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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
3
Pictured is Charles Rice holding a large birthday cake with 92 candles and a horse shoe good luck symbol. Son of Jacob Rice, pioneer settler for whom Rice's Landing was named, he lives at Hobson near Middleport and is in excellent health after a recent birthday celebration.
Restaurants except Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe will open Saturday morning. Picnics and fishing parties are planned weather permitting, with groups scheduling returns to join the stadium celebration.
At Church of Christ in Middleport Cradle Roll Day honored sixty one mothers and babies during Sunday School. Co chairs Mrs Sidney Russell and Mrs Elmer Wehring led a history of the department and a group photo was taken. Evening Children's Day featured recitations songs piano solos by Donna Ruth Russell Janet Frost and a Junior Christian Endeavor playlet amid large attendance.
Forty participants braved wet conditions Tuesday evening at the Kerrs Run recreation center for a Wiener roast hosted by Eva Vargas of Syracuse and Gladys Frazier of Middleport from the WPA recreation project. Games and sports followed.
Pomero y Pomona Grange members from 14 Meigs County subordinates will meet Friday night July 3 at 8 30 in the Racine high school. Mary Virginia Mora plans an attractive program and Fred Goeglein will head the business session. Eddie Lou Howery serves as Pomona Master and is with the U S armed forces. About 1200 members belong to the 14 granges and Pomona. All groups support local farm and community betterment.
Amateur Gardeners Club picnic at Roadside Park with planners Mrs Robert Rawlings Mrs F M Cluff Miss Frances Pullin and Miss Dorothy Sauer. Guests include Amy Coe Westfield NJ. Several residents and guests travel or host events across town including Karl Rothermund Jr departure for Charleston and a farewell picnic at Syracuse Roadside Park.
Pomeroy Post Office saw a fresh supply of Federal automobile tax stamps arrive on Wednesday afternoon. Patrons queued to buy stamps before supply ran out. Officials received inquiries from motorists unsure how to proceed.
James E. Tracy of Pomeroy aged 71 has patent approval for a new coal cutting and milling machine. The 59 year miner describes a chainless device that cuts in any direction, reduces power use, minimizes wear, weighs under a ton, and allows close face post placement to reduce top falls.
Pomeroy Pioneer Senior 4-H met June 29 at Reedsville school hall with 11 members. Beatrice Boring spoke on Good Saving Rules and Ellen Louise Sisson on Good Health Rules. Shade Valley Boys 4-H met June 29 at Dana Fick home with eight members.
Members discuss future actions as the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce considers its next steps after closing the office once housed in the L O F Building.
Home supply in the river towns of Pomeroy Middleport Gallipolis and Point Pleasant is exhausted due to population influx from the West Virginia Ordnance Works and the Marietta boat plant. Athens and Coolville have tenants for General Chemical Defense Corporation workers. Builders may start new houses if government approvals allow.
The All American Club met at Mrs. Burt Karr's home with gifts sent to boys in camp and plans for a public party. Several local residents are noted visiting or traveling, including Miss Mary Josephine Saunders in Logan and Carey McKinnis in McArthur. Visitation and condolences are recorded for Guy Hannum's funeral in Long Bottom and readers traveling to Utica for a state agents conference.
POMEROY United Brethren announces Sunday worship at 9 30 A M and 8 15 P M with a 6:45 prayer meeting Wednesday. Womans Aid meets Thursday. Syracuse Sunday School at 9 30 A M with prayer and praise service and 7 P M evening service by request. MIDDLEPORT Guy Carson moves Silver Grill to the large adjoining room on Locust Street completed this spring. vacated room to be leased to local interests.
Funeral services for Pearl McKnight, who died Tuesday evening at St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg, will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the Church of Christ, of which he was a member.
Mrs Anna Dean Hecox aged 84 died Wednesday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a Tuesday night admission. She lived with daughter Mrs Otto Strauss on Wehe Terrace and is survived by two sons H V Hecox and D E Hecox, two daughters Mrs Charles McAfee and Mrs Strauss, and three grandchildren. Funeral services set for Friday at 3 PM from Ewing Chapel with burial in Mound Cemetery near Chester.
Various river improvements are planned or underway in the district. Navigation resumed at Emsworth Dam, repairs moved to Dam 9 at New Cumberland, H S Taber dredge assigned to Bonanza Bar project, 28 wooden barges to seven yards with 180 ft length and 750 deadweight tons. Capt C C Stone buys H P Treadway towboat, Capt A C Grimm prepares a new towboat near Aug. 1. hull about 80 percent complete at Allegheny.
A softball game is set for 7 45 p m at Middleport between Colegrove Super Market and a Syracuse team. A band concert will precede the game with band members asked to meet at the high school at 7 p m.
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