Walter Hunt Sold Safety Pin Patent For 400
Walter Hunt, the inventor of the safety pin, regarded his invention lightly and sold his patent rights for four hundred dollars.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1951
Page
2
Two MHS Graduates To Start on New Jobs
Two Middleport High School graduates, both former Ohio University students, have received new assignments. Lee Smith, top of the class of 1948, will join Ohio University chemistry as a student assistant while pursuing a Master’s degree, after attending a six week ROTC chemistry center in Baltimore. David Diles will depart for Louisville to work as Associated Press reporter at the Courier-Journal and Times building, covering vacation replacement duties through November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Ohio University
Lee Smith
E. 0. Smith
S. Second Ave
Davia Diles
Ag D. Diles
Beech Stith
D. R. Clippinger
Department of Chemistry
Lee
Conere
ROTC
Baltimore
David Diles
School of Journalism
Louisville
Kentucky
Associated Press
Diles
Twilight Garden Club Meeting At Mrs Ward Home
Pomeroy notes show Twilight Garden Club meeting at Mrs Charles Ward home with Misses Ethel and Clara Garland assisting pot luck dinner. Attendees include J J Clark, Carrie Nye, Dey Hysell, Helen Nease, Tom May, Louise Reibel, Frank Chapman, Jed C Webster, Eddie Smith, E W Peoples, Ralph Gilmore, Minnie Davis and Misses Elsie Hart Ethel Garland Clara Garland Augusta Genhimer Anna Lucy Gibbs Sadie Phillips Ada Hoskins. Ada Genhim er Lenore Hobstetter and Mrs Robert Mees guests. Garland presided. Ohio Convention in Athens Sept 13 14. Workshop in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Club
Birthday Surprise For Pat Vaughan’s 10th Birthday
A surprise birthday was held Tuesday in Pomeroy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan for their son Pat turning 10. A wiener roast, balloons, and a bubble gum contest highlighted the event with many relatives and friends attending and gifts sent by Bobby Gloeckner, Carolyn Vaughan, and Mike Swaizel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karla
Linda Oo Aseneth
Tracy
Janet and Carpenter
Sheila Strauss
Hess Donovan
Paul Reuter
Cheryl Ebersbach
Garry Barnitz
Terry Knight
Jerry Colmer
Sandra
Brenda Ingraham
Diana Watson
Jene
Karene Holt
Sandy
Danny Smith
Butch Hayes
Judy Wildermuth
Charles Hayes
Kay Wildermuth
Ethel Clifford
Ebersbach
Florence
Pomeroy Church Business Meet and Grace Episco Guild Notes
POMEROY The Naomi Baptist Church business meet scheduled for Saturday evening. All members urged to attend. Rev H E Harris. POMEROY The Grace Episco Guild met Wednesday at the house with president J Hardinger presiding. Two men and one guest Craig Davis of Middleport attended. Mrs Pat Lochary reported on the Christian Life meeting at Crandbrook. Ments were served by Grace Horton, Mrs E R Titus, and Mrs Frank Titus.
Mrs A O Lee Class Members Report Family Names
Mrs A O Lee teacher of the Christian Companion Class of the Church of Christ lists class members and families including Mr and Mrs Smith and son Bryce Mrs Askew and children Bar fare David and Janet and Mrs Or.
Pomeroy Picnic Brings D A Members Together at New Haven Park
The Past Counsel lors of the D of A held a community picnic on Thursday July 12 at New Haven Park. Attendees included Mrs Lenna Beards Erna Jesse Mary Calvert Ruby Barle Carrie Meinhart Eva Hendricks Caddie Wickham Elizabeth Lois Ann Campbell Edith Ament Marjorie Woodyeard Allie Fisher Lucille Hawkins Doris Dorst Clara Eichinger Kate Goodwin Jane Ann Hite and other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
D of A
New Haven Park
Lenna Beards
Erna Jesse
Mary Calvert
Ruby Barle
Carrie Meinhart
Eva Hendricks
Caddie Wickham
Elizabeth
Lois Ann Campbell
Edith Ament
Marjorie Woodyeard
Allie Fisher
Lucille Hawkins
Doris Dorst
Clara Eichinger
Kate Goodwin
Jane Ann Hite
Pomeroy Birthday Observed at Mrs Korn Home
A birthday celebration for Mrs. Mary Korn of Pomeroy took place at her Anne Street home on Sunday with family and relatives arriving Saturday evening to join in the observance. Two cakes baked by granddaughter Miss Mary Louise Korn topped the dinner, as Anthony Korn, his wife and daughter, and other Korn relatives attended from Coal Fork West Virginia Marion and Nevada. George J Korn could not attend after a six year absence.
