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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
8
The South Bethel Evangelical U B Church in Silver Ridge hosts a Christmas program Sunday at 2 p m. The event ends with a Community Christmas Tree gift exchange among Sunday school members. Mrs Gerrett Christy directs the program and the public is invited.
Meigs County Tuberculosis Association reports $1 578 45 raised in the 1946 Christmas Seal sale with a $2 400 goal set to be reached by December 30 1946. President Richard Chambers notes ongoing need for prevention and aid funding including school TB tests and care for affected families.
Mrs. Dayton Will welcomed Hemlock Grove Garden Club members at her Mulberry Avenue home for the annual Christmas party. Mrs. Clarence Heaton presided, Jessie Saunders won the prize package, and Santa Claus candles adorned the Yuletide table as guests exchanged gifts and enjoyed social time.
Twenty five Past Chiefs of Magnolia Pythian Sisters gathered at Mrs Alva Hites home on W Main Street for a annual Christmas dinner. They sat at a long dining table under a lighted tree with silver stars and pine cones. Florida gifts decorated the table as prizes were awarded in contests and games and gifts were exchanged among the Cheer Sisters.
MIDDLEPORT two hours after removal to Riverside Rest Home Pomeroy Mrs Alice Biggs 82 died there at 330 pm Wednesday. Neighbors called Robert Coats of the Rawlings Coats funeral home after finding her without heat and in serious condition. Her home burned two weeks earlier when live ashes were dumped on the floor. She lived alone. Funeral arrangements by Rawlings Coats announced later with interment in Nelson Cemetery. no near relatives reported.
POMEROY The Jackson Ohio gathering was the Women’s Society for Christian Service meeting not a WCTU session as reported. Mrs Jed Webster Sr is retiring WSCS supply officer, Mrs H P Smith is the present district supply officer, and Mrs Sybil Miles is the new district secretary of literature.
Final rehearsals this week prepare the First Baptist Church robed choir for Music of Bethlehem to be presented Sunday at 7 30 pm directed by Rev Charles Pomeroy with Mrs C P Bradbury as accompanist Two quartets and several obbligato solos are planned with singers including Mrs David Darst Jr Mrs Homer Hysell David Diles Paul Smart Mrs H M Cross and Virginia Jo Wise The church will be seasonally decorated and invites public attendance
A miscel laneous shower honored newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Junior Chasteen at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Graham. Numerous friends and relatives attended, with refreshments served by Mrs. Myrtle Harrison, Mrs. Frances Larkins, Mrs. Goldie Graham, and Mrs. Hilda Greuser.
The text notes that ships of early wartime 1812 eras often had black hulls and dull red below-deck interiors. This color scheme aimed to conceal blood spilled in engagements, reducing visibility during combat.
The Meigs Chapter Izaak Walton League elected Rue Tuckerman president Tracy Whaley first vice president Paul Smart second vice president C E Blakeslee secretary J Edward Foster treasurer and named directors for terms of one to three years. Dr Koloman Lehotsky spoke on forest value and care urging restraint on grazing and soil erosion prevention. Next meeting set for Jan 16.
John Wippel 81 died at his Five Points Chester Road home after a brief illness. Survived by wife Elizabeth three sons Henry Victor and Joe three brothers Jake Mike and Phillip two sisters Clara and Elizabeth and two grandchildren. Former wife preceded him in death. Body remains at Ewing funeral home ahead of services at Sacred Heart Church in Pomeroy Friday at 9 a.m. Burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Meigs County records show Millie Roseberry filing for divorce from Leon Roseberry on grounds of gross neglect and wilful absence. Frances Gibson was granted a divorce from Robert B. Gibson on gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Cecil E. Karman was granted a divorce from Eileen Karman on gross neglect and extreme cruelty.
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