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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1958
Page
2
About 200 attendees at Middleport High School alumni banquet in the new cafeteria hear Milton Smart Class of 1946 give witty advice to the Class of 1958 on becoming successful citizens. He urges higher education and ongoing learning.
Highlights of the Middleport High School Alumni reunion note a Moonlight and Roses theme enjoyed outdoors and indoors. Wallace Bradford served as the first joke-free toastmaster in banquet history as Milton Smart, Toledo attorney and speaker, recalled the Yellow Jacket team’s 28 winless games and offered career and college advice with humor and praise for the school administration. A blend of multi generation attendees, families, and cross-town alums marked the evening, with plans discussed for a homecoming dance after the Thanksgiving game.
Don Roach of Feeney-Bennett Post No 128 American Legion was elected first vice commander at the Eighth District convention in Bremen. Other officers named were Paul Lewis as second vice commander and Edward Downard as commander. The post earned a citation for Americanism activities and presented flags to the village swimming pool, the new elementary school, Middleport Cemetery, and Cheshire Grade School. Color guard members included Lewis Long, Don Roach, Charles A Bradbury and Henry Clatworthy. A convention report will be given at the post meeting on June 10.
U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson met Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Moscow on Saturday to discuss the planned East- West summit conference. Moscow Radio carried a brief paragraph about the talks.
Columbus residents Mr and Mrs Clarence Bailey and Mr and Mrs Edgar Gilmore joined relatives for Memorial Day and weekend gatherings. The Evans and Pullins families visited Beards home in Pomeroy while John Bryant planned a Sanford Florida visit with Edgar Vale. Judy Calhoun, granddaughter of Grace Hessami, stayed with Ruth Evans Wilma Osborne and Helen Shuler among others. James Laughlin and Gary Calvert plus Jon Calvert from East Liverpool joined the area visitors.
Mrs Eva Mae Harrington led a sixth grade class picnic at County Judge Robert Betz farm with many Washington School students. Local families and former residents visited relatives over the weekend, including travelers from Cincinnati Columbus and Akron. The group also enjoyed a two hour Ohio River excursion aboard the Susan A. with several attendees aboard.
Bradbury couple announces engagement and upcoming marriage of Barbara Forrest to Norman Hysell son of Mr and Mrs Howard Hysell of Pomeroy Road The ceremony at Bradford Church of Christ will be officiated by Gene Rutter pastor Additional details mention Barbara’s Middleport High School graduation and Norman’s Rutland High School diploma four-year Air Force service and current OVEC employment About 50 relatives attended a Bradford Church shower sponsored by the Homebuilders Class with bridal games gifts and a decorative wedding bell theme
MIDDLEPORT Heath Methodist Church hosted a combined Children’s Day and morning worship service drawing many family groups. Sunday School honored both living and deceased members including Eleanor Lansbury Schoal. Sharon Jones received an engraved spoon for service. Class 12 was praised for May attendance gains. The Rev C R Konkright delivered the sermon “If Thy Children Take Heed” as youth and staff participated in songs, recitations, and stories. The Rev Konkright and several church leaders attend the Ohio conference at Lakeside this week.
Meigs County retail sales tax receipts rose about 600 for the week ending May 17 versus the same week last year, per state treasurer Roger W. Tracy. Weekly receipts totaled 5068.55 compared to 4497.95 for the week ending May 18, 1957.
In Rose Dale an elementary teacher asks students about the northern lights after an event in the sky. A boy replies with a joking line about asking what channel it was on, reflecting a lighthearted classroom moment.
The cut is the beef heel of round. It is prepared by slow moist heat cooking, specifically braising. The note mentions possible alternative cooking in quid and estimates three to four percent hours of cooking time.
Blaine Walburn aged 22 and Vonda Lee aged 18 from Middleport receive license. Leonard Lucas 26 and Carolyn Pollard 21 of Middleport Route 1 apply. John Hensler 22 from Vinton and Linda Pettit 18 from Carpenter obtain license.
Mrs Lela Grueser Curtis was named president of the Pomeroy High School Alumni Association for the new year at the annual banquet and dance held in the junior high auditorium. Officers elected include Frank Vaughan and Elmer Grueser as vice presidents, Mrs Marlene Wilson secretary treasurer, and others on the executive committee. About 250 alumni attended amid purple and white decorations and tributes to past classes.
Homer Cole of Tuppers Plains won first place in the Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce Roadeo held behind Pomeroy Junior High School. He earned a $25 bond with 367 of 400 points. Jerry Welker and Ronald Clay finished second and third with $10 and $5 prizes.
Middleport residents note Memorial Day visits and gatherings. Families including Bechtle Barnett Sweeney Turner Mason Cooper Diltz Priddy Chesher Molden and Price join alumni events and hospital trips during the holiday weekend across Middleport Athens Columbus Cleveland and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Owens of Grundy Virginia announce the birth of a daughter born Saturday Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Fred Mescher longtime Minersville residents now of Grundy Mrs Norman Kaspar of Minersville is the great grandmother The Owens also have a son center of the notice remains incomplete with other familial details.
MIDDLEPORT. Going to Reedsville Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs B J Schwarzel of Athens and other friends entertained with a fish fry. Present were Mr and Mrs F M Fugate Pomeroy Mr and Mrs O P Klein Middleport and the Schwarzel family plus Marsha and Frank Ralph Fugate. The event pooled food for the meal at the Schwarzel lookout over the Ohio River. Max Schwarzel, a guard at Forked Run Lake, and other relatives attended as weekenders at the nearby cottage WeGates. Schwarzel left for Zanesville and returned to Athens with his mother for the Athens High School baccalaureate as Max Schwarzel is in the AHS graduating class.
A Memorial Day scene at the Rutland home of Mr and Mrs Clarence Chase with Judy present. Guests included Carl Gilmore Carla Sue Sally Gilmore and William White from Washington D C and Middleport friends and relatives joining in a barbecued chicken supper on the patio. Additional attendees listed: Robert Tewksbury Hubert Taylor Helen Louise Judson White Carl Taylor from Columbus Larry Dugan and Jim Hobstetter from Rutland.
Mr and Mrs Edward Ball announce the birth of a son Robert Eugene at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis on Saturday Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Walter Schrieber and Mr and Mrs Allen Ball Great grandfather H H Genheimer of Athens The Ball family also has a son named Tommy four.
Three persons arrested Friday night in Middleport faced hearings Saturday morning. Mayor C. O. Fisher levied fines of Raymond E. Quillen, 2?, Middleport, for open flask ten dollars and costs Ira E. Riggs, 48, Columbus, for intoxication five dollars and costs Walter Gilmore, 61, Pomeroy Route, for intoxication five dollars and costs.
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