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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1952
Page
2
A Meigs County campaign collects funds to provide Christmas gifts for 7400 veterans in Ohio Veterans Administration hospitals and homes. C J Rhodes says participants may buy shares for five dollars, with some instances of one share.
Grand lodge officers mark a Tri County Pythian Association gathering in Middleport with James M. Leonard of Columbus as speaker. He urged family centered programs, showcased the Pythian Home at Spring and presented musical numbers led by Mrs Stieff and Mr Beulah stall, plus a ballet by Judy Jacobs.
Columbia Grange will meet Friday evening December 12. Members are asked to bring a pie for refreshments. Guests of Mrs. Faye Jordan include Mendall Jordan Francis Queen and daughter Maude. Kenneth Crabtree is ill at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Roger David has returned home from Parke hospital. Raymond Cotterill and Barbara Harrisonville visited Mr. and Mrs. Orville Whittington and Mrs. Westina Crabtree.
Notice lists Akia Pate as plaintiff and Donald Pate as defendant in Cause No. 20289 with grounds including habitual drunkenness and extreme cruelty. Hearing set after January 1 with attorney Joel B. Draper. Also notices in County Ohio Cause No. 21539 about support failure and petitioners represented by Draper and Wyatt.
Social notes record 21 members present for dinner and the group’s business session planning Christmas arrangements and circle activities.
The Pomeroy Women’s Group met at the Federated Church with Mrs Pearl Mora as leader. Mrs Richard De Mott and Mrs Leslie Kunze performed a vocal duet. Mrs Mora spoke on peace as plans were made to meet next month at the United Methodist Church with Miss Lydia Ebersbach as leader.
About 50 people attended at the DAV home on Butternut Ave for a pot-luck Christmas gathering. Gifts were exchanged and a Christmas treat given to children. Commander Sadie Wolfe led a brief meeting planning a New Year party at Chillicothe Veterans Hospital. Four Auxiliary members celebrated birthdays and four new member applications were received.
POMEROY sees an annual Christmas at Mrs Jacob Elberfelds home Mulberry Ave The event decor includes a gift exchange for Girs Industrial School residents The Three Wise Men reading group singing and a dessert follow Mrs Jed Webster Sr presided and Mrs Phil Williamson plus Mrs Louis Reibel led a gift committee Three guests joined the hostess Mrs George Parker Mrs Clair Karr and Mrs William Downie
POMEROY The JOF Class held its annual Christmas party Monday evening at the church. A 6:30 p.m. dinner was served and the group planned a 50 cent gift exchange as described by Mrs. Anton, president.
Rehearsal session set for Sunday involving Pomeroy and The Burlingham with Seniey Steed Og. performers prepare for upcoming event.
Mrs. Walter Waddell read The Holy Cry and The Well of the Star aloud as Mrs. Louis com led the program. Gifts for the Christmas count were gathered with Mrs. Den Hayes chairing the project. Group 1 will remember church shut-ins, with Miss Mary Park and others aiding. Decorations in the social room were led by Mrs. Garen Stansbury.
Members of the Lewis Manley Auxiliary at Mt Moriah Baptist Church packed boxes for veterans in two hospitals on Tuesday afternoon. The effort followed a public turkey supper in the church dining room decorated in national colors.
Grand International Auxiliary members met Thursday at a home in Middleport for a Christmas pot luck dinner served at one o clock. Mrs. Robert Harris received an umbrella from Mrs. W R Garber and Mrs. Walter Harris as a welcome gift. The group plans to continue its Christmas basket tradition for a local family. Officers and duties were listed with Mrs Charles Bennett as president and Mrs Evelyn Lewis as treasurer.
Mr and Mrs Paul Smart will travel to Granville on Sunday to attend a function at Denison University. Their daughter Jean, a freshman, sings with the universitys 300 voice chorus. The Smarts will be guests of the Rev and Mrs C E of Newark, former Middleport residents.
