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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1961
Page
2
Meigs County employs 37 workers under new engineer Stanley J Blazewicz to service equipment and treat roads for ice and snow. Funds for operations are tight with a $5000 approved budget while 42 new hires were proposed earlier and uniforms funding remains uncertain for sheriffs deputies.
The Laurel Cliff Better Health Club will meet Monday evening at Mrs. Jerry Hoagland's Lincoln Hill Road home with Mrs. Phil Wise as co hostess.
Dorchester Neb to marry Cpl Edward Lee McComas son of Middleport officials. Mary Ann Heeren, daughter of Ralph and Mrs Heeren, will wed January 14 at 7 30 p.m. at Dorchester Methodist Church with reception in church social rooms. Miss Heeren works in a federal secretarial post in Washington and Cpl McComas is stationed at the Washington Marine Base.
Five men were fined in hearings before Mayor Charles Legar. Fines went to Leslie Price George W Roush Marvin Hunnel Roger Monroe Norman and Carl Smith with varying amounts and costs. Bonds were forfeited by Lowell Wingett Harry Russell Miller Paul E Clark and Julian Edgar Moore on intoxication and related charges.
Daughters of Ruth Class of the United Methodist Church will meet at 2 p.m. Monday at the church.
The Pomeroy council approved a 1961 appropriations resolution totaling 111,363 with allocations to the general fund utility fund parking lot meter fund cemetery fund bond retirement fund and street maintenance fund. Richard Rupe was unanimously appointed to fill the council vacancy left by George Horak. Mayor Legar reported December receipts of 606.20 for the village office. No taxi license action or fire training school plans were approved. Committees were named and 10 swing lids plus four refuse containers were purchased. Edna Schoenleb reported.
The Middleport Literary Club elected officers for 1961 and welcomed three new members at a meeting held at Mrs. Emerson Jones home with Mrs. Marcus Chambers hosting. Re-elected president was Mrs. Jones with Mrs. Dallas as vice president, Mrs. Lloyd as secretary, and Mrs. Morgan as treasurer. A $15 library contribution was reported and incoming members included Mrs. Howard West Mrs. Edward Johnson and Miss Susan Park. The Waste Makers by Vance Packard was reviewed and the next meeting is set for January 18 at Mrs. Walter Waddell's home.
A discharge note from Meigs General Hospital lists patients discharged including Clifford Young Mary Nelson Mrs Lee Smith Beatrice Wood Charles Kessinger Susie Taylor Jane Bailey Ethel Garland Robert Sloan and others. The names include residents from Pomeroy Harrisonville Rutland Dexter and Cheshire Route 2 among others.
Mrs Harold Tom ford named ways and means chairman replacing Mrs Ray Woodgeard who resigned. Meeting at the senior high school auditorium was led by Mrs Marie Chapman with refreshments served by Mrs Woodgeard and Mrs Eugene Conde.
Mrs. Essie Congrove of Reedsville was admitted to Camden-Clark Hospital in Parkersburg West Virginia after a stroke suffered at home. She is joined by Dale Congrove and Gordon Congrove of Dayton. The guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Biggs near Middleport for Monday night.
Dean Witham and Douglas Scott of Marietta visited David Boney at the H. E. Boney home. Mr and Mrs Edwin Boney took David back to Marietta Monday where he will resume studies at Marietta College.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mitch of Pomeroy announce the birth of a daughter, Shari Jenice, December 30 at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Terrell and Mrs. Carl Mitch. great grandparents are Theodore Mitch and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Epple, all of Pomeroy. The couple also has a son, Mark.
Middleport will be saluted on the Cookin With Katie show to be televised from Middleport. WSAZ TV Channel 8 will carry portions of the program with local staff arriving to set up for the presentation. John Werner of the Middleport Chamber of Commerce confirmed the plan after receiving word from the Charleston station.
Civil Air Patrol resumes regular meetings at 8 p.m. Friday at squadron headquarters 150 N. Third Ave Middleport. Open to citizens of Meigs Gallia and Mason Counties, inviting professionals and non professionals with interests in photography typing public relations and mechanics to join and support youth aerospace education and the cadet program.
Anna Lee Watkins of Syracuse was hospitalized with shock after her car crossed Route 124 in Syracuse and struck an oncoming truck driven by Garland Pittman of Huntington West Virginia. The Watkins vehicle spun after impact. truck damage was minor while Watkins car sustained medium rear damage.
Mr and Mrs Robert Harris hosted a group of friends for New Year s Eve in Middleport. Attendees included Mrs Walter Harris Miss Harrie Marie Smith Mr and Mrs R O Fowler Holly Martin Mrs Walter B Harris Miss Nina Russell and Mrs Margaret Davis of Athens.
Emmett and Mary Jones observed their 50th wedding anniversary at their Burlingham home on December 30. They wed December 30, 1910 in Athens. The couple spent much of their marriage on the Burlingham farm, with a 1924 stay in the West. Their children include Emerson Jones of Middleport, Dorothy Dandkis of Athens, Pearl Russell of Racine, four granddaughters Sharon Jones, Barbara Jones, Ken da Russell, Aleta Russell Alten, three grandsons Paul Dean Parsons II, Max Russell, Karl Russell, and great grandson Paul Dean Parsons III. Gifts and flowers from family marked the celebration.
Mrs. Margaret Yost of the Racine American Legion Ladies Auxiliary reports a district conference scheduled Sunday in Wellston. Mrs. Ed ward Marshall urges attendance at a joint session at 12 45 p m to hear a tape recording Communism Creeps Into Government presented by William Stewart former Racine resident now in Athens child welfare chairman of the Department of Ohio American Legion.
Receipts for the Meigs County Clerk of Courts office show a December total of 683.70. Activities include 424 certificates of title, 222 liens noted, 112 memorandums, 153 lien cancellations, 135 applications and affidavits, and three certified copies. County share 511.10 and state share 172.60.
A daughter named Lisa Rene was born to Mr. and Mrs. Brian Simpson of Bloomingdale on Dec. 20. The Simpsons also have a two and a half year old son Kevin. Mr. Simpson is a state game protector assigned to Jefferson County.
Bernard Fultz was granted a new prose cutting attorney paid $2400 a year for stenographic assistance in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Judge John C. Bacon signed and the order was filed Wednesday.
Middleport emergency squad responded to 5:53 p.m. call to J. W. Bolin residence. he was dead on arrival. Funeral arrangements are being completed by Chase Funeral Home, Rutland.
Mrs. Albert Ebersbach and Mr. James Clatworthy hosted guests for the holiday dinner. Attendees included Miss Marcia Kerr of Syracuse and Mrs. Margaret Clatworthy with Sandra Clatworthy of Middleport, visiting in the area.
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