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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1941

Page

6

Skin Testing Planned on Larger Scale in Meigs County

Meigs County residents support tuberculosis effort with Christmas seal sale and skin testing plans. Miss Frieda Faehnle reports twenty five hundred letters with seals were mailed and funds are arriving. If funded, a school wide skin test program will involve local physicians and the health department to detect exposure and refer positives for thorough exams. A prior county wide test occurred among upper grade pupils of the high school. In other items, Meigs Photographic Society displays and Harry Crippen is fined for driving on the left side of the highway.

Pomeroy Meigs Meigs County Tuberculosis Association Frieda Faehnle Health Department

Annual Bazaar Held By Church Wednesday

The Sacred Heart Church bazaar drew hundreds from across the county with meals served by church women at noon and evening. The event took place in the church basement and ran throughout the evening.

Post Office Open All Day December 20

Pomeroy postmaster Charles H. Mullen announces the local post office will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday December 20 and that carrier delivery will occur in morning and afternoon. The office closes on Christmas Day but gifts will be delivered as possible that day.

Pomeroy Charles H. Mullen

Pomeroy to Consider WPA Kindergarten Plan

The school board discussed a proposed WPA era kindergarten to be held at Sugar Run School from 9 to 11 a.m. weekdays if enough parents enroll. Ethel Smith Willoughby named as teacher with Mrs. Margaret Collins overseeing recreation. Transportation and consumables to be funded by parents. enrollment contacts via 391-1 or a postcard.

Pomeroy Board of Education William A. Smith Sugar Run Margaret Collins Works Progress Administration Ethel Smith Willoughby Mr. Smith

Middleport Garden Club and Church Groups Share Christmas Activities

Middleport notes cover a Garden Club session with Propagation School insights by Prof. Victor Reis, boxwood cuttings, and next year tub and bucket propagation. Church classes hold Christmas parties, new officers, gifts, and plans including military boxes and Sunshine Buddies.

Middleport Middleport Garden Club Garen Stansbury Grant St E. R. Tompkins A. A. Dillard Victor Reis Rock Springs Reis Tom W. Jones Loyal Women’s Class Church of Christ Sunshine Buddies L. E. Burford

Basketball Team Ready For Rutland

Middleport coach Paul Trittschuh and assistants drill the Yellow Jacket basketball squad for the season opener against Rutland next Tuesday night. Unofficial scrimmages with outside teams are set as more players respond to practice this year.

Middleport Paul Trittschuh Yellow Jacket Rutland Jackets

Letart Falls Church Society Meeting and Thanksgiving Program

Letart Falls M. E. Church group plans an all day quilting meeting at the Community Building Friday with lunch at noon. The previous evening’s Thanksgiving program featured readings and a poem by local members, concluding with a prayer. A PTA executive meeting in Middleport outlined plans for a December gathering and the upcoming football banquet to be catered by the group next Thursday.

Letart Falls Wss.cs M. E. Church Chlorus Grimm George Sayre Harry Allen Ralph Ashley Earl Grimm Bertha McDade Mae Alexander Middleport PTA Supt. L. W. McComas Karl Owen

Changes Made In Offices At Courthouse

Courthouse staffing shifts move the Aid for Dependent Children office to the large room adjoining the probate court. The WPA school lunch and recreation projects relocate. A.D.C. gains space as remodels continue to provide more court offices. The recreation project shifts to the room next to the recorder's office, and lunch program offices relocate to W Second Street second floor rooms.

A.D.C WPA Recreation Project Margaret Collins Recorder's Office County Commissioners Selah Weatherby Relief Office W. Second St

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