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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1953
Page
2
Middleport area shoppers saw a busy holiday period followed by a notably slow Saturday. Businesses described the day as the poorest in 50 years, while a Bend area chorus performed portions of The Messiah with about 40 participants from several towns. The event drew many family groups and featured local teachers and students in varied vocal roles.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Banfield hosted holiday guests including their children Terry Tony and Pam from Columbus. Other visitors were Clarence Banfield Jr Orbiston Joe Cline and Rosanna and extended family Audrey Butsko and Randy Minnette and Bill Banfield.
CHAUNCEY Sell Jackson spent Christmas and New Year's in Columbus as a guest of Irene Jackson Richard Butterworth and Lucille Jackson with daughter Barbara. A watermelon grown in his garden, perfectly preserved, was served as a special treat to the family.
The Millfield Needle Club met at Mrs Lizzie Patton's home Thursday night with 10 members and one guest present. A buffet lunch was served.
The Christian Women's Fellowship of the Midfield Christian Church met Friday night with Mrs. Elizabeth Robinette to cut quilt blocks. Refreshments were served to five members and one guest.
A procession of relatives and friends visited in the area over the holiday weekend. Families from Sandusky Columbus Baltimore Logan Lancaster Chillicothe Nelsonville and Columbus connected with Mr and Mrs Arthur Todd Mrs Hattie Price and other local households for gatherings and visits.
The historic Alexandrian library is described as lacking a central stock of books, instead housing more than 500000 manuscripts on papyrus rolls. It faced destruction by fire during Julius Caesar's era, though scholars debate the extent of its losses and existence.
Miss Sonia Ann Saxton Scholl daughter of Mr and Mrs Konrad Scholl of Boone Iowa married Mr Robert James Wilson son of Mr and Mrs James Wilson Pocahontas Iowa at First Methodist Church Boone. The double ring rite followed Yuletide decor with family and friends attending a reception in the church parlors.
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Fred Jackson of Diamond Street Middleport will be celebrated Sunday with an open house from 2 to 6 p.m. A noon dinner will be served to family members and the Missionary Society of Mt Moriah Baptist Church will be involved.
Fourteen school friends of Sandra Fultz were guests at a party in observance of her 13th birthday at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Fultz on S Fifth Ave. After games were played ice cream and cakes were served by Mrs Fultz to Sandra and her guests.
A Middleport gathering of the Amateur Gun Club convened at the residence of Mrs. with a community party following the session. Members discussed club activities and upcoming events in a cordial local setting.
M. W. Essex and Mrs. Essex, former Middleport school leaders, were holiday guests of Gene Grate and the Grates family in Lakewood. In Columbus, Essex conferred with Bishop Hazen Werner about filling the pulpit of a Lakewood Methodist Church, where he serves on the pulpit committee. They also visited Mrs. Essex’s ill father in a Columbus hospital.
The Middleport Literary Club will hold its annual business meeting Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. D. B. Hartinger on S. Third Ave. The meeting was originally scheduled with Miss Bess Sanborn.
Holiday guests included S Sgt and Mrs John Rothier of Biloxi and Cincinnati visitors Mr and Mrs Chester Kroger. The Meinharts hosted a New Year’s Eve buffet for friends including Mayor Sidney T Russell and Mr and Mrs Robert McElhinny with other relatives and guests.
Middleport Return Jona than Meigs Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dey Hysell Mulberry Ave Mrs Alfred Elberfeld assisting hostess Mrs L J Heiner will be a guest and review The President's Lady Delegates and alternates to the state conference and the Continental Congress will be elected.
The Middleport WSCS executive committee of Heath Methodist Church met Sunday night at the home of Mrs. L. W. McComas on Lincoln Street. The president led discussions on several matters including a welcome for new and prospective members at a meeting set for January 12. Attending were Mrs. Emerson Jones, Mrs. L. A. Bangerter, Mrs. Nan Moore, Mrs. Harold Woodgerd, Mrs. Noah Haskins, Mrs. Forrest Bachtel, Miss Bess Sanso, Mrs. E. S. Schaaf, and Mrs. O. Plein.
Sgt James Bailey departed for Keesler Field Mississippi after a 15 day leave with his brother and sister in law the local chief of police and Mrs Russel Bailey. Several families are visiting relatives in Ohio Kentucky and New York while Mary Grimm visits from Connecticut and Midshipman John Epling travels to Annapolis with his fiance and her parents.
