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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1956
Page
2
Middleport and Forked Run Lake drew large crowds Sunday as residents sought relief from high temperatures. About 1000 visited Forked Run Lake, with 225 cars at the Middleport pool area. Officials reported crowded parks and picnickers enjoying private boating, fishing, and swimming.
The Ohio River near Gallipolis was seven feet on the rollers with upper gauge 18.0 feet and lower 11.3 feet. Montgomery Pa showed 15.8 on the upper and 9.7 on the lower with nine feet on the rollers. Pomeroy Mason had 21.15 feet, Point Pleasant 24.27 feet, Hinton 0.87 and Kanawha Falls 1.24, both stationary. All movable dams were up and locks were generally running one and a half traps.
Charles E. Walburn longtime Meigs County figure known as the Singing Salesman rests after a funeral service at Rowling Coats with Church of Christ ministers officiating. Pallbearers include local officials and neighbors. Interment at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. The service drew many relatives and friends from Ohio and surrounding areas.
Middleport—Sing, tren, Sing by David Wiley opened the annual Children’s Day program at the Church of Christ last night. The decorated church was filled with parents and friends. Directors were Mrs W J Slater and Mrs Denver Nelson. Bible verses, recitations, exercises and piano numbers were presented. Billy Nelson set the mood with A Little Believer. Colleen Wilson sang I Believe. Benediction by Betsy Cunningham. Pastor Fred J Gardner praised the children and leaders.
A Middleport wedding linked Miss Janet Bowen to Robert Taylor Jr in St Al vans Episcopal Columbus. Attending were Miss Jane Bowen and Mrs. Charles Bowen with Patty Bowen as flower girl. Reception at Columbus Country Club followed. couple to Sea Island Ga for their honeymoon. Bowen family relatives noted.
Middleport residents host family and friends over the weekend visiting from Huntington Akron Cleveland and Pomeroy. Scouts George Hibbs and Bill Werner plan to attend Camp Philmont. Relatives include the Lockwoods the Duttons Carpenter Knopp Smith and others. Local visits span Huntington Pomeroy and Reedsville with trips to Camp Arrow and NYC offices noted.
A temporary restraining order was issued by Judge Cedric W. Clark restraining the sale of property in the Pomeroy case. The order halts transfers tied to a trust declaration dispute involving Gertrude Hogue, Zolman Maggied, and Farmers Bank and Savings Co. pend ing a declaration of trust in real estate filed by Mrs. Hogue.
MIDDLEPORT Troop 245 led by Scout Master Robert Mills earned first place in swimming and rope-pulling and second in the shoe scramble at Camp Arrowhead last week. Dale Miller became a star scout and earned a canoeing badge, while David Zerkle and Bill Werner received wildlife and swimming badges. All scouts advanced toward the next rank as Mills noted.
United Brethren Church members at Letart Falls held a surprise birthday party in the community hall for their pastor Rev. Edmund Life. The guest of honor received a gift and attending clergy included Rev. L. T. Norris of Decatur Indiana.
Rock Springs Grange met Thursday with Homer Rice in charge as three candidates received third and fourth degrees and two members were accepted by demits. The annual inspection is set for July 12 with a special session on July 9 for practice. The charter was draped in memory of late Emil Ball. Pomona Grange will meet July 6 at Tuppers Plains High School. Lottie Leonard spoke on a youth camp August 2 to 6. Music was by William Criner, Orville Brown, and Amos Leonard. A potluck lunch honored members with recent birthday anniversaries.
The Eastern Local School District athletic boosters will stage an ice cream social at Tuppers Plains on Wednesday evening. The event will be held on the school lawn and indoors if weather turns inclement.
An 80 year old man, Mot ley, sustained severe head and hand lacerations in a freak Sunday morning accident on the West Virginia riverbank opposite his home on South Front Street. While descending toward their boat with his son John and their dogs, a dog bolted to the river, tripping the elder man. He was driven home by his son, who summoned emergency services around 10 30 a m. Twenty two stitches closed the scalp wound and stitches were also used for the hand injury.
Legionnaires of Feeney-Bennett Post, American Legion, attended morning worship at Heath Methodist Church. Rev. Lawson Rosbright welcomed them and noted laws in the organization's preamble. The 15-voice choir directed by George Dallas sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Mrs. John Lockwood was guest soloist. Cub Scouts Pack 260 held a chuck wagon dance at Hemlock Grove Grange Hall with four scouts advancing.
Members of Rock Springs Troop 247 Boy Scouts of America spent four days at Homer Goeglein farm setting up camp and working on first class scouting tasks. Scoutmaster Ray Whaley and leaders George Wagner and Virgil Brown led the training while a Friday family night observance showcased the program. a Mary Jander train voyage between Washington and New York hosted a first practical moving train television reception demonstration on October 7 198.
The Ohio Bureau of Employment Compensation said interest earned on the Unemployment Compensation Fund will be allocated to each participating employer. BUC Chief James R. Tichenor reported the year’s interest factor at 2.57 percent.
The principal, Robert Baron, stated he advised ousting teacher Jack Eberle after hearing he used a paddle and kept pupils in the room as if at recess. The board resumed Friday night into Eberle’s dismissal amid a pickup and delivery series and fall insurance coverage at Denvertown school.
Marriage license filed for Ernest A. Fraser 32 and Judith Gail Jacobs 19, both of Middleport. The applicants are listed as a first marriage for each and reside in the same town. Official records indicate a union pending in the Middleport area.
Bob Hill of Athens visited his parents the Hill family over the weekend. Brenda Sue Ingraham left for a two week stay in Lisbon Ohio with her father F Whitney Ingraham. Mr and Mrs Gerald McIntosh and family attended funeral services for Herschel Brown at Ewing funeral home. Mrs McIntosh and child remained for several days with her mother. Sandra Smith and Sandra Kay Ingraham left for a two week visit with relatives in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Edward Hoeflich and other relatives also noted.
Thomas S. Gavin Jr. appointed administrator of the estate of Thomas D. Gavin Jr. of Middleport by Judge John C. Bacon in Meigs County Probate Court. Appraisers named are Lowell Beaver Clarence Gacey and Edward Slater.
Meigs County Jaycees and Jayceettes held a Hotel Martin dinner ceremony as Virgil V. Brown installed new officers and presented keys for outstanding service to Jack Seelig William Knight and Frank Jensen. Mrs Brown led as installing officer. new year officers named include Roger Morgan president Richard Rosenbaum first vice president Eugene Buckley second vice president Jack Seelig secretary and Don Betzing treasurer.
Chauncey Jenny Branham of Dayton spends vacation with grandmother Rhoda Oliver and relatives. Visits by Mrs. Edgar Burt and son Paul of Athens, Bobbie Preston nephew of Lindleys, and numerous Columbus Athens trips are noted along with other local family visits and Lake Buckeye Sunday gathering.
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