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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1964

Page

5

Pomeroy Grid Coach Delivers Banquet Talk At Cub Scout Event

Pomeroy High School football coach Charles Chancey spoke on Physical Fitness at the Blue and Gold Banquet for Cub Scout Pack 246 held at Salisbury Elementary School. About 80 attendees heard grace by Franklin Rizer II before dinner. Cubs received awards including Eddie Young Charles Clark George Skinner Bobby Blackston Carl Offutt Ricky Gaul Gene Davis Dean Pullins Wilbur Leifheit James Morris Wayne Pullins and Gary Eblin. Chancey received a pack gift on behalf of the group.

Pomeroy Charles Chancey Cub Scout Pack Salisbury Franklin Rizer II Dick Young James Will Salisbury Pta Eddie Young Charles Clark George Skinner Bobby Blackston Carl Offutt Ricky Gaul Gene Davis Dean Pullins Wilbur Leifheit James Morris Wayne Pullins Gary Eblin Chancey

Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Local Property Exchanges

Meigs County Commissioners approve transfers between multiple pairs of buyers and sellers. Transactions include 78 acres in Salem Two, 45 acres in Olive Township, and various Middleport lots and parcels in Letart Two.

Meigs County Howard C. Cecil Kathleen Cecil Middleport George G. Saxton Juanita Saxton Alfred Karcher Geraldine Karcher Salem Carl H. Williams Willie Mae Williams Dorothy Williams John Arbaugh Ethel Arbaugh Stewart Brown Lucille Brown Olive Township Glenn E. Hudson Myla Hudson Paul Simon Guido Girolami Sutton Two Gladys Crow Berry Lewis Berry Grace Crow Tolson Letart Two

Hemlock Grove Club hears Meigs County resources talk

A Hemlock Grove Home Demonstration Club program on Meigs County resources was presented by Evelyn Well and Marie Domigan at the Grange Hall. Brochures with county statistics were distributed. Helen Swartz was elected a new counsel member. Doris Eastman and Esther Smallwood were named to attend the Health Meeting in Pomeroy on February 27.

Hemlock Grove Meigs County Evelyn Well Marie Domigan Helen Swartz Doris Eastman Esther Smallwood Pomeroy

National 4 H Week Marked By Meigs Wide Awake Club

National 4 H Week observance honored the Wide Awake 4 H Club in Meigs with a recognition dinner at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co social room. Club president Janie Gerard led the Lord s Prayer, with Sheila Toney directing recreation and Mrs L W McComas announcing a sewing class for members who have completed projects or are in sixth grade.

Middleport Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Dianne George Gallipolis Janie Gerard Sheila Toney L. W. McComas McComas Joe E. Wilson Josephine Toney Mary Malick Mary Bradbury Robbie Jean Ord Mryta Wilson Cathy Russell Debbie Maiden Dianne Welsh Anita Fultz Brenda Edwards Rhonda Hysell

Middleport Junior Band Concert Planned For March 13

Middleport announces a junior band concert set for March 13 by instruction of Eugene Gherke at the high school. The meeting covered Middleport students entering the solo and ensemble competition at Ohio University and approved a $200 payment for new drums with spring fund raising planned.

Middleport Eugene Gherke Middleport Band Boosters Association Gherke Middleport Band Ohio University

Pythian Hostesses Appointed For Meigs Temple

Mrs. Cash Bahr and Mrs. George Childs hosted Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters on Monday night. Officers for the rest of the year were appointed. Mrs. William Lowe spoke on My Past Has Caught up with Me by Rev J B Phillips. Prizes went to Mrs Alfred Biggs, Mrs Owen, Mrs Philip Meinhart, and Mrs Chester Zirkle. A round robin card was prepared for Mrs C W Allman. Dessert was served.

Middleport Cash Bahr George Childs Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters Bahr William Lowe J. B. Phillips Ben Neutzling Temple C. W. Allman Alfred Biggs Owen Philip Meinhart Chester Zirkle

Cheshire Notes on Local Visits and Hospital News

Mrs. Mary A. Lee spent days with her father Roy Daugherty of Point Pleasant who is a patient at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Mrs. J. F. Sayre visited Mrs. Margaret Doughenour and Mrs. George Van Zandt. Laurance Vaughan, recently hospitalized, is reported in improved condition. Mrs. Mini Amos returned home after visiting sister Mrs. Bessi Fife of Story's Run.

Bert Bern Cheshire Mary A. Lee Roy Daugherty Point Pleasant Daugherty Pleasant Valley Hospital J. F. Sayre Margaret Doughenour George van Zandt Laurance Vaughan Mini Amos Bessi Fife

Insecticides Effect Discussed At Local Meeting

The Rutland Garden Club met in Middleport to discuss the impact of chemicals on birds and fish as described in Silent Spring. A rebuttal cited R Milton Carlton of the Vaughan Garden Research Center.

Middleport Rutland Garden Club Robert Canaday C. O. Chapman Richard Foley Rachael Carson Robert Reibel R. Milton Carlton Vaughan Garden Research Center Chicago Ill Miss Carson Meigs County Extension Office Paul Winn Jonah Cotterill Cecil Bolin

Middleport Squad Handles Three Emergency Calls

The Middleport emergency squad answered three calls Tuesday. At 7:55 a.m. Mrs. Phyllis Spangler was taken to Holzer Hospital by private ambulance. At 12:05 p.m. Dorothy Roush was admitted to Meigs Memorial Hospital for a fractured ankle from a fall on Railroad Street. The 5:18 p.m. call to Langsville's Jack Crisp ended with a possible heart attack and transport to Holzer Hospital.

Middleport Phyllis Spangler Holzer Hospital Dorothy Roush Meigs Memorial Hospital Railroad St Jack Crisp Langsville James Crisp

Meigs General Hospital Notes and Local Meeting

David Carson, Rutland, and Mattie Stobart, Syracuse are noted. Mina Hart discharged. The Auxiliary of the Pomeroy Bend Citizens Band Radio Club will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at Mrs Nathan Biggs home.

David Carson Rutland Mattie Stobart Syracuse Mina Hart Pomeroy Pomeroy Bend Nathan Biggs

Coast Guards Eagle Training Ship Origin Revealed

The Eagle, the Coast Guard’s famed square rigged training ship, began life as the German Horst Wessel. Launched in 1936 at Hamburg, it was transferred to the United States as part of postwar reparations after World War II.

THE Messenger Athens Ohio Coast Guard Eagle Horst Wessel Hamburg United States

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