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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1953

Page

9

4-H Club Activity Updates Across Central Ohio

Readable notes show fifteen Alfred Cloverettes meeting at Grange Hall for ice cream social planning and project work. Numerous clubs including Columbia Make-It 4-H, West End Stars, Racine Senior 4-H, Jolly Star 4-H, Syracuse Sunshine Girls, Bashan Harvesters, Chester Farm Boys, Ohio Valley Farm Boys, KMD club, Snowville Willing Workers and more report meetings, demonstrations, trips, boats, picnics, dances, and health and safety projects with dates and host families.

Alfred Cloverettes Grange Hall Janice Swartz

Appearance of Song Evangelist at Pomeroy Church

Mrs Helen Quillen a commissioned song evangelist for the Central Ohio District of the Church of the Nazarene will appear at Pomeroy Church of the Nazarene on Sunday. She has traveled extensively in West Virginia Indiana and Wisconsin in the last two years and will sing at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m services.

Pomeroy

Middleport Scene Echoes Quiet Day With Rail Comeback

Middleport residents gathered at the station as the Hocking Valley Railroad train returned from the city. The scene highlighted local attachment to rail service amid rising freight by Zerkle Trucking and oil activity. businessmen oppose abandoning the rail line citing inconvenience and prestige loss.

Hocking Hocking Valley RR Capital Zerkle Trucking Company Middleport New York Central Railroad Pomeroy Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Ohio River

Rutland Social Notes Highlights Fourth of July and Visits

Rutland social items list weekend visits and gatherings by local families. Dances and a park celebration mark the Fourth of July with members of the Nicholson Snowden and Bryant families hosting and traveling from Middleport Columbus and Langsville.

Rutland Dale 'Nicholson Marthal Susie Middleport Ernest Molden American Legion Rutland Park Mary Agnes Deihl Chris Deihl Clare McDole Francis Snowden Carlos Snowden McDoles Harry Powell Ryger George Hartenbach Roy Snowden Dora Carpenter Land Katie Glen Cline Max Hanang Carpenter Bob Nelson Columbus

2000 X ray Results Awaited From May Mobile Effort

County health nurse Mrs. Catherine Shavorinsky said more than two thousand x rays taken in May by two mobile chest x ray units visited throughout the county from May 6 to May 13 have not produced results. Notifications to individuals have not yet been received and state health officials have not sent results to the county.

Pomeroy Catherine Shavorinsky

School board approves 1953 54 staff and projects

Central Local School District Board of Education met to hire teachers and a substitute, grant leave, rehire bus drivers, renew a bus contract, and move 5000 dollars to a rehabilitation fund for a Chester High sanitation project. Voting patterns showed Andrews opposing several key actions.

Pomeroy Central Local School District Board of Education M. L. Bahr Ben Buckley Walter Brown Francis Andrews Fannie Belle Brown Fred V. Rice Darsel Reibel Reedsville Buckley Victor Bahr William Swain F Larkins Roy Hannum Bahr Brown Andrews Ross Cleland General Fund Chester High School C. C. Reed

Meigs General Hospital Admission and Discharges

The Meigs General Hospital reports admissions for John Diehl Laurel Clift Wilbur Robinson Coolville Route Mrs Willard Jeffers Pomeroy Mary Turner Cheshire. It also notes the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs James Turner Cheshire and discharges including Clarence Story Roy Estep Audry Jeffers Ester Kimes Argyle Deeter John Diehl and Wanda Kessinger.

John Diehl Laurel Clift Wilbur Robinson Coolville Willard Jeffers Pomeroy Mary Turner Cheshire James Turner Clarence Story Roy Estep Audry Jeffers Ester Kimes Argyle Deeter Wanda Kessinger

Enos Slaughter Stars in Two World Series Wins

Enos Slaughter of the Cardinals played in the 1942 and 1946 World Series and was on the winning side in both. In the 1946 Series he scored the decisive run against the Red Sox, sealing the victory.

Enos Slaughter Cardinals Red Sox

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