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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1955
Page
2
Middleport residents gathered in the high school auditorium for the Middleport Park Association kickoff meeting. Officials disclosed a total project cost of 28580 with funding plans, outlines of the park layout, and a pledge-based approach over two to three years to raise funds.
In Middleport two Republicans filed for the mayoral nomination Frank Vroman who beat Russell in 1953 and C O Fisher a former mayor who also lost to Russell earlier. Also filing for village offices Jean Lama treasurer Charles Murray clerk. Ralph Pratt seeks council. In Pomeroy only Mayor F F Robinson filed for Republican nomination. Filing deadline is this week.
Middleport society members gathered at Miss Frances Roush home for the first gram of the year with Mrs. William Bradford in charge. Announcements covered the World Convention in Toronto. Dues for 1955 were reported paid. Miss Nina Russell spoke on Trailand mission work. Don (Pete) Davis and family canvassed health news and college plans.
Kil Cline vice president of the National Baptist Youth Fellow spoke at the 10 15 am service of First Baptist Church Huntington during National Youth Week. He lectured on Oneness in Fellowship and presented A Little Boy's Big Brother in the children's sermonette. The Youth Choir directed by Mrs Paul Smart performed with choir members listed.
Attending the Athens Youth Presbytery meeting at Federated Church in Pomeroy Sunday afternoon were Julia Probasco John Vroman Carl Taylor Fred Lewis Sheila Stover Juanita Hawkins and additional unnamed members of the Westminster Fellowship of First Presbyterian Church. Laura Nel Maiden conducted morning worship at First Presbyterian Church Sunday in observance of National Youth Week giving the call to worship and leading the Lord's Prayer.
Mrs Martha Juhling of Hartford hosted a noon luncheon at the Martin Restaurant on Monday inviting four guests in compliment to Mrs Margaret Gold Breen. Seated with the host were Mrs Breer, Mrs Ruttencutter, Mrs W T Stone, Mrs N O Wein, Mrs George Lermer, Mrs Herman Layne, and Mrs Martha Juhling.
Mrs K D Amsbury Mrs Robert Coats and Mrs E S Schaal host the Amateur Gardeners Club Wednesday at the Amsbury home on S Second Ave Mrs James Titus Jr presents Color in Flower Arrangement Mrs Coats demonstrates the Hogarth Curve in a flower arrangement Roll call replies with favorite color combinations
Major and Mrs John Kincaid and sons John Craig and James left for Washington DC to visit Major Kincaids brother Col William Keith Kincaid Mrs Kincaid and sons Tim and Bill will join them He awaits sailing orders for a next assignment at Bur eau Dr F M Cluff returned from New York with his son John and wife Mrs Cluff They visited over the weekend Mrs Maude Cooper returned to work in Portsmouth after visiting her mother Mrs Lala Mason Miss Dahlia Pauley returned to Columbus Sunday after an extended visit
In Meigs County Probate Court several estate appointments were made. Hyatt H. Parsons named administrator of Roscoe Parsons estate. John D. Thomas named administrator of late John H. Watson estate. Thelma O. Harman named administratrix of late William C. Harman estate.
Detroit police say a raw egg on the kitchen floor led to the death of 51 year old Frank Sepulski who slipped while cooking breakfast, struck his head, and died. The incident occurred Saturday in Detroit.
Nellie Roch ensparger moves to son’s home at 822 Butter Ave Lancaster due to illness. Rodgers family mourns Charles Rodgers in New Lexington with Cora Mattingly Darwin Skinner and others. Rev Gerald Koster preaches at Enterprise Church. Barnetts visit Miami relatives. Maxine Barnett is Mrs James. New birth at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens to Don and Mrs Fenneken. Charles Fenneken grandfather. Lora Longley hospitalised at Springfield after moving to Masonic home. Roberta Dillard Mae Rodgers Alice Brown Jessie Richardson visit New Lexington. Charles Lanfrank underwent surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville.
Shade Shade-Mr and Mrs Gerald and sons Larry and Garry visit Fulton family. Lois Ann Swartz visits Shade area from Columbus. Classes at Shade School dismissed after three meningitis cases. Mrs Norma Jean Robinson weekends with Nina Robinson. Clyde Pratt family and James Pratt family host Sunday visits. Johnny Douglas moves to old Pugh farm on Bates Rd.
