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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
6
Pom eroy Village Council held regular session focusing on street and parking issues in Mulberry Avenue area. W O Atkins warned of open sewer problems near the new school and hospital and a plan to widen the street to handle anticipated traffic. Mayor Legar warned two school buses cannot pass without widening. Parking meter committee referred for action.
Pomeroy council discusses removing meters on W Second St and W Main St to ease traffic and hazard from parked cars. A letter is sent to the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission about sewage plant litigation with the state. May police reports show 19 arrests, 16 accidents, 538 meter violations, with 31 unpaid and over $2,100 in meter collections. Plans include Kroger expansion, new free parking, river bank cleanup, Naylors Run and Coalport tile purchases, paving needs in Lincoln Heights Mulberry Heights and Third St, and bridge approach improvements with Ohio Department of Highways. State highway aid for new curbing on Main St is noted.
About 80 Brownie girl scouts at Camp Chester will host a parents night at 7 p.m. Thursday after arriving at 1 p.m. The five-unit camp features crafts, nature study, outdoor cooking, and a zoo bag collection as leaders from Brownie units Appaloosas Crickets Bridge Trotters Wild Flowers Squeaks and more prepare activities and set up tents.
The Middleport First United Presbyterian Church hosts an ice cream social on the church lawn Friday at 7 p.m. Sponsored by deacons and deaconesses, the event features vocal and instrumental selections. Proceeds fund county home children projects and weekly swimming parties. Richard Vaughan serves as chairman. Homemade desserts will be served.
Holzer Hospital Foundation of Gallipolis sues James C. Rigley and Geraldine Rigley of Pomeroy in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for 394.12 on an alleged account.
The Syracuse daily vacation Bible school ends with a 7 30 p m program Friday at Syracuse Grade School. Craft projects by enrolled youngsters on display as participating churches include Syracuse Methodist United Brethren Church and First United Presbyterian Church.
The Meigs Memorial Hospital ground breaking will begin at 7 p.m. at the Mulberry Heights site with Rev. Francis Glazier delivering the invocation. Dr. Margaret DuBois will speak, followed by the hospital commission opening remarks and the actual groundbreaking.
MIDDLEPORT The Women's Association of the Middleport First United Presbyterian Church will meet at 7 30 Thursday evening at the church. Mrs Wendell Frecker of Racine will show slides from her Europe tour during the program hour. Mrs James Sanborn is program chairman and Mrs R M Sherman will lead the devotional. Hostesses are Mrs William Morris Mrs Fred De Wees Mrs Charles Shoemaker Mrs Branche Fleming Mrs Walter Owen and Mrs Lillian Stieff.
Sewing for the annual bazaar starts tonight as Group I of the Women's Association meets at the Middleport First United Presbyterian Church. Members should bring needles thread and old nylons. Mrs Harold Sauer conducts the Bible study and Mrs Richard Vaughan leads the book study. Hostesses are Mrs Charlotte Perrin Mrs Lewis Sauer Jr and Mrs Donald Lowery.
POMEROY West Virginia report: Western style square dancing starts at the DAV Home on Butternut Ave this Wednesday from 8 to 10 p m. This session is the last chance to register for weekly summer classes. Teens from Racine Shade Long Bottom Middleport and Mason W Va attended the June 14 opening. Mrs Jo Hardy is the instructor and a small fee is charged per session.
In Pomeroy Mayor Charles Legar’s court four defendants faced fines. William S. Hurd Jr. paid 100 dollars plus costs and received three days in jail for driving while intoxicated. Austin B. Campbell was fined 50 dollars and costs for reckless operation. David N. Riggs paid 15 dollars plus costs with 10 dollars suspended for speeding. Larry Jacobs was fined 10 dollars plus costs for disturbing the peace.
Four Middleport High School students Karen Bachner Farrell Shuler David Wiley and Forrest Bachtel travel to Athens for the annual band clinic at Ohio University sponsored by the Middleport Band Boosters Association. The note ends with Corra Harris quote on courage.
Meigs County commissioners received a petition from about 100 residents urging paving of Success Road but took no action. Commissioner Don Mullen cited lack of funds for the project. The board also reviewed a pay bump for six to eight weeks and granted drain pipe for two township roads. They approved a 99 year lease with Chester Township for a 120 by 120 foot plot to house a new Chester fire department equipment building.
A reception celebrated Lt. and Mrs. William Bruce Bradford following their June 7 ceremony at West Point. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Theis and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bradford with open house 2 to 4 pm. Theis garden flowers and a sizable out-of-town guest list accompanied the event. Bradford to report to Fort Sill August 10.
Reedsville Olive Farm Women’s Club met at Mrs. Tressie Swain’s home to set the annual picnic for 6 p m Thursday July 20 at Forked Run Lake. President Mamie Buckley led the session and readings There’s Magic in a Word of Praise and Father’s Day were given by Mrs Swain. Refreshments were served to attendees including Mrs Arn Myers Mrs Ella Hannum Mrs Margaret Brown Mrs Ella Osborne Mrs Ina Masser and Mrs Lilliam Pickens.
Rock Springs Methodist Church held its annual vacation Bible school closing ceremonies with gifts and certificates of appreciation given by director Mrs. Rollin Radford. Teachers and assistants across nursery to teen-age classes were named, and prayer led by Rev. Robert R. Card.
The Young Adult Class of Rock Springs Methodist Church will hold an ice cream social at the church starting at 6 p m Friday.
Miss Sarah Westen daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Westen of Minersville wed Sp4 Robert Earl Roush of Fort Stewart Ga in a 230 pm May 28 ceremony at Pomeroy First Baptist Church The double ring rite featured white peonies purple iris and spring flowers A reception followed with a three tier cake The couple will reside with Mr Roush stationed in Georgia The bride is a Pomeroy High School 1961 graduate and member of the church The groom is stationed at Fort Stewart with the US Army
Ronald Casto 20 of Waverly was placed on probation for one year after guilty pleas to larceny of 100 dollars and perjury. Accomplices Nelson Rittenhour 23 of Piketon and Franklin Montgomery 20 of Waverly face breaking and entering charges after hearings before Judge Emmet W. Peoples. Equipment valued around 400 dollars was stolen from Olan Genheimer’s barn on Athens Road. April 27.
The Syracuse First United Presbyterian Church hosted a Sunday meeting led by Rev. Howard Ruppelt to organize a visitation program. Mrs. Don Cottrill will arrange gifts for shut-in members visited in July, with Mrs. William Winebrenner overseeing a post visitation party.
In observance of Father's Day the B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society of Middleport First Baptist Church held a Sunday morning program. Mrs. Edison Baker presided, with Mrs. Allen Hughes delivering a meditation. Mrs. Paul Smart offered the morning prayer, and Mrs. Harry Houdashelt spoke on the society's purpose and work. During Sunday school, Tony Fowler presented gifts to Dana Hamilton, the oldest father, and Owen Bratten, the youngest.
A six week series of story telling for children ages seven to eleven will run each Saturday at 1 p.m. in Pomeroy with a rotating lineup of tellers including Miss Caro lyn Smith on June 24 and Mrs. Harry P. Smith on July 1.
The Middleport emergency squad answered a call to 880 S Second Ave at 2 14 p m Monday A local physician was summoned to treat Mrs Jones at the residence ongoing care not specified.
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