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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1946
Page
8
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Palmer and Iris Palmer attended the funeral of Mr. Palmer’s grandmother in Marietta on Saturday. The gathering included Mrs. Joyce Stupeck.
In Middleport local stores stay open late with mixed crowds as holiday shoppers appear sparse. Grocers differ on hours with some open and some closed while bananas apples and cranberries supply shelves. Mail carriers report the heaviest deliveries in years and residents plan church events caroling and home gatherings.
Richard Fife of Gallia County was fined $10 and costs by Mayor Horton Brown after pleading guilty to reckless driving. He allegedly crashed into Lee Hoffner’s car in Pomeroy Saturday night and agreed to pay for repairs.
Members of the Women’s Guild of the Federated Church visited Meigs Infirmary and O’Neil Rest Home Monday evening. They gave each inmate a Christmas gift box and sang carols at both facilities after leaving the church at 6 30 p m.
Midwestern families gather in Middleport for Christmas reunion as former residents return after years apart. Families include the Harrises of Columbus and Atlanta, the Hennesys with Gordons and Melissa, the McKays from Bowling Green, and others from Port Washington Athens Republic Maumee and Gallipolis, sharing holiday visits with local Rothrocks Reichmans and Koehlers.
The United Methodist Church in Pomeroy held its annual Sunday School Christmas program. Theo L. Smith supervised with Santa Claus distributing candy and fruit after a pageant featuring Bennett Rice, Joe and Dick Struble, Glen Smith, and others. Recitations and department performances followed under multiple teachers.
The Meigs Courthouse women workers held their annual Christmas Party at the Charles Wildermuth home on Butternut Ave. Hostess Thelma Wildermuth served refreshments to a long list of guests as the mantel framed by greenery and a Yule log set the festive scene. Mrs Windsor read her original wedding poem to the Pomeroy Garden Club and members closed with Christmas carols led by Mrs J E White.
The Pomeroy Garden Club met at Mrs. Theodore Ebersbach December 20 for its annual Christmas Dinner with 21 members and one guest Mrs. Delia Windsor of Columbus present. Mrs. Jacob B. Elberfeld led the business meeting and a donation to the Meigs County Tuberculosis Association fund was approved. New member Mrs. William Dowie joined, and the program featured three readings by Mrs. Della Windsor including Edgar A. Guest's If I had Only Known.
Mrs Walter Russell sustained a broken shoulder when she fell at her home on S Fifth Ave. Her daughter Mrs William Reichman of Columbus was called to assist in her care.
Mr and Mrs J P Bradbury hosted a Tuesday party for Kieth Bradbury s 12th birthday with James Conkle Beatrice and Bobby Ward Wanda Jean Ina Louise Ar tie and Arthur Rupe and the Dale Mulford family Refreshments were served Okey Wood returned from Richmond W Va Mrs Zola Ball and her father Elkin moved into Flora Bradbury property Claude Johnson Findlay Visited with Alonzo Grover WSCS met at Sadie Durst s home Scripture by Mina Amos Attendees Hannah Harrison Cora Ward Flora Bradbury Mary Sisson Harry Tate of Zanesville stayed with Horton Rife A T Welch and family moved into Hatfield property Two children attend school J N Ward visiting Marion.
A series of holiday visits connect Parkersburg West Virginia Belle Ohio Union Avenue Pomeroy and Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. R T Smith Jr of Parkersburg spent Sunday with the Gainers in Union Ave. Mrs Amanda Chambers of Belle visited Pomeroy Friday. Cora Roberts joined Winnie Chase Bertha Reed and the McElfreshs for a Sunday gathering. Della Windsor of Columbus plans several days in Chester and Pomeroy. Effie Warren of Reedsville will winter with relatives in Columbus. Two Pomeroy couples James Titus and Thomas Crow Jr head to Texas for Christmas and New Year visiting Titus in Hamilton and Crow in Fredericksburg. Frank Titus of Columbus visits Judge Earl Titus. he works on the GMC plant. Alonzo Custer and Betty of Pomeroy hosted by son Hugh Custer in Athens.
Lloyd Martin, sought by Meigs officials on a burglary and larceny charge from September 1945, was returned from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He was placed in Meigs jail and will stand trial for the Hood Nicholson home burglary near Dexter. Martin had been jailed for a National Motor Vehicle Theft Act violation and paroled December 21. Deputies Welker Wilson and Investigator Jewell transported him.
Mr. and Mrs. Otho F. Young of Rittman Ohio announce the birth of a daughter Louella Mae on December 9 at Wadsworth Hospital. Mrs. Young formerly Ruby Randolph and a Meigs County resident.
A divorce was granted in Meigs Common Pleas Court on December 20 to Jo Ann Cundiff from Hobart Cundiff. The petition cited gross neglect as the grounds for the dissolution.
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