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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
8
MALCOLM HARTLEY POMEROY describes Christmas shopping in Meigs County with a wide display of toys and gifts. Elaborate electric trains, lifelike dolls, baby dolls, and modern playthings fill departments. Men's sections offer lounging pajamas and leather jackets amid festive displays.
Grandpa Jones and his grandsons will perform at Wilkesville High School Auditorium on Saturday December 17 at 7 30 pm. The feature is sponsored by the Senior Class and highlights local Meigs County stores with gift ideas from cameras to plush robes and serving dishes.
Mrs. David Entsminger hosted the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen with 22 members exchanging gifts and announcing new officers led by Mrs. Hayes as Past President. Other groups met for Christmas parties, exchanges, and pageants at High School and various homes, including the Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters turkey dinner and card games.
Dan Hartinger of Letart Township was elected president of the Meigs County Agricultural Society at the annual meeting in Pomeroy. Vernon Greenler was chosen as vice president and A D Russell as treasurer as the fair board set new dates for the 1939 Meigs County Fair for August 29 30 and 31. The board said the change ends a long September tradition for the county fair.
Helen Hysell aged 19 released from custody after being held as a material witness in the Fred Wise roadside death probe. She was sent home by bus to Jacobsburg after authorities covered transportation. Wise’s body was found along State Route 7 near Hobson after a hit skip incident.
In Middleport the first residential decorations sit at the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home on S Second Ave the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Coats. A life size shepherd with sheep and a dog stands before the house beside a scroll reading Peace on Earth good will toward men. The lighting uses concealed spotlights and colored lights run from portico pillars to the front shrubbery. Churches fraternal groups and clubs plan Christmas events while merchants report strong pre holiday sales and many layaways.
Firefighters rushed to City Hall last night and found the alarm from the church was a chimney smoke. Deputy Hank Young jailed itinerant James Sonny Hunter for intoxication after he helped fight the rear fire and claimed to be a volunteer firefighter. Court actions: Zack Jewell sues Leonard and Goldin Jewell for 200 as well as a prior 100 suit filed last December.
Won One will hold its regular meeting Thursday evening at the church with Mrs. A. R. Stark, Mrs. Guy Gorby and Mrs. Aten Shain as hostesses. The annual Christmas party with a gift exchange was enjoyed.
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