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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
2
Fragments mention parade themes, marching bands, parks, and public figures including veterans and students. Names and places are incomplete but evoke a historical community gathering with youth programs and memorials.
About 150 Meigs County 4-H Club members leaders and guests attended the senior high school session in Pomeroy. C C Lang of Columbus spoke as guest and also addressed the advisors group with C E Blakeslee and Mrs Geneva H Nolan directing the program. Whitney Ingraham led group singing as greetings were exchanged along with pledges to the flag and to 4-H clubs.
Doctors explain kidneys contain about 15 miles of tubes that filter blood and may fail, causing backache swelling and fatigue. The ad urges taking Doan's Pills, claimed to relief symptoms and flush out waste from the blood after decades of use.
Teachers and helpers for the Daily Vacation Bible School will meet this evening at 7 30 in the Church of Christ to finalize plans. The 4 H Club program featured a successful business meeting by the Reedaville Pioneers and highlights from the State Conservation Camp by Claude Montgomery.
Gen Geoffrey Keyes commands American units advancing from the Liri area to retake Terracina Italy and reach Allied forces pressing from the Anzio beachhead. Italian surrender at Salerno noted as context for the operation.
Pomeroy social item lists neighbors and relatives sharing picnics and furlough visits on Memorial Day. Names include H L Slack, Kenneth McCullough, Roy Wright, Marjorie Hughes, John Goett Jr, Mary Whipple, Robert Imholt, William Stoecker, Walter Martin, Guy Martin family, Harold Lemley, Lester Lathey, Clarence Casto, Thomas Clark, Shirley Ann Thorne, Leva Romine, C. O. Clank, Virgil Campbell, Iris House, Lucille Eisenhower.
Earl Bryan aged 72 a Spanish American War veteran died at his Middleport home after a stroke of paralysis. He belonged to Gerber Post No 88 and is survived by his wife. Funeral arrangements are at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home with burial at Middleport Hill Cemetery.
The Rev Nobel Rompel and Mrs Rompel return from Columbus where they attended the Ohio Conference sessions. He is assigned to Mason in the Dayton district and has led Bethany and Simpson churches into the United Methodist Church as pastor. His wife Velma Geary helped form a youth choir and led music in Pomeroy schools. The Rev Albert Bitters is assigned to this charge.
Rumors of Pfc Harry Osborne Jr being killed are unfounded. A March telegram to his Pomeroy parents announced a wound and recovery. He received the Purple Heart March 22 for actions in Namur Island Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands and later letters said he is well and transferred to another area, possibly Hawaii.
In Meigs County a sale in Apple Grove West Virginia featured pure bred Herefords purchased for local farms. Buyers included R T Burdette Robert Burdette Howard Thoma A N Bengel R H Meredith Dor Schaefer and Edison Hobstetter with entries from Walter H Lewis.
Pfc Paul Parsons of Camp Swift Texas received his third Army Medal for expert bayoneting and rifle work. He has four hospitalizations for a leg infection from a thorn. his last stay lasted four weeks. Edward Parsons his father a Spanish American War veteran turned 76 yesterday as Florence Bush baked a large birthday cake.
Memorial Day visitors to Middleport Hill Cemetery found lots cleaned and well kept. They noted a new tool shed and shelter house nearing completion. The brick building with slate roof uses material from Hobson demolition, funded by a bequest from the late C F Rathburn and town cooperation. Floor installation awaits materials.
The Pomeroy Council of Churches announces the annual Daily Vacation Bible School from June 5 to 16. Beginners and Primary meet in the Federated Church basement, Juniors and Intermediates in the Bethany Building. Classes run 9 to 11:30 under qualified teachers.
This nature described appeal asks parents of all children to give full support to a needed program aimed at benefiting youth. The call emphasizes community backing and the program's potential impact on youngsters.
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