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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1954
Page
5
Pomeroy hosts the first Meigs County Fair at Rock Springs Fairgrounds with a 7 30 p m religious program led by Rev. Russell Hoy chaplain of the Ohio State Grange. Free grandstand admission. Today includes tractor rodeo and pulling contests.
Parkersburg venue offers tickets and table reservations for a romance event. Reservations open now at Satterfield Music Co with contact via phone 80671. Event details include pricing at $2.50 and $2.75 for tickets.
POMEROY Miss Marion Ebersbach, chairman of the Meigs Red Cross blood program, lists Monday’s donors and thanks volunteers. The next bloodmobile visit is Oct. 11 from noon to 6 p.m. at Pomeroy Junior High School, with donors from Pomeroy and nearby towns including Helen Elberfeld, Leyla Hampton, Maida Culver, Martha Hoffman, and many others.
Herbert J. Thompson, known as Dick, a former Athens resident and longtime Cincinnati drug store operator, has become the pharmacist for the Dutton Drug Store in Middleport. He left Athens fifty years ago to study pharmacy and married a Cheshire girl and now lives in Cheshire. His elder siblings Dr Claude Thompson and Dr Edna Thompson were Athens dentists, and another brother Bernard was also noted as a musician.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Mayer announce the birth of a son John Jacob on Monday evening at Holzer Hospital. The couple also have a daughter Cheri. Grandparents are Representative and Mrs. George Meinhart of N Second Ave and Mrs. Minnie Mayer of Athens. Great grandmother is Mrs. Fiffie Wise of Middleport.
The drive opened Saturday and, led by chairman Mrs. Aaron Kelton, has reached a total of 533 dollars and 22 cents. Community support continues as donations roll in.
Miss Ann Elise White and Mr. Frank Talbott White were married Friday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Columbus. The bride, daughter of William and Elizabeth White of Flint Michigan, wore a benedictine brown satin gown with a matching veil. The groom is the son of Frank and Mrs. White of Columbus. A reception followed at Beechwood for relatives. The groom is a medical student at Ohio State University and the bride a registered nurse on call at St. Francis Hospital.
Middleport reports the Johnson family reunion held in Logan on Sunday with attendees including Nora Johnson, Paul Johnson and spouse, Roger and Charles Johnson, Roy Johnson family, Lucille, Janet, Thomas Branscom, William and Peggy Byrd, Dianne, James Stough family, Joyce Ann, Perry Smith, Peggy Louise Swain, T. W. Autherson, Clay and Gene Evans families, and members from Columbus Peoria New Lexington Bradbury Pomeroy.
Invitations mailed for the September wedding of Rosemary Fisher daughter of Mr and Mrs Fisher and Harold Stratton Moore son of the Rev and Mrs W B Moore. The ceremony is Sunday afternoon at three at Heath Methodist Church with a reception at the bride’s home on South Second Avenue following.
Mr and Mrs Howard Ervin and Mr and Mrs Owen Fink with their sons met Wonona Fink in Cincinnati on her way home from Indiana where she stayed with Mr and Mrs Wilford Utt. Mr and Mrs Cecil Grogan returned to Columbus after visiting relatives here. Mr and Mrs William Yeager have returned to Kent after a weekend visit.
Fourteenth birthday of Ernest Bowles celebrated Sunday at his home in Middleport. A decorated cake made by his mother highlighted the dinner gathering.
A camp near Cedar Rapids progressed through summer travels with a Davenport stop where Linda Fiering joined the group. She plans to return to Middleport with her in laws, while relatives in Beaver Falls and Cleveland hosted extended visits. The party, including J C Stagg and Dale Jacobs families, reported trips to Columbus, Galton, Akron, and a Florida vacation, with others moving from Columbus to Wise.
Aug 18 1954 items mention Betz employed at the atomic energy plant in Waverly and a trip by bus to Gallipolis. J Carson returns to Bucyrus after visiting his son-in-law Wayne Gibbons and daughter Evelyn. Springfield guests include Penny Fussell at the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Fussell. Akron visitors Judy Kennedy and relatives amid Columbus and Columbus area relatives.
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