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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1949
Page
2
Judge Earl D. Parker refused to halt the one mill levy for a memorial hospital fund in Meigs County. The ruling found the commissioners valid to levy and collect, with funds to be held for the memorial building and used under trustees’ orders, while trustees cannot operate a hospital but may lease or use the building for lawful purposes.
Middleport Garden Club and Amateur Gardeners Club announce the third annual spring flower show to be held in the new annex to the Rawlings and Sons Garage on S Second Ave April 23 24. Co chairmen Mrs John Duerr and Mrs Howard K Ewing presented details at a Monday meeting with 31 members.
Mid dleport High School Alumni Association officers announce the annual reunion and banquet with Miss Freddie Houdashelt as president, Miss Lera Knopp as vice president, Mrs. Phyllis Smart Hackett as secretary, and Harold Edward Hubbard as treasurer. The first project of 1949 is a bake sale at Tri Lustre Cleaners on Saturday starting at 9 am. Alumni may contribute to the officers for the sale.
Pomeroy Meigs County farmers will learn hay harvest labor saving tips at a Friday 1 15 p m meeting in the courthouse. Sam Huber extension agriculture engineer Ohio State University will speak. All farmers in the county invited.
Hollywood reports actor George Tobias happy after John D. Griffin found a negotiable check for 20000.79 dollars made out to Tobias and turned it over to authorities. The check was discovered near an intersection and Griffin led police to the paper.
Charles Lytle of Pomeroy undergoes minor surgery while Mrs. Mark Stewart of Clifton West Virginia and Edith Myers of Coolville receive medical care. Mabel Hannah of Mason has surgery. Mrs. Clifford Sellers of Portland welcomes a son. Emergencies include Shelah Ann Beards of Pomeroy Route 3. Discharges list George Molden and Kenneth Grover of Pomeroy, Elbert Williams of Pomeroy Route, and Mrs. Margaret Scarberry of Middleport.
Meigs County Holstein breeders formed a county association at a meeting in the extension office. J. L. Spencer of Racine was elected president with Hobart Shields of Tuppers Plains as vice president and N. G. Rose of Minersville as secretary. A summer picnic and field day are planned at the Shields farm near Tuppers Plains, with a March meeting to feature a state association field man.
A stork shower for Mrs James Jobb was hosted at Lincoln Heights by Mrs Charles J Mullen and co host Miss Helen Atkins with many local attendees. Pink and blue decorations featured as refreshments and card games followed, with prizes awarded to several guests.
Pomeroy-Rocksprings Grange schedules Thursday at 8 p.m. with a youth program and refreshments. A Valentine box will feature. In a recent session Mrs. Ethel Greuser led talks on margarine, Bang's disease, parity and the Grange role in national affairs.
Shirley Ann Smith celebrated her ninth birthday Saturday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs W F Smith. Those present included Dorothy and Paul Overturf Reba and Hewter Crauthers Pauline and Helen Kauff Carter and Ray Smith Mrs Mary Butcher Virginia Mary Ellen Pauline and Bessie Smith.
Grace Episcopal Guild will meet at the home of Mrs. Theodore Evershach on Tuesday evening. Mrs. John Lietwiler and Miss Vida E. Ihle are to be the hostesses.
Mr and Mrs John Weeks from Columbus spent the weekend with their parents Mrs Frances Scholl and Mr and Mrs Eldon Weeks. Ethan Harper Frank Will Bob Coates Treil Schonleb Ed Stark Jack Robson Virgil Hayes and R L Jacobs attended an Ohio State University basketball game in Columbus Monday evening. Mrs Addie Stalder has returned home after major surgery at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg.
Funeral services for Mrs. John Boring who died Thursday evening were held Sunday at the Foglesong funeral home in Mason City. She was the sister of Mrs. Zetta Butcher.
Harold Hysell was arrested by Officer Duckworth Saturday night on a charge of intoxication and disturbing the peace. He was fined $10 and costs in mayor's court on Monday.
Mrs. Ernest Molden and Mrs. Vaugh Price depart Rutland on a vacation to Florida with stops in Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville for a leisure trip.
Florence Wilson files for divorce citing extreme cruelty. The action names Charles Wilson as respondent in the suit filed in local court.
Middleport notes describe a candle lighting dedicatory service and tea hosted by the B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society at the First Baptist Church. Seventy five attendees include Pom eroy guests led by Mrs. Dale Whipper and a program with prayer, music, readings, a playlet, and country costumes. Gifts supported the Rio Grande College quota.
Mrs Paul Winn hosted the Rutland Garden Club February meeting in Bradbury with flow er arrangements and a business session led by president Mrs Cecil Bolin. Guests heard papers on Plants and Their Care by Mrs Scott Canaday and Mrs Don Anderson, and Helen Taylor performed accordion numbers. A salad course followed and the next meeting is set for Mrs Frank Bean’s Rutland home.
Middleport unit of the White Rose Lodge Auxiliary to the B of RT will meet Wednesday at 2 pm in Woodman Hall. Mrs. Jacob Turner, president, announced hostesses Mrs. Della Turner, Mrs. Mae Bailey, and Mrs. Garnet Entsminger.
Mrs Chappelle Tal bott welcomed visitors including her father as progress on the newborn Kathryn Louise is noted. The item records a family moment with emphasis on the birth and visiting relative present.
Columbus report shows Joseph D. Bryan a 50 year old Pomeroy attorney named secretary to the state board of tax appeals succeeding Manuel Koslen of Cleveland who has been ill.
The American Legion Auxiliary No. 476 announces an open meeting Thursday evening inviting women who are not current members to attend and participate in the session.
Five local teen-agers were cited by Patrolman I. Neal for loitering and disturbing the peace. The youths denied any leader and were said to frequent local eateries past midnight. A curfew proposal for ages 12 and 18 was discussed. Mayor Sidney T. Russell will decide.
POMEROY Here to attend the funeral of Thomas Tracy were Mr and Mrs F O Bradshaw Mr and Mrs Herman Bradshaw Homer and Doris Bradshaw Mr and Mrs William Bradshaw Mr and Mrs Harold Tracy Thomas Tracy Jr Jessie Tracy Mrs Mary Ambrose all of Warren Ohio Mrs Martin DeBellis Raymond Bolinger and A O Tracy Columbus and Floyd Tracy Cincinnati.
Lavinda McLeod of Newton Falls Ohio sues Union Barge Line Co for 50000 in damages claiming injuries while working as a chambermaid on the river boat Neville due to improper navigation and unsafe conditions. She requests a jury trial.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peet of Sixth Ave. learned their granddaughter Mrs. Betty De Laney was fatally injured in an automobile accident in Lima Peru. She is the daughter of Mrs. A. C. Surdam of Buffalo New York. Details of the accident were not available.
The Pomeroy village council unanimously approves a cemetery ordinance permitting Beech Grove trustees to accept 100 US savings bonds for trust per lot owner. Interest funds must cover perpetual care expenses for the cemetery property. The meeting also discusses sewer tile removal, Bend area expansion ideas, and January financials. Attendees included James Jobb and H. E. Boney.
Friends of Leo L. Phillips report receipt of a letter from St Petersburg Florida stating he will run for mayor of Pomeroy an independent ticket with a full slate of council candidates. Phillips plans to return from Florida around April 1 to assume residence here.
Middleport reports the village council did not meet Monday night because several councilmen were out of town on business trips. Reporting for the meeting were Mayor Sidney T. Russell Clerk Charles Murray Treasurer Jean Lama Councilmen A. A. Dillard Wayne Gibbons and Solicitor Cedric Clark.
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