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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1956

Page

8

Eastern District Schools To Keep Half Day Plan

Eastern Locall School District will continue half day sessions while a building program proceeds. Morning classes start at 8 am with afternoon sessions at 1 pm. Several new teachers hired. bus routes updated. Teachers assigned to Chester and Tuppers Plains with each school handling core subjects and new staffing details outlined.

Eastern Gray Tuppers Plains Elemen Taly School Olive Osborne Helen Caldiwell Violet Millhone Goldie Story Mary Francis Hines Boardland Garrett Christy Plains High School J. S. Davis Wilmar Rice Nora Rice Chester Evelyn Koehler D. C Olive-Orange Bibbee Tuppers Plains Lutellis McCartney Atzabeth Lasley Helen Saming Sessis Grace Weese Conssessons Ma ‘Herrman Eleanor Knight Agusta Barnhart Thelthe Tuppers

Committee Named For Farm Plan 1957 Meigs County

Meigs County names 1957 Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service committeemen with H E Shields announcing. Members include Darsel Smith D H Cummings Everett Howett Bedford Township Earl Dean Donald Mora Henry Frank Chester Township George A Radekin Tom Fitzpatrick and ville Stout Columbus Township Clarence Price David Yost Everett Hayes Lebannon Township Harold G Roush Roy Pearson Virgil Roush Letart Township Frank Dorst Riley Piggett Bob Hill Oliver Township George E Carson Dale Bechner Hiram Slanter Rutland Township Edwin Nelson Worthy Bright Alva Swick Salem Township Vincent Broderick Herman Will William Collins Salisbury Township Kenneth Welsh Raymond Cottrill Melvin Morris Scipio Township Paul Moore Virgil Hamm Charles Yost Sutton Township. The committee will assist in administering the program including allotment programs can programs and soil bank program in Meigs County. Re elected to the county committee for 1957 are Wayne Chase chairman Lauren E Hoffman vice chairman and Orion W Roush regular member. First alternate to the county committee is Clarence Price Portland and second alternate Hobart Shields of Tuppers Plains.

Numeroy H. E. Shields Darsel Smith D. H. Cummings Everett Howett Bedford Township Earl Dean Donald Mora Henry Frank Chester Township George A. Radekin Tom Fitzpartick Ville Stout Columbus Township Clarence Price David Yost Everett Hayes Lebannon Township Harold G. Roush Roy Pearson Virgil Roush Letart Frank Dorst Riley Piggett Bob Hill Oliver Township George E. Carson Dale Bechner Hiram Slanter Rutland Township Edwin Nelson Worthy Bright Alva Swick Salem Township Vincent Broderick Herman Will William Collins Salisbury Township Kenneth Welsh Raymond Cottrill Melvin Morris Scipio Township Paul Moore Virgil Hamm Charles Yost Sutton Township

Trustees and Session Of Church To Meet

Tonight at seven o clock there will be a meeting of the trustees and session of First Presbyterian Church at the church. The Rev H E Ruppelt is expected to return this week. John Hoyt a Colgate ministerial student in Rochester N Y has occupied the pulpit for two Sundays and sang a solo at last week s services.

Uddleport First Presbyterian Church H. E. Ruppelt John Hoyt Colgate Rochester N. Y

Two Grads To Continue Education At Hospitals

Two Middleport High School graduates plan further education this fall. Nancy Roller will train as an X-ray technician and laboratory assistant at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg. Sally Wilson Lacey has enrolled in Holzer Hospital School of Nursing in Parkersburg after marrying Pvt. Larry Lacey earlier this year. Both will reside at the St. Joseph Nurses' home as they pursue health care careers.

Ddleport Middleport High School Nancy Roller Max Roller St. Joseph's Hospital Sally Wilson Lacey Parkersburg Holzer Hospital School of Nursing Miss Roller Girls’ Glee Club Heath |Methodist ‘Church Shoir Lacey Pvt Larry Lacey U. S Air Force George Wilcox Clarence Lacey Ohio Valley Baking Ohio University Okinawa Roller St. Joseph

One Man Inducted Six Others to Undergo Examinations

A Meigs County man, Harry Lee Powell of Reedsville, will be inducted into the armed forces. Six others, including Leroy Ruschel of Pomeroy and Ronald Reynolds of Long Bottom, are slated for pre induction physicals in Ashland Ky on Sept 4, per local selective service officials. The Temple building selective service office will be closed Saturday.

Police Collect $325 From Parking Meters

Mivuseport police report parking meter collections for the past two weeks totaling 325.50. Chief Russell Bailey notes meters bring about 9000 yearly, funding police protection after meter costs are paid. Bailey oversees collections packaging banking and meter servicing, with payments to the meter company for another year.

Mivuseport Russell Bailey Bailey

Rutland High Graduate Donna Will to Enter Nursing School

Miss Donna Will daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Will and Rutland High School alumna will enter White Cross Hospital School of Nursing this fall. She sang and played in the Rutland High School Glee Club and band for seven years and has appeared in numerous Meigs County stage productions under district vocal music supervisor Mrs. Will has been working in Columbus this summer.

