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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1957
Page
2
Middleport reports 15 derailed cars Friday night and five more later. Firemen fought dangerous fumes from mitratic acid and ammonia for hours, washing acid from ground and gear with water from local and Gallipolis tanks. No injuries were reported as crews cleared tracks and resumed service.
Funeral services for Erson Hooper of Columbus who died early Sunday will be held in Columbus Wednesday with Masonic rites Tuesday evening. He was a Cheshire native and Cheshire Academy High School graduate who taught in Cheshire schools. Survivors include wife Viola and two sons Allen of Columbus and Wendall of St Paul Minnesota. Lawrence Bing will accompany Mrs. Hooper to Columbus for the funeral.
Mrs Janice Lee formerly of Racine arrived in Hawaii where she joins her husband Sgt Dale Lee who has re enlisted in the Marines and is stationed there. The couple previously lived in Pomeroy and Racine.
A meeting at Portland Grade School, led by Dr. William Chase of Ohio University, discussed a district census to map physical and curricular needs for five schools Racine Syracuse Letart Falls and Portland. The plan covers all residences and families with school children, with census takers named and materials prepared. Next meeting set for Racine High School on Thursday Jan 31 at 7 30 p m.
POMEROY The Volunteer Firemen's Association has $646.84 of a $1000 goal raised by its popcorn drive for the March of Dimes with one Saturday left. Ten firefighters from two wards sold popcorn 9 am to 9 pm, bringing in $236.44, just $12.96 short of last week's total. The effort, aiming to top the goal for the third year, seeks $353.16 next Saturday with Roy Kaspar Jim Fugate Ed Durst Gilbert Freeman Harry Watson Harold Ebersbach Robert Couch Charles Legar Jack Thomas Howard Mullen R E Neutzling and Philip Globokar among participants. John McKenzie Eugene Triplett aided from the first ward.
The Federated Church Senior Choir sustains Sunday worship year round with a one hour practice followed by coffee, sandwiches, and cookies to refresh before continuing rehearsals. They are preparing Henry Wessel's Calvary for Palm Sunday, directed by Mrs. Alice Nease with Mrs. Carrie Neutzling on organ. open to any singer. Practice is Thursday at 7:45.
A frost covered windshield caused a local man to ram a parked station wagon at the Routes 337 intersection on West Main Street at 9 15 p m Friday. About 600 in damage and injury to one woman followed Sally Sauer taken to Meigs General Hospital with chin and tooth injuries. Willis F Davis Jr 25 137 Mulberry Ave told Patrolman Henry Werry he was attempting to clear frost from his windshield when he struck the wagon owned by Clinton F Gilkey 35 Harrisonville.
Freda Marie Mul holland of Middleport Meigs County died suddenly at 9 p m Saturday at the Po Mid Wa Band Festival She was 60 born in Minersville foster daughter of the late Viola Jones employed at Roy Ellis home Middleport Surviving daughters Margaret and Sybil Middleport son Charles Wilkesville burial in Wilkesville Cemetery Services in Ewing's Chapel at 1 pm Tuesday then in state for one hour at Wilkesville Presbyterian Church Friends may call at Ewing's funeral home.
Middleport volunteer firefighters answered 35 calls in 1956 with 22 inside the village limits and 11 outside. Village building losses totaled 7435 dollars and contents losses 3925 dollars. One complete home and furnishings were destroyed by a gas explosion, the Wyatt house on Gravel Hill, not a fire loss.
Page Ten of the Midland Daily records a brief Pomeroy Middleport item with community notes and local updates. The short feature mentions residents, school events, and upcoming activities, reflecting small-town civic life.
Thirteen girls and boys plus four leaders attended the first meeting at Heath Methodist Church for a new children's missionary group. Mrs. Konkright led, with Mrs. Le Vaughn as storyteller and Mrs. Thom as pianist. The study book was Finding Christian Friends in the Philippines.
Meigs County school board members gathered Saturday night at the Martin Restaurant in Pomeeroy for a pre meeting social. Attendees included Gordon Collins Reedville Carl Kautz Chester Virgil Adkins Rutland George Perry Dexter and Harold G. Roush Letart Falls.
The film Tuesday's Child on care of retarded children was shown at the Child Conservation League gathering at Mrs. Denver Rice's home. Supt. L. W. McComas and Mrs. Guy Reynolds presented, with a bake sale and rummage sale proposed to fund projects. Several local residents attended and notes were given on upcoming events and travels.
Layette gifts were arranged in a pastel green and yellow bassinet decor and presented to Mrs Harold Thomas as guest of honor at a recent stork shower in Middleport.
The Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ will meet Tuesday evening at the church. Mrs. Clarence McNeil announces the event as president. Hostesses Mrs. Doyle Miller and Mrs. Edgar Allensworth will plan the evening program.
161 musicians from Pomeroy Middleport and Wahama performed at Middleport High School under Earl Warnke with guest conductor Ernest Manning of Cleveland. Despite a late arrival and a broken bus, the concert featured Beethoven and Sousa selections while a spectator died from a heart attack during the event.
Mrs. Dora Beards, 84, died Sunday at Meigs General Hospital after admission Friday. She is survived by three sons Hugh Rollin and Harry Beards of Pomeroy. Elmer and August predeceased. 10 grandchildren seven great grandchildren and sister Mrs. Arthur Yost of Minersville. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Enterprise U B Church Beech Grove Cemetery burial. Rev L R Carmichael to officiate. Visitation at son Hugh Beards home near Rock Springs.
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Sargent were held Sunday at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with Pastor Fred I. Gardner officiating. She died in a Utica hospital Thursday. Her daughter Mrs. Louise Elder and son Dr. Thomas David Elder of Duke University attended. The widow of Harry Sargent, he was killed in a 1924 Millfield train wreck. A son Sidney died in youth. The Sargents were former residents, owning property on S Second Ave now Maude Beck’s.
County Superintendent O O Patterson will preside as seven local boards gather for their annual meeting on January 31. Five board members and one clerk from each board are expected, with plans to invite a speaker from the State Department of Education. Meeting location not yet decided.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Kelly of Flush ing Long Island and daughter Rosemary visited Mrs Kellys parents Mr and Mrs Pat Thornton on Mulberry Avenue last week. Charles Thornton of Manhattan Beach also visited recently with his parents the Thorntons.
An alkaline powder marketed to improve denture stability claims to keep plates firmly set when talking eating laughing or sneezing. It promises a confident feel of security with no gummy taste or feel and recommends purchasing FASTEEN at drug counters.
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