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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1956
Page
2
Two minor traffic crashes were investigated in Meigs County on Thursday. A southbound car driven by Raymond Teaford collided with Henry Bahr's vehicle on Snow Ball Hill Road, causing modest damage. A second incident on Route 33 involved a truck and car near Pomeroy, with Clarence Leedy posted a $15 bond after pleading not guilty to unlawful operation.
A 30 voice Federated Church choir will perform a candlelight cantata Song of The Holy Night on Sunday at 4 p.m. under director Mrs. Paul Nease. The program opens with Christmas Fantasy on organ followed by a candlelight procession and nativity shadow pictures. The service features soloists and choral selections including Look Back to Bethlehem To The City of David and Song of the Night with Rev. Bartels giving the benediction.
Middleport society activities include a Christmas program with officer elections for 1986 57, a social hour, and carol singing led by Mrs Dwight Wallace. The meeting opened with devotion and readings from Presbyterian Life. A Thanksgiving offering for national missionary projects was received. Members of the First Baptist Crusaders hosted a turkey dinner and Christmas party at the Smarts home with a question and answer period on youth issues. The Brownell Ave Home Demonstration Club hosted a lunch at Martin Restaurant with Christmas decorations and gifts exchanged in a holiday setting. Westminster Fellowship plans a candlelight Christmas program at First Presbyterian Church and a caroling party with refreshments. The Pomeroy First Aid squad will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the third ward fire house.
Meigs County listing of church services across towns with multiple pastors, Sunday schools, morning worships, and midweek activities led by Rev M Grove and others. Includes Christmas pageant rehearsals and various schedule details for Methodist, Adventist, Baptist, Church of Christ, and other congregations across Racine, Letart Falls, Portland, Joppa, Sutton, Forest Run, Apple Grove, and surrounding areas.
Middleport church listings include Heath Methodist First Presbyterian Syracuse Presbyterian First Baptist Church of Claremont and others with service times youth fellowships choirs and sermons. Also notes church leadership meetings and a family illness report for Mrs E V Mercer of Walled Lake Michigan with stroke.
Third in a series, an adult farmer meeting is planned Monday in Racine High School lo ag classroom. Lean Hogs will be discussed including breeds, efficiencies, leans, fat, feed per 100 pounds, cross breeds, confinement versus range, and feeding can on a hog. All farmers from the Southern Local School District are invited. Plans will be made for the farm shop during the holiday season. Howard Nolan, the Wright instructor, has set up these meetings with 13 interested farmers. Several farmers received copies of the Ohio Farm Account book during the meeting.
A fragmentary list names several individuals including Mrs. Middle May Low Smith of Pomeroy Rose Minersville Mra Nancy Shuler Letart all George Helvert Pomeroy Mrs Francis Larkin Route 1 i Elsie Cross Racine Anneth Searles Cheshire Charles Guthrie Pomeroy Cora Wickline Racine.
The Imperial Electric Company hosted 85 employees and their families for an appreciation dinner marking a ten year club milestone and a Christmas party at Sacred Heart Parish Hall, Pomeroy. John K. Smith Jr and plant supervisor Clarence Hasler led tributes to ten year honorees Ed Moore Vincent Dabo William Hamm and others, presenting sterling silver belt buckles engraved with 10 Years and Imperial crest. Santa distributed gifts to children while prizes, including turkeys and small appliances, were awarded to staff.
Multiple Pomeroy area groups held holiday gatherings with gift exchanges, carols, and refreshments. Young Adult Class of the Pome roy Church of Christ held a party at Mrs Gladys Dailey's home with prize games and a lighted tree. Other clubs met for gift exchanges and charitable drives while noting bake sales and readings. Beta Sigma Phi and Jaycees announced donations and upcoming meetings.
Haven theatre in Haven West Virginia showcases a Friday and Saturday feature program headlined by Tony Curtis and Colleen Miller in The Rawhide Ears. The screening lists times and admission details for the local audience.
A local venue hosts events this weekend starting at 6 PM with a Beatle feature and a man from Texas act. The fading sheriff is also advertised in the program notes.
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