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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1962
Page
8
The Randolph family reunion met at Woode Grove with 105 attendees. Beatrice Buntz was elected president and Bernice Swartz vice president with Juanita Swartz as secretary-treasurer. The next reunion is set for July 7 in Woode Grove.
Gail Bradford Grove City visits cousin Neda Bradford. Mrs S L McCarthy and son David return to Cincinnati after visiting her mother Mrs A H Carpenter and sister Mrs Dale Dutton and family. Mrs Cedric Clark travels to Columbus to meet Mrs Lenore Hobart Kent Brownsburg Ind then returns for two weeks with mother Mrs M C Hobart and Mrs Clark. Mrs C T Shumaker called to Huntington W Va for son Charles surgery and to visit her sister who is ill. Miss Mary Parker recovering at N Third St home after major surgery at Meigs General Hospital. Mrs Joe Lavely Akron visits. daughter Susan in Athens to enroll at Ohio University. Mrs Flossie Allensworth ill at home with inner ear trouble for eight weeks.
POMEROY-Gallipolis Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol reports a one car crash at 7 40 am Thursday two miles south of Darwin on Ohio 33. Donrad E Williams 20 Pomeroy driving north lost control went off road through a ditch and struck an embankment rolling over heavy damage but no injuries or arrests. MIDDLEPORT Rev Marvin Dowson pastor Heath Methodist Church will attend the senior high institute of the Dayton District in Sabine the week of Aug 6 serving as institute counselor.
POMEROY One Meigs man will be inducted into the armed forces and three others will undergo pre induction physical examinations, according to service officials. Scheduled for induction is Thomas Ora Stone, Pomeroy Route 2. Stone is a volunteer. Scheduled for physical examination at Fort Hayes on Aug. 6 are Jack Eugene Follrod, Pomeroy, George Michael Collins, Reedsville, and Edward Ralph Chapman, Columbus, formerly of Letart Falls.
POMEROY The annual picnic of Past Chiefs of Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters was held at Mrs Amanda Kaspars home. The traveling prize donated by Mrs Lawrence Lanning was won by Mrs Thomas Cook. Games were played and prizes awarded. Guests included Mrs Robert Arnold and Phyllis Kaspar.
Mrs Alice Nease hosted a piano recital featuring pupils Lenore and Louise Michael Marilyn and Nancy Karr Nancy Karr Nan cy Karr Ruth Ann Bailey Ann Jenks Kathy Abbott Rhea Mora Melanie Burt Patty Bahr Janet Fick Sally Mora and Sherry Blackton. The program included duets solos and a vocal piece with pieces such as Hussars Gallop Prayer The Knight and the Lady Don Juan Minuet Schubert Serenade Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 and The Sun Dial Waltz. Refreshments followed the event for parents and friends.
In Syracuse Troop 242 twelve scouts earned Second Class badges during a July 20 ceremony at scoutmaster John G. Sauvage home. The campfire program included torch lightings and recitations of the Scout Law and Oath. About 35 family members attended. recipients included Pat Clifford Reed Ferrell Jim Harden Bill Hayes Marty Morarity Bill Rizer Steve Sewell Mike Smith and Tom Smith. Last week the group visited Camp Arrowhead Huntington.
Mr and Mrs Walter Barrett of Rutland welcomed a daughter. Admitted were Lilly Mains Syracuse Carolyn Acree Middleport Terry Wyatt Pomeroy Lewis Smith Middleport Donna Barrett Rutland Icie Buzzard Carpenter John Meredith Long Bottom Orland Gilliland Rodney Pierce and Mrs Anna Barnhart.
Miss Erna Jesse entertained Theodorus Council D of America past councilors at her home on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Mary B. Hines presided with Mrs. Dan Goodwin leading prayer. Prizes went to Mrs. Max Meinhart Mrs. Bernice Darst Mrs. Paul Grueser and Mrs. Richard Campbell. Guests included Mrs. Arnold Hayes Mrs. Gladys Duckler and Mrs. C Jesse. Also a Woman's Society of Christian Service picnic at Syracuse Roadside Park with Rev. Carl Herring.
