma Knight marries Marvin Saxton in a Church of Christ ceremony as families visit from Columbus and Heath Methodist services.
Sunrise service at the Federated Church Easter morning included Holy Communion and six infant baptisms: Minada Mae Murray Charles Pratt Riffle Sheila Strauss William Gibbs Judith Smith and Robert Hartley as an adult. Women’s Guild hosted a service at Meigs County Infirmary with sherbet and cake and a church potluck dinner to celebrate a new kitchen.
Woodrow Wilson Engle files for divorce from Grace Engle in Meigs County Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The couple married April 12 1941 and have no children.
Layoffs at the West Virginia Ordnance Works have reduced a steady employment drain, easing the local housing shortage in Pomeroy and nearby areas. Housing remains surplus as construction finishes and former workers vacate, with many vacancies filling from positions at Badger Company and General Chemical Company.
Meigs County records show multiple land transfers. Parcels in Salem Salisbury Rutland Orange and Antiquity townships change hands from various sellers to buyers including Norvil Morton Manning Webster Frances Larkin Clair Parkinson and others. Transfers include 69 acre parcels 53 011 Rutland and several Lot numbers and 26.4 acres Chester among many transfers.
POMEROY The annual dinner and dance of the Pomeroy Alumni Association will be held in the junior high school auditorium at 7 00 p m on Friday May 28. The Second Circle of the WSCS of the Asbury Methodist Church at Syracuse will serve the meal beginning promptly at 7 00. m An out of town entertainer is being sought for after the dinner. Send death notices since June 1942 to Miss Pauline Holmes at the Senior High School. Guests of members may attend the dance after the banquet upon payment of an additional fee.
Miss Pauline Mitch daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Mitch Mill St Middleport married Staff Sergeant Eugene Bennett son of Mrs Alberta Bennett and Mr Bennett Charleston during a 20 day furlough after a year and a half in foreign service. Rev Ralph Zandel officiated at the bride's home with only the bride's mother and aunt as witnesses. The couple planned a Columbus reception and will vacation with relatives.
Staff Sergeant Clarence Boster has returned to Camp Stone California after an eight day furlough with his wife at the Williamson home on East Main Street. Lieutenant Donald Weed from Camp Adair Oregon arrived Friday evening to visit his mother at Butternut Avenue.
Meigs County Probate Court lists recent licenses: Ivan Cotterill 24 Harrisonville and Frances Cleland 20. Wiliam A. Lemon 21 Logan and Theressa Culp 22. Claude S. Bailey 34 Gallipolis and Ola Louise Roseberry 21 Middleport. R. D. Isaac L. Binens 29 South Charleston W. Va and Mary E. Bennett 37 Middleport.
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