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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1946
Page
6
Meigs County Commissioners met in a special session on June 17 and approved a motion to award the $310 contract for repairs to the Boy Scout Camp to the Pomeroy Cement Block Co.
Middleport village council accepted an $5 850 planning grant for a sewerage and disposal plant reported by Congressman Jenkins. The panel declined to buy Pythian Park, favoring future land purchases for a potential plant and negotiating terms with Guy Carson and the Fenney Bennett Post American Legion. Additional talks covered Riverview Cemetery road work and a planned joint meeting with the Chamber of Commerce to discuss Imperial Electric, Industrial Garment, and Royal Crown projects.
Middleport reports the P and M ball team travels to Athens Wednesday to face a strong Athens squad, then meets Hartford Thursday at Pythian Park in a key OVA league clash. Sunday they swept Racine 18 5 and 2 1 at Pythian Park with standout performances by Manley Sauer and Segries.
Mr and Mrs Ira Phillips of Portland announce the marriage of their daughter Betty to Charles Ford son of Mr and Mrs Raillian Ford of Rochester Pa. The couple wed June 10 at the Racine parsonage in a simple ceremony. Betty, Racine High School junior, and Charles, Rochester High School graduate, plan to live in Rochester after the wedding.
MIDDLEPORT James Keffer, pastor of the Church of Christ since September, resigns to accept a missionary call to the Central Province in India. He, his wife, and two young sons plan to leave for their new duties the last of August.
POMEROY district hosts the annual pre school roundup sponsored by Central and Sugar Run PTA groups on Thursday at 9 AM in the Junior High School. Volunteers including doctors Rollin Boice Roger Daniels Charles Mullen Harold Brown K D Amsbury W S Els and Mrs Catherine Shaverinsky will assist with the health check up.
Gilbert Weeks of the Meigs County Township Trustees and Clerks Association said a well rounded program is set for the 19th annual Summer convention in Cincinnati on June 24 to 26. Governor Lausche will speak Monday morning and Thomas J. Herbert, former attorney general and Republican nominee, will speak Tuesday morning.
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