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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1960
Page
3
The Women's Society of Christian Service at Asbury Methodist Church named its nominating committee: Mrs. Melvin Grimm, Mrs. William Houda, and Mrs. C. B. Weese, to report in April. They led devotional time on stewardship and discussed budget, missions, rural worker needs, and Lent study plans.
The Pomeroy High School junior class play is postponed from Friday to 8 p.m. Monday in the junior high auditorium due to inclement weather. The comedy centers on Ivy Gate College and the Poison Pot eating place with Pinky Hamilton and Joe Burker in leading roles and a final happy ending.
Mrs. Ada Slack of Syracuse announces the engagement of her daughter Kathryn Adeline to Harley Edmund Johnson of Pomeroy Route 1. Kathryn is a 1959 Pomeroy High School graduate, Harley a 1955 graduate. Wedding date not yet set.
Pomeroy Senior Mothers Club outlines a record hop at Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium for Saturday evening to raise funds for the senior class trip. The group also announced a rummage sale soap sale and a spaghetti supper with Mrs Ron Springer as chairwoman. Mrs Albert Coates presided.
The Friendly Neighbors Club elected officers at a Tuesday meeting hosted by Mrs. Lester Russell. New officers include Mrs. Willard Hines as president, Mrs. Emerson Well as presider, Mrs. Roy Smith as vice president, Mrs. Russell as secretary, Mrs. William Sheridan as treasurer, Mrs. John Russell as flower fund chair, and Mrs. Donley Reibel as sales tax chair. A traveling prize went to Mrs. Reibel. A March dinner at Farmers Hotel in Gallipolis is planned, and Mrs. Gene Clark joined as a new member. Prizes for games were won by Mrs. Jack Robson, Mrs. Reibel, Mrs. Gerald Grueser, Mrs. Harold Lohse, and Mrs. Clark.
Middleport Garden Club meets Monday night at Mrs C A Emmish home with hostesses Mrs Walter Hayes Mrs David Entsminger and Mrs E F Maag assisting. A perennials program will occur and roll call names perennials. Lucille Smith will present slides on Ohio perennials and seed bulb exchange planned.
Damages were estimated at 150 dollars after an iron burned through an ironing board and fell onto a wool rug at Mrs Eber Pick ens home in Racine. The Racine Fire Department responded. The Racine Emergency Squad later rushed Mrs Martha Meadows a maternity patient to the Mason Clinic.
The Rev. Ralph Zandel of Pomeroy Baptist Church will be guest speaker at the 10:15 a.m. Sunday worship service at Middleport First Baptist Church. After the service, a Church Council meeting will follow.
Middleport students resumed classes Thursday as heavy overnight snow blanketed the area. Superintendent L W McComas said the weather barely affects local schooling since few students ride the bus. Village crews led by Lewis Ellis labored with a tractor to keep streets clear, while Police Chief Herbert Gilkey urged caution after minor accidents on icy roads.
Meigs County teachers meeting scheduled for today at Eastern High School was canceled for the year, according to C O Patterson county superintendent of schools. This is the second postponement due to inclement weather as road crews work long hours to clear snow across village county and state highways.
A mother daughter tea planned for last night at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. offices was postponed to next Thursday.
The Chester PTA met at the school with new nominating committee members Pomeroy, Mrs. Howard Knight, Mrs. Hobert Newell, and Mrs. Robert Ritchie. Curtain committee members Mrs. Betty Lou Dean, Mrs. Mary Holter, and Mrs. Mary Katherine Rose displayed cleaned draperies. The group planned to buy new blinds for the auditorium. Mrs. William Frecker reported on a school of instruction held with the county council in Syracuse. The sales tax receipts contest will end March 7 with mothers asked to count receipts. Rev. John Richardson of St. John and St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church showed slides from the Holy Land and spoke about his trip. The attendance award went to the third grade of Mrs. Paul Orr.
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