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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1954
Page
2
Syracuse village officials will canvass house to house to recruit customers for a planned $133000 water plant. Seventy five residents have signed, with about 200 needed by August 5 to meet the quota. The plan foresees a $3.75 monthly charge with no metering and a tax levy to finance construction.
In Middleport a World War II Buddies reunion was held at the Neil House. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Willam Hamm, Mr. and Mrs Richard Gress, Mr. and Mrs Williaam Mayes and Roseanna Barker of Lima, with other veterans and their wives from Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Werry hosted a Pleasant Ridge shower for their niece Miss Jean Smith of Akron, soon to wed Airman Robert Seyfried of Gallipolis. Guests included family from Gallipolis and Akron. prizes, music, and wedding bells decorated trays as gifts were given.
A large turnout at the Forest Run Baptist Church homecoming rally includes Rendville Glouster Rutland Naomi Kerrs Run Middleport and Mount Moriah Church. Rev W M Hull Sr could not attend due to illness. Ralph Hull presided with Rev C J Carpenter delivering the sermon Dont Worry. The event featured a vocal solo and farewell benediction.
Dr W S Hart and daughter Elsie hosted a family dinner at their Lasley Street home. Attendees included Homer E Cooper and wife from Tampa Florida. William and Joan Cooper and sons Bill and Mike from Cleveland. Renzo Menchini and children Jennifer Lynn and Mickey. Dan White and Barbara Jo. Lester Hart and Eric. Warren Fell of Ashland Kentucky. and Bertha Hall of Hartford West Virginia.
A list of social visits includes Delmar Roush and family returning to Toledo after visiting relatives in the area, Hattie Russell from Columbus spending the weekend at home, and Rev. R. H. De Mott and family taking a two week vacation in Pennsylvania. Also noted are municipal officials and civilians attending or planning travel, with employment and bidding notices for road work in Athens and surrounding counties.
Annual Sunday school picnic of Langsville Christian Congregational Church was held at Middleport Roadside Park. Entire families attended after services. Rev James Allison and Mrs Allison led Youth Fellowship as they move toward seminary. Gifts, prayers, quartet and readings highlighted the day with attendees including Mrs Clarice Miller Erwin and others.
Pastor Fred I. Gardner of the Middleport Church of Christ finished two weeks of evangelistic services in Keno on Sunday evening. In his absence, Miss Mildred Hawley and Mrs. Walter Bunce led Wednesday and Sunday prayer meetings. Last night the Loyal Berean Class conducted the program.
Members of the Peniel Class and families enjoyed a hamburgery gathering at Middleport Roadside Park on Saturday night. Richard Owens led the business session with de votions by the Rev R M DeMott concluding the event. Organizers were Mrs Harold Lemsey and Mrs Donald Collins with August session committee named Mrs Franklin D Hudson and Mrs R H DeMott. Attendees included numerous couples and families headed by Donald Collins Chester Zirkle Orville Wiles Harold Lemley Richard Owens and their spouses with many children.
Navy officer Donald Mills returns home after a 16 day airlift training in multiple cities. Various notices announce parole hearings for inmates Albert Baggett and William Goodfellow, including case numbers, sentences, and dates, plus a divorce petition for Dellis A Hardy.
Middleport parishioners of the Rev and Mrs C E Hoyt with Mr and Mrs Harry Hager and daughters attended morning worship at First Baptist. Jean Bennett played organ and Margaret Alice Hoyt sang a solo. If hot weather persists, Wednesday midweek prayer service will move to the basement. choir rehearsal set for 8:30 p m.
Middleport notes describe a Saturday afternoon party for Robert Swanson at his home. Activities included a new trapeze set and games led by his mother Mrs. Carroll Swanson. A decorated birthday cake and ice cream were served by his grandmother Mrs. C F Hawkins and his aunt Miss Ruth Hawkins. Guests included Christine Coats Janice Mark John Tannehill Tommy Baker and his sisters Sylvia and Mary Carol Swanson.
All-day picnic of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company workers at Golden Crest Park Circleville featured the Stewart Harrises and guests Eddie Blake Leonard Van Meter Harry Stover Albert Roushe Lewis Bodimer and the Boyers. In Columbus area attendance included Mr and Mrs G R Koehler and daughters Christine and Betty Lynn of Groveport.
The Crookes family and relatives visited Camp Arrowhead near Jackson where Gene Crooks a scholarship camper and bugler joined a 40 mile Ohio River canoe trip planned for Friday and Saturday. Also noted are medical updates on Mrs. Whetstone and Mr. Stanford’s California hospital care. Ebbersbachs on a Boston Providence trip with Akron stopovers.
