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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1955
Page
8
Report notes attendance at a Free Methodist Church conference in Mansfield. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Peoples, Rev. and Mrs. Harry Bates and family, plus Dur and Mire Ear Parker.
4 H club work showcased at Pomeroy Junior High Auditorium with demonstrations by Jeanne Kirkhart Sharon Shields Mary Smith Roberta Hoover Higsell Wayne Roush Randolph Hack Dick Bradley Doreen Norris Jennifer Lohse Aleta Carpenter Judy Genhelmer Mineda Murray and Rachel Genhelmer. The annual Meigs County 4 H style show set for 7 30 pm tonight in the junior high auditorium.
Red Cross life saving instructor Margaret Hoyt leads 11 youths in a pool drill as she shows a wrist lock and levels off a tow to shore during a training session. Commencement addressed progress as Hoyt, on vacation from Marietta College, notes rapid gains by the students.
Feeney Bennett Port 128 Amer Lion will host the Volunteer Fire department as announced by Henry Ncwin. Barbecues will be served that evening. Ohio Valley Grange 2612 meets Friday at Community Hall with Master Clifford Hil in charge.
Busy mothers in Middleport can take their children 12 and under to free film screenings arranged by the Merchants Association. A feature picture and shorts will play Friday 10 30 am and Saturday 1 30 pm with Liberty Theater owner C Hindy coordinating. Free parking is available nearby and the program continues through August.
Elola M Adams won a divorce from Charles Q Adams in Common Pleas Court on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty as Judge Cedric Clark presided. Parking meter receipts totaled 246 dollars for the past week reported by Acting Police Chief Franklin D Hud. Unmarried men over 15 in the United States declined from 19 million in 1940 to about 16 million.
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