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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1950
Page
8
Community updates list illnesses and recoveries including measles for a Craig resident and ankle injury recovery for Mrs. R. B. Laughead. Several residents travel for care, visits, or work, including Milton Smart returning for summer bank work and Orville Chambers’ graduation in Nashville. Families and guests span Bingham’s Mill to Knoxville and Columbus.
Middleport notes report Tommy Ball’s fifth birthday at home on S Third Ave with twelve young guests, prizes to Texanna White Ricky Schoonover Earl McKinley and Dickie Hayes, cake and ice cream served by E C Ball and helpers. Also guests include Juanita Hawkins Linda Lieving Sara Darrel Bechtel Karl Beck Eric Chambers Junior Jerry Little whirligigs and favors. Also noted are a Columbus home demonstration council return by Mrs Howard Nolan Miss Jessie Saunders and others. Wedding anniversary gathering for Mr and Mrs Howard Russell of Harrisonville Road includes guests from Columbus Buckeye Lake and others.
Mr and Mrs Harris Wood of Columbus attended Ohio University commencement where their son Harris was graduated. They had recently returned from Philadelphia as guests of Mr and Mrs Chudleigh Long. The Woods joined the Longs on their cabin cruiser to Annapolis where they spent June.
Midshipman John Perry Wood of the Naval Academy joined local families during a visit. He plans a summer cruise after a first year on leave. Mr and Mrs Wood and their son stayed with Mr and Mrs John Wood in Nelsonville. In town, Mrs Lionel Boggs and her son returned from Meigs General Hospital along with Mrs Leonard Van Meter and her son. Leonard, an Ohio River boat worker, is visiting with family.
A committee led by Mrs. W. W. Hayes is organizing programs for the 1950 51 Middleport Garden Club season. Members at a Monday meeting in the Middleport Public Library included Mrs. Hayes Mrs. Hartinger Mrs. Juhling Mrs. Duerr Mrs. Stansbury and Miss Saunders.
Robert Mitch, graduate of Ohio University with a civil engineering degree, will work for the state highway department and settle in Marietta. He and his wife Mary Rose Seines visit Marietta for housing. A social week includes White Rose Lodge hosts at Woodman Hall and numerous local residents visiting Columbus, Cleveland, and Chicago connections.
A replica Liberty Bell toured the United States on a Savings Bond drive with an unofficial stop in Middleport. Police Chief C. E. Parker arranged the escort as the truck from Pomeroy paused en route to Gallipolis. The bell tolled audibly, drawing attention near Mill Street parking while officials coordinated the visit.
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