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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1946
Page
2
Mason County officials expect full debt clearance for the Mason River Bridge within the year as bids and funding arrangements proceed. The update comes as local authorities review outstanding obligations and project milestones, aiming to finalize financing and close the books on the bridge debt.
W A Smith was elected president of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce along with officers for the coming year. BR Jacobs was named 1st vice president and Alfred Elberfeld 2nd vice president with H B Kress as secretary treasurer and a slate of directors including Smith Jacobs Elberfeld Kiess W O Atkins Glenroy Ewing Edison Hobstetter AR Kright Dor Schaerer and F B Will.
Ray Palmer, secretary treasurer and general manager of Ohio State Bridge Commission, writes Judge Ervin amid plans to transfer 14900 of Pomeroy Mason bridge funds and call 40900 in bonds, forecasting rapid revenue completion and a possible free bridge before Christmas.
Middleport social notes report the Busy Bee Class of First Baptist Church meeting Friday night at Mrs Arthur Covert’s home with Mrs Ross Pullen Mrs James Souder assisting Hostesses. A Valentine verse is the response reward. five cents fine for no response. Guests attended the Taylor Evans marriage reception at Gallipe’s Saturday night. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed with church and social events across the area.
Middleport Miss Freda Wellby is employed in the Ohio Fuel Gas Company office succeeding Miss Harzie Mane Smith who takes a 10 week leave before transferring to Gallipolis. Other changes include three servicemen returning to former posts with Emmett Shuler as local manager, and Charles Murray and Robert Haggery as meter readers. Floyd Spence acts as manager in Shuler’s absence and transfers to the field division.
Meigs County social items note the marriage of Dath Flannagan of Syracuse to Marie Tharp of Bellefontaine on January 29 in Bellefontaine with Dr Robert Dunaway officiating. Also covered are a city visit by Dick Gease and other Gease relatives, a birthday party for Shirley Ann Beegle, and a New York City school statistic.
Report notes cancer as the cause in about one ninth of LUS deaths. Manhattan's sewage system spans roughly 560 miles in length.
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