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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1950

Page

2

Darwin Girl Named Ohio 4-H Club Delegate

Jean Lee of Darwin Meigs County was named one of eight Ohio 4-H delegates representing over 60 000 youth. The Ohio University student will attend Founders Camp in Northern Michigan late July to early August as a state 4-H leader cited youth leader and demonstration participant with a decade of 4-H work and multiple honors.

Pomeroy Meigs County W. H. Palmer Jean Lee Darwin Ohio Miss Lee Michigan Guy W. Lee Jean Ohio University Phi Upsilon Omicon Kappa _ Beta Lawrence Kansas

State Fund Settlement Is Arranged For Meigs County

POMEROY John P Kelso special counsel for Ohio attorney general urged Meigs County commissioners to settle 8415.15 owed to the public employees retirement fund. Current assessment around 1200 to be paid now with a partial payment on delinquent arrears back to 1939. Bedford Township trustees may purchase a Galion Maintainer for 750. Sutton trustees may buy a truck with hydraulic dump for 3500. Salem Township approved 7000 motor grader for roads. County engineer's purchases include 1000 feet of eight inch corrugated culvert at 1 per foot and eight tons of ¾ inch reinforcing bars at 160 per ton.

Pomeroy John P. Kelso Attorney General of Ohio Meigs County Public Employees Retirement Fund Kelso Bedford Township Sutton Salem Township

Brother Dies In Beloit

Homer Lee of Harrisonville reports the death of his brother Charles E. Lee in Beloit Ohio Monday night. A former Meigs County resident he farmed near Rutland and worked at a Beloit pottery. Survived by widow daughter Thelma Johns granddaughter Jane Johns four brothers Will Millsport Homer Harrisonville Clarence Columbus Earl Belleville and several Meigs County cousins. Funeral services set for Beloit Thursday afternoon.

Pomeroy Homer Lee Harrisonville Charles E. Lee Beloit Ohio Meigs County Rutland Lee Thelma Johns Jane Johns Will Millersport Homer Clarence Columbus Earl Belleville Homer Holter Ralph Lee Dale Lee Racine

Birth Is Announced For Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Everett Michael

A son was born Sunday at Holzer Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Michael. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. E Michael and Mr. and Mrs. George Sisson.

Middleport Everett Michael Holzer Hospital E. Michael George Sisson

Republicans To Hear John Skipton

A Republican pot luck dinner at the IOOF Hall next Friday at 7 30 p m will feature John A Skipton of Marietta as special guest. Skipton recently joined the staff of Republican State Headquarters as executive secretary of the War Veterans Clubs of Ohio. He is a World War II veteran and former attorney on the Legislative Research Commission staff.

Pomeroy IOOF John A. Skipton Marietta Ralph Welker Meigs County Skipton War Veterans Clubs of Ohio Army Air Forces General Assembly Legislative Research Commission

Two Safety Meetings Set

Meigs County Safety Services schedules two March meetings. Reedsville school hosts the first on Thursday at 7 30 p m with Buttons and Bows Folk Dance Club delivering program segments. Hemlock Grove Grange Hall hosts the second Friday at 7 30 p m with three district schools presenting a program followed by a motion picture and poster contest awards.

Pomeroy Meigs County Safety Services Reedsville Buttons and Bows Folk Dance Club Hemlock Grove Grange Hall

Variety Show Slated At Tuppers Plains

TUPPERS PLAINS The Senior Class of the Tuppers Plains School will sponsor a variety show Friday in the school auditorium. Scheduled to start at 8 30 p.m. the program will feature song dance and baton exhibitions of the Columbus Junior Theatre. Proceeds will go to the Senior Class Fund.

Tuppers Plains Columbus Junior Theatre

Achievement Program Set For March 29

Home Demonstration Council completes plans for an Achievement program at Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium on Wednesday March 29. Registration at 10 am with main program at 10 30 am features an Alfred group safety skit guest speaker Mrs Evelyn Luchs of Athens on Constructive Discipline Farm Bureau Homemakers chorus and Mrs Whitney Ingraham Solovox music Danville group minuette in costume and a hat remodeling television show. Attendees may bring their own lunch.

Pomeroy Meigs County

Donnelly Dies at 82 in Cincinnati Ohio Labor Leader

Thomas J. Donnelly 82 of Middleport dies in Cincinnati. A former legislative agent for the Ohio State Federation of Labor he helped pass workmen compensation 1912 unemployment 1936 and aged laws. Retired since 1942 he trained as a printer at 14 and led in the International Typographical Union. Funeral in Columbus.

T. Donnelly Cincinnati Middleport Thomas J. Donnelly Edgar Allensworth Robert Allensworth John Harvey William Kennedy Donnelly H. E. Allensworth Ohio Ohio State Federation of Labor United States International Typographical Union Meigs County Alice Allensworth Glenn L. Myers Columbus

Mrs. Lillie Hysell Rites Set Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Hysell 71 will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Bradford Church in Middleport with the Rev. Leroy Hiatt officiating. Friends may call at the Hysell Run residence after death Monday at Meigs General Hospital.

Middleport Lillie Hysell Meigs General Hospital Bradford Leroy Hiatt Hysell Run

Pomeroy Garden Club Hosts Meeting and PTA Plans

The Pomeroy Garden Club met at Mrs. Jacob Elberfeld’s home with eighteen members. A $10 donation supported the highway beautification project Red Bud Trail. gifts were planned for Easter for local rest home patients. The nominating committee was named and a program titled The Garden in Verse and Song highlighted the meeting. Rose Hill PTA to plan a March 16 games party and discuss a Father led program.

Pomeroy J. 0. Roedel Harry Smith Federated Church John Leitweiler Ruel Finsterwald H. B. Smith J. E. White John Lambert Grann

Injunction Suit Filed Over Explosives Along Rights of Way

The Ohio Telephone and Telegraph Co. has filed an injunction suit in common pleas court seeking to restrain R. O. Bailey of Middleport Swisher Coal Co. of Cheshire Route 2 and Ura Swisher of Gallia County from using explosives on the plaintiff s right of way and easements used for operating and maintaining lines. Attorneys for the plaintiff are J. M. Sprout and F. W. Shelton Jr.

Birth Announcement for Hysell Son in Columbus

Mr. and Mrs. Har old Hysell announce the birth of a son at White Cross Hospital on Monday March 6. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ed King of Athens Road and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hysell of Breezy Heights, Pomeroy.

Pomeroy Harold Hysell Earlene King Columbus White Cross Hospital Ed King Athens Road Homer Hysell Breezy Heights

Peterson’s statement promises relief from eczema

Advertisement claims eczema and itching relief with one application guaranteed or money back. Mentions treatment for itching eczema pimples angry red blotches and cracking feet with availability at druggists for 40 cents.

Peterson

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