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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1950
Page
6
Gallia County readers hear support for four portable classrooms and curriculum updates to fit non college paths. advocate Higgins argues for driver training and work experience in offices and businesses to reduce accident toll and better prepare students for life after high school.
Dr H R Cotterman professor of education Capital University spoke on Farming and Conservation at the Meigs County Farm Bureau Co op Assn annual meeting in Rocksprings Grange Hall. Harold Carnahan presided and E Humphrey and Denver Holter were reelected to three year terms. A county wide information meeting March 15 was announced along with the Junior Fair Radio Show March 20 and a WRFD broadcast March 25. The program includes 4 H Boy Scout Girl Scout Future Homemakers of America Grange and Farm Bureau Youth Councils. The Farm Bureau Women Chorus entertained led by Mrs Whitney Ingraham. Refreshments served to over 200 attendees.
Chester Windsor of Marietta, state highway landscape architect, spoke at the Chester Garden Club gathering at Mrs. Howard Knight's home. He showed pictures of roadside picnic sites and shrubbery and led a discussion on roadside beautification.
Local churches publish morning worship times and programs. First Baptist features One Great Hour of Sharing and missionary film Out of the Dust. Heath Methodist lists Membership Day services and Week of Dedication events. First Presbyterian and Syracuse Presbyterian share church school and evening services led by Dr. Homer G. McMillen.
Middleport Meigs County Council of Week Day Religious Education will hold its annual meeting March 20 at the Federated Church in Pomeroy. Officers for the year will be elected. A nominating committee chaired by the Rev. Lewis Berger and including J H Grate and J H Stephenson was named.
Mrs. Esther Skinner LeMay of San Diego writes friends that her father Dr A C V Skinner former pastor of the Middleport Presbyterian Church is recovering from a fall. He is cared for in a private home at 1042 Alberta Place where former parishioners may contact him.
A quiet title suit was filed in the common pleas court by Ralph G. Spencer Clair Spencer Sidney Spencer and Roger Spencer. Defendants include John Heaton and others. Virgil V. Brown clerk of courts and J B O'Brien attorney for the plaintiff.
A district United Brethren Churches gathering met Tuesday evening at Enterprise EUB Church with Dr. C. M. Bowman presiding. Ten ministers from nearby churches attended along with UB Church members from Jackson Wellston Rio Grande Belpre and local counties to hear Dr. L H Lanaghan of Anderson Indiana discuss Our Chief Task. St Patricks Day themed decorations and refreshments followed the program.
The Federated Circle met in church parlors with Mrs. Georgia Williamson in charge. They planned an Easter breakfast, read a letter from Rev. Kuether, and reported on efforts to erect a new cross on Lincoln Hill. Devotional leadership was by Mrs. Glenroy Ewing. refreshments were served by several hostesses.
POMEROY The WSCS of the United Methodist Church will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the church with Mrs Harry Smith and Mrs Jed Webster Sr as program leaders. The program is Japan A shower will be given for Kwassui College in Japan Members are asked to bring dried milk soap soap powder pencils school tablets crayons canned meats instant cocoa and dried soups Devotions will be led by Mrs Boney Mitchell and Mrs L E Piersall.
Mrs. Mary A. Karr celebrated her ninety first birthday on March 6 with family and friends at her Syracuse home. She received cards gifts and flowers. Cakes were given by Mrs. James Clatworthy of Middleport Mrs. Guy Smith of Gallipolis The Star Class of Asbury Methodist Church School in Syracuse and her daughters Helen Baer and Marica Karr.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Weeks hosted Dr. C. M. Bowman and Dr. L. H. Lanahan for dinner Tuesday. Lanahan stayed overnight at Weeks home, while Bowman stayed overnight with Rev. and Mrs. Carl E. Groff.
The Jolly Ten Club postpones its March 15 gathering to March 22 and will meet at the Syracuse home of Mrs. Eunice Will.
The Willing Workers Class of Enterprise EUB Church will gather Friday evening at the church. A penny social will be featured and attendees are asked to bring gifts.
Mr and Mrs Paul Sayre and daughter Paula Lynn of Great Bend visited Wen del Kautz in Spring Ave on Tuesday. Phil Globaker and wife were in Cleveland on business. Mrs Globaker stayed to visit Stanley Kuznik. Joe Sisson attended his aunt Mrs Cooper's funeral in Columbus. Carolyn Kay Sisson is ill at home. Charles Neutzling of Huntington visits his brother and sister in law Ben Neutzling. Elmer Maiden and wife move from Middleport to W Main St Pomeroy.