Chief Russell Bailey warns juveniles and others about B B gun use within Middleport village limits. He links shooting to a local ordinance and says parents of offenders are responsible. Residents in Vine Street and Lycano Street reported frequent gunfire and Bailey notes dangers.
The Bradford Church of Christ Christian Endeavor held a recent party at the church with refreshments served by Janie Reed Edith Forrest Sue Van Inwagen Evelyn Hysell Jessie Lambert Linda Forrest Peggie and Kathryn Russell Wesley Sisson and Roger Lightfoot. Attendees included James Reed Ruth Reed David Reed Barbara Forrest Roberta Hysell Ronnie Russell Mr and Mrs Paul Sisson Norman Hysell and Donna Hysell.
A New Year’s Eve gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Forrest hosted the Bradford Church of Christ young people. Edith Forrest provided refreshments as Jessie Maude Lambert Barbara Forrest Linda Forrest Kay Harris Wanda Lightfoot Maggie Lightfoot Billy Lambert Richard Gilkey Roger Lightfoot Norman Hysell Donna Hysell and the Reed family attended.
The Pomeroy village council holds its regular meeting at 8 this evening in city hall marking the first session of the year for the body.
Airman Third Class Norman D. Hysell of Chanute Air Force Base Illinois traveled to Hysell Run to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Howard Hysell during the holiday period.
Mr and Mrs Harold Duckworth of Syracuse announce the promotion of their son Max from corporal to sergeant. He joined the Marines in 1951, trained at Parris Island, Virginia, and California before serving about a year in Korea with the First Marine Division motor transport unit.
Pomeroy and Meigs County men will travel to Ashland Kentucky for physicals for armed forces entry while four others depart Thursday for induction. Tuesday’s group includes James L. Schuler Rutland and Cecil Gillogly of Carpenter. Thursday’s group lists Virgil Frye Rutland Robert K. Karr Racine Ralph Painter Pomeroy and Clyde Gillilan of Chester with Gillilan noted as a volunteer.
Five drivers faced penalties in Mayor Sidney T. Russell's court in Middleport. Otis E. Nobles was fined 100 dollars and costs on a driving while intoxicated charge from a state patrol case. Roy E. Ieenhower Lawrence Manley Cecil E. Haning each paid five dollars and costs on traffic violations. Adilin Duffy Fisher pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
Middleport firemen were dispatched to the Chambers apartment on South Third Avenue at 5 45 a m when a gas control on a range blew out. No property damage was reported by the firefighters.
Middleport reports schools back in session after a two week holiday break. Teachers return to classrooms ahead of mid term exams this month. Names include Mrs Crary Davis and family in Royal Oak Michigan, Mrs Robert Allensworth and son in Columbus, Mr and Mrs John Thompson in Belle West Virginia, Miss Lucille Smith visiting Akron relatives, and Superintendent L W McComas with his mother in Columbus.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomas and Mrs. Zella Cross moved from Lincoln and Pearl Streets to the remodeled McElhinny property on N. Third Ave. Thomas, a veteran New York Central Railroad shop employee at Hobson, is convalescing after a heart ailment.
Meigs County Agent urges farmers facing 1953 to build productive capacity of soils and livestock to weather price swings. Start or review farm and home account books, analyze 1952 results, and plan for 1953. Consider modifying unprofitable enterprises and using tax provisions for assets held over six months.
A year in Meigs County closes with two traffic deaths, service outages, and a flurry of civic notes. Highlights include Earl Creek elected junior fair board president, new central phone office in Middleport, H E Shields named Red Cross chair, and petitions to annex areas to form a city in Pomeroy.
Pomeroy resident William Miller 22 was fined $25 and costs in Racine Mayor E A Wingett court on assault and battery charges. Calvin C Talley remains jailed awaiting Cincinnati workhouse transfer after sentencing to 12 months for non support for five minor children. Talley returned to Meigs County to face Judge F Harmon O Brien. Meigs County probate court notes from Marion via Deputy Sheriff Harold Duckworth.
Pomeroy county and village law enforcement reported no automobile accidents over the weekend despite icy highways. Five arrests were made according to county jail records. One hearing was held Sunday and four more hearings were planned early this week.
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr Wally Ours and Mrs were to be held this afternoon at the Letart Falls Cemetery. The report states the ceremony is taking place in Letart Falls. The obituary notes the family income and details are not provided in the snippet.
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