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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1946
Page
5
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eskew Locust Street Pomeroy announce the birth Tuesday morning of an eight pound son named Charles David. Grandparents are J. W. Eskew Rutland Road and Florence Burnside Locust Street Middleport.
Mrs. Geneva Gardner of Columbus Ohio was brought from Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus on December 18 to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs William Williamson in Pomeroy by Ewing ambulance. Mrs Gardner underwent major surgical operation recently.
Advance tickets for the Fifth grade PTA Christmas program are selling well with a large crowd expected. During intermission the Junior High mixed chorus directed by Miss Lois Cecil will perform after two one act plays Wildcat Willie Plays Santa and Phoebe s Christmas Eve. Dorothy Chase at piano accompanies a cornet and trombone duet A Wreath of Holly by Charles Tewksbury and Roger Dillard.
Pomeroy public schools announce a 8 p m screening of the Pomeroy Middleport Thanksgiving football game at Senior High Auditorium with Ohio Purdue film also shown. Ben Franklin IV magician will entertain. Students pay 35 cents. At 6 p m the Panther football squad coaching staff and officials attend a Football Banquet at Pomeroy High Gymnasium for about 150 guests.
A long list of performers and participants is named including Clark Mary McClure Donna Mc Donald Nancy Fink Shirley Miller Junie Seines Larry Rice Franklin Richards Julia Erwin Frances Chase Janet Frost Norma Lewis Eleanor Satterfield Carol Bachtel Ruth Chase Nancy Miller Susie Keefer Emogene Manley Audrey Staley Adrienne Mills Julia Archer Frances Fisher Maxine Frazier Jean Smart Julie Mitch Betty Rathborn Dorothy Greenlee Violena Johns Alto Billy Taylor Mary Williams Nola Knopp Charles Henry Charlene Williams Betty Ashley James Morris June Smart Gladys Devol Clara Taylor Leota Bolin Glenda Rollins Katherine Peter man Gladys Lewis Jean Simmons Tenor Kenneth Hill Carl Glaze Dana Walburn James Buell Charlies Tewksbury Myron Duffield Lewis VanCooney Roger Dillard Bracky Wood Arnold Bechtle Bass Roscoe Wise James Roller Ben Philson. The program will start at 7 30 p m There will be no reserved seats.
Middleport funeral services are planned for Mrs Addie Mumford Branch widow of Walter Branch who died Tuesday night at her daughter’s home in Dickinson West Virginia. The Rev H A Rothrock Heath Methodist Church will officiate with burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery. Surviving are son G C Mumford Washington DC two daughters Mrs Turner and Mrs H F Heston Dayton and seven grandchildren including George Taylor Gallipolis who she reared.
Cassius M. Spencer aged 84 died unexpectedly at the Belpre home of his son Charles R. Spencer owner of Spencer funeral home. He was born in Chester township Meigs County and survived by four sons and four daughters with many grandchildren. Funeral plans set for Spencer funeral home and Mt Herman A B Church with interment at Mt Herman cemetery.
Deeds issued by Meigs County Recorder George Meinhart record transfers in Salem Sutton Lebanon Columbia and Olive Townships. The listings include Knotts to Cheeseman Black to Norris Hart to Hayman and Lawrence Roush to Turner Bolen guardianship transfers to Bolen Wildermuth to Wildermuth Farley to the Farleys Abbott to the Abbotts and Stanley to Stanley with acreages noted such as 23.56 acres in Sutton Township and 31 acres in Olive Township.
Grocerymen report attempts to pass reconditioned sugar stamps with a zero replaced by a five zero overprint. Ten such stamped attempts were seen last week. Women pressure congressmen to act on a sugar shortage despite claims of ample wholesale sugar.
Attending the wedding were Mrs. Minerva Childers Mrs. George Reynolds Mrs. Guy Reynolds Miss Jean Searles and L. D. Hartinger. The ceremony at 8:30 p.m. at the Methodist Church Buffalo West Virginia with music by Mr. Hartinger and the song I Love You Truly. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home with Middleport relatives and friends in attendance.
Middleport Yellow Jackets opened the season by defeating Gallia Academy High School Blue Devils 54 to 19 in a well attended matchup. The crowd included numerous Gallipolis fans and Gallipolis and Middleport cheerleaders were listed among attendees.
Mrs Roscoe Meadows returns from two weeks in Columbus with her son Carroll Meadows. Miss Virginia Winston of Chicago visits for the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs William Winston and Mr and Mrs Edward Parsons who have improved after five weeks of illness. Mr and Mrs Francis Bush spent a weekend in Charleston while Mr Bush has returned to Dayton where he is employed. Recent guests of Mr and Mrs Howard Byers include Ruby Byers.
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