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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1947
Page
6
Meigs County Fair at Rocksprings and the Wahama All-Star game drew people indoors as cool weather kept neighbors from loitering. Ice cream sales dropped while many spoke of warming lighted stoves and extra blankets to sleep under on Tuesday evening.
Recent births include a son to Mr and Mrs Thomas Blaine at the Mason Clinic and a daughter to Mrs Amos Barnart and the late Mr Barnhart at Izer Hospital Gallipolis. Barnhart death occurred several months ago.
Sarah Lee Vina Rutherford filed for divorce from Evans A. Rutherford in Meigs Common Pleas Court Monday charging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The petition names Rutherford as the defendant and cites a breakdown of the marriage as the basis for the action.
More than 300 veterans attended a senior high school rally in Pomeroy where VA officials from Marietta Columbus and Cincinnati explained medical dental hospital and insurance benefits under public law 16 GI loans and training programs. Speakers included Leo Vaughan Everett Strickland Dr Blackburn and Ralph Toviss with details on service requirements wage rules and loan guarantees. A follow up showing for World War II deceased was announced at the Ohio Theater in Marietta.
In a special session the Meigs County Board approved closing the courthouse all day July 25 to allow employees to attend the fair. They also adopted a plan to pay $18,000 note interest and $6,000 principal, with a new note for the remaining $12,000. Transfers from building funds to coroner expenses were approved, and bills and licenses were read and approved.
Mary Virginia Molden filed for divorce against David William Molden citing gross neglect of duty as the grounds. The case outlines a dissolution of marriage with custody and support issues to be resolved in court.
Oliver Hartley of Columbus and his son Malcolm Hartley former Pomeroy correspondents for The Messenger arrived in Pomeroy Tuesday evening to visit friends and relatives. Malcolm Hartley a former mayor now serves on the Mansfield newspaper editorial staff. Oliver Hartley edits the Ohio Conservation Bulletin.
Elizabeth Ward, Louise Russell, and Minnie Kerr sue Charles Boyd in Meigs Common Pleas Court seeking $1,500 each for money due plus costs. The actions stem from a September 1 1946 collision between an Atlantic Greyhound bus and a truck driven by Boyd. Attorneys S D Leplinsky Cedric Clark Fred Crow Sr and Fred Crow Jr filed for the plaintiffs.
The Wells family reunion took place July 20 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Worley Reeves near Rutland. Attendees included numerous Wells relatives and spouses from Middleport, Columbus, Glouster, Trimble, Marion, Rutland, Dayton, Coalgrove, and Mason West Virginia. The eldest guest was Ida Wells, 80, and the youngest was Jimmy Gibbs, 3 months. A basket dinner was served.
Mrs Myrtle Long hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Rogers Spencer formerly Phyllis Brown on Athens Road. About 50 guests attended enjoying games and visits. Ice cream and cake were served.
A series of social notes records Mr and Mrs W D Edwards traveling to Columbus for the funeral of Mrs Frank Smith, R W Nichols returning to Charleston after a weekend visit in Pomeroy, Frank Leslie family visiting Virgil Campbell's home in Butternut Ave Rose Mary Raub and Sue Jean escorting Johnny Jungnicle to Cincinnati for a two week stay, and several others visiting relatives in Marietta Columbus Hawks Nest W Va and Fostoria Ohio with returns to Washington DC and Laurell Street.
Agricultural notes from the Meigs County Farm include a jump in May 1946 to May 1947 feed costs per hundred pounds of ration, strategies for reducing feed use, and tips on egg quality. The report also covers dairy insemination plans, airplane dusting versus power sprayers, cabbage marketing, legume grass trials, and mastitis prevention in dairy herds.
Becky's Baby Shop in MIDDLEPORT enlarges by reclaiming the former Wallace Jewelry Shop space. An opening was cut into the adjoining room, redecorated, and the store now operated by Leona Kohl after the passing of former owner Blanche Ballentine.
The Farmers Bank and Savings Company and the Pomeroy National Bank will close at noon Thursday July 24 so their employees may attend the Meigs County Fair. The Pomeroy Public Library will be closed all day Friday for the same reason.
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