Youth Fellowship Picnic at Bailey's Lake
The Youth Fellowship of the United Methodist Church invites all members to a picnic at Bailey's Lake on Sunday afternoon July 15. Attendees should bring their own wieners buns and table service. The time will be announced at Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
The
United Methodist Church
Bailey's Lake
Lions Club Picnic Set for Sunday Afternoon at Maag Cottage
The Lions Club will hold its annual picnic Sunday afternoon starting at 3 pm at the summer cottage of Dr. E F Maag, announced Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
The
Lions Club
E. F. Maag
Local residents take vacations and visit kin across states
A Wheeling couple vacations near an Ohio lake while friends from Bell West Virginia Columbus Toledo and Syracuse visit. Several family gatherings mark birthdays and farewells including Archie Ellis birthday dinner for two daughters J W Cheadle and Fred Searles and a Meigs General Hospital surgery recovery for four year old Mary Bolinger. A trip to Louix Falls and a Sheppard Air Force base update describe movements of residents and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fadler
Wheeling
Zana Baxter
Mable Wolfe
Ohio
W. V. Dawson
Bell
W. Va
Wayne Watts
Columbus
Warren England
Toledo
Ed Kaller
Dawson
Kaller
England
Archie Ellis
J. W. Cheadle
Middleport
Fred Searles
Cheshire
Lottie Cowin
Frank Sisson
John Lowery
Louix Falls
South Dakota
Max McConnell
Cincinnati
E. W. Kingsland
Edward E. Jones
McConnell
Virginia Wolfe
Harry Bol R
Spring Ave
Meigs General Hospital
Henry W. Schuler
Marion
Mary Korn
Bee Diseases To Be Studied By Meigs Men
A Meigs County meeting of beekeepers and orchard men formed a committee to plan inspections of bee colonies for diseases. Members include Tom Fitzpatrick Hubert Taylor J P Kauff and Joe Young Sr all of Middleport. Speakers from Ohio State and state agriculture stressed bees role in Clover crops and fruit trees. American Foul Brood named most harmful. Francisco reported eight of 20 apiaries in Columbia Township were disease infected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Plani
Tom Fitzpatrick
Near Carpenter
Hubert Taylor
J. P. Kauff
Joe Young
Middleport
Kenneth Francisco
New Straitsville
Charles A. Rees
Ohio State University
S. E. Bailey
Fertilizer outlook discussed at Athens meeting
POMEROY attendees from the local Farm Bureau included F Whit ney Ingraham Eugene Buckley Carl Morris Wyllis Parker and John Schultheiss. They reported nitrogen availability for July 1951 to July 1952 will drop to about 60 percent of the prior year due to the war effort. Limited supplies of superphosphate expected, but potash should be plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Athens
F. Whitney Ingraham
Eugene Buckley
Carl Morris
Wyllis Parker
John Schultheiss
Farm Bureau
Mrs. Russell Rice Injured in Fall at Home
Mrs. Russell Rice caring for grandchildren yesterday was struck by a pump handle, fell and sustained a broken vertebra and facial lacerations. She is hospitalized at Meigs General Hospital. Doris and David Rice stay with their great aunt, Mrs. Cora Bennett, on Third Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Russell Rice
Meigs General Hospital
Doris
David Rice
Cora Bennett
Third Ave
Court Grants Divorce in Meigs County Pleas Court
Thelma B. Campbell was granted a divorce from William G. Campbell on gross neglect of duty by Judge Emmett W. Peoples in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. The plaintiff was awarded custody of one minor child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Thelma B. Campbell
William G. Campbell
Emmett W. Peoples
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Republican Club To Meet Pomeroy
Meigs County Republican Women's Club will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the Hotel Martin, announced by Mrs. J. E. D. Hartinger on Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Republican Women's Club
Martin
J. E. D. Hartinger
Ingraham Attends District Farm Bureau Meeting
