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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1949
Page
9
Burdell Black family members from Leading Creek attended the funeral of William Black in Columbus on Saturday. He is survived by his wife Grace Way of Pomeroy and three children. He spent his childhood in Meigs County.
POMEROY Ohio attorneys Bigony and Pelletier of Columbus with Fred W Crow Jr conferred with counsel regarding the injunction suit filed by Mayor Sidney Spencer on Jan 3. The former mayor seeks to retake the office after resigning to Gov Thomas Herbert amid malfeasance charges. Demurrer prepared for filing by Feb 5. a restraining order remains in effect.
Mayor Sidney Spencer moved into new quarters in city hall on Tuesday. Printing equipment owned by Mullen Printing Co. stored in the room was removed, walls and ceiling repainted, the former mayor and chief of police office is now used by police, and the mayor’s private office room became Ward 3 firemen’s space.
Funeral services for Chester O. Stobart son of Mr and Mrs Ben Stobart Racine will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Racine Baptist Church Burial will be in Letart Cemetery Racine American Legion will be in charge Friends may call at the Stobart home Racine after Friday afternoon.
James Wright 25 of Pomeroy arrested on a warrant from Justice of Peace L B Higgins charging him with issuing a check without sufficient funds. He was ordered to have a hearing Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs G G Werner announce the marriage of their daughter Jean to Norman Stewart son of Mr and Mrs Rome Stewart of Middleport The ceremony occurred at the home of C E Shepard pastor of the Church of Christ on Monday night Jean is a Middleport High School 1946 graduate in a gray suit with pink accessories She has worked at Imperial Electric Co Stewart works as a sheet metal worker in the New York Central shops at Hobson A word from relatives says he will arrive in the states soon Mrs Downing Roush learns her son in law Set Raymond Allensworth has been transferred from Nebraska to Austin Texas The Allensworths lived in Grand Island Neb Mr and Mrs Dennis Gallagher and son Gary of Charleston visited the Gallaghers of Middleport Griff Russell underwent minor surgery at Meigs General Hospital H J Russell was a business visitor in Huntington on Tuesday.
The Sanborn Missionary Society of First Baptist Church hosts a women’s tea Monday at 7 30 p m at the church. A playlet titled Love is a Thread will be presented by Guild and White Cross workers with Margaret Ella Hoysell in charge of decorations. Hostesses include Mrs James Sanders Mrs B F Parmalee Mrs Edison Baker Mrs William K Beaver and Mrs Leo Russeil.
Mrs. Roger Morgan and son Keith visit her parents Mr and Mrs David McConnaughey at their Bell Brook home and will be joined later this week by Mr Morgan. Mrs. Morgan will be matron of honor at her twin sister's wedding. The McConnaugheys spent the weekend with the Morgans on South Third Avenue.
Allen Jenkinson, a business visitor, arrives in Portsmouth on Tuesday. Ill noted include Mrs. L. E. Reynolds assistant cashier at Citi zen's National Bank Robert Mills a Middleport High School senior and Howard K. Ewing a business man E. L. Hughes of the Hughes Electric Shop is a patient in a Columbus hospital. Mrs. John Hudson of Toledo visits her mother-in-law Mrs. Martha Hudson. William F. Smith Jr who has been stationed with the Army in Japan for 32 months is scheduled.
Mr and Mrs P Bradbury became sole owners of the Mary Jane Coffee Shop by buying a third interest from their son Charles A Bradbury The Bradburys purchased the restaurant from Walter and Walter Burns Harris Co 29 months ago Cc P Bradbury veteran salesman in the area is on leave from Athens Ice and Storage Co of Athens
Trevey Finsterwald Funeral Home advertises affordable funeral pricing for families, located at 144 Butternut Ave with contact Pomeroy 285 Ady.
MIDDLEPORT The Rev Beulah Koster United Brethren minister Syracuse circuit recently named Wallace Insulation representative was not injured when her car was struck Monday in Mechanicsburg by Roy Ervin of Racine. Ice on pavement blamed. slight car damage reported.
POMEROY Martin L Runwell Ti died yesterday near Salem Center while helping move a stalled car. Coroner Henry Ewing said a heart attack caused his death as he stepped from the vehicle to check the hitch while his wife Elizabeth was driving the horses that ran away.
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