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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1952
Page
8
Middleport and Pomroy residents report rapid TV uptake with home reorganization to theater like layouts. One channel dominates local viewing. programs drive chores and meals. families applaud educational and entertaining benefits while criticizing crude humor and poor New Year coverage.
POMEROY The Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a charter day banquet at 6 30 p m February 26 at Sacred Heart Church. A banquet speaker will be arranged by committee members Virgil V Brown Ted Reed Jr and Roger Morgan. Banquet committee includes John Bacon James Jobb and Bill Potter. A special meeting for all members is set for Monday at 8 p m. Virgil V Brown president presented the organization’s charter last night.
POMEROY The Southeastern Ohio Guernsey Breeders Association holds its winter meeting at 11 a.m. February 20 in the Wayne County courthouse. Wooster reps Huber Denlinger and Ernest Compton will attend. Compton recently became the association's third state field secretary. Slides will showcase outstanding Guernsey activity and Roush invites local breeders to attend.
The U S Civil Service Commission announced a fourth class postmaster exam at Pomeroy to fill the Reedsville position. The job pays 2494 dollars yearly with applications closing March 6. Applications and information are available from the Reedsville post office or the Civil Service Commission.
The Walk-In Garden Club hosted a February gathering with Edna Lee authorized to buy a flower scrap book. Belva Willard led a business session and Phoebe Clark won an African violet in a quiz. The Chester Garden Club met at Mrs. Guy Summerfield’s home with awards for flower arrangements and notes on indoor gardening.
In Middleport, multiple families report dogs harming property. Mayor Sidney T. Russell warns owners to keep dogs on their property as numerous complaints flood in and stray dogs will be picked up.
Charles McCloud 26 of Middleport was bound over to the grand jury under $1000 bond after a hearing in justice court. He pled innocent to assault and battery charges filed by Marion Allensworth. Sheriff Charles Russell reported the proceedings in Middleport.
Irving Karr Jr was elected president of the Meigs County Fish and Game Association at a City Hall meeting Wednesday night. Tracy Whaley was named vice president and George Hob Stetter Jr secretary. An executive board elected includes Dor Schaefer and Ernest Duerr with future appointees from local hunting clubs. The annual fishery and trap shoot is planned for June 19 at the Pomeroy Gun Club.
Funeral services for James McDaniel age 24 were set for Columbus at Cooke Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Cemetery. He was killed when his car skidded into a pole on Tuesday as his mother Mary McDaniel had died weeks earlier. Survived by siblings Magdalene Philip Frances Floyd in Columbus and Elizabeth Fick of Pomeroy and aunt Mrs. Agnes Stiff. veteran of World War II.
Mr and Mrs Gene Roush of Athens announce the birth of a son Wednesday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charles Shain and Mr and Mrs Arthur E Roush of Racine.
Lecturers from all Granges in the county plan an 8 p m gathering Friday at the courthouse, as announced today by The Athens Messenger. The item notes Shakespeare and Elizabethan theater context from the 16th century.
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