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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
3
Middleport High School sets final registration for Sept 1 with seniors at 1 30 juniors 2 00 sophomores 2 30 and freshmen 3 00. elementary teachers meet Sept 2 at 1 30 and high school faculty at 10. Textbooks will be provided free to all students under a district program now required statewide.
Harrisonville coach Harold Brown will become a physical education teacher and assistant football coach at Central High School in East Liverpool this fall. A Ohio University graduate, Brown led Harrisonville basketball to runner up finishes in both seasons. He is a Chester Township native, son of Hayes Brown.
Meigs County 4 H clubs report demonstrations on fruit salad and sack fabric crafts at Rutland and home venues. Sunbeam Sewing Circle meets at Columbia School. Ada Bell Trainer returns from Camp Ohio. Upcoming events include Columbia Grange performance and a wiener roast plan. Wolfpen 4 H demonstrates button holes. exhibit planned at Wolfen schoolhouse with a September 9 program.
Farewell events mark the Swisher family as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swisher Vine Sr. prepare to move with son Paul to Ohio State University College of Medicine. Oldest son Wayne, a senior in the College of Pharmacy, also to relocate before Labor Day.
Pomeroy residents travel for family visits, fairs, and church activities. Many households hosted relatives from Columbus Greensboro Athens and Parkersburg, with trips to Niagara Falls, Gallipolis, and Cleveland. Local clubs meet, theater cast rehearses, and a community picnic fills the week.
Middleport residents report weekend visits in Columbus Parkersburg and Dayton. Postmaster J H Smith and associates discuss Middleport business expansion. The Greenlee family announces birth of son George Edward on August 26 at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis named after grandfathers.
Mr and Mrs J H Arnold of Harrisonville Road Mrs Hoyt Haning and daughter Dorothy Albany and Herman Hoffner and daughter Bettie Lincoln Hill left for Greensboro North Carolina to visit their son and brother A S Arnold and his family Albert Arnold a Greensboro Y M C A general secretary funds the trip so he can spend time with his aged parents
Middleport Presbyterian Church’s Worthwhile Class plans a Sunday Beach Party at Syracuse Beach with a 2 PM meeting at the church for transport to the event.
Made Hl by Food MIDDLEPORT Tom F Lewis of Columbus and his son in law James Kerr of Dayton, both former Middleport men, are in hospital recovering from ptomaine poisoning. They were among 15 guests at the Lewis family reunion at Rock House near Rockbridge where food caused illness. Rutland Mrs M E Rathburn Mrs Nora McNaughton Lucille Johnson Eleanor Hall Dorothea Hall and Marshall Phillips attended a fall style review dinner and dance at the Frederick Hotel in Huntington Wednesday evening.
In Pomeroy Joe Large 26 refused to enter jail and fought county officers Wednesday afternoon before being subdued. A large crowd gathered to witness the struggle. Large reportedly hailed from a West Virginia institution for epileptics and was picked up in upper Middleport. Herb Calloway described as insane negro of Kerrs Run was brought to the county jail early Wednesday morning.
Mrs. E. K. Lippincott hosted her card club at the Athens country club on Wednesday evening. Four tables were in play during the gathering.
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