A fragment cites the phrase Lower California as part of Mexico and attributes it to the Encyclopedia Britannica, indicating a contested or misquoted geographic reference.
Meigs County selection service announces five men will travel to Ashland Kentucky for pre induction exams this month Leaving February 8 Ames Kearns Reedsville David Hill Darrell Badgley Latart Falls go for tests February 16 two men Danny Sanborn and Jerry Hayes Middleport will be inducted No March call figures yet from local office
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Carl Stewart Middleport a son and Mr and Mrs Ralph Nelson Letsart Falls a daughter. Other names include Mrs Vernon Weber Middleport Robert Romine Barbara McDaniel Diana Duff Fern B Hayman and Homer Baxter among attendees.
Springfield Illinois reports that six second story rooms in the Lincoln home from 1844 to 1861 will open to the public on February 12 the 146th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. Previously visitors could access only the first floor. The site drew 425000 visitors in 1954.
At a recent Shawnee meeting the Pythian Sisters installed Margaret Peyton as chief and Emma Metcalf as chief among others. Installing officers were Caroline McLaughlin Thelma Phillips and Margaret Hopkins. A luncheon followed at Kopis Restaurant.
Edward Hopkins Sr and family visited Logan. Bluebell Chapter Eastern Star members attended a Millersport school of instruction including Dorothy Hannah Ruth Williams and others. An emergency squad used an Inhalator on Mrs. McLean at the Robert McLean home. Abbie Colvin learned of her grandson James Ward’s Dayton wedding. Ward, son of Mrs. Bess Colvin Ward, will reside in Dayton where he works at Wright Patterson Field.
Two Meigs County men completed eight weeks of Army basic training with the Third Armored Division. Pvt. Robert Musser of Pomeroy Route 3 and Pvt. Ronald Smith of Rutland are the new graduates. Musser was inducted last November. Smith is the son of Mrs. Sam Smith and is also a graduate.
Gerald Schenkle 26 of Reedsville bound over to circuit court on involuntary manslaughter charges filed by Meigs County Attorney James B. O'Brien. He is accused as driver of a car that killed Glenn Boring 63 near Long Bottom on Route 248 January 24. In a separate weekend case, William Mahaffey 31 of Pomeroy was fined 5 dollars plus costs on a drunkenness charge per Sheriff records.
Shirley Ginther elected president of the Chester High School band. Elected officers include Rosemary Rose as vice president Marilyn Buckley as secretary Norman Hawk as treasurer and Janet Knight as newsupporter.
The American Legion Ladies Auxiliary of Racine Post 602, led by president Mrs Edna Knopp, voted to purchase a heater for the American Legion home. They plan to attend the Columbus convention in February and to participate in a 7:30 p.m. worship service at Racine Methodist Church on Feb 6. They will buy a flag for the Racine Elementary School principal's room and send a girl to Buckeye Girls State, with a program on Our 1955 Legislative Program read by Margaret Houdashelt and remarks on the county legislative and civil defense programs by C E Blakeslee. Refreshments followed.
Sgt Richard Atwood of the U S Air Force ground observers corps will be guest speaker at the Pomeroy Lions Club noon luncheon Wednesday at the Federated Church.
The county council of the PTA will meet Thursday at 1 30 p m in the Chester High School auditorium. Mrs. Fred Crow Jr announced the event and invited all PTA members in the county to attend.
Miss Frankie Wippel announces a bake sale by the Pomeroy Alumni Association at 10 am Saturday. Members should bring baked goods to Kroger Store by 10 for the sale.
Meigs County reports a second major blaze in 24 hours as Ava Gilkey’s two story Harrisonville residence burns. Rutland and Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Departments arrive, with three trucks operating after cold weather limited water tanks. Cause tied to a defective flue.
Middleport volunteers logged three calls on the last day of January raising monthly alarms to 16. The dispatch included a medical transport to Meigs General Hospital, a chimney fire at Story's Run, and a small early afternoon fire on Ash Street, with eight fires and eight emergencies noted in January.
Donald Mills, a volunteer fireman from Widdleport, responded to three calls Monday. The final call interrupted a family birthday celebration at the Martin Restaurant, where he had only half of a thick juicy steak.
