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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1950
Page
6
The Pomeroy event will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in Antiquity Baptist Church. The choir of Ripley, West Virginia, will sing.
POMEROY Firemen's Association met at the Second Ward fire house with over 40 members. Reports showed New Year's ball gross at 1400 dollars, 400 dollars distributed to other groups, and remainder split between the association and three companies. The group noted three deaths in 1949 and allocated 300 dollars to burial funds.
Pomeroy voters approve an ordinance prohibiting Sunday sales of intoxicating liquor and beer within village limits. Ordinance 280, passed January 2, 1950, becomes effective February 1 1950 with enforcement to begin Sunday. Police chief Walter Wolfe expects minimal trouble from the new law and has sent notices to permit holders.
A new Baptist parish was formed last night by a union of the First Baptist Church of Pomeroy and Harford West Virginia members at the Pomeroy church. A resident minister will be chosen soon. Clergymen Rev. Clayton Pepper of the Ohio Baptist Conference and Rev. Ward Hibbs of Parkersburg attended to aid the formation.
The Meigs Dairy Service Unit chaired by president James Titus will convene in the Meigs county courtroom on Monday February 6 at 1 p.m. OSU dairy specialist L Blackmen will discuss Agriculture in Columbia with motion pictures. Insemination, dairy production testing, and related topics will be presented by Walter Brown Dick Kelley Norman VanMeter and others. Dana Hoffman serves as vice president Clark Idle as secretary and Donald Mora as treasurer.
The Rev. Leroy Hiett was invited by District Superintendent R B Maxwell of the Zanesville district to preach at a quarterly meeting for Red Town Mt Carmel and Athens churches. The Rev Lawrence Manley will lead at Hyssel Run and Laurel Cliff churches on Sunday.
Ernest Jones of Columbus underwent a minor operation at Holzer Hospital on Monday. His wife Alice Louise Lama visited Tuesday and reports he is convalescing satisfactorily.
Mrs. Duffield, who ran Duffield's Delicatessen in Middleport for over a year, has moved to Piketon. The family plans to reopen a similar business in Portsmouth. Equipment is stored, and son Myron attends Middleport High School while daughter Dorothy pursues a business course in Portsmouth.
Mr and Mrs Richard Rawlings of Madrid Spain travel to Middleport to visit the Rawlings family including Mrs R H Rawlings and relatives. Their daughter Mary has been attending Middleport High School and stayed with her grandmother this summer.
Mrs Charles McNamee attended funeral services for her nephew Pvt Chester Bell killed in Holland five years ago. Surviving are his father Raymond Bell three brothers and one sister. His mother died a year ago. Mrs McNamee accompanied Mr and Mrs Edgar Ralph of Cleveland. Trevey Finster Wald Funeral Home, Pomeroy.
The Executive Board of the Women s Guild met with president Mrs Myrtle Sisson approving 1950 program plans. Appointments included Mae Mora Frances Reibel Carrie Neutzling Martha Hegnauer for the program committee and Constance Shields Pauline Mayer Esther Fugate for the refreshment committee. Officers named are Myrtle Sisson president Mae Mora vice president Norman Jewell secretary Frances Reibel treasurer and educational chairman plus other chairmen. Visitors included Miss Mary Ellen Miller of Hillsboro and Miss Olga Pierotti of Columbus over the weekend.
The Federated Church Happy Harvester Class will gather Friday evening in the church parlors with Mrs. Elizabeth Huber serving as president.
A game party is planned in Sacred Heart Auditorium on Thursday evening February 2 under sponsorship of the Auxiliary to the DAV. Mrs. Sadie Wolfe serves as president of the sponsoring group.
Mrs Mildred McCullough and others visited Ed Rappold in Huntington West Virginia on Sunday. Nelsonville saw Mr and Mrs Elbert Robinson and Johnny Robinson with Don Dailey on Sunday. Gayann Gaul from Chester stayed with grandparents Adam and Ebers bach Mulberry Ave. Proctor spent weekend in St Albans with Warren. Effie Warren of Reedsville visited Florence Smith and Cora Roberts. Bill and Clark Roberts of Point Pleasant visited their ...
The mayor's report shows net receipts from fines 534.70 amusement tax 105.89 taxi license 25 hand bill permit 1 amusement licenses 5 and garbage licenses 10 totaling 681.59 Parking meters brought in 956.30. The village paid 53.85 to the state for fines on state cases 121.25 to the county for fines and 200 to the division of conservation. The mayor and police department heard 19 intoxication cases seven highway patrol driving under the influence three disturbing the peace two shooting five traffic three assault and battery and three morals charges.
Orville Hawley, 37, of Pomeroy, pleaded guilty to intoxication in Mayor Spencer's court. The mayor added unpaid fines to a new $20 fine and costs, totaling 49.50, and ordered Hawley to work it off on village streets. Sam Gibbs of Pomeroy pleaded guilty to assault and battery on his wife, fined 25 dollars plus costs.
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