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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1966
Page
5
Suzy Parker, a 19 year old college sophomore, shares her My Sweetheart of a Peach Pie recipe. The process uses fresh peaches, a prepared crust mix, sugar, water, corn starch, red food coloring, and heart shaped pastry pieces for a peach filling pie that won first prize and an automatic washing machine plus a transistor radio.
Orin Hunsicker and Mary Gilkey among admissions at Veterans Memorial Hospital along with Mrs William Powell and other Middleport and Pomeroy residents. Also listed are Anna Wheeler Bert McAbee Harry Cummins and Bertha Hobstetter. Dan ny Lee Ohmer sentenced to 30 days in Meigs County jail after arraignment for carrying a concealed weapon before Judge John C Bacon.
Two Middleport High School alumni receive $300 per semester scholarships plus $100 for incidental expenses from an anonymous McConnelsville donor. Buddy Moore and Sean Mullen plan to enter Ohio University this fall. Scholarships renew each semester with good grades. A sweet heart banquet at Ohio Baptist Camp Loudenville honored Rev and Mrs Carver Williams and featured a decorated wedding cake. Attending were Rev and Mrs Donald Boone and camp staff. Mrs Williams is Sarah Foster and her husband pastors the Pomeroy Baptist Church.
More than 300 people attended the Middleport Band Boosters Association annual ice cream social Thursday night. The event was a financial success with an informal concert of popular music performed by the bandsmen directed by Ross Frey.
Meigs County clerk Evelyn Locke drew the next term petit and grand juries. Petit jurors include C. G. Norris Racine Route 2 and many others from Middleport Syracuse Reedsville Langsville and Pomeroy. Grand jurors named Olive Millard Albany Shirley Mulford Chester Route 2 William Weaver Middleport Route 1 and additional residents from Albany Chester Racine Pomeroy Harrisonville Long Bottom and nearby areas.
Harold Pop Carnahan near Racine completed his 40th year as a dairy cattle exhibitor at the Meigs County Fair. Beginning in 1926 with two Holsteins he says he got “bit by the bug” and has shown at 39 more fairs. His family continues the dairy tradition with son James, grandson Jeff Alkire, and granddaughter Jan Carnahan, all involved in 4-H livestock clubs and fair exhibits.
Meigs General Hospital admits Louise Brewer of Portland and Pauline Jones of Cheshire. Ella Larue and Janet Benedum are discharged.
WSCS plans a September 7 workshop in Middleport announced at a church meeting. Mrs. Russ Watson led devotions on The Church. Articles were read by Mrs. Jack Curtis Mrs. John Scott and Mrs. Fred Nease prayed. Plans set for Sept. 15 church cleaning and an ice cream social with a potluck supper.
A family reunion gathered at Dr. and Mrs. John Orr residence in New Wilmington Pennsylvania during a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sauer and their daughters Mary Ruth Joy and Miss Margaret Sauer of Middleport. The group included Sandra Jamison of Maryville College and Stephen Jamison, a high school senior, plus Glen Jamison a Harvard Medical School student and his parents. The Sauer party and Miss Sauer returned Thursday after several days in New Wilmington.
Meigs County plans Mental Health Day on September 15 to solicit community support for a proposed school for disabled children. Churches will share information and $2 memberships. State and federal funds are being sought to establish the school under the Child Welfare Board supervision.
Pomeroy Emergency Squad took Harry Garnes of Pomeroy to Veterans Memorial Hospital late Wednesday night after a head injury in an accident on East Main Street, police said. A Meigs County school bus reinspec tion by the State Highway Patrol at the Rock Springs Fairgrounds found 16 of 26 buses unsatisfactory or unserviceable on Wednesday but approved them on Thursday.
The Regional Bookmobile Service, directed by Mrs. Vilma Pikkoja, released the summer stop list with daily routes from Salisbury to Hysell Run. A new winter schedule is planned to begin around mid September, adjusting times and sites across multiple towns and schools.
Malcolm Guinther Pomeroy of Syracuse sues Kyle J. Barnett of Racine for 7966 dollars claiming Barnett ran a stop sign at an entrance to Route 124 causing Guinther to hit a tree while avoiding Barnett. Also actions to name successor trustees for EnterprEse EUB Church and a suit by Dale Hill against The Holmes Seed Co. was dismissed.
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