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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1938

Page

6

Jackets Favored To Win in Friday Pomeroy-Middleport Clash

Pomeroy Panthers enter Friday’s game in Middleport as underdogs after a shift in power. The Jackets pace this season may push for a strong victory, reversing past expectations where Pomeroy was favored. Last year’s results saw a Panthers win early then a heavier loss in the rematch.

Pomeroy - Middleport Pomeroy Pomeroy Panthers Middleport Yellow Jackets Panthers Jackets

Middleport Social Notes Reflect Local Meetings and Visits

The P T A meeting was postponed to next Monday at 7 o clock. Pythians will install officers at Meigs Temple Tuesday evening. Mrs Pearl Childers Reynolds returned from a West Coast trip highlighted by the Rose Bowl. Literary Club elected new officers and held a meeting with a program including a review of In the Shadow of Liberty. Several residents and visitors were noted with travel and illnesses updates. Billy Beards suffered a heat attack on the street and was taken home.

Middleport Meigs Temple Pearl Childers Reynolds Pasadena Reynolds Audrey Wyatt Virgie Major Mark Enright F. C. Enright Columbus Ernest Major Wilkesville Hurley Nelson John Major Ernest Langsville Lillie Hysell Nancy Fink Wynona Fink Main St William Theobald Newark The Stansbury Drug Co Middleport Literary Club George Schaaf S. Second Ave O. B. Stout Frank White M. L. French Cedric Clark O. H. Stewart Edward Corsi Charles Rathburn W. T. Moore Robert Flesher Huntington Lewisburg W. Va Greenbriar Military School D. S. Farmer Arthur Skinner Nancy Reed Donna Lowe Quickle S. Fourth Ave Holzer Hospital Cleveland L. L. Cunningham Gravel Hill Cunningham Margaret Cunningham R. N Camden-Clark Hospital Parkersie James Stevens Fred Sisson James William Chicago Bearhs Pomeroy Billy Beards Beegle Aten Shain Shakespeare Club Mulberry Ave Harry Smith Louis Reibel Union Ave Jake Ament Jeff Gest

Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Community News

Pomeroy notes include illness of Charles Skip Keehne at home on W Main St. and various visits, births, and travels. Highlights cover visitors from Enterprise and Wellsville, a New Year’s Day birth, moves, and local salon change. Eastern Star installs officers and Shakespeare Club social events are reported with upcoming meetings.

Pomeroy Charles Skip) Keehne W. Main St Myrtle Long William Kreiselmeir Enterprise John Chase William Waters Columbus Weher Terrace Dorothy Reibel Ohio University At Athens Union Ave Lucy Erlewine Hartley Shoe Vogue Wyllis Davis Wyllis Davis, Jr John Burns Virginia Vale St Clara Reuter Monkey Run Akron Fred Crow

The Church Discussed At Religious Conclave

Middleport reports the Week of Prayer third meeting focusing on The Church. Rev Don McMillen of the Church of Christ and layman Lee McComas of Heath M E Church led the discussion, with prayers by Rev Bailey First Presbyterian and Rev Kreager First Baptist. The Baptist Quartet performed. Attendance grows each evening.

Middleport Church Don McMillen Church of Christ Lee McComas Heath M. E Bailey First Presbyterian Church Kreager First Baptist Church Baptist

Blame Gas Smell On Sewer Project

Local gas officials investigated odor complaints on Mill Street after several calls. They found no gas leaks and traced fumes to a sewer project where workers suspected gasoline had been poured into the sewer, escaping via manholes.

Middleport Mill St

Young Cagers Tryout Call by Middleport Coach

Marshall McCuen invites sixth grade boys to a basketball tryout at seven this evening. He also notes starting football instruction for the grade this fall and believes athletic coaching benefits children of all ages.

Middleport Marshal McCuen McCuen

Meigs Poultry Men Worried

Gilmore, released on parole from Ohio Penitentiary after two years, returned home but soon violated parole. He became a skilled horse shoe pitcher and returned to prison. After later release he turned to chicken theft in Mason City West Virginia and received a three year sentence in Moundsville Penitentiary.

Ohio Gilmore West Virginia Mason City W. Va Pt. Pleasant Moundsville Penitentiary

Laura Holcomb Weds Harley Pickett Jr in 1937 Tennessee Ceremony

Laura Holcomb, daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Holcomb, married Harley B Pickett Jr son of Mr and Mrs H B Pickett of Darwin Tennessee on Friday December 31 1937 at Byrdstown in Pickett County. The groom a Columbia High School teacher. bride a Columbia High School graduate 1937. They reside in the E N Storey property after a South honeymoon. A 100 plus serenade followed.

Carpenter W. R. Holcomb Laura Harley B. Pickett H. B. Pickett Darwin Byrdstown Pickett County Tennessee Pickett Ohio University Columbia High School E. N. Storey

Wild Geese Seen Over Rutland District

A flock of over 20 wild geese was seen flying southwest over the Rutland district Tuesday afternoon. Weather observers note geese are uncommon in southeastern Ohio at this season.

Rutland Ohio

Will Purchase Fire Apparatus For Pomeroy

Plans to buy a new hose and ladder truck for Pomeroy progress with support from the Second Ward Fire Company. The group intends to raise funds to supplement existing resources for the purchase. An old hose cart was loaned to New Haven as it seeks to establish its own fire department.

Pomeroy Second Ward Fire Company Second Ward West Virginia New Haven

Racine PTA and Garden Club Plan Joint Meeting

Racine groups announce a joint meeting at the high school auditorium on Tuesday evening January 11. Wesley S. Green will lead the program with a welcome to the public and urging student attendance. Also noted are visits of local residents to Ohio University and illness news from Cincinnati.

Racine Charles Stephenson Cincinnati Simpson H. C. Gray Bonnie Miles Waneta Roush Ohio University Athens Clark Jividen Emma Jane Electa Daugherty Evva Jividen Grace Jividen Minersville Downington Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the

Men Fellowship Meeting Set by Middleport Church

Rev Don Mce Millin of the Church of Christ announces the second Men’s Fellowship meeting to be held Tuesday at 7 p m in the church. An interesting program is planned. Pomeroy Salisbury Board of Education elected officers for the year with George McIntosh as president Vernon Howell as vice president and Eldon Weeks as secretary.

Middleport Don Mce Millin Church of Christ

Meigs Pomona Grange Opens Year With Chester Visit

Meigs County Pomona Grange will hold its first meeting of the year with Chester Grange in Chester on Friday night January 7. Lecturer Mrs Wanetta Radekin has planned an interesting program. Laurel Grange will host Star Grange for installation Saturday night January 8.

Carpenter Meigs County Pomona Grange Chester Grange Chester Wanetta Radekin Pomona Star Grange Laurel Grange Laurel Star

Ancient cave in Crimea yields Neanderthal site discovery

Remains found in the Chagarak-Koba cave in Crimea are linked to Neanderthal habitation about 30,000 years ago. In Oregon, Scio reports 258 residents and 257 unemployment cards handled by the local post office in the U.S. census.

Russia Chagarak-Koba Crimea Scio Ore

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