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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1948
Page
6
Middleport resident Al Meyer living with Mr and Mrs E O Smith on S Second Ave is recovering from injuries after a recent fall.
Meigs County men discuss a 3500 gallon minimum water supply at 1.90 per resident with Meigs Water Co. attorney Halliday presenting. Mayor Canaday favors delay to consult Downing. council renews 60 day contract with Stranahan Harris, while septic sewer work progresses and amusement tax ordinance faces second reading.
Middleport examiner E. R. Lama will aid vendors in preparing sales tax returns for January 1 to June 30. Assistance is available July at his office 598 S. Third Ave and at the Pomeroy courthouse. Returns must be completed by July 31 and signatures notarized. Vendors should bring all records including copies of prior returns receipts and sales records.
Mrs. Matilda Emma Pfarr 74 widow of Theodore Pfarr died Tuesday in Columbus. Friends may call at Rawlings-Coats funeral home until the service Thursday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. W B Moore of Heath Methodist Church. Interment Beech Grove Cemetery Pomeroy. A native of Bloomsville Ohio she had lived in Columbus three years and Portland Oregon previously. Niece Mrs. Arthur Strauss of S Third Ave.
In Common Pleas Court a civil case challenges Justice of the Peace L B Higgins decision in favor of dentist Clyde Ingles for services to Reed Varney. The petition claims $55.20 and states the dental plates have not been received.
Fine of 50 dollars and costs suspended pending good behavior after Roy Jeffries pleaded guilty to intoxication in Mayor Cana day court Tuesday. Local officials report the case filed under city ordinance with no further penalties at this time.
Mr and Mrs Perry Dixon of Newark call on the Chalfants and recall wartime friendship with Ernest Chalfant. Edna Lou Malloy of Kistler visits Mrs Robert E Lee. Numerous local visitors from Athens Glouster Columbus Marion and Beckley are noted with family ties and weekend trips.
Meigs County health department completes six months of milk producer and distributor grading for human consumption ending June 30 1948. Only permit holders meeting federal and county sanitary standards may sell fluid milk. Thirteen producers-distributors qualify for Grade A including Duffy Dwelley Greenler Imperial Dairy Kanawha Dairy Korn Lohn Moore Paynter Springhill Dairy Salser Titus and Yost.
The condition of N. C. Welch, a local businessman, is listed as fair while he receives treatment at Holzer Hospital for a blocked nerve in the foot. His daughter Eleanor Welch Zeiher oversees the Welch store during his absence.
A Middleport family gathering for the Fourth of July included Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hecox and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris Sr. with Gene Harris and son Kenneth. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hecox and children Susan and Robert of Toledo. They enjoyed a Sunday afternoon family picnic.
Pomeroy Rocksprings Grange schedules a 9 30 p m meeting at the Grange Hall in Rocksprings for members and attendees.
Middleport Ohio reports Michael Morris one and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs William Morris of Second Ave swallowed a sleeping pill and was treated at Meigs General Hospital Pomeroy. Condition satisfactory barring complications. Family house with Mrs Morris father John Dillard since Mrs Dillard death.
Emma Jane Buell of Middleport George Dallas and Bennett Rice of Pomeroy attended the Ohio Wesleyan Summer Music Clinic in Delaware. All three joined band and choir with theory, music appreciation and conducting. Dallas served as caller in a special arrangement of Skip To My Ro, and the Mikado stage presentation by student counselors was a clinic highlight.
The annual Leifheit reunion gathered at Prospect Hill, Sun day, hosted by Mrs Emma Leifheit with assistance from Miss Florence Leifheit and Mr and Mrs Theodore Lehew. A basket dinner served to many relatives and friends from Wyandotte Akron Beaver Falls Middleport Portsmouth Kentucky and more. Officials elected include Mrs C J Ebersbach president Mrs F J Leifheit vice president and Miss Florence Leifheit secretary treasurer. The group voted to meet next year on the second Sunday of July in Pomeroy.
Mrs. Erma Roush hosted a gathering at Forest Run with guests including her daughter Barbara of Columbus Hattie Russell and Mr and Mrs Shelby King with sons Richard and Bobby visiting from South.
Rodney Berry Sauer infant son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Sauer was treated at Holzer Hospital and returned home Tuesday evening with a brief hospital stay noted in local headlines.
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