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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1964
Page
4
The Middleport Ministerial Association sponsors a Week of Prayer at the Middleport United Presbyterian Church with daily 7:30 p.m. services from Jan 6 to Jan 10. Speakers include Rev. M. E. Dowson of Heath Methodist Church and Rev. Nyle Borden, with choirs from Mount Moriah Baptist Church and the Presbyterian Church providing music.
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The Church of Christ choir will perform as Heath Methodist Church hosts a Thursday service with Rev. Donald Boone as speaker on Sinners on Search. Rev. Fred I. Gardner concludes with The Closeness that Can Exist Between God and Each of Us, accompanied by Baptist Church choir music.
Laurel Grange met at the G. A. Radekin home with 25 members and seven juveniles. After the program and dues collection, gifts were exchanged and birthdays recognized. Oysters were served as refreshments.
The Rev and Mrs Frank Cheesebrew Gregory Hayes and Mrs J B Hayes visited Point Pleasant for a holiday observance with his parents Mr and Mrs Claude Cheesebrew. Clifford Hayes spent New Year in Cleveland with wife Eloise still a patient at Cleveland Clinic Hospital. Connie Bachner hosted New Year’s Eve party with Ruth Ann Lacey Lois Ann Sauer Joyce Davis and Cynthia Mills. Della Carnahan of Bucyrus visits Mrs Fannie McNamee Miss Bess Sanborn and Mrs Mabel Sanborn. John E Lyons family spent the holiday in Zanesville with her mother Mrs Bernard Schramm. Debbie extended her stay before returning home. Charles Bush and infant Charles Gregory moved from Grimm property on Second Ave to Brownell Ave. C H Wise Jr and Carrie Sears attended Merri Ault’s fifth birthday party.
Ronald M. Morris and Delma Hawley received suspended 90 day jail terms for petit larceny and were placed on probation for one year. Morris must pay $28 restitution and Hawley $46. Judge Frank W. Porter presided.
Meigs County news reports Fire Chief Henry Werry was hospitalized after a 1:30 a.m. altercation near Pomeroy events. Two West Virginia men, Lewis Sismondo and Charles Humphreys, were arrested for resisting arrest. Humphreys faced additional assault charges.
Middleport Tom Ball hosted a holiday party for the 1963 Mid dleport High School class members who joined the annual senior class trip to Washington DC and New York City. Slides of the trip were shown and refreshments served with chaperone Mrs. Clarence Lacey in attendance along with guests including John Allensworth Carolyn Searls Harold Vance Carence Stewart Paul Sprouse and others.
The Pom eroy Emergency Squad aided two individuals during the holiday period. Fred Frazelle of Reedsville was transported to Holzer Hospital for pneumonia symptoms, and Annie Bias of near Pom eroy was admitted for observation at Meigs Memorial Hospital. Police noted a prior assault incident involving a man at a dance. Sheriff Hartenbach’s office logged four accidents in the holiday period, including a Route 124 crash near Rutland with heavy damage. By year end 133 accidents were on record for Meigs County.
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