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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1953

Page

7

Church Watch Party Opens New Year for Five Towns

About 70 members of the Church of the Nazarene from Gallipolis Syracuse Middleport Rutland and Pomeroy met for a New Year’s Eve watch party at Bethany Methodist Church. Rev Styers spoke on Being a Better Christian in 53 and Rev Walls on A Weapon of Faith for 53.

Middleport Church of the Nazarene Gallipolis Syracuse Rutland Pomeroy Bethany Methodist Church Clifford Manley Old Rugged Cross Madge Neal Robert Styers Middle Art Bolin Quintette Lyndon Walls Goldie Graham Junland Larimer Cravass Pauline McClintock Coolidge Rita Maily

Lera Jones Accepts Courthouse Deputy Recorder Post

Mrs. Lera Jones has accepted employment in the courthouse as deputy recorder. She formerly was employed at the Pomeroy National Bank.

Pomeroy Lera Jones Pomeroy National Bank

Twilight Garden Club and Society Notes From Pomeroy

Pomeroy reports Twilight Garden Club to meet at Mrs. Dey Hysell residence with Mrs. Jed Webster Sr. and Miss Lucy Gibbs assisting. OES chapter to hold 1953 pot luck dinner at 6:30 pm with officers providing meat and dessert. Garden Club hosts Mrs. Finsterwald and Mrs. Schaffer will present lantern slides on Ohio historical parks. Various local residents are listed as holiday guests and visitors across Pomeroy, with several traveling to Louisville, Dayton, Columbus, and Marietta, and others returning home from duties or travels.

Twilight Garden Club Pomeroy Dey Hysell Jed Webster Lucy Gibbs Pomeroy Chapter OES Thelma Dill Pomeroy Garden Club R. W. Finsterwald D. D. Schaffer W. M. Riggs Ronnie Stevie Annapolis John Baily J. B. Marshall Louisville J. E. Foster Joe John Dayton Kenilworth Nease Jean Sandy Ohio H. E. Boney Marietta

Former Meigs Resident Dies in Detroit

Mrs. Edna Reuter Riggs 60, daughter of William C. and Sophia Reuter, died Friday at her Detroit home. A former Meigs County resident, she leaves husband W. A. Riggs and daughter Mrs. Lucille Bruley of Detroit, plus four sisters and three brothers. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ewing funeral home Beech Grove Cemetery.

Pomeroy Edna Reuter Riggs Wiliam C Sophia Reuter Detroit Meigs, County W. A. Riggs Lucille Bruley Walter Ed Reuter Leo Reuter Grove City Ohio Clara Zink Cincinnati Gertrude Neutzling Athens Louise Hawkings Emma Leifheit Ewing Funeral Home Funeral Beech Grove Ceme Cemetery

Alva Hite 58 Pomeroy Coal Operator Dies

Alva Hite 58 longtime Pomeroy resident and former coal operator died early Saturday in Meigs General Hospital after a 14 year invalid condition. He is survived by his wife Jane Ann Griffin a son Herald Columbus a daughter Mrs Almont Evans of Tiffin four grandchildren four brothers and a sister. Funeral services 3 p m Tuesday at Ewing funeral home conducted by Rev J Leslie J Kunze. Taken to hospital J W Lee Syracuse suffers heart attack.

Okinawa Denny Hawley Roosevelt Hawley Pomeroy Denny John L. Hawley Sergeant Hawley Hawley Harold Lavender Brenda Jo Bellaire Ohio Alva Hite Methodist Beech Grove Friends Hite Meigs County Butternut Ave Meigs General Hospital Jane Ann Griffin Hocking County Herald Columbus Almont Evans Tiffin John Granville Harry Elmer Canton George Lemon Parkersburg W. Va Ewings Funeral Home J. Leslie J . Kunze J. W. Lee Syracuse

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