The Billy Bryant showboat The Martins and the McCoys plays at Middleport High School Auditorium on Wednesday night March 15. Cast includes Arma Mitchell Morrison as Sarah McCoy and Okey Burdette as Rattlesnake with storyline to end the feud between the Martins and McCoys. Capt. Billy Bryant hosts and Leon Putz directs the production sponsored by Twin-City Shrine Club of Middleport Pomeroy and Point Pleasant Shrine Club.
Principal Harry Bennett lists honor roll names for the fourth six weeks. Freshmen include Larry Roush Larry Frecker Luella Riebel Emma Lou Ritchie Ruth Rhodes Kathryn Hayman Louise Bigley Shirley Sprague Zerah Buckley Willard Wilson Gale McCain. Sophomores are Mary Beards Helen Bissell Leota Bolin Doris Dill Martha Orr Phyllis Pooler Arthur Quivey Betty Smalley Mary Spencer Patty Wallace Effie Wells. Juniors include Chester Buckley Forrest Rhodes Pauline Swain Lillian White Norma Wright. Seniors are Sue Beaver Elizabeth Crary Nola Epple Betty Jane Mora Donna Well.
At a safety meeting to be held Friday at 8 p m in the Racine High School auditorium awards will be given for the best poster by a grade school pupil in a Meigs Safety Services contest. Prizes also for Racine High School safety slogan. Music motion pictures and student stunts featured. Jimmy Webb FFA representative will preside.
Mrs. John Bolin of Logan reports her father Ray E. McDonald has returned home from Brown Hospital Dayton after observation and treatment. His condition is improved. McDonald plans to return to the hospital in April for further treatment.
National Girl Scout week begins with all local scouts meeting at the United Methodist Church at 10 15 a m Sunday to attend worship as a group and wear uniforms. A divorce action has been filed by Pansy Fay Weber against Earl James Weber with Crow and Crow representing the plaintiff.
United Methodist plans include morning worship at 10 30 with a dedication day sermon God Does Answer Prayer and film showings Go Ye Zenobia and Wild Innocence. Other groups meet at Mt Hermon Nease Carmel and Enterprise churches with Sunday school services and midweek prayer sessions. Christian Science St Pauls Lutheran and Grace Episcopal announce schedules and sermon themes.
Gallipolis Rio Grande College public relations chief L Merle Ramseyer says Jack Rank will present the one man Shakespearian show Taming of the Shrew on March 13 at 8 p.m. in the campus theater. Pomeroy junior class honors list omits Shir ley Hysell from high school roll.
In Gallipolis the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council will discuss an expanded mineral resource survey and a second survey on land use and surface conditions at a 6 30 p m meeting in Pomeroy. Battelle Memorial Institute will provide principal input and outline four month appraisal timelines.
Thomas J. Neal 78 of Gallipolis died Thursday at his home after a February stroke. A retired state highway employee and former farmer, he was born August 12 1871 in Harrison Township. Survived by wife Effie Buster Neal, sons Wayne and Joe, daughter Mrs Buell Clark, brothers George Hollis Morton and Fred, and other relatives. Funeral services by Veterans of Foreign Wars at Waugh funeral home with burial at Mound Hill cemetery.
A state truck had a traffic collision Thursday with minor property damage. Driver George C. Cremeans of Cheshire Route 2 and another truck driven by Albert T. Welch of Gallipolis Route 1 were involved as the vehicles traveled west on Route 554 seven miles west of Route 7. The State Highway Patrol reported the incident.
River traffic reports list boats and times at Gallipolis and Kanawha River locks with vessels such as Martin Jason Sullivan Pete Semet Dolle Neville Marmet Resolute Merrill Shirley Atlas Dorothy Inca Huntington Cook Laughlin Republic of Pittsburgh and measurements for Kanawha Falls and Kanawha gauges. The upper gauge is 18.1 and the lower 16.8 feet with 24 feet at the rollers.
Mrs. Earl Queen of Gallipolis welcomed a son. Mrs. Clarence Stewart of Northup had a daughter. Mrs. Dan Coffey of Ray had a daughter. Admitted include Charles Day Bladen Rex Bailey Chester Philip Senter New Haven W Va Mrs N J Dunbeck Jackson Harry Speraw Wellston and J Walter Wilt Ray. Discharged list includes Ora Shockley Arthur West and daughter Jessie Plummer Tommy Morris Jr J W Frazier and Bruce Allen Durbin Jr.
Grace Methodist in Gallipolis lists Sunday School 9:30 AM and worship 10:30 AM with communion at both services. Evening service 7:45 PM, sermon series On the Cross. Youth Fellowship 7 PM, junior choir rehearsals, Girl Scout meetings, and Grace Guild dinner. St. Peter’s Episcopal and other local churches outline sermons, church schools, and choir practices.
Lewis McDonald was fined $50 and costs in municipal court for physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was remanded to county jail for non payment.
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