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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1960
Page
3
Meigs County 4H Pleasure Riders Club met with Anita Collins to plan an educational county fair display. A member will be chosen by county extension agent C. E. Blakeslee to represent the club at the state fair.
Mrs. Paul Theis entertained the canasta club at her Pearl Street home. Prizes were won by Mrs. Elizabeth Roush, Mrs. Richard Freeman, and Mrs. Alza Phalin. Other players included Mrs. Branch Flemming, Mrs. William Morris, Mrs. Aaron Kelton, and Mrs. James Buchanan.
Members of Pomeroy Cub Scouts Pack 248 and their families enjoyed a wiener roast and outing at Portland Park showcasing Pack activities and community involvement.
Meigs County junior fair entries must be filed by August 1 with county agent C. E. Blakeslee or at the extension service office. Demonstrations funding will be on August 8 at Pomeroy Junior High School and the style revue on August 9 at the same site. The annual junior fair runs August 16 to 20 alongside the senior fair. 4 H club members are selling potato chips this week to fund Camp Canter’s Cave payments, with prizes for top seller and top club performance. Orders accepted through next Wednesday.
Miss Paula Theis visits Parkersburg with her grandparents C. F. Theis. Mrs. William Childs and Mrs. Adam Scholl visit Gallipolis. Arling ton guest Tarry Ernest and son and Ray McClure of Point Pleasant visit Mrs. Ernest's grandparents. Ernest moving to Charleston. he is press relations director for the West Virginia Democratic Party. Harold Sargent visits Bardstown to see The Stephen Foster Story.
Pvt. Robert E. Roush age 23 son of Mrs. Icy R. Millery of 1102 E Main St Pomeroy has been assigned to the 32nd Armor at Fort Stewart Ga He is a mechanic in Company B and entered the Army last January after basic training at Fort Knox Ky Roush attended Pomeroy High School.
The youth fellowship of the United Methodist Church offers packaged homemade ice cream for sale. Orders can be placed by dialing Rev. Eugene Brown or Roy Reuter.
Mrs Robert Martin hosted the Rose Garden Club in Tuppers Plains with the Lord's Prayer and a club verse. She received a going away gift as she moves to Salem, and a picnic was set for Aug 10 at Fork Run Dam at 6 p.m. Blue ribbon winners were Mrs Frederick Goebel and Mrs Norman McCain with a red ribbon for Mrs Guy Boggess. Refreshments were provided by the hostess and Mrs Herman Black.
POMEROY A picnic was planned for Aug. 23 at 6 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Nolan P Swackhammer in Mason West Virginia, when past matrons of Pomeroy Chapter Order of Eastern Star met at the temple. Mrs Dwight Parker led a brief business session and hostess Mrs Hartwell Curd served refreshments. Mrs Barbara Smith of Athens attended.
Ricky Taylor age twenty months son of Mr and Mrs Herman Taylor of Middleport had heart defect repair at Children's Hospital in Columbus Monday. He is reported to be making satisfactory progress and expected to be discharged in about ten days.
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