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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
7
Kenneth Barber of Long Bottom was arrested by the State Highway Patrol on Tuesday night for operating a vehicle with defective lights. He pleaded guilty and was fined $5 plus costs by Mayor Spencer of Pomeroy.
Three dinners at the Little House on S Fifth Ave featured the Couples Club of Pomeroy and Friendly Circle of Federated Church with Elizabeth Fick new president. Guests included Clair Karr Dan White Fred Rosenbaum Clay Bryan John Duerr Edith Mallory Elsie Hart and many more. Additional events covered Neighbors of Pomeroy meetings and a Christmas Eve party at Harriet Merrick Russell’s home with Kiwanis members and Mas on County volunteers.
Judge and Mrs. Edgar Ervin visit Charleston relatives for Christmas. Many families, including the Grim, Young, Robson, Bailey, Gilbert, and Ervin households, host or visit relatives across Charleston, Parkersburg, Columbus, and other towns. Local illnesses and hospital updates accompany the holiday social scene as residents travel and reunite.
Local merchants report strong holiday sales in Middleport. The Pallip Sporn plant at Graham Station is praised as a life saver for area business, amid many new families moving to the village and workers finding temporary rooming.
Ada Roberts et al transfer 81.5 acres in Olive to John and Jenette Roberts. Ralph and Verna George transfer 90 acres in Salem to Leo and Alma McMillin. John and Geraldine Miller transfer Lot 7 in Rutland to Bertha Rathburn. Dolph Hysell deceased transfers to Elizza beth and Carl Hysell and Mabel Oliver via certificate of transfer in Rutland. Carl Hysell et al transfer parcels in Rutland to Elizabeth Hysell. Othe Keenam transfers Lot 399 in Pomeroy to Albert and Mary Leifheit.
Dale Smith 21 and Elsie Kessinger 17 both of Rutland wed here Tuesday as recorded in Meigs County Probate Court by Justice of the Peace Percy Peoples.
Cousins Mrs. A P Miller and James Hazelton report the death of Homer Scott at his son’s Denver home on Christmas day. Born in Pomeroy to John and Matilda Scott, he lived in Canton before moving to Denver. He leaves two children and two sisters Daisy White of Canton and Mabel McIntosh of Columbus. Funeral services were held in Denver on Tuesday.
Roderick Elmer Grimm, 30, Long Bottom Route 2, arrested by the State Highway Patrol for operating an overloaded truck. He pleaded guilty and was fined 85 dollars plus costs by Mayor Russell of Middleport. Jerry Allen Powell, 21, Racine, arrested on a similar charge, also pleaded guilty and was fined 95 dollars plus costs by Mayor Russell.
The Well Child conference at the Middleport Public Library basement was led by Dr. Charles Mullen and County Health Nurses Catherine Shavorinsky and Nelle Bing. Mrs. O E McKinley of the Child Conservation League announced the next meeting for Wednesday afternoon January 25. Six children were examined yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. C L Wood hosted a Sunday Christmas dinner at their S Third Ave home. Attending were Mr Wood’s parents Mr and Mrs E M Wood, son Col Curtis Wood and his children Curtis Susan and Irene of Dayton, JoAnn and Bracky Wood, and guest James Russell from Ohio State University. Miss Wood was Mr Russell’s guest.
Middleport residents host dinners and visits from relatives in a busy holiday period. Catherine Burns and Walter Harris family members attend gatherings. Dr. Kathryn Poindexter returns from Dayton and Columbus to witness Miriam Daniels wedding in Dayton. Rennselaer Johnson Jr and Martha Downing depart for Tyler Texas. Cheesebrew home hosts Christmas dinner with Hayes Woodie and Price relatives. Ting Wang and nearby families visit Ferne Barker in New Haven for Christmas.
Six new artistic sugar maples will replace the 50 year old trees around the Middleport Post Offices. Postmaster Walter Waddell says planting by tree experts will occur in early spring. Each tree will be about 25 feet tall with a six inch trunk, planted one foot from the ground.
In Bend area a shopper reported a theft of clothing from a department store and another theft occurred at a Pomeroy store. In Huntington incident reports a fatal auto crash on December 24 killed Marshall E. Ellis, 38, of Chesapeake, Ohio, while Carl R. Spencer, 70, longtime Zanesville city engineer, died of a heart ailment.
Buffalo New York officials of the CIO United Steelworkers warn a pension and insurance dispute could trigger a strike within a few days at four American Locomotive Co. plants.
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