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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1947

Page

9

Rotary Club to Host Area Leader John Lloyd Snook

The Rotary Club of Middleport will host John Lloyd Snook governor of the 159th Rotary International District. Snook, president and GM of a Portsmouth shoe firm, will address members after a Heath Methodist Church dinner and advise on club administration and service activities. He is Kenyon College graduate with WWI training and Navy service.

Middleport Rotary Club of John Lloyd Snook Rotary International Ohio Snook Portsmouth Heath Methodist Church L. W. McComas Jack Robson McComas Kenyon College Army War College Washington, D. C

VanMeter Arrested on Warrants for Bad Checks at Steiners

POMEROY R L VanMeter was arrested at Steiner’s Restaurant in Middleport on a warrant sworn by Marie Steiner for passing bad checks. SYRACUSE Bake sale proceeds by Syracuse Methodist Church women will fund the church building project at the Cundiff store building on Friday.

Pomeroy R. L. VanMeter Steiners Restaurant Middleport Marie Steiner Syracuse Syracuse Methodist Church Cundiff Store

Pomeroy Personal Notices Tell of Departures Visits and Births

Local column lists residents leaving for Toledo and Indiana, relatives visiting in Pomeroy, and trips to Columbus Chillicothe Belle and Cleveland. It notes the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Jack Thomas at Mason Clinic and a POW connection for R Lawrence. Also mentions recovering Eldon Will and various family visits across Ohio and West Virginia.

Albert Swatzel Nye Ave Toledo Marlyn Indiana C. M. Hoover Painesville Pat Jones Fred Reibel Barbara Columbus Homer Cooper Tampa Fla Dan White Elsie Hart Hart Lasley St Elaine Wolfe Wooster Joan Gilmore Second St Edith Ament Main St Chillicothe Jack Thomas Pomeroy Mason Clinic Eldon Will E. Main St Lancaster Hospital Dora Bostic Denver Lowery Belle W. Va M. C. Morrison Davey Robert Morrison Athens G. B. Bronson Gary Timmy Pelelieu Island Bostic Agnes Bentz Oklahoma Eunice Hill Holzer Hospital Eskee Hill Russell and Lynn Long Murrain Long Parkersburg Myrtle Long Athens Road Fred Moore Mary Lou Fort Wayne Ind Gottlieb Kapteina Spring Ave Dorothy James Walker Karen Middleport Dorothy Mees Helen Mees Breezy Heights P. E. Stanley Ed Bauer Homer Holter Roy Frecker C. E. Frecker Cleveland Quaker City Charles Reuter Richard Cherokee Okla R. D. Lawrence Betty Pearson Letart Falls Mr. Lawrence Mr. Reuter Germany Rodney Ed Reuter

Divorce Granted in Ohio Common Pleas Court

A divorce was granted August 18 by Judge Edgar Ervin in the Common Pleas Court, Alice Cohen Sisson is awarded care and custody of three minor children, dissolving the marriage to Ralph Sisson on grounds of willful absence and gross neglect of duty. A separate legal notice advertises sealed bids to Athens city for a decommissioned steel standpipe, 16 feet diameter, 75 feet high, with a 110000 gallon capacity, requiring cash payment and a bond indemnifying the city against removal risks. bids due August 29, 1947, issued by George R. Evans, Director.

Pomeroy Edgar Ervin Common Pleas Alice Cohen Sisson Ralph Sisson Director of Public Service-Safety City of Athens City Hall Ohio Decree Hill Director of Public Service Safety George R. Evans Public City

Meigs County land transfers detailed in multiple deeds

A series of land transfer notices from Meigs County lists transfers involving Vannie Davies Luella Druen Dillon Sayre Otella Stewart Floyd E Sayre Lorene W Goos Thomas E Sayre Lucy Martin M E Martin and others with parcels in Lebanon Salisbury Middleport Minersville Rutland Syracuse Sutton and related certificates of transfer and affidavits of transfer.

Vannie Davies Luella Druen Dillon Sayre Otella Stewart Floyd E. Sayre Lorene W. Goos Thomas E. Sayre Lucy Martin M. E. Martin Lebanon Township Charles Albert Dawson Netta M. Dawson Middleport Percy L. Peoples Maud M. Peoples Otho M. Keenam Pomeroy John Fick Will Fick George Fick Henry Fick Charley Fick Tillie Fick Thresa Shuck Minersville Clara Eichinger William Eichinger Leroy Eichinger Salisbury John L. Curtis Gerald W. Stewart Dorothy Stewart William Karr Ruth C. Pontious Merrill Covert Martha C. Bright Clara C. Shubert Arthur Covert Nell Covert Otis Karr Virginia Karr Jim K. Matheny Iona K. Johnson Ruth A. Karr Victor Karr Lucy K. Neal Elizabeth S. Gooding Donald Sutcliffe Earl Sutcliffe Iona Sutcliffe Sutton Ernest E. Roush Hosmer Edison N. Roush Homer P. Roush One Acre Syracuse R. G. Webster Adm Sidney Burton Katherine L. Burton Edward Parker, Sr George Parker Hiram Parker Theodore Parker Jennie Davies Earl Barker Edith English Euna Parker Mary A. Fisher Sutton Minersville Gerald D. Stewart Dorothy M. Stewart Lawrence Manley Marie Manley Nancy Hawkins Vance E. Millhone Violet E. Millhone Leota Cooper Edward J. Smith Freda Smith Lawrence E. Smith Rutland

Band Boosters Discuss New Uniforms at Senior High

Officers met in the band room Tuesday night with Clair Karr as president. Gerald Munni the new instructor advised purchasing 10 uniforms and two horns. Several instruments were bought last year but no uniforms have been purchased for years.

Pomeroy Clair Karr Gerald Munni

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USNR Bureau of Ships Navy Department Joun Lloyd Snook Pomeroy — Oval Diddle Meigs Co State Department of Highways Jack Coleman Bethel Coleman Galliopolis Margaret O'Brien Becky Columbus Hotel Equipment Co Edgar Ebersbach Eagles STAG Meigs County Fairgrounds The Rathburn Pickens Lawrence Pomeroy Personals Dickie Dress Shop Sarr Michigan Triggie Lund Heddon Bait Co Dowagiac Mich Lund Uaw-Cio NEA Telephoto Meigs County Sparton RADIO Schmoll Bendvue Meigs Yvonne DeCarlo Brian Donlevy Jean Pierre Aumont Eve Arden Philip Reed Charles Kullman Tilly Losch van Johnson June Allyson Thomas Mitchell Marilyn Maxwell Claude Jarman, Jr Barbara Brown Monte Hale Adrian Booth James Newill White House Ebersbach Hardware Co Pomeroy, Ohio del Monte Coffee Gerber’s Eagle Brand Stokely’s Sauer Kraut Armour PORK van Camp Stokely Red Malaga Bologna Teors Ce Red Bird Tory Fon Ivory Chuck Roast Woodbury Oxydol Nox Galion Duz Poolegrove Locust & Pearl
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