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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1950
Page
5
Middleport The Twin City Shrine Club and the Point Pleasant Shrine Club sponsor Billy Bryant's showboat hit The Martins and the McCoys for March 16 at Middleport High School auditorium. Proceeds support crippled children. tickets are on sale.
The Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters held a World Day of Prayer gathering at Mrs. R. B. Laughead's home with Mrs. Griff Russell leading. Plans for the Meigs Temple District Convention on March 6 were finalized and a Sunday rehearsal set for Woodman Hall. Past Chief certificate awarded to Mrs. Peter Stace. prizes to Mrs. Philip Meinhart, Mrs. Otho Watts, Mrs. Stace, and Mrs. Lena McElhinny. Seventeen members attended with a salad luncheon provided by hostesses.
Mrs Leo Russell and Mrs Beulah White attended a meeting of the Meigs County Sunday School Assn at the Federated Church Pomeroy on Monday evening Thelma Wilcox county religious education teacher led the discussion The next meeting will be held this month in the Church of Christ.
The Middleport Evangeline Chapter of the Eastern Star will meet Thursday evening. On Friday evening officers will gather at the hall to practice for inspection, announced Mrs. Lillian Stieff the worthy matron.
A reunion of The Corn, a group of young men and women, was hosted at Mr. and Mrs. Paul Haptonstall’s home. Guests included Misses Margaret Houdashelt, Freddie Houdashelt, Norma Koehler, Geraldine Pullen, Ronald Place of Colgate Rochester Divinity School, and fiancé of Miss Houdashelt. Music and games followed dinner with Mr. Haptonstall on violin.
The MIDDLEPORT unit of the American Legion Auxiliary met at Woodman Hall with Mrs. Cora Bennett as program chair. Members presented readings on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and piano duets. They approved funding a six bed ward at Dayton Veterans Hospital and planned floor covering for Meigs County Infirmary recreation room. Refreshments and patriotic decorations followed.
Mrs. Forrest Bachtel hosted the Contract Club gathering Tuesday evening with high score honors to Mrs. C. L. Wood and a traveling prize to Mrs. W. A. Smith. Desserts celebrated Mrs. Fred Blaetmar’s birthday with a gift for Mrs. Blaettnar as guests played cards. In attendance were Mrs. Irving Karr, Mrs. Roland Neutzling, Mrs. Paul Nease, Mrs. Albert Coates, Mrs. O. P. Klein, Mrs. Blaettnar, Mrs. Wood, and Mrs. Smith. Also noted are illness reports for Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Young and infection in the Grim family of Raymon.
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