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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1956
Page
2
Feb. 3 students of safe c presented a well received period costume operetta. Feb. 6 Mrs. Ella Longenett held an open house for friends and neighbors who constructed her new home after the old one was destroyed by fire. Feb. 8 Miss Marion Ebersbach was named to a seven year
Middleport society notes a wedding uniting Berbera Northup and Clarence Clark at Kinin Street Rapisy Care Point Piensa. Rev Kenneth W Chandler officiated as guests including Louie Mathews Gallipolis Ferry and Dele Walburn New Slaven attended. Clark’s mother and the bridal party wore winter white and black attire. After the ceremony the couple left for a short honeymoon and plan to reside in Middleport while Clark serves at Camp Gordon Gat. The bride is secretary at Infir of Musgrave and Musgrave Point Peasant. groom is a Middlport fig scholar graduate. Relatives from Middleport and nearby towns attended, with a large family and social circle joining a later home reception on South Second. The same group hosted a New Year’s Eve watch party at the Blazers’ home. The Middlport Literary Club will meet next Wednesday at Mrs. C Enmesy’s home.
Meigs area notes from 1955 include school, civic, and church happenings. Feb 21 to Mar 2 cover fund drives, parking meters, sorority events, miss and queen contests, and local banquets. Neighbors, veterans, and families attend gatherings, with several names and community groups cited.
Mr and Mrs Jack Bachner hosted a New Year's visit with relatives including Mr and Mrs Harold Moore Mr and Mrs Dallas Columbus Mr and Mrs Charles Byer Mr and Mrs Robert Tewksbury Sally Schaaf and Mr and Mrs Une Smith Teussell Yeanger Dunpar spent a week with his grandmother Mrs Annice Ohliner and MF.
Meigs County Retired Teachers Association will meet at 1 30 pm Saturday at the home of new president Miss Marcia Karr. In Syracuse Miss Lucille Smith of Middleport High School will show slides from her trip to Mexico and give a talk.
Winners of the Christmas lighting contest were announced with the grand prize going to Vonnie Unos of New Haven, plus prizes to Jack Frey and Mrs. Thomas Grinstead. The event was part of a local celebration sponsored by the New Haven Garden Club and reported alongside notes on a library event hosted by Mrs. Thomas Hoffman. The page also covers a highway construction spending report, noting 190 million dollars spent in 1955 and detailing contract values and four lane highway progress across the state.
The article notes Jo Ann Gilmore and Beale along with Pomeroy Society member Parsons. Parsons is a graduate of Parsons High School and West Virginia College at MoriT rantown. He served four years in the Army and is a teacher in the Middleport school.
A flurry of social events unfolds as families visit in Parkersburg and Mason counties. Engagement announcements center on Sylvia Roush to Richard A. Collins while local guests include the McArthur High School graduate Paul Leiving and family in Sidney. Nearby, Carol Roush travels to Rochester for college friends before returning to Springfield, Ohio.
Meigs County veterans and spouses receive a pension income form from the Veterans Administration. Service officers urge prompt completion within 20 days to avoid delays. Additional notes mention residents visiting relatives, holiday returns, and local family travel between Syracuse, Huntington, and New Brighton as community social updates.
The Pomeroy Firemen’s Association sponsors the 57th New Year’s Ball at Pomeroy Junior High School. The Bob Hunter orchestra from Columbus failed to appear on time, arriving after 11 pm to play briefly before midnight. Over $100 was refunded to residents who waited. organizers apologized and pledged steps to prevent a repeat.
Community drive in Pomeroy raises 170 dollars as 4 of 5 bands in the county participate. Joney notes general support and optimism for the polio fund effort after Saturday collection.
In a round of visits, Mr and Mrs Jack Mae ar laughter Claudette along with Robert Cartie family and Joan, Mr and Mrs Robert Martin and Bobby, Duane and Kenny Martin of Columbus, Mr and Mrs Eat Maple and Georgia family, Mr and Mrs Gerald Fernon and Wadsworth family groups returned home after visits to Dwight Martin. Nelsonville and Newark residents hosted Dix J 1 kinfolk recently, while an adult beaver weighs 40 to 70 pounds though some reach 100 pounds.
A long list of visiting relatives from Ohio West Virginia and nearby towns gathers at homes across Pomeroy and Vienna including the Dudding family the Roush clan and the Harless party among others. The Meigs General Hospital in Pomeroy reports no New Year babies born, a hospital spokesman said.
The body of Blades was taken to a Columbus funeral home. Blades, Mrs. Phillips and son had been visiting relatives and were en route home when a car crash occurred. A second accident on Route 248 at Keno involved Mareinko, 24, of Long Bottom, whose vehicle ran off the road, struck an embankment and overturned twice. Charles Marcinko, 36, Long Bottom, brother of the driver, was treated for injuries.
Glouster observes New Year with fellowship hour after Methodist service and midnight rites at First Baptist. Out-of-town guests include Lois Garret Angle and Alma Garret King. Funeral for Judy Balderson of near Syracuse noted. burial Beech Grove cemetery, Pomeroy.
A string of holiday visitors includes Glouster residents hosted by Mrs. Bertha Carginter in Columbus. Hazel Raber visits Morrison with her niece, while L. V. Zimmer and daughter Judy travel to Chillicothe for a brief stay. D Teater and son Jimmy stay with Mrs. Ceater’s relatives in Dayton. Robert McCreanor, a Rhode Island State College assistant professor, spends holidays with his parents in Columbus. Other guests include Dan Carter and Robert Carter of Detroit, Jack McBride of Columbus, and Mrs. Harry Williams visiting Canton and Bryan's road with daughter Elizabeth Tiehel.
A former postmaster A J Price of Sandusky was honored Thursday evening at the Hotel Gordon. Attending were Sgt and Mrs Foster L Price and sons Harry and Sonny of Fort Leonard Wood Mo, Mr and Mrs Frank Price and daughter Kay Gloucester, Paul Price Jr of Toledo, R Barney Molnar New Lexington, Karla Molnar and Andrew Cogninsky Gloucester.
Firemen answered two calls over the holiday weekend with minimal damage. George Hicks said damages were not serious. Saturday night they dealt with a defective chimney fire near Harrisonville in a two story frame home, using water to quell the blaze. On Sunday they extinguished a brush fire near the Jacob El Verfeld home on Mulberry Ave.
Sunday morning at Asbury Methodist Church Syracuse attendance awards were presented. Recipients include Clara Rizer five years Clarice Norris four years Franklin M Uzer Nancy Fichinger Ruth Wingett Marcia Karr Carolyn VanMeter Mickey Winebrenner Patty Winebrenner Suse Winebrenner Parker and Wandsoush all new year children of the Sunday school superintendent.
Fragmented notice lists several marriage licenses with names and ages including Bobby Spaulding age 8 and Jo Ann Carer age 17 from Columbus and Route 1 Middleport, W Nesselroad 23 and Verna Ke Mitch 20, Pomerg, W Wilton 18 and Grace de Porte oda Mt Boice Sater 2, Ra inet, Verna Mae White 1 arate.
In the large County Common Pleas purt the plaintiff Aaron D. Allensworth requests custody of one child in a civil action seeking guardianship and familial rights. The filing outlines the intent to obtain custody and related support arrangements.
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