Pomeroy F Whitney Ingraham left early to travel to Columbus for a district Farm Bureau managers meeting at the Fort Hayes Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
F. Whitney Ingraham
Columbus
District Farm Bureau Managers
Fort Hayes Hotel
Church News of Pomeroy and Nearby United Faiths
Church listings note services across Pomeroy and surrounding towns. Federated-Harold F Hess preaches Joshua the Courageous. various churches host Sunday schools, morning worships, choirs, and midweek study, with revival by Rev E M Shelton starting Monday. Funds from a Christmas in July program aid Ft Wayne Children's Home dormitories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated
Harold F. Hess
Joshua
Courageous
Women's Guild
Ft. Wayne
Federated Circle
First Baptist
Alva Long
Prospect
Hartford
W. Va
First Baptist Church
Christian Science
Church OF Christ
William Morgan
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
BYPU
ST. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Hobson Church OF Christ IN Christian Union
H. C.cart
Free Methodist
Leroy Hiett
Laurel Cliff
Hysell Run
Walter A. Frost
Tuppers Plains
Lottridge
South Bethel
E. M. Shelton
Class to Meet Pomeroy Meigs County Union
A class will meet at Mount Olive Church on Sunday at 2 p.m. The meeting aims to discuss local issues and provide community updates for residents of Pomeroy and Meigs County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mount Olive
Middleport social notes highlight Thursday group outings
Middleport residents from the Middleport Department Store, Ben Franklin Store, Philathea Society, Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ, Cub Scouts, Golden Rule Class of First Baptist, and Westminster Youth Fellowship of First Presbyterian joined gatherings at roadside parks, lakes, and church yards. The Middleport Roadside Park event featured guest family members and pastor Wert Dean, with prayer led by Mr. Dean and a moment of silence for the late Mrs. H. B. Curd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ben Franklin
Philathea Society
Loyal Women’s
Church of Christ
Cub Scouts
Golden Rule
First Baptist Church
Westminster Youth Fellowship
First Presbyterian Church
Loyal Women's Class
Dean
H. B. Curd
Minerva Childers
William Reuter
L. E. Burford
Ernest Lallance
Burfords
Sylvia Lou _ Stiddard
Elizabeth
Lallances
Joe Young, Jr
Ughter
Melanie
David Armers
Homer Rices
Leo Childs
Will Reynolds
Robert McElhinnys
Karen
William Autersons
Wilbur Theobalds
George Russells
Audrey Frost
Narsa
Boyd Dilgard
Arthur Skinner
Tommy
William Bradford
Edward French
Charles Walburn
O. L. Roush
Emma Bissett
C. C. Chapman
Guy Reynolds
David Durst
Frances Roush
Jessie Saunders
Carol Blaker
C. H. Church
L. D. Hartinger
E. O. Saunders
Wert Dean
Cub Scouts Visit Bailey’s Lake and Park Picnic
Middleport Cub Scouts and cubmaster Paul Sonny Holter with parents enjoyed swimming games and boating at Bailey’s Lake then a picnic supper at Syracuse Road side Park. Photos were taken by Holter. Attendees include Milton Hoods John Sammy and Jimmy Ben Philsons and Rush William Gruesers Debra and Billy Don P L Mitchel Larry Mrs G G Werner Pete Mrs Viola McCullough Stephen Waldo Hocks Delma K Martha John Bob Mrs D E Miller Dale and Ronnie Mrs Frances Beards Kim Kit Neal Bobby T Hennesy den chief John Lyons Rev L A Bangerter. Also present were Golden Rule Class of First Baptist Church members and guests Rev and Mrs Charles Pomeroy Marcia Gregory Judson Marcus Frank Cheesebrew and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cub
Paul
Sonny) Holter
Bailey's Lake
Syracuse
Holter
Milton Hoods
John
Sammy
Jimmy
Ben Philsons
Rush
William Gruesers
Debra
Billy Don
P. L. Mitchel
Larry
G. G. Werner
Pete
Viola McCullough
Stephen
Waldo Hocks
Delma K
Martha
Bob
D. E. Miller
Dale
Ronnie
Frances Beards
Kim
Kit Neal
Bobby T. Hennesy
John Lyons
L. A. Bangerter
First Baptist Church
Charles Pomeroy
Marcia
Gregory
Judson
Marcus
Frank Cheesebrew
Social Security Office Hours Set At Pomeroy City Hall
