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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1953
Page
6
An advertisement promises up to 15 dollars daily for each sickness or accident for every family member. The plan covers hospital room and meals, and the policy pays out to the insured to use as they wish.
Middleport reports show political activity as Eisenhower administration aspirations surface for assistant secretary of agriculture with Ivy Priest of Utah as applicant. Social items note Everett Davis and Mrs Wallace Russell winning Canasta prizes at a New Year party hosted by Mr and Mrs William K Beaver. An Eastern Stars initiation planning session occurs Feb 5 at the Masonic Temple led by Mrs C P Gallagher. Women of First Baptist entertain Mrs Larry Gardiner with a handkerchief shower ahead of her retirement move to a Carpenter farm. farewells include ice cream cake and coffee.
Middleport residents hosted a series of New Year gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mattox entertained in their new home on New Year’s Day with guests including Elmer Mattox Gina Mattox and Mrs Eustice Wilson and son Andy.
Meigs County notes a series of fires damaging homes from Langsville to Harrisonville, polio cases rising to 15, schools closed, and arrests over cow shooting near Syracuse. Political visits, the harvest lumber show, and community events like a Jackson Day dinner and district dances appear alongside home losses, a power plant announcement at Cheshire, and homecoming queen crowning.
Swearing to the home of the Rev and Mrs Weber Thomas at Bunker Hill on New Year’s Day. Eugene and Ever Bing visited Mrs Albert Baer and Johnny Pens who had been ill while the parents were in Huntington. Roberta Bing, daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Bing, also joined the day visit.
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