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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1946
Page
6
The Athens Messenger notes that area schools will begin with full schedules on September 3. Activities include district announcements and campus preparations as the new term opens. Local families and staff are highlighted in social notes and visits across adjacent towns and cities.
Pomeroy Pub Wc Schools reopen Tuesday September 3 with junior and senior high at 8 45 a m and elementary at 9 00 a m Full schedules run Sept 3 as no general teachers meeting held opening day buses limited due to late station wagon delivery home economics courses canceled this year for low enrollment Assignments list senior high and junior high staff.
Pomeroy’s first athletic coach Earich now a Warren Ohio principal visited Meigs Monday. He coached basketball in 1922 and earlier left Pomeroy High for Struthers. The notice lists staff for Central Sugar Run and Minerva schools along with music instructors and age attendance rules for under 18.
Rev. O H Carb announces Meigs Church joining Church of Christ in Christian Union at Circleville Camp Meeting. Attendees include Frankie Mitchell M D Brickies George McDaniel Belva Millican. Revival begins Sunday Sept 1 with evangelist sermons by Carb and music by W E Hoskins. Events 7 30 pm each evening and all day basket dinner Sunday Sept 1.
Dayton residents including Mrs David Warner and her daughters Marianne Kathryn and Ruth, with Mrs Florette Jones, traveled to join Will Thomas family for the funeral of Mrs Warner's uncle William J Rees. Also seen were Mrs Kathryn Rees Buffalo Huntington W Va and Mrs Robert Webster Basil. Roselyn Duckworth Syracuse returns to Pemabee Pharmacy after appendectomy at Holser Hospital.
Pomeroy Salisbury Township trustees and Middleport officials met at Pomeroy City Hall to plan fire protection contracts for outlying areas. They discussed dividing Salisbury Township into two districts served by Middleport and Pomeroy, with contracts detailing services and costs. Potential agreements with nearby West Virginia communities were noted and county prosecutor approval cited.
Marriage licenses were issued by the Meigs Probate Court on Saturday and Monday to Frank Sayre 22 of Pomeroy and Ruth Smart 71 of Pomeroy George McKibben 22 of New Marshfield and Juanita Hart 21 of Pomeroy Clarence Reed 23 of Crooksville and Velma Roberts 21 of Pomeroy Warren Baker 23 of Long Bottom and Florence Davis 21 of Tuppers Plains Edgar Hay 38 of Columbus and Mabel Capell 22 of Racine Rhinehart Schaub 59 of Huntington and Sarah B Lindwell 33 of Middleport William Craig 21 of Chauncey and Betty Brown 21 of Middleport Everett Burris 28 of Hogsett W Va and Zelma Conard 22 of Middleport.
POMEROY The eighteenth annual Chaney Reunion will be held Sunday Sept. 8 at the Burlington Church. A basket dinner will be served at noon. Eversons attending are requested to take their own table service. Friends of the family are invited.
POMEROY County Recorder George Meinhart and the Meigs commissioners announced a plan to photostat about 1800 to 2000 veterans’ discharge papers between Sept. 4 and after, provided records exist. A second copy costs 60 cents if first copy already issued. law requires one free copy.
Three of the four suspects appeared before Mayor Howell's Court in Pomeroy for a preliminary hearing on armed robbery charges. Alma Sheets of Detroit Wilbur Corder of Zanesville and Chester Walker of Zanesville were bound over to the grand jury on $5000 bonds. They failed to post cash bonds and were returned to Meigs County Jail. Robert Hartman remains in custody in Zanesville and was not brought to Pomeroy for the hearing.
Pomeroy reports a regular Wednesday night Bible Study led by Evelyn Feizer with public invitation. Torchbeaters met Friday at 7 30 pm under Eloise Adams. A Wiener roast is planned Friday night at the Wining Residence on Union Ave with inviting ages 13 5 to 30. Portsmouth visitors Elsie Hart Frank B Will and Ersel Davis joined Phil Wolff on Sunday.
Fifty relatives and friends gathered Sunday at George Childs home for the Burnside reunion. Thomas V. McGuffin elected president to succeed the late M. A. Burnside. William Cargo named secretary treasurer. Invitation extended to return in 1947 with last August Sunday set for next year. A vocal solo by Dorothy Childs capped the afternoon.
Six drivers cited for parking on the Rocksprings fairgrounds highway pled guilty before Justice L. B. Higgins after a State Highway Patrol affidavit. Fines and costs ranged from five to twenty dollars for offenses including illegal parking and speeding. Other cases heard involved crossing a freshly painted center line and permitting an unlicensed operator to drive.
MIDDLEPORT five S. R. Abbott faced intoxication charges after a August 23 arraignment before Justice of the Peace L. B. Higgins, pleading guilty and paying 15 dollars and costs. A second August 25 arrest led to another guilty plea and a 10 dollar fine plus costs. George Quillen pleaded not guilty to disturbing the peace, posted a 15 dollar cash bond, and is set to appear August 30 before Justice Higgins.
MIDDLEPORT Masonic services were held for the late A H Bradbury at the Rawlings Coats funeral home with services planned for this afternoon. Relatives and friends including Esther Bradbury and Fern Barker with Goldie Geary attended, while out of town guests from Buffalo and Riotion joined the gathering as updates on the Bradbury family were shared.
A divorce action was filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on August 26 by Helen K. Lewis against Wesley T. Lewis. The petition cites extreme cruelty as grounds and seeks custody of minor children.
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