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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1951
Page
8
Judge Emmett W. Peoples grants Eli Ebersbach Jr. a divorce from Andre Ebersbach in Meigs County Common Pleas Court charging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
Middleport High inaugurates a new five room band facility funded by a $60,000 grant last year. The space features a semi circular three riser platform, daylight style lighting, two large storage closets, and separate senior and junior band rehearsal schedules starting with a two week phase. First rehearsal drew 39 former students. Director Ginther outlined fall plans as bands prepare for regular sessions.
POMEROY announces the Past Councilors of the Theodorus Council of the D of A will convene at Doris Darst’s Spring Avenue residence Thursday evening.
Two Middleport Village residents died within hours of each other from heart attacks. Gatewood R. Gomer, 57, died on his Grant Street porch at 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Maria Wiley, 67, previously of Lincoln Road, died about 11:30 p.m. Both deaths were attended by the town’s first aid squad. Gomer, WWII veteran and newly elected sergeant-at-arms of Lewis Manley Post American Legion, leaves a wife and three children along with multiple relatives. Funeral arrangements will be announced. Wiley, a longtime local caterer, was well known in the area. her funeral plans will be announced later.
POMEROY Milk ring tests of dairy cattle in Meigs County to aid in eliminating Bangs disease have been completed. Five Ohio State University men arrive to bleed cattle in suspicious herds under voluntary participation. About 40 percent of tested herds were suspicious. Work centers on Chester Township with a sixth worker due soon and completion in about two weeks.
James Barnhart of Hobson pleaded guilty to a traffic violation in Mayor Sidney T. Russell's court. He was fined $5 plus costs totaling $13.70 after his car collided with Dale Bachner’s at Seventh and Mill as Barnhart pulled in front.
Pomeroy residents report extended visits and trips as families travel to Columbus Smokies Gatlinburg and Nashville. Butch Martin undergoes polio surgery at Children's Hospital Columbus and will remain two months. Others visit relatives in Delaware Washington DC Athens Lancaster and East Fultonham while Thomas returns to Meigs County duties after a fishing trip.
The Rutland Methodist Choir will rehearse Thursday. The Rev. Mr. Linter will conduct services Sunday at the Methodist Church.
Norma Jean VanMeter and Dwight Reed wed at Middleport Church of Christ in a Sunday ceremony. The double ring vows were read by Wert Dean with music by organist Whitney Ingraham. Guests included out of town family, and the couple departed for a trip through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Hostesses Polly Karr and Doro thy Watson announced Iris Palmmers bridal party. Guests numbered forty five with gifts on a table decorated in yellow and green and a wedding cake inscribed Iris and Roger August 12.
Susie Nicholson turns five at Lake Hope picnic on Aug 5 with Dale and Mrs Nicholson and relatives. Martha Nicholson observed her fourth birthday July 22. Attendees included Ernest Molden, Bachner, Swett, Carpenter, and McCaskey families. Nicholson reunion scheduled Aug 12 at Middleport Roadside Park with Dale Nicholson as chairman.
Mr and Mrs Guy Reynolds and Mrs Minerva Childers attended the Battell family reunion at 431 Waterloo Rd in Akron. Sixty relatives were present and Mina Bland of Akron and Mrs Sarah Bennett of Alliance joined the group returning to Middleport.
Middleport reports a local group led by Rev. Lewis Mikel and Mrs. Mikel of Gallipolis joining Mrs. J. H. Smith Maude Taylor and Hazel VanCooney of Grant Street for a Bailey's Lake picnic. They were joined by Dr and Mrs Harry King Ronald and Harold of Gallipolis and Mr and Mrs Harold E Coulter for a trip to Athens and Lake Hope with a picnic at Lake Hope.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Martin announce the birth of a son at their home on Rutland Street. The Martins also have a daughter, Cheryl.
Clean-up and repair of the Yellow Jacket Club under new owner Ralph Gibbs Jr continue this week. High school boys assist as part of club membership when it opens next week. Papering and painting upstairs ahead of Mr and Mrs Gibbs Dorothy Childs and their children moving in. Exterior at S Third and Hamilton Streets is being painted.
The Youth Fellowship of the Federated Church will lead the morning worship service Sunday. Speaker Gene Thomas, son of Mr and Mrs Everett Thomas of Locust St Pomeroy, a Heidelberg College sophomore prepares for ministry. Other participants include Mary Lawrence Law rence Larry Hamm Ed Kennedy George Sisson Bill Roush and Bill Smith as ushers and readers.
The last will and testament of the late John W. Moore of Rutland has been admitted to probate per Meigs County Probate Court records.
A family of eight traveling from New York to Pikeville Ky. with no money received aid in Middleport Ohio. Chief of Police Russell Bailey funded groceries and a portion of fuel while Mrs. Co R Karr prepared a substantial meal from the village hall kitchen. Red Cross officials said aid to through travelers is not policy and offered telegram assistance which was declined.
Dexter Star Garden Club will host a flower show at Dexter Christian Church on Friday August 17 from 2 to 10 pm. Exhibits feature specimen flowers in mason jars with blue red and white point system. Exhibits must be staged by 12 noon and judging begins at 12:30. Contact members for schedule of entries. Mrs Cash Braley is president and Mrs Orion Nelson is secretary.
Miss Jane Bailey a College of Education junior at Ohio University is contracted to teach a third and fourth grade combination at Bremen Elementary School in Bremen Ohio for the next school year. She is a Middleport High School graduate and the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Bailey of Grant Street.
Rehearsal of the Meigs County Fair musical revue cast for Aug. 11 is postponed from tonight. The cast will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. with location to be announced. Farm Bureau Women's Chorus members rehearse at Spring Ave. home Thursday at 8 p.m.
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