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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1976
Page
7
Meigs Jaycees distributed 103 food baskets and toys to about 413 people in Pomeroy. Volunteers dressed dolls and built wood toys while area merchants and residents funded the basket program led by Bill Young.
Logan police cited Mark Robert Cullison 17 for excessive speed after he lost control on Poplar and struck a no parking sign and a tree near Warner Avenue. Calvin W. Fisher 22 was cited for driving left of center and reckless operation after hitting a parked car on Friesner Avenue. A Remington 870 pump shotgun was reported stolen from Keith Flowers’ truck on W Second Street.
Ex presidents of the American Legion Auxiliary Drew Webseter Post 39 met at the homes of Miss Erma Smith and Mrs. Genevieve Meinhart for a gift exchange and business session. They voted to dispense with the January meeting and set February plans at Mrs. Harry Davis’s home with Mrs. Gerald Wildermuth and Mrs. Ernest Powell leading devotions and the program. Rhoda Hackett read a new Rudolph version and a pantomime was performed by Gerald Wildermuth.
Members of the Homebuilders Class of the Middleport Church of Christ visited the Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center to distribute gifts to 51 patients including six from Meigs County. Group singing with Mrs Becky Glaze at the piano and Denver Rice on violin and guitar accompanied the festivities and refreshments were served.
Letart Falls resident Denzil Boggess and wife Dessie share holiday greetings featuring Dessie’s poetry. The verses recall snowy hills, sleigh rides, a rustic cottage, Cedar Hill memories, and a longing to relive childhood Christmases at Letart Falls.
Hocking County Red Cross Bloodmob ile reports 126 donors and 108 pints collected at the Youth Center on Wednesday. Seven first-time donors participated. Donors received doughnuts from General Hocking Brick and meals from Immermanuel United Methodist Church Women. Volunteers include Ada Rheinscheid Anna Gerken Mary Rosier Debby McFeeley Denise Denny Josephine Wolfe Bonnie St Clair Teenaides aided as sitters. Kiwanis members helped load and unload the Bloodmobile. This service is supported by the Hocking County United Way.
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