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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
10
MIDDLEPORT The sale of poppies by the Auxiliary Unit to the Feeney Bennett Post American Legion was successful. Proceeds amounting to more than 140 will be used in rehabilitation work for veterans of World Wars I and II.
Plans announced for the Meigs County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League to hold a fish fry at the Boy Scout cabin in Chester on Thursday evening June 7. Dr. K D Amsbury says the informal gathering aims at fellowship with state conservation officials expected to discuss conservation programs. Supper serves at 6 p m with tickets at one dollar on sale at local shops and banks. tickets should be bought by Monday June 4. A membership drive has added about 315 Bend men to the Meigs Chapter. Muskies lead Bass with 15 members. The drive began two months ago and ends in August.
Gomer Lewis, supply agent with the C and O Railroad, has returned to Hobson from the Middleport Depot. He has been succeeded by George Sharp, recently discharged from the U S Army. Mr and Mrs Sharp reside in the E M Woods apartment on S Fifth and Garfield avenues.
Katherine Jordon 87, wife of the late William Jordon, died Wednesday at the home of C. R. Jordon. Survived by a brother who also lives with C. Jordon. Funeral at Baptist Church in Jutland, burial White Oak Cemetery. Revival at Church of the Nazarene Pearl Street Middleport led by Evangelist Bowman June 4 to 18. Pastor Rev. E. E. Cox.
POMEROY Some stores kept open during the double holiday while others closed. Local business people and customers urge a uniform weekly closing rule and consistent holiday closures to avoid confusing out-of-town shoppers arriving on Thursdays. Parents announce birth of a son for Wayne and Mrs Sharp of Zanesville. grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert Sharp.
Worship services listed for Christian Science United Methodist Grace Episcopal First Baptist Mt Union Baptist and Trinity Lutheran. Activities include Sunday schools, midweek prayers, Vacation Bible School June 4 through 15, and youth fellowship events with sermons on topics from Mesmerism to memorials.
Pomeroy notes report Don Mullen returning from 22 months in Italy and Africa, visiting family before Philadelphia medical school graduation. Memorial Day outings at Elberfeld Store and various local residents’ visits span the community. Military care updates include Cpl Everett Lightfoot brought to Louisville hospital after a Germany wound, and Sgt Albert Brown awaiting embarkation in California.
Mrs. Glenn Jarvis of Port Washington and Mrs. Agnas Wells of Washington DC were guests of Mrs. A W McKay and Miss Laura McKay. Mrs. James Titus of Rutland joined as a dinner guest during the visit by the McKay relatives.
Cypress trees develop knee shaped growths that rise above water to aerate the submerged root system. These air canals help support the tree in waterlogged soils by supplying oxygen to underground roots.
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Beabout age 50 who died Tuesday in Dayton will be at Levitt's Funeral Home Parkersburg Friday at two o'clock with interment in Parkersburg. Born in Meigs County she had heart disease and pneumonia. Survived by husband two daughters from a former marriage five grandchildren father Isaac Russell Bailey Run two brothers Ernest and Lawrence Russell Parkersburg sister Mrs H M Nelson Rutland and others. Mother died two years ago.
In the common pleas court trials are set for June 19 at 10 00 am Southern Ohio Gas Company versus Roush et al and June 25 at 10 00 am Pomeroy Steam Domestic Coffee Co versus M L French The docket continues with M L French dba M L French Coal Company versus West Virginia Coal and Transportation Company to be tried in the same week beginning June 25
Animals around Lincoln Street have fallen ill from suspected poison over the past week. Jerry the black cocker spaniel of Major and Mrs Cedric Clark was found dead by the backyard gate early this week.
Middleport pastors announce Sunday services. First Baptist combines worship and study at 9 30 a m with a sermon on the Holy Spirit and the Church and an 7 30 p m evening service on Jonah's Second Chance. Heath Methodist offers Sunday School at 9 30 a m, worship at 10 30 a m, theme Do Science and Religion Conflict.
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