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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1948
Page
5
Swarms of locusts invade Egypt's Salum region in the western desert near Libya. Vehicles chemicals and technical experts are rushed to the scene. Listed are Clark Stephen Coats and Charles Hess among responders. Local women rotate driving duties to Gallipolis on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
Council members urged Governor Herbert to remove Mayor D A Canaday after accusations of failing duties and public insult at meetings. The mayor urged opponents to resign, while others warned the town would stagnate if Canaday stays in office.
Co. O. Chapman, county superintendent, lists assignments for the Southern local school district for 1948-49. Racine High School names Hayman as principal with Wolfe, Drake, Price, Weese, Young, Nolan and Hamm as staff. Racine Elementary covers five to eighth grades under Ray Hayman and.cD. Weese, etc. Letart Elementary assigns Don Nease as principal and several teachers for grades one to eight. Syracuse and Portland schools assign principals and teachers for various grades. Music supervisor is Bernard Krinke.
The Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Moore and children William Harold and Emyr left Wednesday for a vacation in northern Ohio. They will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Featherstone and son Harry in Delta. No preaching at Heath Methodist Church Sunday due to the absence. William return to Ohio University next autumn with roommate Lee Smith. James Haggerty will also room with classmates.
Funeral services for Mrs Susan Hawley 87 of Cheshire will be at the Methodist Church Friday afternoon with Rev J Edward Hakes officiating. Friends may call at Rawlings Coats funeral home Middlesport. Legal notice appears from Athens Ohio regarding The First Christian Church mortgage petition in Common Pleas Court Cause No 19230.
The Eichinger reunion was held at Ivan Well's Five Points home with a noon basket dinner and an afternoon baseball game. Officers were elected and the gathering noted two deaths and five births since the last reunion.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hayes and son Jerry completed a long auto trip covering 4262 miles through 11 states. They reached Yellowstone National Park before Mr Hayes returned to his job at the Columbus Athletic Club. Mrs Hayes teaches in Middleport elementary school.
Twelve members and 18 guests of the Enterprise Evangelical Society met at Mrs. Bertha Holter’s home for a picnic supper. L. R. Carmichael led a study of July and August topics stressing faith hope and love. A business meeting raised funds for new books and prayer group materials.
Jerry C Spielman of 338 North Court Street Athens Ohio will file a petition in the Probate Court of Athens County praying for a name change to Jerry C Spellman. The hearing is set for September 18 1948 at 10 o clock A M or as soon after as the Court may hear the same.
The Women's Missionary Society met at the local church Tuesday evening to plan dinner service for the September Pomeroy Baptist Association gathering. Mrs Dale Wippel led the business session and devotionals were given by Mrs Aten Shain.
Hiram Albright of Zanesville visited his sister Irene Hudson of Kerrs Run last Sunday. Sunday guests at Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Carl included Jess Carl of California Harold Pickering of Jackson Carl Phillips of Athens and M. S. Gasuch of Steubenville. C S Giles of Springfield spent the weekend with his parents.
Five Middleport children attend swimming lessons at the Gallipolis pool three mornings a week and complete their course by swimming one and a half lengths and jumping from the high board. Swimmers include Dianne Reichman and Mary Carolyn Miller.
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