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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
9
Certificates of completion will be awarded to children at 7 30 p m Sunday during commencement services. A handicraft display will be shown in the church basement. On Friday noon the school children will parade through the business section with decorated bicycles and younger riders on a hay rack.
In Middleport the Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company has two misfortunes in a row with staff injuries. Anna Howell broke a bone in her foot and works with a cast. Nellie Zerkle followed, breaking a bone in her left arm and returning to work in a sling.
Meigs County Commissioners approved easements on nine properties to widen and straighten the Rutland Harrisonville Road in Rutland and Scipio Townships. Payments ranged from 1 to 200 dollars to owners Dale Musser through John Stout. The board also invited bids for regular and premium gasoline for 90 days starting July 19, moved 500 dollars from contingency to sheriff expenses, and approved bills. Attending were Dan Hartinger Harry Craig and Roy Proffitt.
Middleport recreation commission forms a planning committee of ten or more to promote a park plan at the municipal pool site. Local and out-of-town input notes possible development with fireplaces benches tennis courts and ball fields. First meeting is set for next week.
In Pomeroy an auto owned by Mr and Mrs Harry Drake of Lincoln Heights rolled 250 to 300 feet down a hillside toward a locust patch shortly before noon Wednesday. Mrs Drake left the car briefly and neighbors who saw Mr Drake in the vehicle earlier feared he was inside when it went over the slope. The car incurred little damage and was insured.
Middleport Ohio volunteer firemen select John Handley of Pomeroy as auctioneer for 60 to 70 cakes promised for the ice cream social at the village hall Saturday night. Proceeds support the firemen treasury used for spring repairs and remodeling. Cakes made by Firemen's Auxiliary and others will be sold by the piece with ice cream.
Meigs General Hospital admitted Wesley Belles Racine Richard Jones Pomeroy Mrs Belva Faber Racine Route Junior Ball Letart W Va Mrs Edwin Ash Minersville Mrs Bertha Weaver Racine Blaine Milhoan Long Bottom Mrs Roger Cullums Pomeroy Mrs Russell Milbourne Pomeroy births Mr and Mrs Edwin Ash Minersville a daughter Mr and Mrs Russell Milbourne Pomeroy a daughter discharged Pauline Kauff Mrs Lena Belles Mrs C C Johnson Mrs Clara Young settlement sought POMEROY Suit for 21895 filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court by R V Ebersbach against James Ellis Lambert on a promissory note allegedly due
Mrs. George Mowrey was elected president of the Drew Webster Post 39 Auxiliary with new officers installed at the post on W Main Street. The ceremony featured district auxiliary president Mrs. W F Baxter and sergeant at arms Mrs. Harold Smith, with plans announced for Cincinnati convention delegates and Gallipolis district meeting in July. A potluck dinner preceded the gathering and a past president pin was awarded to Mrs. Casci along with a pin for former president Mrs. Hite.
Plans formed Tuesday for attending the television program Coffee Time on July 19 as the Friendly Neighbors Club met at Syracuse Roadside Park for a wiener roast. Several gifts were received by club members.
Pomeroy councilman Roy Betzing proposed a $1000 contribution to the village for the Mulberry Avenue sewer construction near the Aten Shain property. He made the offer at Monday night’s meeting amid complaints about the current open sewer. Further discussion is slated for July 1 at an adjourned council session.
MIDDLEPORT The Church of Christ reports full installation of a new ventilating system this week. Pastor Fred A. Gardner says tests indicate improved summer comfort, inviting parishioners to attend daily services and experience the cooler indoor environment versus homes.
In Pomeroy mayor E F Robinson punished two individuals Tuesday night. Isabell Hannahs of Pomeroy, 55, paid $10 and costs for intoxication charges. Jenning Jett of Long Bottom, 23, owed $5 and costs for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his vehicle. Patrolman Henry Werry filed both charges.
Guests gathered at the Pickens home lawn in Racine for a surprise picnic dinner honoring Harry Pickens. Attending were Mrs. Pickens, their children and families including Warren and Ernest Whitehead, Jeanie, Harold Sauer, William Meredith with Chuckie and Roger, Denver Weber, Mrs. Alfred Coe, and Dr. and Mrs. J E B Stanley among others from Reedsville Middleport Glanshaw Ra cine and Toledo News outlets.
The Past Matrons Club of Pomeroy Order of Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple to set a July 27 picnic at Bailey's Lake. Mrs. Harry P. Smith, Mrs. Thomas Young and Mrs. Carl Shields were named to the nominating committee while Mrs. Trell Schoenleb presided.
A picnic supper was held Tuesday evening where the adult class gathered in Pomeroy for a social outing and community fellowship.
The Rev and Mrs J Leslie Kunze hosted the United Methodist Church Young Adult Class and after supper men painted the garage and renovated a basement recreation room for the church youth fellowship. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Thomas Radford with Ruth Ann, Mrs W R Carpenter with Janet Jimmy and Alita, Mr and Mrs Co E Blakeslee with Jennifer, Mrs Rexarte with Tommy, Mr and Mrs Leo Crew with Pamela and Jennifer, and the Kunzes with David Faith Ellen and Rebecca Sue.
The Flatwoods 4-H Club will host an ice cream social at 7 30 p m Friday at Flatwoods Church. Members will sell homemade ice cream and cake to raise funds for a club money making project.
Mrs Janet Reuter and family from Pontiac Michigan visit local friends including Mr and Mrs Fritz Buck and family. Mrs Ralph D Ashley of Letarte Falls is taken to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis for observation and treatment after an ambulance trip Tuesday evening. The group pauses from Sunday to Wednesday with Mrs Oscar Myers.
Readers note a string of visitors including Mr. and Mrs. John Hutson and their son from Indianapolis, Mrs. Myers' grandson Kenneth Hutson and Rosanna Hutson, Mrs. R. F. Boice and daughter Ramora, Mrs. Henry Ewing and son Benny, Miss Barbara Donovan, Miss Betty Tedrow of Hamden, Mrs. Thomas McChung as host, and Mr and Mrs. Donald Umphrey with children Sally and Robert from Presque Isle Maine visiting Athens on Wednesday.
Mrs. J B Marshall and children from Louisville Ky arrived in Parkersburg to visit sisters and mother Mrs John Bailey Sr. They were joined by Mrs Wayne Swisher and Mrs John Scott along with Mary Jane and Jenning Wat son and plan to stay until after the Fourth of July.
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