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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1953
Page
6
Meigs County fair opened at Rocksprings grounds with 90th annual event under way. Horse and pony show and Midwestern Hayride are set for grandstand. tents feature farm equipment, Farm Bureau, 4H displays, and Red Cross blood program.
Middleport announces the birth of Richard Fugene Martin on August 16 as the family's third child. Siblings Joey Ed born August 5 and Sheryl Fleaine born August 31 share the August birth tradition. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morris Sr and Mrs. Ed gar Roush. Great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Kessinger.
A science note states that regardless of how quickly water heats, its boiling temperature remains fixed at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
A turkey dinner honored Mr. and Mrs. Robert Laudermilt of Chester Road on their 40th wedding anniversary. Family and friends from Akron Canton Letart Racine Minersville Pomeroy and nearby areas attended at their home. Many guests traveled from across Ohio and beyond for the occasion.
Wilma Jean Holt spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Sprouse in Long Hollow. Mrs Rachel Joachim entered Fairborne Hospital for surgery. Mr and Mrs George Cunningham visited Mrs Beulah Neutzling over the weekend and accompanied her home after a 10 day Akron visit. Dr and Mrs Thomas Radford were also noted in the local notices.
Extensive interior and exterior renovations on the former K of P building at N Second and Rutland Sts Middleport begin. Owned by Mrs. R H Rawlings the three story brick structure houses Baker Brothers Furniture and Jimmies Pastry Shop. Progress includes new fronts repainting and plate glass windows with plans to expand Baker Furniture to the second floor and add an internal stairway. Bricklayers have rebricking and painting and the building will be painted white. Cecil Kimes of Chester and Florida leads the project.
Local residents at Fenwick Island Delaware evacuate to a stone church during hurricane warnings. Mr and Mrs Robert Harris and family sheltered for 10 hours while visiting from Middleport. Their son Nicky stayed with grandparents as others join C M Hennesy family in refuge before returning September first.
Annual inspection of school buses in Meigs County carrying 18 or more passengers will start August 31. State Highway Patrol will conduct daily 9 AM checks at listed high schools with specific district buses, drivers not present to report to Gallipolis later for inspection.
Mr and Mrs Harold C. Rice announce the birth of a daughter Ellen Louise on August 9 at Holzer Hospital. Grandparents are Mrs John E Standley of Glouster and Dell Rice of Rutland. The Rices also have two sons, David Keith age three and one half, and Paul Allen age one and one half.
In Meigs County two Tuesday night crashes produced three non fatal injuries. William Childs 27 of Pomeroy and a Pomeroy youth on a bicycle after colliding on Nye Avenue were treated at Meigs General Hospital and a youth later moved to Middleport. Childs was cited for reckless operation. In Minersville Thomas Riley 50 of Steubenville drove off the road, damaging poles. Riley faced a driving charge and was held overnight.
POMEROY Ohio Meigs County fair adds mule races on Thursday and Friday with a $100 purse for the two days. Five entries are reported. Mules will race harnessed to sulkies while pony races join Thursday and Friday afternoons after harness events. fair board secretary Co L Heaton also announced radio acts for Wednesday’s grandstand program.
Max Ward, appliance manager of the local Farm Bureau in Lincoln Heights, suffered a fractured left arm Monday evening at the Rockspring Fair grounds while helping move appliances into the Farm Bureau tent. He was taken to Meigs General Hospital for treatment and arm setting.
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