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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1957
Page
5
President W. O. Atkins calls a special Chamber meeting at 7 30 tonight in City Hall as a precursor to the March 5 hearing on proposed rerouting of State Route 124.
Vague prompt notes invite readers to bring a subject for examination and care. The fragment suggests a medical or evaluative service offering, prompting action from potential patients to seek assessment.
Meigs County Board of Education reports 18 schools contributed to the polio drive totaling 945 dollars and 11 cents. High schools led with Pomeroy 216.44 and Middleport 140.81 while several elementary and combined schools added smaller amounts across Pomeroy, Racine, Rutland, Harrisonville, Tupers Plains, and nearby districts.
Pomona Grange will visit Meigs County Pomona Grange to confer the fifth degree at Harrisonville High School in Harrisonville Friday at 8 p.m. Meigs Grange hosts. Virgil Atkins serves as Pomona Grange Master. Residents seeking the fifth degree are invited to attend.
The Merry Lassies 4-H club elected officers for the coming year at Anna Murray's home and set projects including sewing and dressmaking. A projector was bought by the Chester Charge MYF and a Lakeside Conference attendee was announced. Debut readings and songs accompanied the meeting with 39 youths and eight adults present. Next 4-H meeting is March 2 at Jonnie Sue Thompson’s home. MYF meets March 25 at Rock Springs Methodist Church.
The Ladies Aid sponsors a 6 30 p m dinner for members and guests in the church social rooms. The program features the film Crossroads U S A. Members should bring a covered dish and their own flatware. Mrs Paul Theiss presides.
Members of the Rock Springs Grange will hold a regular session in the Grange Hall on Thursday at 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Mrs Neisel Weather man led a lawn care discussion and demonstration at the Tuppers Plains Rose Garden Club meeting. Lois McCain presided, roll call cited a grass name, and Eloise Connally hosted with McCain assisting.
The Jane Howell Tent voted a donation to the heart fund during a Tuesday night meeting at the DAV Hall presided by Helen Miller. Members planned birthday celebrations for January February and March with a gift exchange and pot luck dinner. Mrs. Evelyn Clark served dessert after games and prize winners were announced.
A Thursday evening square dance will be held in the Racine Legion Hall with Jo Hardy as caller, sponsored by the auxiliary unit.
A dismissal without prejudice was filed in Common Pleas Court in the Betty Jean Hawley versus Robert Joseph Hawley case. Costs were paid. Crow and Crow represented the defendant and James B. O'Brien represented the plaintiff.
In Short Hills New Eyes for the Needy Inc gathers discarded eyeglasses and frames to create new eye wear for the needy in the United States and in medical missions abroad. The organization operates as a volunteer non profit group.
Rutland Garden Club discusses Easter flower sale bake sale Arbor Day observance and county meeting plans at Mrs. William Hobstetter home. C O Chapman named Arbor Day chairman. Planting planned by Rutland Grade School children if successful. Meeting March 15 at Rutland Methodist Church with Home Demonstration Agent Howard Nolan to speak.
A trash fire near gasoline tanks at the Roadside Park edge in Middleport was extinguished by local firefighters. Chief Leroy Bartrum investigated after a report of a fire in the park and found the tanks smoking before the fire department arrived.
The American Legion chapter Feeney Bennett Post will hold a meeting tonight at the Legion Hall in Middleport.
A salvaged diesel engine from the German battleship Tirpitz, sunk by British bombers in a Norwegian fjord in 1944, now provides power for the town of Honningsvag in Norway.
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