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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1958
Page
3
Middleport High School Alumni Association issues letters to graduates urging ticket purchases by May 26 for the May 31 banquet at 6 30 p m at the high school. President Marcella Taylor and secretary L W McComas note past delays at seating and request one year dues.
Rev Daniel Chu pastor of St Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church Springfield will be after supper speaker for Family Night programs at Middleport Presbyterian and Syracuse churches Thursday and Friday. The event features Westminster Youth Fellowship led by Mrs Judson White with supper at 6 30 p.m.
Mrs. A B Dodson returned home Saturday from Huntington after a week with grandson George Conroy and family. Mr. and Mrs. Conroy accompanied her home. In Huntington she visited sister in law Burgess Fergerson. Dodson learned son Durward Conroy is in a Memphis hospital after a wreck 17 months ago. His wife died after the accident.
MIDDLEPORT The Women’s Association of the First Presbyterian Church will meet at the church Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Mrs George Anderson Jr will preside Devotional leader will be Mrs Rodney Sauer with Mrs Walter Waddell presenting the program Hostesses for the coffee hour will be Mrs Karl Owen Mrs Gale Hysell Mrs Clinton Fisher Mrs Judson White Mrs Lewis Sauer and Mrs J E Harley.
POMEROY The department of Sheriff Robert Hartenbach investigated the twenty fifth automobile accident in six weeks Monday evening. Two cars collided on a blind hill Route 124 near Racine causing heavy damage. Drivers were John S. Codner 27 Route 2 Racine eastbound and Richard Keith Theiss 19 Route 1 Racine westbound. Passengers Donald and Ralph Brewer in the Codner car sustained minor head injuries.
POMEROY Meigs County grand jury continues its January term with late hearings on Tuesday as ten witnesses were heard on the second day. The panel heard 23 witnesses on Monday and will reconvene Friday to deliberate and return true bills.
Services begin at 7 30 this evening at Federated Church with Rev Waldo J Bartels delivering a sermon titled Shall I Deny Him The choir will perform musical selections
The Meigs General Hospital notes include the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs James Dailey of Portland and list multiple admissions and discharges such as Laura Lohn Pomeroy Lynn Mallory Racine Mrs Marie Bush Racine Route and others. Discharged names include Robert Hysell Maude Gero mine Ethel McKnight Rosie Smark Gilbert Hart Edith Rice Clara Larson and others.
Meigs County Jayceeettes vote postponed until next Thursday due to scheduling at the home of Mrs Richard Rosenbaum. Local members notified to adjust plans and gather details for the rescheduled gathering.
Wayne Roush of Salem Center was chosen as chair of the Meigs County 4 H Club Council for the new year at the extension service offices. Doris Ann Wells was elected vice chairman and Lanna Turner secretary. Open house for the new extension quarters at the infirmary is set for Friday and Saturday with tours guided by council and 4 H members to coincide with National 4 H Week March 1 to March 8.
Mayor Charles Legar presided over three cases last night. Lendon H. Adkins of Harrisonville paid a $25 fine plus costs for insufficient lights after missing a Jan 10 court date. Archie Ramey of Canton forfeited a $15 bond on a speeding charge. George Glaze of Racine had his theft case continued.
Bradbury school hosts Founder's Day program and a flag presentation by the Auxiliary of Drew-Webster Post American Legion at 7 30 p m tonight. Gerald Rupe serves as school principal. Refreshments will be served after the program which was postponed due to bad weather.
Miss Freddie Houdashelt becomes Middleport’s deputy registrar of motor vehicles with office at the Quality Print Shop. The service hours will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. starting March 1, replacing former handlers who worked from home.
Middleport Methodist Men met Tuesday night to expand membership through a visitation drive. Bernard Fultz was elected president with John Krawczyn as program chairman and Homer Cook as devotional chairman. Wayne Gibbons leads the projects committee, Charles McElhinny is treasurer, and Lee Smith serves as secretary.
Ohio State University extension service specialists will visit Meigs County farms Wednesday and Thursday to aid farmers with problems. Ralph Porterfield dairy specialist was in the county today and Neal Carpenter farm management specialist will visit Thursday, accompanied by C. E. Blakeslee the county agricultural agent.
Robert F. Knotts aged 24 of Vinton Route 1 and Joann Naylor aged 20 of Dexter Route 1 obtained a marriage license in Meigs County.
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