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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
13
Mrs Helen Terry fractured an arm after slipping in her yard on Race Street. The accident occurred on Wednesday as she attempted to enter her home. A bake sale for the Methodist Youth Fellowship is planned for Saturday.
More than 500 people attended the season opener at the Mill Street lot by Rawlings & Sons Garage. Buhla the magician from Glouster performed on a lit platform for over an hour as Frank Cheesebrew served as master of ceremonies. A square dance is set for next Jamboree night on Wednesday July 7.
Clair Karr council president said the mayor's Tuesday night meeting lacked legal validity due to unsigned notices and insufficient notice time. The wording cited that the meeting could not be legal because the notification sheet was not signed by the mayor and notice was less than the required hours.
The Olive Orange Alumni Banquet and Dance will be held Saturday at the high school auditorium Tuppers Plains. Banquet begins at 7 30 PM and dancing follows after 8 30 PM.
Arthur Gilmore, a local cab driver from Middleport, sustained a broken kneecap while playing basketball Wednesday evening in Pom eroy. He was transported to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis for treatment.
Clifton community members and out of town guests are noted visiting relatives and friends. Names include Blair Blake Pickens Leport Jeffers McComas Triplett Peck Walburn Long Cartwright Young Haynes Roush Hoffman Lyons Kimes Cunningham Van Meter Dudding Nicholson Ginther Tolliver Cole Gibbs Roush Johnson and others with weekend and daytime visits.
Poppy Day salesmen were honored at a Tuesday picnic in Roadside Park by the Feeney Bennett Post American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Warren Davis acted as president in Mrs. Cora Bennett’s absence and chaired the event. Guests included Frances Pickens, C L Tannehill, Sheila Stover, Patty Lloyd, Nora Wolfe, Neida Stivers, Dee Sauer, Linda Beaver, Emyr Moore, Winona Fink, Linda Helrich, Sue Swindler, William Mourning, and Harry Rader. The auxiliary held a business meeting Monday night at Woodman Hall.
The item lists multiple pairs from Ohio and West Virginia including Elden R Posey 26 of Clarksburg and Jean Bunner 21 of Pomeroy both glass workers, along with several other couples and their occupations and hometowns such as John Luken 40 Middleport coal miner with Mary Buck 29 Rutland, and Paul Hayden 22 Buchtel coal miner with Joanne Gainer 21 Pomeroy, among others.
Oak Grove Methodist Church will hold an ice cream social at the Community Hall on Friday evening. Ice cream cake pie and sandwiches will be sold.
Local law enforcement cautions residents about state laws banning sale possession or shooting of fireworks. Officers say premature illegal Fourth of July celebrations must stop. youths were taken to the mayor's office and one cited to appear for a hearing.
Mr. and Mrs. Chappelle Talbott Mrs. Noel Hysell and others from Middleport and Ripley Ohio attended funeral services for Mrs. W. W. Leonard in Columbus. Rev. Charles Harrison officiated and interment followed at Union Cemetery. Mrs. Hysell had traveled after learning of her step-mother's condition. The Leonards formerly lived in Middleport where Mr. Leonard ran the Lower Market before moving after selling the store.
Fire chief Herb Giles ordered trial runs by First and Third Ward Trucks Tuesday evening to measure response times. The Third Ward Truck reached Minersville limits in three minutes, while the First Ward Truck needed three and a half to four minutes to the Middleport–Pomeroy line. The Second Ward Truck failed to appear for a run to the Y bridge at routes 123-124 junction, and Main Street traffic doubled within seconds of the alarm.
Meigs County forms a six week CROP drive to aid hungry Europeans through church groups and local volunteers led by H E Starkey and assisted by Henry Wippel and Clifford Morris. The program channels goods via churches and the Church World Service Lutheran World Relief and Catholic Rural Life networks with a Food Train planned to roll from Ohio in August.
Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Wallace Riggs of Providence R I announce the birth of a son Ronald Marshall on June 30 Grand parents are Mrs. Herb Riggs of Darwin and Mrs Claude Nease of Pomeroy
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