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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1950
Page
12
Mrs. Lillian Rayburn of the Selective Service Board announces a January call for 13 men to be inducted and 21 to be given physical examinations. No date is set yet by headquarters, and additional calls may follow during the month.
Middleport Meigs Temple No. 153 staff and officers hosted a Christmas party at Woodman Hall with Santa reindeer scene, lighted trees, gifts, carols by Mrs. Lillian Stieff and group, readings by Mrs. Homer Jones and others, and a birthday handkerchief shower for Mrs. Phil Meinhart. New officers were named and January hosts planned.
Members of the Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club held an annual holiday party at Health Methodist Church basement around a lighted tree. The program featured a double trio with solo performances, carols, a reading of Alfred Noyes poetry, and piano pieces. A brief business session voted to donate $5 to the Meigs County Tuberculosis campaign.
The Ladies Bible Class of First Baptist Church held its annual Christmas dinner at noon Tuesday at Mrs. George Reynolds home. Officers elected for the year include Mrs. James Murray president Mrs. Clarence Clark vice president Mrs. Charles Mayes secretary Mrs. Raymond Saxton assistant secretary Frances Smith treasurer. Guests named include Mrs. C. M. Pomeroy and Texanna White. Additional attendees were Mrs. James Faulkner Mrs. Charles McNamee Mrs. Dana Hamilton Mrs. Williamson Mrs. R. S. White and Cora Rupe.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Story hosted two small dinners at their North Second Ave home. They celebrated their son Pat’s first birthday with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mourning and their son Jim as guests. The Storys also observed Mr. Story’s birthday with dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stanley.
Fielding Hawkins and his daughter Dee hosted a Saturday dinner for Mrs. Hawkins and Delmar Rothgeb’s birthday. Attending were Mrs. Rothgeb and Linda, plus Mrs. N R Rothgeb, mother of Mrs. Hawkins and Mr. Rothgeb.
The trustees of the Antiquity Baptist Church of Letart Township filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for permission to sell real estate yesterday afternoon.
Layaways must be picked up by December 20 unless other arrangements are made. Customers should contact store management to confirm pickup or arrange alternative dates.
A Pomeroy village business committee announced immediate plans for Christmas decorations after heavy snow and flood delays. With financial support from merchants and citizens, decorations should be in place by week’s end, using on hand materials.
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