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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
6
Dr. George H. Lasher, chairman of the Meigs County Land Use Planning Committee, will speak at the 29th annual Farmers Week at Ohio State University in Columbus. He will address the forestry session on population problems in Meigs County.
Mrs. Helen Sayre widow of Will Sayre will move from Bradbury to the Calderwood residence on N Second Ave where she will open a tourist home. Lawson Higgins furniture store in the Davis Building on N Second Ave will expand and move to the larger Shiflet room two blocks below. Higgins, recently ill with influenza, is able to be at his store again after confinement.
Middleport reports the Martin Ohlinger Baking Company ends after 35 years of local and regional distribution. Founder Martin Ohlinger, aged 79, retires with sons Herman and Alma Ohlinger. Edward and family members had previously departed due to illness and death. The company’s affairs are being settled by attorney F. H. O'Brien.
Gilbert Weeks of Salisbury Township, Meigs County, qualifies for the Old Timers luncheon at the thirteenth state convention in Columbus scheduled January 30 to February 1. Weeks is president of the Meigs County Association of Township Trustees and serves on the association's executive committee. George Hobstetter also plans to attend.
Common Pleas Judge Cedric W. Clark named T. Bengel and W. J. Carleton to the Meigs County Jury Commission. They replace H. B. Smith and L. L. Keller.
Mrs. Lily Coates hosted a reception at her Lincoln Hill home for daughter in law Miss Jean Clarke with 50 guests. Junior Women’s Guild of Federated Church met at Miss Betty Hood’s home. topics included Family Devotion and Stewardship. Several residents traveled for visits and business in Columbus Parkersburg Zanesville and Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. Blizzard of Middleport report success after Columbus motor school training. Mr. Blizzard passed examinations and will be employed at the new Curtiss Wright plant in Columbus. They recently visited Rev. L. O. Grant and family in Louisville where Grant has recovered and continues work at the theological seminary.
Panthers, after seven uneven starts, have won three straight Southeastern Ohio League games, beating Wellston, Middleport, and Gallia County. They now prepare to host Jackson aiming for a fourth consecutive victory.
Hostesses met at Miss Vesta McCoy's home to organize the social hour and reception for guest musicians following the January program. Invited guests include David Flannagan, Newman Powell, Miss Louise Rose, and the University Trio at Ohio University. A silver offering will be taken.
Columbia High School students will stage An Old Kentucky Garden in the Columbia Auditorium Friday Jan 31 and Saturday Feb 1. Lead roles include Eileen Stansbury Gerald Collins John Levis and others with a large cast exceeding fifty performers.
Rutland defeated Cadmus in a twin bill with the varsity winning 49 26 and the reserves 24 15. Donald Kennedy led Rutland Varsity with 15 points while George Hall scored 13. Ralph Carter led Cadmus with 12. Rupe and Thomas tied for Rutland Reserves with six each, Carter also had six for Cadmus. Referee was Harlan Eiselstein of Pomeroy.
County commissioners met with County Engineer Jed Hartinger to review road equipment then departed for Columbus. The trip related to relief was noted. Hartinger announced that 100 NYA workers are now employed on the county road system.
Former Middleport resident Miss Lenore Giles witnessed the inauguration in Washington D C Monday. Giles, a former court stenographer, resigned her local job in December and enrolled in a hotel training school on January 1.
Meigs County school officials report receiving chain letters signed by superintendents principals and teachers along with business leaders. The letters target executives and aim to carry more weight than typical chain mail.
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