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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1950
Page
2
A contract was awarded to the Sherwood Company of Philadelphia to paint both the interior and exterior of the post office in town.
Longtime owners Mr and Mrs Homer J Russell have sold Russell Auto Sales to Zalmon Maggied and Thomas Rue of Gallipolis and Pomeroy. The business dates to 1924 with Willys Overland, DeSoto, Plymouth and Studebaker lines, survived a 1943 fire, and will reopen in two weeks as the new owners assume management while the former owners focus on other ventures and county fair duties.
Funeral services for Arthur Carmen will be held Saturday at 2 p m at the Ewing funeral home with the Rev. Robert Hegnauer of the Federated Church officiating. Interment will follow in Minersville Cemetery.
Joe White Pomeroy Jr of Minersville received head lacerations from a fall on concrete at his home. He was treated at Meigs General Hospital yesterday and reported in good condition.
First Baptist led by Charles M Pomeroy offers services at 10 15 a m with an evening sermon on Lost Visions and Wise Men Foolish Men The Baptist choir performs Tuesday for a Bible Conference at Pomeroy Baptist Church Dr R E Ginrich leads Pray er service Wednesday A church picnic at Meigs County Fair Grounds for men of the church Health Heath Methodist at 10 30 a m Sunday School 9 30 a m title What Christians Are Presbyterian and Church of Christ in Christian Union provide 10 30 a m worship and 7 30 p m services with Sunday School at 9 30 a m Syracuse Presbyterian holds 9 30 a m church school and no evening service.
Pomeroy Womens Guild Federated Church held a July Christmas party at the church. The program featured hymn singing, a Christmas scripture reading, and a prayer. Slides on the Winnebago Indian School in Neillsville were shown with a life at the school discussed. An offering funded playground equipment and clothing toys and school supplies were collected for the school. Refreshments followed served by a committee.
Mrs E W Kingsland to mark a birthday anniversary Monday with a quiet celebration at her Court 5 home. Daughter Mrs Edward Jones plans the observance as Mrs Kingsland's health improves but she cannot go out yet.
Residents report visits across Ohio and Illinois including Mrs. Joe Raub and daughters in Zanesville, Miss Patricia Gress with Don McKnight near Chicago, and extended family trips to New Orleans Anniston and Charleston. Hospitalization updates note Mrs. Mary Massar at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis while Mrs. Call makes an extended Midwest visit with relatives.
William P. Wilburn, 67, conductor on the New York Central Railroad, died last night in the Dickison rail yards while on his Middleport to Dickison run. Survived by wife Rose, daughter Julia Sweeney, two sisters Bertie Farley and Alma Million, two brothers Claude and Edward Wilburn, and a sister Hattie Mabscott who died last week. He belonged to the Order of Railroad Conductors. Funeral plans are with Rawlings Coats funeral home.
Local church notices list multiple congregations with service times and officer elections. Denominations include United Methodist Grace Episcopal St Paul’s Lutheran Church of Christ and Hartford Baptist Parish with schedule details and Bible Conference note.
Mrs. Thad Bush 90 died after an extended illness at her son Henry E. Bush's home in Gravel Hill Middleport. Survived by sons Ola Bush Mount Alto W Va and Henry Bush Middleport a daughter Millie Bush Friend Cottageville W Va. Funeral set Saturday at 2 p m at Hopewell Baptist Church Mount Alto with burial there. Rev Noah Haskins to officiate. Friends may call Ewing funeral home until noon Saturday.
The Well Baby Conference, led by Dr. Selim Blazewicz with county health nurses Catherine Shavorinsky and Nell Bing, examined eight children under five at the Middleport Public Library. The free examinations are sponsored by the Child Conservation League. The next conference falls on the last Thursday in August.
The Friendly Neighbors of Naylors Run gathered at Bailey's Lake Tuesday evening for a picnic. Althea Reiber presided during the president's absence. Plans include a wiener roast at Mrs. Lester Russell's Pleasant Ridge home. The traveling prize was donated by Mrs. Henry Werry and awarded to Mrs. Lester Russell.
Middleport Park hosts three groups for a park gathering with the Sauer Clan the largest, honoring Mrs. Crystal Sauer Spensley of Seattle making a long-awaited visit. The Jolly Bunch Sewing Club held a poolside supper while birthdays were noted for three members. A later session and picnic plans were set with traveling prizes awarded and a dessert served.
Members of the P M Club and families gathered at Grange Hall in Rocksprings Fairgrounds for their annual picnic on Thursday evening. Music and games provided recreation with Mrs Ambrose Gibbs and Mrs Wallace Bradford leading arrangements. A featured moment was a song by George Hobstetter sung by all. Attendees included Wallace Bradford and wife, Neda Bruce, Carolyn, Walter Crooks, Jean Jannette and Eddie, DaReuben Beck and Karl, Howard Byers, Ambrose Gibbs, Charles Murray and Kenneth, George Hobstetter and Pamela, William Hobstetter and Pamela, William Anderson and Bill, Richard Chambers and Eris, Ralph Welker, Wayne Swisher, Frank Wilson and Benny, Francis Anderson.
A Middleport group toured the Lancaster Camp Grounds yesterday for an afternoon visit. Members included Rev. L. A. Bangerter and his son Everett, Mrs. Noah Haskins, Mrs. Carroll Swan and her daughter Mary Carol, Julie Mitch, Janet Frost, and Roscoe Wise Jr.
C J Sauer leaves for Dayton to visit sisters Margaret and Madelyn Sauer teachers in Dayton. Paul Grim and daughter Carolyn of East Liverpool visit Mr and Mrs Victor Grim. William Mayes of Lima returns with sister Virginia Mayes after visiting Mrs Charles Mayes. Mayes enjoy a day at Hawk s Nest state park in West Virginia. Henry Hennesy and son Bobby spend weekend in Columbus. E R Tompkins visits Cleveland for business. Wayne Gibbons and daughter Evelyn visit J E Carson and daughter Ruth of Bucyrus. Charlene Davis Charles Asa Bradbury and Barry McHaffie ill with tonsillitis. Sylvia Tovey of Detroit visits sister Mrs Willis Anthony and mother Mrs Tovey.
Mrs Linnie Rummel of Minersville says her daughter Mrs Alberta Rummel House of Barberton Ohio wrote Deer Woman a half hour play about witch craft and hexing in the mountains based on an old folklore tale of the Blue Ridge Mountain country It will be produced Sunday at 2 pm over WOSU Columbus House attended Pomroy High School and is a former Meigs County resident.
The Darwin Boys and Girls 4-H Club plans a public ice cream social and square dance at Burlingham Saturday with community participation urged.
Forty nine members of Mary Shrine 37 White Shrine of Jerusalem visited Edith Hutsinpiller in Gallipolis for a lawn supper on her grounds. The group recently moved meetings from the American Legion Hall Middleport to the IOOF Hall Pom eroy.
The Middleport group attended the annual Ohio Fuel Gas Co picnic at Buckeye Lake on Wednesday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Floyd Spence and family, Mr and Mrs Robert Sharp, Mr and Mrs Raymond Klees, Mr and Mrs Warren Kasler, Mr and Mrs Charles Murray and others. They visited the Murray cottage and enjoyed company recreation at the lake.
The GIA of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Lee Roush’s home in Middleport. Mrs. Charles Bemmett served as president.
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