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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1963
Page
14
Amy Lynn Scarberry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Scarberry Jr., was christened during Sunday morning worship at Heath Methodist Church. Rev. M. E. Dawson performed the rites.
Washington County engineer H. P. Christy of Belpre was named to fill the unexpired term of the late Stanley J Blazewicz as Meigs County Engineer. He will serve the remaining year and was appointed after a temporary measure by the Meigs County Commissioners. No licensed local engineer could accept the post, so an out-of-county appointee was chosen to prevent layoffs of highway department staff. Christy, long involved in county road projects, will not relocate to Meigs County immediately.
Mike Fultz to head student recruitment for a Red Cross bloodmobile visit at Pomeroy Junior High School from noon to 5 30 p m Friday. Consent slips will be provided for underage donors. The quota for Friday is 100 pints of blood.
Land transfers recorded in Weigs County include Orville B Sayre and June A Sayre to Melvin R Smith and Olive L Smith for Sutton Two parcels. Sybil Ebersbach and Milton M Spires deceased to W E Nelson and Bernice Nelson for Rutland Two. Bernard Adams and Eva Adams to Grant L Boring and Erika H Boring for Olive Two. Howard Kindell and Nora E Kindell to I Manning Mohler and Elizabeth Mohler for Bedford Two. Martha A Lee and Robert Lee to Keith M Woods and Gertrude M Woods for 4 acres in Pomeroy. Edith M Jones and William I Jones to Edward and Doris Ann Thle for Sutton Two. Paul M Clifford et al to Helena Clifford for a lot in Pomeroy. Woodrow Morris to Emma Morris for 77.85 acres in Rutland. Richard Wolfe and Bertha Wolfe to Sybil Ebersbach for Lebanon Two. Sybil Ebersbach to Richard Wolfe and Bertha Wolfe for Lebanon Two. Ralph M Campbell and Virginia B Campbell to Franklin Real Estate Co for Lot Nine in Pomeroy.
POMEROY Ohio Meigs County Judge Frank W Porter fined Sammy Plantz ten dollars and costs for driving with a suspended license. Raymond Little pleaded innocent to petit larceny and was bound over to the grand jury under bond set at one hundred dollars.
Meigs County responds to the season with festive home decorations and community aid. The Junior Chamber of Commerce distributes food and toys from the courthouse, firemen run a successful project, and churches and clubs assist the needy. Homes in Middleport and Pomeroy shine with both religious and non religious themes including a Nativity scene by Elwood Bowers.
Courthouse employees and attorneys close Tuesday through Thursday for a holiday period. Midnight Mass at Sacred Heart Church begins at 11 15 p m with the service at midnight. St Paul Lutheran hosts a 11 p m candlelight service tonight and a Nativity scene debuts this year. Weatherman predicts a white Christmas as Char lene and I wish happy holidays.
The Meigs County Common Pleas Court convictions prompted two cases to be appealed in the Court of Appeals. The cases involve State of Ohio versus Dale Dutton of Dutton Drugs Inc. and State of Ohio versus Dale M. Dutton. A mortgage foreclosure suit was filed in the same court by Jack and Merle Harris against Wilson, Baxter administrator, Benton, and Frank. A Middleport emergency squad call to Wyatt and Thie Service Station was canceled before departure as an ill unidentified man was treated in a private clinic.
Middleport notes show Frank Murray returning home from the Veterans Hospital in Ft. Thomas Kentucky for holidays with plans to return for further treatment in February. Numerous relatives and friends from Charleston W Va Cleveland Ohio and Mt Vernon Ohio visit for Christmas and New Year.
Eldon B. Will is in serious condition at Grant Hospital Columbus. He became ill while visiting Dr. Elson McCullough with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dailey and the Will couple and their son-in-law and daughter in Columbus Sunday. room 929.
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