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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1956
Page
9
Mr and Mrs Herman Kaspar of Dayton announce the birth of a son Rex and a son Neal in Dayton on Sunday Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Pearl Parker Laurel Cliff and Mrs Amanda Kaspar of Pomeroy They also have a daughter named Jackie
John Charles Handley, senior at Pomeroy High School, led 40 seniors from Chester, Tuppers Plains, Rutland, Harrisonville, Racine and Pomeroy in the State Department of Education annual senior scholarship tests held in Pomeroy on January 20. Handley scored 300, with five Pomeroy students and four Racine students in the top 10. Joy for Pomeroy followed in second with 187, Racine’s Marilyn Roush third with 184, and others: Howard Cecil, Daniel Euler, Ruth Carson, Robert Beezle, Harold Brown Jr., Janet Osborne, and David Boney in the ranks.
Janice Richards, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnold Richards of Middleport, placed third in the youth division of an oratorical contest during the Negro History Week program at Mt Zion Baptist Church. She was the youngest contestant. Accompanied by her mother and other local sponsors, she traveled with the group to Athens for the event.
Mrs George Mc Bride a former Syracuse resident died at the Westerville home of a niece Mrs O M Martin Monday. Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Syracuse Methodist Church. She was the aunt of J Hayes of Chester and Clifford Hayes.
Appearing at the Federated Church at 3 p m Sunday will be television singers the Gospel orthday Boys of Huntington The church choir sponsors the program with proceeds to the polls fund drive. Public hearing announced in Middleport on unemployment compensation changes with a March 13 session in Columbus offices.
POMEROY The Farmer's Bank and Savings Co announces the election of Fred Crow Jr of Syracuse to the board of directors. Crow, a 1923 Pomeroy high school graduate and Ohio State University alumnus, served with the FBI in Washington from 1940 to 1945 before returning to Pomeroy and joining his father.
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