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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1957
Page
2
In Pomeroy residents urge the state to remove Mulberry and Union Avenues from Route 124 or resurface them after repeated mud splashes from passing vehicles. Mayor Robinson notes narrow streets and ongoing pothole damage despite city repairs, urging a permanent fix amid winter conditions.
Meigs County Council of Parents and Teachers hosts a Founders Day panel on February 7 at 1 30 p m in Bradbury School. Host units honor past presidents and spotlight leaders while a candlelight tribute to the PTA founders concludes the program.
Local church listings show services at First Baptist First Church of Christ and First Presbyterian along with Syracuse Presbyterian. Timings include Sunday school 9:15 9:30 8:40 and worship services 10:15 10:30 7:30 with sermons on Jesus on the Cross The Five Judgments The Elder. Various youth meetings prayers and choir practices are planned throughout the week.
Meigs General Hospital records show Mrs. Grace Brooks of Letart West Virginia admitted. Joseph Meek of Middleport admitted. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvia Collins of Middleport. Discharges include George Lowery and Rose Fields of Racine, Harry McMaster of Middleport, and Mrs. Vernon Bing and infant of Middleport.
Mrs. Alice Smith aged 82 suffered a broken shoulder after a fall while en route to a GIA meeting on Thursday. She lives with her sister Miss Frances Smith, 75, in the Smith apartment on North Second Avenue.
Frank Spencer sixteen and Orville Sanders seventeen fled the Meigs County jail after sawing the window lock and stowing a saw blade in a shoe. Spencer led authorities to the device used, detailing a 2:30 a.m. break, a 5:30 a.m. return home, and Sanders later surrendering to MPs in Louisville. Judge Bacon ordered confinement but noted Spencer’s mental retardation and eventual placement with his father. The pair had been jailed for Christmas car theft and were caught near the exit a week earlier.
The annual Mother’s March on Polio raised funds in Pomeroy and Middleport with Pomeroy at 515.31 and Middleport 469.75, plus small contributions from Laurel Cliff Harrisonville Road Ball Run Dexter Burlingham and Darwin Tuppers Plains Rock Springs and Enterprise. A complete county report is promised Monday.
Indian expert to speak at the World Service Day observance Sunday at 7 30 p m by WSWS of the Enterprise EUB Church. Mike Simmons local businessman plans to exhibit Indian relics. Public invited. C K Ogden of Magdalene College Cambridge University England developed Basic English.
John Orville Slack 59 WWI veteran and Syracuse resident died at 2 05 p m in Huntington Veterans Hospital after a long illness. Born May 2 1897 he was son of John Newton Slack and Mary Kathryn Lovett Slack. Survived by wife Ada A Slack four sons Roger Allen Robert Francis Elden Eugene John Orville Slack Jr at home one daughter Kathryn Adeline Slack three sisters Clara Larson Frances Ritter Beulah Gibbons. Funeral at Syracuse Presbyterian Church Saturday 2 pm. Burial by Ewing's Funeral Home. Friends may call at residence.
Mrs. John Leitweiler of W. Main Street will host the Pomeroy Garden Club on Monday February 4 at 2 p.m. Assisting hostess will be Mrs. Edwin Charles.
A special meeting in Middleport reviewed an ordinance for a combined storm sanitary sewer on Hudson and Rutland streets. Residents protested taxes, a flat rate of 125 dollars each was agreed, and some property has already paid or not paid. The session also covered police chief qualifications and repairs to the flood building leased by Heiner’s Baking Company.
Meigs County churches list service times for Sunday schools, worships, evangelistic and prayer meetings across multiple congregations. Notable entries include Chester House of Prayer led by Rev. Edmond Life. Free Methodist with Pastor Harry Bates. Saintly and Reorganized churches on Kingsbury Road and Old Town Flats. and Rutland, Syracuse, Forest Run and Alfred area congregations with varied programs.
Meigs County Judge John Bacon objects to removing minors traffic violations from juvenile courts. He cites requirements for delinquency findings, officer complaints, and parental citations as burdensome and argues 16 year olds are mature enough for highway duties. He urges home and community factors matter more than laws and praises the association's work.
Fourth district court of appeals affirms Probate Judge John C. Bacon ruling on the Emma Duckworth will signed January 9, 1954 and executed after her death in January 1955. The court calls the will carelessly prepared and resolves disputes over residuary beneficiaries, upholding the trial court’s interpretation with no error found.
James W Kitchen 22 of Chillicothe stock recorder for DuPont and Mary Jane Young 19 of Middleport student are identified as son and daughter of their respective families in the provided notice. The text lists parent names Howard H Kitchen Alma Kitchen J A Young Sr and Dulcie Martin Young.
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