Group 1 of the women's Association of Presbyterian arch will meet Tuesday evening at Mrs. James Jobb home. Members will exchange 50 cent gifts at the Christmas party.
Mrs LE D Benjamin F president Mrs Joe Turner vice president Mrs William Woodard secretary Mrs H E Bush treasurer Mrs W W Hayes installing officer Snowball ice cream cookies and coffee were served by Mrs Diles.
Future Homemakers of America members attended a Christmas tree event with a center of interest. One member made boughs while another pinned an angel to the bulletin after roll call.
Dr and Mrs J J Davis and daughters Charlene Diana Elaine visited Columbus Wednesday and Bucyrus to see R L Murray a former pharmacy professor. Athens guests included Mrs Richard Chambers Mrs Howard Byers and Misses Cressa Webb Ruth Wise. Mr and Mrs C E Bell of Columbus stayed with son and daughter in law Darst and with Mrs Bells brother in law Mr and Mrs William Hawley. Mrs C E Cook plans to return to Springfield after two weeks with her daughters Cressa Webb and Marie Hauck. James Harbarger funeral home tied to Shaw Davis in Columbus. Koehler family to move into Mrs Frank McCoy Main St home after vacated by Mrs McCoy who will relocate to Columbus. Hugh McCoy employed there. Home of the Harleys being remodeled into two apartments.
Ruppelt S P Mc Naught supervisor and attorney for the League will lead the 10 30 a m service. Church school 9 30 a m Westminister Fellowship 6 pm Rev Howard Ruppelt preaches at Syracuse Presbyterian Church at 7 30 pm. Bangerter 9 30 worship 10 30 with Rev Mr Berger former pastor at Pomeroy occupies pulpit for temperance League Youth Fellowship 6 pm FIRST Church Rev Claremont E Hoyt pastor Church school 9 15 am 10 15 sermonette for a little girl Christmas guest Rev David H Deen of ship 7 30 pm topic The Coming Christ the Wonderful
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Atkins of Lincoln Hill announce the birth of a son, William Arthur, at Meigs General Hospital on December 3. Grandparents are Mrs. Helen Atkins and William Atkins, both of Lincoln Heights, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stokes of Raleigh. Great-grandparents include Mrs. Almeda Wippel of Pomeroy and Mrs. Mary E. Atkins of Athens and Mrs. ville South Carolina. The Atkins also are parents of a three year old daughter, Donna Maria.
Observations of motorists safety at public grade crossings on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad system show about seven percent did not observe safe driving habits and common sense rules.
One hundred fifteen students will participate in an operetta presented by the school with chorus members dressed as dolls poinsettias mistletoe holly gifts candles wind up toys and other holiday characters. The director will lead the production and the groups will sing selections to express the Christmas theme.
Cecil McClaskey sues Ohio Power Co. of Pomeroy in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for 6521 damages after his team of horses bolted on Route 124 Racine when a utility worker descended a pole making repairs. He claims fractures for medical bills wages and pain from the incident on April 4.
Pfc James Hendricks, son of Mrs Alma Hendricks, recuperation leave from the 25th Infantry Division in Korea, jeep driver in Company M of the division's Regiment. He entered the Army in September 1951 and arrived in Korea March 27. A former Coca Cola Co. employee of Columbus, he has been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.
Frank Gintear aged 51 of Minersville was driving west on Route 124 near the waterworks when a radium rod dropped from his auto causing the vehicle to lose control and strike a utility pole. Patrolman Franklin Hudson reported the investigation and noted the impact.
The day book lists church schedules with multiple congregations in Pomeroy and nearby towns. It covers mass times for Catholic and Church of Christ services, Sunday schools, sermons, youth activities, and midweek prayer meetings across diverse denominations including United Brethren, Methodist, Baptist, and Pentecostal groups.
Middleport patrolman I. R. Neal and colleagues logged over 300 observations from January 1 to December 10, 1952. The list details unlocked doors and windows, shorted motors, exposed money and other discrepancies found during nightly rounds from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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