Donna Will Falls Norman Will Rutland High Sch White Cross Hospital School of Nursing Will Rutland High School Glee Club Meigs County Columbus

Middleport Girl Receives Honors at Missionary Meeting

Jean Smart of Middleport, active in church work since childhood, shared honors with Dr. E H Geidt at the fifty second annual session of the Pomeroy Baptist Association held at First Baptist Church. Geidt, a former missionary to China, spoke on the challenge of the ends of the earth, as Miss Smart prepared to study Christian Education at Andover Newton Theological School. The gathering included about 125 attendees and featured devotional sessions, sermons, and an evening banquet hosted by the Women of the church.

Iddleport Jean Smart E. H. Giedt China Pomeeroy Baptist Association First Baptist Church Miss Smart Mid- Nepert High School Denison University Andover- Newton Theological School Geidt Swatow Kitang Rochester United States Bertha Sayre Vernon W. Jenkins Helen Simpson Ralph Zuindel Pomero Tor Zundel Jenkins Briggs Kirby Cheshire Women's Misonary Society J. 4 Stephenson Eral Harold Loughead Ohio| Baptist Convention Sherley Woods Martha Russell Harry Houdashelt Beulah White

Middleport Auxiliary Officers Installed at Legion Hall

The Middleport Auxiliary of Feeney Bennett Post American Legion installed its 1956 57 officers at the Legion Hall led by president Mrs Don Roach and secretary Mrs Lena Bunce. New project chairmen include Mrs Norman Wayland and Mrs Cora Bennett as well as past president Mrs Goldie Mourning. Plans were set to assist Legionnaires on games night with rotating committees providing food.

Middleport Cathrys Poindexter Auxiliary of Feeney-Bennett American Legion Legion Hall Don Roach Gladys Fife Lena Bunce Helen Kennedy Bertha Hysell Margaret Sauer Norman Wayland Cora Bennett Goldie Mourning Isa Dorothy Long Betty Fife Mourning Cleveland Kay Stiles Legionnaires Bunce Long

Shirley Smith Engaged at Middleport

Mr and Mrs William Fred Smith Sr announce the engagement of their daughter Shirley Ann to Eugene Smith son of Mr and Mrs Lincoln Smith Pearl St Middleport The groom is a 1953 Middleport High School graduate employed at Albert Super Market in Columbus Miss Smith is a junior at Middleport High School Wedding date not set

Iddle Port William Fred Smith Middleport Route 1 Shirley Ann Eugene Smith Lincoln Smith Pearl St Middleport

Picnic Lunch Shared By Heath Church WSCS Members

Mrs M L French Mrs E M Blake Mrs Bruce Lloyd president of the WSCS of Heath Church Mrs Noah Haskins Mrs Nan Moore and Mrs Robert Harris shared a picnic lunch when they attended a church gathering in Middleport.

Middleport M. L. French E. M. Blake Bruce Lloyd WSCS Heath Church Noah Haskins Nan “Moore Robert Harris

Middleport village department foreman treated after flu

Lewis Ellis, foreman of the Middleport Village street department, was taken to Meigs General Hospital this week for treatment of complications following influenza. Mrs. James Faulkner, who fractured a cerebral in a recent ail, has been returned from Meigs General Hospital. Mrs. Faulkner will be in a cast for four months. John Thompson and son of Belle, W. Va. were weekend visitors here, and joined his nephew Sonny Wise on a fishing trip. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hubbard and daughter Marta Kay have returned from a vacation in Daytona Beach Florida.

Lewis Ellis Middleport Village Meigs General Hospital James Faulkner Faulkner Bruce Lloyd Patricia Michael Bruce Gallipolis Marilyn Lloyd Roger Smith John Thompson Belle W. Va

Readers Get New Uniforms for Middleport Meter Readers

Thomas F. Hendrix, manager of The Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company Middleport division, announced a forthcoming uniform change. The summer outfit includes a cap, blue-gray trousers, light blue shirt with signia. winter gear adds dress shirts, neckties, jacket, and pea coat. The program aims to improve identification and service quality.

Middleport Columbus & Southern Ohioa Electric Company Hendrix Hese Electric Company

Pomeroy Social Notes Celebrate Hartung Birthday

A surprise dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Val Hartung marked Mr. Hartung’s 77th birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Tom McGrath and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wince, Mr. and Mrs. Emory McGrath and daughter, and Pete Oriant. John Ombler of Huntington, WV visits Mrs. Anna Dill as Harriet Dill’s birthday is celebrated, with further gatherings at the Dill and Smith homes in Laurel Cliff and Pomeroy.

Val Hartung Mr. Hartung Tom McGrath Oscar Wince Emory McGrath Pete Oriant John Ombler Huntington W. Va Anna Dill Pomeroy Harriet Dill Rollin Dill Laurence Smith Laurel Cliff Allen Dill

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