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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1952
Page
8
The Rev. John Elwood will lead the Lenten service at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport Thursday at 7 30 p.m. He is the pastor of the Racine Antiquity charge. Spirit Lake Idaho notes a bottom of solid stone.
A letter from P. S. Waldeck state supervisor of industrial arts commends the Middleport Board of Education for the new industrial arts facilities at the high school opened this fall. Harold Hubbard earned credit for the work. The board plans a border program and purchases for band and home economics equipment. A surcharge reduction by Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company is noted.
The Sunflower Minstrels will be presented Friday at 8 p.m. in the Chester High School auditorium under the Chester Athletic Association. Bernard Krinke, principal, announced the event. Brad Mang directs the production, which has been staged in three Meigs communities to date.
Richard Karr and sister Polly Karr announce purchase of White's Grocery Store from Mit White. The 50 year family business closed in February due to illness. New owners plan Friday opening. aunt Thurma Milhone to assist. Store will be called Karr's Market at N Second Ave Swift building.
Henry Kautz 73 died Tuesday morning at Meigs General Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Friday at Ewing Funeral Home with Rev L M Mohrhoff of St Pauls Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Minnie Pfarr Kautz a sister Mrs Will Frecker Minersville and a brother Wendel Kautz plus nieces and nephews.
Middleport High School senior Gladys DeVol is chosen by the senior class to represent the school in the Miss Spring Fashion of 1952 contest sponsored by the Parkersburg Retail Council on March 14 at the Smoot Theatre in Parkersburg. DeVol will compete with other area seniors for the title. the queen receives 100 dollars and attendants 25 dollars each. She travels to Parkersburg March 8 to be fitted with an ensemble for the contest.
Chester soldiers son Sgt William H Follrod returns home from Korea after ten months with a unit attached to the 24th Division He will report to Camp Atterbury Indiana on March 27 for reassignment or duty continuation
Monday night the Porchlight Brigade added 432.50 to the Hocking County heart fund, bringing the total to 787.21. BPWC cochairmen Mrs Evalan Hansel and Mrs Walter Saving urge late contributions and note proceeds go to Central Ohio and American Heart associations for research.
POMEROY Pallbearers for Mrs Amy Whaley Kingsland who died Monday at her home in Pomeroy were Fred Crow Jr Ted Reed Jr Norbert Compton Ottie Scholl Rodney Downing and Dor Schaefer. Honorary pallbearers were George McQuigg George Daniels Judge Fred Crow Sr Hart Stanbery Alfred Genheimer and Dr C E W Downie. Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at the Ewing funeral home. Honorary pallbearers were life long friends of the late Mrs Kingsland.
Final rehearsals are under way for Rutland High School's annual senior class play titled The Darling Brats. The comedy will be presented in the school auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. Cast includes June Patterson, Mary Dyke, Ada Harrison, Darlene Wolfe, David Clench, Helen Rife, Janet McKinney, Alan Halliday, Bob Black, Jon Cottrill, and Bob Dennison with Miss Helen F. Smith directing.
The Meigs County Women’s Republican Club will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday at the home of Mrs. Harriett Russell on West Main Street. Tea will be served during the afternoon.
Two brothers Harry Nelson 43 and Robert Nelson 28 were arrested by Sheriff Waldron after equipment valued at 250 dollars and identified as company property was found in their automobile. They were arraigned on grand larceny charges and bound over to the grand jury with 1500 dollar bonds.
Everett L. Michael of Middleport and Joe Wheaton of Cheshire were fined $5 and costs for not using suitable protectors on rear wheels to prevent dirt throw. Albert Naper Wilkesville and Oscar Cordell Kerr also fined for speeding. Cordell, a fourth time violator, fined $20 and costs.
The Business and Professional Women's Club Ensemble will perform the sacred cantata Calvary at the April club meeting in Middleport. Directed by Mrs Marcelline Buell, the group rehearsed last night at Mrs FE Schaaf's home. Members include Anna Howell Hazel Guinter Carolyn Clark Mary Skinner Geraldine Pullen Martha Howell Jean Bennett Eleanor Schaaf Mary Louise Thomas Katheryn Bachtel with Dorothy Chase as accompanist.
C O Newland was named chairman of the Meigs County Board of Elections at an organizational meeting held Saturday. Albert Gloeckner was reappointed clerk, serving since 1937. Robert Clark, Republican, joins to replace Dana Turner, with Emmett G. Will and Norman Kloes as Democrats. Bids for May primary ballots awarded to Quality Print Shop in Middleport.
Middleport resident Mrs. Mary Wilhelm 80 died at Meigs General Hospital Pomeroy after five days there She lived in a Pomeroy rest home recently Survivors include daughter Mrs Hulda Davis Lansing Michigan brother Frank Brandenburg Pomeroy sister Mrs Bessie Wilhelm Point Pleasant Funeral services planned by Rawlings-Coats funeral home
Funeral services for Mrs Irene Elizabeth Smith 80 will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Bradbury Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Bradford Cemetery with Rev Robert Purtell officiating. Friends may call at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home until an hour before the services.
Logan Denver Vess of Murray City, 20, surrendered at Hocking County jail on a non support warrant dated January 30. Sheriff Waldron said Vess learned of the warrant. his wife Robyn Vess filed the affidavit. Vess pled guilty at arraignment before Magistrate Sam Whitehart and was bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond. He remained jailed after failing to post bond.
Local briefs and notices from Hocking County appear on page 12 including community events, public notices, and small items of interest gathered by The Athens Messenger. The report emphasizes civic affairs and neighborhood updates for March.
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