Funeral services for Lawrence Powell of Columbus, a former Middleport resident, were held Thursday at the Southwick funeral home. Survivors include his wife Frances a son Willis and two sisters Mrs William Bradford of Middleport and Mrs Lewis Benson of Brooksville Florida. Mrs Bradford was taken to Columbus Wednesday by Mr and Mrs Wallace Bradford and daughter for a several days visit.
State highway patrol described a minor accident on Route 7 in TupPers Plains Meigs County as Sam Safreed 78 backed from a private driveway and struck the left rear wheel of a semi driven by Charles Wright 36 of Mingo Junction. Safreed was cited for failure to yield the right of way.
Middleport Pony League will sponsor a record hop at the community park at 8 p m Saturday to raise funds for new uniforms. Proceeds from advance ticket sales will support the dance. Ike Mahoney of Middleport, 50, was fined five dollars and costs on an intoxication charge with the fine suspended after appearing before Mayor Kenneth McElhinney.
Westina Crabtree reports weekend guests at Mendal Jordan's home including Paul Shell and family, with Shell now a school executive in Steubenville. Ruth Ann Jordan underwent tonsillectomy, and births include Mark David Gillogly July 29 and Bonita Sue Harvey July 28 at Holzer Hospital.
Middleport’s annual ice cream social, organized by the Band Boosters Association, will be held on the high school lawn Friday August 10. Co chairs Mrs Charles Asa Brad bury and Mrs Lionel Boggs lead planning for lawn tables serving and cleanup with bandsmen under Eugene Gherke. New majorettes Lynn Daniels Diana Davis and Janice Tannehill join Beverly Cundiff and Neda Bradford. new flagbearer Iva Stewart joins Marilyn Swann. Sept 8 set for Tag Day notice.
Twilight Garden Club met at Mrs C L Heaton's home to plan an annual flower show tied to the Meigs County fair. Blue ribbons were awarded to several members including Mrs Robert Lewis and Mrs Allard Pratt. The traveling prize went to Mrs Struble.
Middleport Amateur Gardeners set a 6 p.m. August 15 picnic at Mrs. Edward Blake’s home with acting president Mrs. Edgar Reynolds and likely resignation of Mrs. Wesley Fry. New officers begin duties at the September meeting. A layette shower for Mrs. John Gillogly at Harrisonville Grange Hall has been canceled. Mrs. Gillogly has welcomed a son.
At a Wednesday night meeting at the parsonage the Heath Methodist Church named two new chairmen Mrs. O P Klein of the Christian Social Concerns Commission and Mrs. Bruce Lloyd of the Missions Commission. Existing chairmen include Mrs. Jack Bechtle and C A Bradbury. The Rev Mr Dawson says each chairman will convene their commission next week to elect a vice chairman and secretary and to appoint inter commission representatives.
Three men Elvis Powell Burl Moore and Lester Rutter faced Judge John C Bacon in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on assault and battery charges each fined 50 dollars plus costs. Powell pled guilty Tuesday while Moore and Rutter initially pled not guilty then changed to guilty Wednesday receiving 90 day suspended jail terms and six months probation.
Miss Wanda Oxyer of Chesapeake Route 2 marries James E. Russell of Memphis Tennessee in a July ceremony at Burley Methodist Church Washington D C The Rev Paul H Grose officiates The couple resides in Washington D C and she continues work with the U S Navy Department The groom is a former U S Army member now a heavy equipment operator with Barnhill Construction Co Rehoboth Beach Delaware They honeymooned after the ceremony
MIDDLEPORT Harold L. Hart was elevated to page rank Thursday night at Fidel Lodge Knights of Pythias hall. Karl Owen presided with rank conferrals by Homer Forrest, Bradford Wolfe, Clyde Andrews, W Walburn, Raymond Field, Henry Clark, Bobby Graham, Marvin Getts, Danny Zirkle, Rowley Manley, Ira Fields and Richard Bailey. An membership application was read and grave marker inquiries directed to secretary Richard Bailey.
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