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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1950

Page

7

Concert Set By OU Band Thursday

The Ohio University Symphonic Band directed by Charles Gilbert will perform Thursday at 8 p.m. in Middleport High School Auditorium. Guest conductor Dr. Thomas Gorton leads Variations and Fugue on a Welsh Folk Tune with Miss Jane Armstrong on Heckelphone, plus Handel and Gershwin vocal numbers by Robert Luecke. Ticket sales were handled by Junior and Senior Band members.

Middleport Ohio University Symphonic Band Charles Gilbert Middleport High School Band Boosters Association David Darst, Jr Thomas Gorton Ohio University School of Music Gorton Rochester Orchestra St. Louis East South Midwest Pacific Coast Jane Armstrong Handel Gershwin Robert Luecke Luecke Fort Thomas Philip L. Peterson

Daughter Is Born in Middleport to the Clatworthys

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clatworthy welcome a daughter, Sandra Kay, born Monday at Holzer Hospital. The family also has a daughter. Grandparents are Mrs. James Clatworthy of Middleport and Mr. and Mrs. Harold King. Great grandmothers are Mrs. B. T. Wamsley of Point Pleasant and Mrs. A. O. Lightfoot of Pomeroy.

Middleport Henry Clatworthy Sandra Kay Holzer Hospital Clatworthys James Clatworthy Harold King B. T. Wamsley Point Pleasant A. O. Lightfoot Pomeroy

Funeral Rites Held For Vaughan Infant

Funeral services for Michael Bruce Vaughan four day old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Vaughan were held at Ewing funeral home at 11 AM. Interment followed in Beech Grove cemetery. Fire Department First Aid Squad was summoned to save the child but the call was cancelled after death at Meigs General Hospital.

Pomeroy Michael Bruce Robert Vaughan Meigs General Hospital Ewing Beech Grove Cemetery Middleport

Nelli Barsotti Feted At Surprise Birthday Party

Middleport social notes report Mrs. Nelli Barsotti was surprised with a birthday party hosted by Remo Nieri and Dorothy Barsotti at the Nieri home Sunday evening. About 25 guests attended for sandwiches cake punch and coffee with games and prizes for several attendees.

Middleport Remo Nieri Dorothy Barsotti Enzo Barsotti Nelli Barsotti Nieri Richard Hart C. Menchini Hart Ann Parker Paul Casci David Jenkins Katie Ebersbach Barsotti

Birthday Dinner for Mrs Vaughn Price Observed at Young Home

A birthday dinner for Mrs Vaughn Price was held Sunday at the home of her son and daughter in law J A Young on Leading Creek Road. Attending were children grandchildren and other relatives including Vaughn Price and several Youngs Bradburys and Kennedys from neighboring towns.

Middleport Vaughn Price J. A. Young Leading Creek Road Mary Jane Joe Young Melanie Charles Bradbury Suzanne Frank Young Patty J. W. Young William Buck Bill Besse Holt Rutland Wilbur Young Susie Pomeroy Paul Kennedy Glouster

WCTU Meeting Planned At Mrs Cross Home

The Women’s Christian Temperance Union convenes Friday evening at Mrs. H. M. Cross residence on Rutland Street with hostesses Mrs. Peter Stace Mrs. W. B. Moore Mrs. C. P. Gallagher and Mrs. Hart Lyons assisting.

Middleport WCTU H. M. Cross Rutland St Peter Stace W. B. Moore C. P. Gallagher Hart Lyons

Heath Methodist Church holds fourth quarterly conference

Dr E E Fowler Portsmouth District superintendent led Heath Methodist Church in the fourth quarterly conference. Committees and officers were appointed, MYF president James Roller praised sponsor Nan Moore, 52 members placed on inactive list, active membership about 300. Fowler spoke on The Real Proof of Immortality. Grange plans cake baking contest Friday at Letart Falls community hall.

Middleport E. E. Fowler Portsmouth Heath Methodist Church James Roller Methodist Youth Fellowship Nan Moore MYF

Four Suits Filed in Meigs County Court

Four suits are filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court per records in the clerk Virgil V. Brown. Security Bank of Athens sues Leon and Thelma Woodrum of Albany for money foreclosure and other relief, with L G Worstell as attorney. An Economy Savings and Loan Co suit on a cognovit note against Arthur E. Kibble, with Manning D. Webster for the plaintiff. Estella Blanche Cook sues Herbert and Evelyn Daley on a cognovit note through Manning D. Webster. Clara Mainsain files for divorce from Vahan alias John Mainsain, via attorney M M Carlisle.

Pomeroy Meigs County Common Pleas Court Virgil V. Brown Security Bank of Athens Leon Thelma Woodrum Albany L. G. Worstell Economy Savings and Loan Co Arthur E. Kibble Manning D. Webster Estella Blanche Cook Herbert Evelyn Daley Clara Mainsain Vahan John Mainsain M. M. Carlisle Jackson

Turner Endorsed by Moulders and Founders Union

In Pomeroy Local 415 Moulders and Founders of North America endorsed Jacob Turner unanimously as the Republican candidate for the General Assembly seat. Turner received formal notification by letter of the endorsement.

Middleport — Moulders and Founders of North

State education inspector surveys Meigs County high schools

Glenn A. Rich, a high school inspector for the State Department of Education, surveys six Meigs County high schools this week. He expects the inspection to take three days, the first since 1947.

Pomeroy Glenn A. Rich State Department of Education Meigs County Rich

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