Loretta Hanning and Loraine Grover both seventh and eighth graders at Bradbury School were named district finalists for the all-county spelling bee to be held at Salisbury Consolidated School. Also advancing were Mary McAfee Pamela DeWitt Kenneth Manley and Karden Herrmann, with Racine students Lois Knopp and Robert Smith representing the Southern Local District.
The General Electric Credit Corp. sues Will B. Matheny for 150 or repossession of a television set claiming a chattel mortgage. In a separate action Sylvia Dowell seeks divorce from Benjamin Lenard Dowell and custody of four children on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty.
Pomeroy students donated 221.56 to the March of Dimes drive as Charlies S. Gibbs, supervisor of schools, announced. Central Elementary contributed 69.58, Sugar Run 62.26, Pomeroy Junior High 48.12, and Pomeroy Senior High 41.60.
Mr and Mrs Charles McDonald of Lincoln Street announce the birth of a son on January 8 at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville The baby named Charles Anthon will go by Tony He is the fourth to bear the name The McDonalds are linked to Middleport High School where McDonald serves as head football coach
The Carpenter Columbia Home Demonstration Group met at Columbia School on January 26 with ten members present. Mrs. Dale Dye presided and the group discussed adding playground equipment for the school. Plans were outlined for the year, and members Emily and Peggy prepared projects. Ava Greenlees and Helen Jeffers will attend an advanced basketry meeting in Pom eroy on February 1. Geneva Nolan led a money management talk promoting a family spending plan. The plan envisions an all family discussion on wants and needs to manage income. The next meeting will be February 17 with Eva Greenlees hosting and a fabrics discussion by Mark Galaway and Bertha Crippen. Lunch will be potluck. Attendees included Katie Dye, Madge Dye, Virginia Hamill, Marie Dailey, Helen Jeffers, Martha Jeffers, Mary Jordan, Ava Greenlees, Cassie Castor and Kathryn Samples.
John Robinson Pomeroy, son of Mr and Mrs E F Robinson, departed Monday for Camp Lee Virginia to begin military service as a second lieutenant.
Central Ohio Light and Power Co and Ohio Power Co confirm merger creating a larger service scope. The move absorbs electric utilities serving Findlay Wooster and nearby communities into Ohio Power. Customers will see continued service with expanded resources and regional network.
Hubert Carr 21 of Long Bottom and Lorraine Edwards 20 of Reedsville obtained a marriage license. Ernest Eugene Perkins 22 and Patsy Lou Clark 16, both of Letart Falls, also secured licenses.
Saturday hearings before Mayor Sidney T. Russell included Richard E. Jewell of Columbus fined $5 plus costs for a defective muffler on a State Highway Patrol charge and Leroy Miller near Point Pleasant fined $5 plus costs for intoxication and $10 for jail damage.
Korean veterans eligible for farm training may enroll March 1, per county schools superintendent O. O. Patterson. Applications and information are available in his office and should be filed promptly to ensure processing by March 1. A few more applications are needed in Meigs County for a new class. next enrollment not before August 20.
Henry Bartels, former Minersville resident, died at his Cleveland home Monday after months of ill health. Survived by seven sons Herman Harry Waldo Arman Austin Harlen all of Cleveland and Merrill of Louisville two daughters Una Bartels at home and Mrs. Gretta Alexander of New York City, and brothers Albert of Minersville and Fred of Charleston W Va. Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday in Cleveland.
Mrs Mickey Williams begins duties as deputy for John C Bacon who will become Meigs County Probate Court judge. Mrs F Whitney Ingraham, new chief deputy, completed hospital duties and will start in Bacon's office on Feb 10.
An adult weighing about 175 pounds generates roughly 450 foot-tons of energy in a 24 hour period, illustrating human metabolic energy production.
Four Pomeroy men in the U S Navy met in Mers El Kebir Oran North Africa the reunion shared by George Nesselroad Jr and his parents Mr and Mrs George Nesselroad confirms the small world connection The four sailors were George Nesselroad Jack Leifheit Kenny Makin and Don Hannell all serving aboard the carrier Randolph with Nesselroad as radar technician
Logan Monument Company offers tailored memorial design with a master designer and drawing board plan. Clients review symbolic features and approve before construction. The use of car load granite and skilled crafts ensures quality at affordable prices.
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