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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1945
Page
3
A school dance for Hold High School students occurred Tuesday evening at the Episcopal Parish House after the Athens basketball game. The room was festively decorated with Christmas garlands and featured piano numbers by June Whaley, Jim Lochary, and Charles Baird.
A Meigs County case titled In the Matter of Lands Lots and Parts of Lots Omitted From Foreclosure Proceedings in 1944 No 10 284 involves lots sold to Parkersburg Rig and Reel Company Chris Brider Daniel Rizer John F Blaettner Excelsior Salt Works and H E Koehler with contempt against Auditor George P Daniels. The 1944 common pleas ruling found illegal sales in defiance of a prior order. Daniels convicted of contempt. The Court of Appeals reversed the lower court and the Ohio Supreme Court certified the case among others for review. Attorneys include Craig Davis and Chalmers Parker for Ebersbach interests. D H Peoples A D Russell and Charles D Fogle for defendants. MEET DEC 28 MIDDLEPORT The Middleport W C T U will meet December 28 at Mrs Lawrence Reed's home with several hostesses assisting.
Pomeroy Chester basketball game postponed due to health ban. A preliminary Reserves game will precede the varsity at 8 and 9 p.m. Fred Conaway of Parkersburg is the referee.
Amateur Gardeners Club held its December meeting after a three course dinner at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe. Guests included Mrs. Strauss and Mrs. Blakeslee with elaborate decorations and a gift exchange. Local members and relatives were mentioned alongside service personnel and students returning home for Christmas.
Churches across Pomeroy plan Christmas week events from December 23 to 25. Federated Church hosts a 7 p.m. service on December 23 with caroling at 5:30 a.m. and a 11 a.m. worship on Christmas Day. Naomi Baptist hosts a 7:30 p.m. program. First Baptist, Laurel Cliff Free Methodist, Hyseli Run Free Methodist, Christ Science Society, St. Pauls Lutheran, United Methodist, Salvation Army, Grace Episcopal, Trinity Lutheran, and Racine Baptist announce schedules including Sunday School, morning worship, Christmas programs, and special services with choirs, choirs and lessons.
A Technicolor sound film Charm and Personality was shown at the annual Courtesy Week high school assembly on December 19 sponsored by Miss Marion Ebersbach. The Senior High Student Council paid the rental, and during home room and classes teachers led discussions on courtesy in personal relationships at home school sports events street manners social usage and business courtesy.
Local churches announce special Christmas events with Scripture and music. Rev H L Carr of First Presbyterian presides with a 7 p.m. Saturday youth party and a Sunday sermon titled The Way of the Lord followed by a 7 p.m. Sunday School program. First Baptist presents a cantata with narrator and solos at Sunday service. Heath Methodist emphasizes Christ's Redeeming Name with choir music and a 9:30 Sunday School holiday treat for children, plus Youth Fellowship plans caroling for shut-ins.
Grace Episcopal Church will host an 11 PM Christmas Eve Communion with special music. Director John W. Kline leads the choir with accompaniment by Mrs. Nolan Swackhammer and others including high school singers June and Carol Canaday. Organist Mrs. Cedric Clark fills the frame as carols precede the service.
Warren C. Davidson, 30, arrested by State Highway Patrolman McCreedy as he left the La Salle Hotel Middleport after a holdup on Little's Service Station Cheshire Gallia County earlier in the morning. He was identified by the proprietor and taken to Meigs County jail for questioning before being moved to Gallia County jail. Davidson had prior familiarity with Cheshire Meigs locations and claimed to have close relatives in Middleport.
Funeral services for George Wood 82 die at his son Don Wood Pomeroy to be held Sunday 10 30 at Carpenter Baptist Church with interment at School Lot Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Don and Frank a daughter Mrs Anna Goff two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Christmas Eve service at First Presbyterian Church in Middlefort on December 24 at 9 p.m. Rev. H L Carr leads a candle light communion with special music by organist Lillian Stieff pianist Lennie Sharp and singer Rodney Downing. No regular communion service on January 13, 1946.
POMEROY The Memorial Baptist Church at Weirton West Virginia will dedicate new hymnals to the memory of Mrs Will, longtime choir director and soprano, who died December 5. The hymnals were purchased at her wish and will be unveiled during public worship on Sunday December 23. Mrs Will, a Pomeroy native, was a beloved musical leader in the community. Her death shocked many friends.
A fine Christmas program is being arranged at Mt. Hermon A B Church in Texas for Sunday evening December 23. The program features several pageant plays songs recitations and other features presented under HIE Present and starts at 3 45 PM.
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