Young people from the Church of Christ and First Baptist Church travel to Christian Service Camp Butler Springs and the Junior High Baptist Camp near Middletown. Names of attendees listed for Butler Springs and the Intermediate group July 11 17, with chaperones and camp staff noted.
Edward Swick, 80, of Morgan Center died at 8 15 p m Saturday at O Neil Rest Home in Pomeroy where he had lived two years. Born March 18, 1874 in Morgan Township he never married and is survived by a brother John Swick of Vinton. Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday at Pilgrim Holiness Church Morgan Center with Rev W Z Coffey officiating burial in church cemetery. Friends may call Vernon McCoy funeral home.
Meigs County 4-H groups meet at various homes with members and several visitors. Activities include demonstrations on artificial respiration, planning a hayride for July 23, and an ice cream social discussion for 46 at Sutton Church. Meetings note dates, project judging, and fair exhibits planning.
Cheshire High School graduate Airman Third Class Harold L. Little plans for aircraft maintenance work. He is the son of Bennett and Edna Little of Cheshire. He completed basic training at Sampson AFB New York and was sent to Chanute AFB Illinois. Little is 18.
Meigs General Hospital admits Mrs Virgie McNeil Cheshire Route 1 Joseph Smith Middleport Mrs Lucille Garton Cheshire Mrs Vincent Dabo Pomeroy Mrs Clara Niggenmeyer Chester Star Route Wilfred E Taylor Pomeroy Anita Collins Pomeroy Route birth to Mr and Mrs Harry Garton Cheshire a son Discharged Anita Collins Mrs Jean Roush and son Homer Baxter Mrs Jack Cowie Mrs Rhoda Bing Harold Snyder Mrs Zane Hettesimer Mrs William Graybeal and son Frank Graham Divorce suit filed Juanita Mae Knapp vs James F Knapp Circuit Court Point Pleasant.
Enthusiastic crowd attends ice cream supper at Middleport village hall hosted by the Middleport Volunteer Firemen and Auxiliary. Proceeds aid treasury after hall improvements, with cakes pies and drinks sold from late afternoon. Local volunteers note firemen as the community backbone.
Mrs. C. E. Nease learns of the death of her nephew Donald Hood 28 in Chillicothe. He leaves parents Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hood and sisters Mrs. Clyde Pigott Mrs. Kenneth Gardner and Mrs. Alice Hood. Services set for 2:30 p.m. at Luther Church with burial in Chillicothe.
Meigs County transfers show multiple deeds: John F. Blaettnar and Lelia B. to John William Blaettnar for a Pomeroy lot. Ralph Neigler to Jessie C. Csest for 32 acres in Sutton Township. Charlie M. and Odessa J. Roush to DaRuben L. Beck and Wanda B. Beck for a Middleport lot. Manning D. and Agnes M. Webster to William E. and Ruth F. Musser for 57 acres in Salisbury Township. W A and Cora M. Hutton to Everett Lee and Gloria Hutton for 38.25 acres in Rutland. William Ambrose and Sarah W. Gibbs to William E. and Teresa C. Swatzel for three parcels in Pomeroy. Florence Carmen executrix to Ralph R. Carmen for a Minersville parcel. Emma O. Mees administrator to Robert L. and Katherine M. Jacobs for lots 189 and parts of lots five and six in Pomeroy.
In Mayor Sidney T. Russell's court Eugene Ingwerson failed to appear on an illegal passing case on Route 7. He posted 25 dollars bond. Kenneth Bailey of Mason City forfeited a 25 dollar bond on an intoxication charge. Richard Knotts of Kalamazoo and Clifford Beaver were fined 5 dollars plus costs on intoxication charges.
State police warn motorists in Point Pleasant area not to leave keys in parked cars. The advisory targets the Lakin Industrial School area where fishermen have been observed leaving vehicles unattended in the open.
The Pomeroy Emergency Squad answered a call at Bailey's Lake Sunday afternoon and transported Paul Karr of Mineral Wells West Virginia to a Pomeroy physician for treatment of an ape received on a slide at the lake.
Rehabilitation of Vinton Civic Park by Raccoon Creek nears finish as Mayor Vernon McCoy reports two restrooms a furnace for picnickers a redecorated sheltered table and whitewashed trees. Former Mayor G W Quickle will reroll ground with a bulldozer to smooth it.
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