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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1950
Page
5
Mrs Willis Frost and her children will be heard over Station WJEH each Tuesday and Thursday from 1 40 to 1 55 p m beginning Thursday.
Glenn West’s barn near Dorcas on Route 124 burned Monday evening. The Third Ward Fire Department could not save the structure. Fire Chief Herb Giles suspects spontaneous combustion due to newly stored hay.
Alfred Ruschel of Pomeroy and Helen Grace Hayes of Syracuse received a marriage license. Jack Melvin Wallace, 20, of Athens Route 1, wed Mollie Howell, 18, of Harrisonville Route 1.
At an off the record meeting in Middleport council chambers local businessmen and the village council discussed a proposed hospital on the Jones Memorial Hospital property. The group offered the Jones property to Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital board as Meigs County seeks a $400000 bond issue to fund a county hospital with site to be decided after the bond passes. No agreement was reached on erection or financing.
At Middleport Snack Bar a large ham and other foods were rescued from a burning oven after grease fire. Mrs. Harry Russell, cook, led the effort while Hulda Klein and Nellie Zerkle from Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company contributed extinguishers. Chief C. E. Parker arrived with another extinguisher. only a smoked wall reported. no damage.
Judy Jacobs a Messenger carrier from Middleport studies ballet in Columbus during vacation. She is a guest of her aunt Mrs. Cecil Hoffman while attending the Jory Fasting ballet class and helped finance lessons with money from her paper route.
Mrs C H Wise Jr sustained injuries and shock when she fell at her home on S Second Ave last night while carrying her granddaughter Kathryn Jane Hannahs daughter of Mr and Mrs Vic Hannahs Pomeroy. The child was uninjured.
The Meigs County Women’s Republican Club will hold a Saturday afternoon meeting at the courthouse. The event invites members to gather for discussion and organization.
Forty two new boosters joined Pom ery Boosters Inc to support the project after contracts for Pomeroy's new stadium were awarded. new members include G H Shuler Lee Rudisill Walter Grueser John Mitch Eileen A Welker Myron Bailey Ralph Welker H R Duckworth A C Jones and many others.
Paul Johnson of Middleport pleaded guilty to an assault and battery in common pleas court and will be sentenced Monday. John Wilt of Middleport received five years probation for daytime breaking and entering after pleading guilty. Ancil Burbridge pleaded guilty to non support and was placed on probation.
Clara B. Boyd has filed for divorce from Lawrence N. Boyd in Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
The reported fine against Jacob Roller in Mayor Sidney A. Spencer's court was incorrect. Earl Renshaw was fined on a charge filed by Jacob Roller. Police Chief Walter E. Wolfe says parking meters grossed 247.80 dollars last week in Pomeroy.
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