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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1954
Page
2
Hundreds of boys and girls from a five county area arrive by bus and car to Middleport for the annual Avalon excursion on the Ohio River. They picnic at the roadside park and dance on board with an orchestra and juke box while confections, hot dogs and popcorn sell briskly.
POMEROY Ohio. Andy Hager 50 of Columbus was sentenced Thursday in Meigs County Common Pleas for non support of a minor child. He had pleaded guilty to the charge and was placed on probation, then found in violation and ordered to serve one to three years in the Ohio Penitentiary.
Accompanied by Rev Joel Myers pastor of the Enterprise church Fred and Thomas Brown sons of Virgil V Brown and John Musser left Sunday for Westerville to attend a Youth Fellowship Camp at Otterbein College.
A Saturday evening ice cream social will be held on the lawn of the East Le tart Methodist Church. Home ice cream and cake will be sold.
Local church notices list parish names and service times. Pomeroy area churches include St Pauls Lutheran and Sacred Heart with mass times, Laurel Cliff and Hysell Run with Sunday schools, Rutland Church of God and Church of God with service hours, Bearwallow Church of Christ and Racine Methodist Charge with worship schedules, and several others detailing pastors and weekly activities. The compilation reflects a weekly calendar of rites, classes, and gatherings across multiple denominations.
Numerous residents from Columbus Newark Radnor and surrounding areas hosted relatives and friends over weekends and holidays. Guests included the Nice and Tollison families, the Churchs, the Hydes, and visitors from Danville W Va Wheeling Cincinnati and Racine. Hospital and funeral services were noted for Annie Sayre and others.
Feeney Bennett Post American Legion members sketch tentative Labor Day Sept. 6 plans inviting civic and fraternal groups to join a parade and events. A spokesman says Middleport should be the holiday focal point as the area’s Bend region lacks local celebration. Commander Don Roach names an entertainment committee to steer the project.
Rutland residents host and visit family with guests from Columbus Canton Langville and Circleville. S Sgt Ronald Siders visits from Shaw Air Force Base plans to study in St Louis. many Rutland families welcome relatives and friends over weekends and holidays.
Homer Baxter of Mulberry Avenue underwent emergency stomach surgery about 3 am Thursday. He is in satisfactory condition. Baxter is an employee of the Ewing Funeral Home.
About 57 attendees at the War ner family annual reunion at the John Warner home elected Mrs Jean Amos Redding as president and Dale Warner as vice president for the new year. A state convention delegate and alternate were chosen, with a safety program and potluck supper to conclude.
The Pomeroy Bend Grange at the DAV Home held judging on Wednesday night with C. L. Heaton in charge. Christine Lake won top honors in baking and sewing, taking first in baking and first in adult garments, while Shirley Smith led in youth garments.
Middleport emergency squad of the fire department answered two calls yesterday. Homer Glaze near the Friendly Tavern suffered a stroke and was taken to Meigs General Hospital. Later, Sam McCloud of S Fourth Ave also suffered a stroke and was transported to Meigs General Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Archie Darst announce the birth of a son at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg They already have four daughters and another son in the family
Mrs. C B Weese entertained the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Asbury Methodist Church in Syracuse. Mrs. Mary Flanagan led devotions on The Sheep of His Hand and May Karr discussed Meeting Rural Needs.
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary of Drew Webster Post 39, American Legion, will be guests of the Auxiliary of Lafayette Post 27 in Gallipolis Tuesday evening, Mrs. George.
Mowrey the local president announced today that Pomeroy members should be at the Gallipolis unit home by 7 30 p m. Those without transportation are asked to telephone Mrs Mowrey or Mrs W F Baxter to arrange rides.
Pomeroy unit members travel to Gallipolis for the eighth district American Legion Auxiliary convention led by president Mrs. W F Baxter. Others include Mrs Eddie Smith Mrs Dey Hysell Mrs George Mowrey Mrs Ralph Gilmore Mrs Ben Neutzling Mrs Marvin Burt Miss Kate Ebersbach Miss Anne Ebersbach Miss Jennie Sue Eiselstein and Mrs Norman Wayland.
The WSCS of the Methodist Church will meet at the Community Hall on Friday. The group reports net proceeds of 40.50 from a recent ice cream social.
Recent guests of Miss Marcia Karr at her Syracuse home include Mrs. Wilma Brady of Frostproof Florida Mr. and Mrs. S F Smith of Rock Island Illinois and Mr. and Mrs. Corliss Cowen and Miss Donna Lee Paull of Dayton. Ruth Ann Wingett returns home to Syracuse after a tonsillectomy in Parkersburg West Virginia. Airman First Class and Mrs Mickey Williams of Moody Air Force Base Valdosta will visit Mr and Mrs L C Karr and Mrs Lillie Williams in Rutland. Donna Warner returns to Columbus with Pete Morrene cousins for summer vacation.
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