Portsmouth Social Security Administration representative will hold regular office hours at Pomeroy City Hall from 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m on Wednesday. John R Chatfield, Portsmouth office manager, asks all claimants for retirement or death benefits under old age and survivors provisions to call at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Portsmouth
Social Security Administration
Pomeroy City Hall
John R. Chatfield
Pomeroy Outboard Club Meets at Boathouse
The Outboard Boat club of Pomeroy will meet this evening at 8 p m at the boathouse tied up at the Lynn Street landing. Secretary Nathan Biggs asks all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lynn Street
Nathan Biggs
Local Union Picnic Set at Rocksprings Grange Hall
Middleport reports the third annual picnic of Local Union No. 1587 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will be held Sunday at the Grange Hall in Rocksprings Fair Ground. The all day event begins 11 am with a noon 30 serving. Games and entertainment will keep members and families occupied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Rocksprings Fair Ground
Fisher Family Plans Weekend Reunion in Middleport
Middleport residents gather for a family reunion at Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Fisher on S. Second Ave. Visiting from Ft. Lee Va is Sgt. Sara J. Fisher WAC and Pvt. Robert Fisher of Ft. Meade Md. Rosemary Fisher, a student at Ohio University, serves as counselor at Camp Molly Lauman near Portsmouth and will join for the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. John Terrell and children of Princeton Junction N J are ending a two week vacation with the Fishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. O. Fisher
S. Second Ave
Sara J. Fisher
Woman's Army Corps
Ft. Lee
Robert Fisher
Ft. Meade
Rosemary Fisher
Ohio University
Molly Lauman
Portsmouth
John Terrell
Nancy Fisher
Princeton Junction
N.J
Fishers
Rice announce birth of son at Meigs General Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rice announce the birth of a son on Thursday at Meigs General Hospital with a weight of eight and a half pounds. The Rices also have two other children, Doris and David, with grandparents listed as Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rice of Story's Run and Mrs. Clarence Bolin of Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gene Rice
Meigs General Hospital
Rices
Doris
David
Russell Rice
Story’s Run
Clarence Bolin
Albany
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Leo Story
Janice
Ralph Carl
Eva
Carl McNemar
David McConnaughey
Ville Well
Tracy Whaley
Aldo Jeffers
Hoyt Gilley
Melvin
Margaret Saylor
Wanda
H. D. Cunningham
Dorothy Atkins
John Mullin
Walter Kennedy
Barbara
Eileen Walker
Timmy
Naomi
Pomeroy Personals
Diane Reichman
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Diane
Roy Hendrix
Harvey Whitlock
Paul Smith
Meigs
Republican Club
Ingraham
William M. Hamm
Rita M. Duffy
George Voytke
Sacred Heart Church
Church News of
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Clifford Hayes
Ethel Price
St. Albans
W.va
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W. K. Beavers
Christine
Linda
James Daniels
Jennifer
Lynn
Paul Smarts
Jean
Bailey Lake
Middleport Book Store
Liberty
Voice of the Theatre
FBI
North
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Bill Elliott
Cannonball Taylor
Jennifer Holt
Art Mix
Johnny Mack Brown
Whispering Smith
Alan Ladd
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Charles Coburn
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Jon Hall
Gene Autry
Gail Davis
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall
Blues Busters
Pluto Cartoon
John Archer Warner Anderson
Robert Preston
Robert Sterling
CMA
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Gene Autry and the Mounties
Pat Buttram
Carleton Young
Penny Edwards
James Millican
Robert Shayne
SUN
Red Skelton
Sally Forrest
Temple Middleport
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