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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1966
Page
26
Middleport officials and the Merchants Association offer free parking through Christmas with meter sacks placed by merchants. Stores will stay open until 9 p.m. from Friday. Community notes include church group meals for a birthday, military family updates, and Methodist district minister visits.
Dr Richard L Slack opens a dedicated surgical practice in Middleport Meigs County offering exclusive surgery services. He will see patients for examination without referral, perform operations at area hospitals, and provide post operative care before returning patients to their family doctors. Dr Slack trained at George Washington University and is board certified with ACS fellowship.
Middleport Postmaster Paul Casci hosted a holiday dinner for postal workers and guests at the hall. Mrs Casci provided accordion holiday songs and door prizes were given. The Ladies Auxiliary of Feeney Bennett Post 128 served the meal. honored guests included Weiss Powell and wife, Joe Perry and wife, and many local residents.
In Middleport a party Friday night honored Marc Fultz on his eighth birthday. Guests included Anita Fultz and Bobby Titus assisting Mrs. Fultz. Prizes went to Beth Vaughan, Joey Rickman, Kathy Harris, and Velvet Swisher. Favors to girls were wreath pins. boys received Santa tree decorations. Other attendees were Vickie Slack and several others. Also in Pomeroy, Five Scouts received tenderfoot investiture into Troop 248 at a candlelight ceremony at the DAV Home led by Ray Glaze and Paul Werner.
List of land transfers in Meigs County including Hartenbach Moore and Smith and others with parcel sizes in Pomeroy Chester and Letart Two. Also notes a Christmas dinner planned by Sew-Rite Sewing Club at Bailey's Restaurant with basket and shoe donations and a hospital report on Virgil E. Blackwood at Holzer Hospital.
The Syracuse community pastors present the program at the Syracuse PTA meeting set for 7 30 p m Tuesday at the school. Refreshments will be served. A special Middleport Lodge F and AM meeting follows at 7 30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple announced by Harry Chesser, worthy master.
The Past Officers Club of Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. Gretta Simpson home. Elected were William Stewart president Mary Lew Johnson vice president Letha Morris secretary and Cora Webb treasurer. Hostess chairmen named Chlorus Grimm Gretta Simpson and Naoma Brinker for a January 15 dinner party. A Christmas readings program was led by Bernice Carpenter.
A Christmas party is set for 6 30 p m Monday at Bailey's Restaurant. The Xi Gamma Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will meet Thursday night. A contribution was given to the Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association. Slides of a recent European trip were shown by Mrs Marilyn Davis.
Farmers are invited to an area park tour in Highland County Wednesday led by C E Blakeslee, county extension agent. The four stops include heated farrowing stalls, ground and floor feeding, lagoon manure disposal, and a finishing system with slatted floors and gravity flow manure. Details are available from the county extension service office.
Admissions include Richard Coleman James Young Dottie Curtis Linda Rousa Merle Manley and others. Discharges feature Ann Wheeler Glenda Ben edum David Stewart William Searles Mildred Withee and James Ward.
Seven representatives from other districts attended a county teachers workshop on study habits in Pomeroy. Instructors included Carol OConnell from the NDEA and the State Department of Education for various grade levels. Out of county guests included James Grey Hocking County superintendent and several county elementary supervisors and principals.
Mrs. Harry L. Bailey presented the POMEROY-A quota report to the Women s Missionary Society at Pomeroy First Baptist Church. Members share poems, a Christmas Story from St Luke, and musical items.
A dealership advertises a 1965 Mustang V8 with a 4 speed transmission and seats as a finish option. The sale is framed with 100 gallons of gasoline and mentions an expiration date of January 1st, 1965. The ad promotes a price around $1895.
Meigs County Common Pleas Court set jury trial dates for three defendants. Jack Ward faces five counts of intent to steal on January 16. Charles Yarbrough is scheduled for January 13 on assault and battery. Virgil Yarbrough has a January 25 assault and battery trial.
Meigs General records list patients Earl Stover Harrisonville Lowell Carper Pomeroy Virgil Yarbrough Rutland Iva Ebersbach Vernon Howell for treatment and follow up.
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