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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1936
Page
3
Fans unable to attend the Pomeroy Chillicothe game can hear it via a new telephone link. A play by play account from the Ohio University Gymnasium will be transmitted by long distance telephone to the local amplifying system.
The Pomeroy Baptist Association will meet Friday at the Cheshire Baptist Church in Gallia County with devotional led by Rev. Phillips. Speakers include Dr. A. R. Stark, Mrs. George Sagent, and Mrs. F. C. Kreager. state workers Paul Judson Morris and Mrs. I. N. Clover will address. A 6:30 p.m. banquet follows. Young People will elect officers, Racine Young People lead a devotional, and the Rio Grande Evangelistic Band will close.
POMEROY Benjamin F. Turner announced his candidacy for Representative to the General Assembly on the Republican ticket. A WWI veteran and son of a Civil War veteran, he served in Meigs County Company C, Seventh Ohio Infantry and was disabled in service. Turner, a former farmer, has worked 20 years for the New York Central Railroad and led Meigs County Labor Council as president and Board of Complaints chairman.
Pomona Grange of Meigs County met with Alfred Grange at Alfred on Friday night March 6. About fifty members attended due to bad roads, with nine Meigs County Grangers represented. A strong literary program and discussion of legislative issues followed. Shirley Bahr and Mrs. Alice Dodson were obligated in the Fifth Degree. Olive Grange members. Fish sandwiches pie and coffee were served.
POMEROY Miss Leah Holzworth age 77 died Tuesday morning at McMillan Hospital Charleston after two weeks. Three amputations were performed in an effort to halt gangrene from a toe infection. Survived by three sisters Emma Eppie Pomeroy Caroline Wandell Columbus and Ed Ward Clarkeburg WV. CLEVELAND The Goodyear Tire board rescinded authorization for about 1 250 000 in Plant No 2 improvements at Akron in a special meeting.
Middleport social notes say the Presbyterian Pals met Tuesday evening with teacher Mrs S M McAllister for a 6 30 covered dish dinner followed by games and social time. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met this afternoon at Mrs R C McBride’s home on S Fifth Ave. The Middleport Contract Bridge Club gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs M D Hartinger’s home in Pomeroy.
Heath Methodist Episcopal Church Guild members were entertained Tuesday evening at the home of Misses Nora and Vesta Mee Cow on Walnut Street. Decor and menu reflected St Patrick's Day and after a brief business period the rest of the evening was social.
Mrs Taylor Grogan, in poor health for weeks, suffered a slight stroke Monday night and was somewhat improved Tuesday. Her husband Mr Cecil Grogan previously had a stroke last fall and has been bedbound. The Grogan couple live with his parents and receive care from their children.
In observance of the sixty-ninth Founders Day the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Racine Methodist Church held a banquet in the church social room. The event featured white candles, a 69 candle cake, yellow green umbrellas favors, diploma place cards, and missionary quiz caps. Program leader was Mrs. Gomer Lewis with participants including Rev. Stump Mia Howard Miles and many others. arrangements by Mrs. Howard Miles and Mrs Herbert Tucker. Guests listed include Miss Bonnie Miles and Mrs. George Osborn among others.
The four Kessinger brothers, famed fiddlers, will headline after the amateur contest at Scipio High School in Harrisonville on Saturday night March 21. The event, sponsored by the Scipio Chapter FFA, invites musicians dancers and imitators from Meigs and Athens Counties with prizes for winners. Applications are available at Meigs County high schools or by mail from Dye Ball, Harrisonville, due by March 15. The brothers currently perform on WPAR Parkersburg and will not compete.
Mrs Hattie Baker Dayton has returned home after visiting due to her mother's illness and death. Mrs Bart Grimm and family of Graham Station West Virginia were guests of Mrs Emmett Smakey. Mr and Mrs Ross Hoback and daughter Betty Jean visited Parkersburg. Kathryn Philson, Rutland High School teacher, spent the weekend with her parents. Arthur Banks of Whitesburg Kentucky were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs H W Roush. An ostrich can eat oranges so fast six can be seen in its neck at one time.
Middleport residents report visits from D. C. Bryan returning from Washington after months on the Labor Advisory Board. D. C. Miller improves after several influenza days at home on Seventh Ave. Mrs. Fred Sisson and sons James and Billy visited Charleston, with Mrs. Stevens and James Sisson returning here. Dan White returns from Columbus. Mrs. White visits grandparents W. S. Hart. Charity Council No 248 D A held regular meeting with a bingo party awarding three prizes to Helen Durst, Mrs. R. C. McBride, and Ethel Jones.
Three Middleport men arrested by Police Chief William Robson for intoxication were fined eight dollars plus costs by Mayor J. E. Harley and jailed until payment. The men are Claude Ashley Frett Russell and Harold Denny. Also note a wingless autogiro in manufacture with propellers that both sustain and propel the craft.
Local ad claims Endo Corn removes corns and callouses quickly and safely. Clerks at the Athens Phey promise relief for stubborn corns regardless of age or prior failure with other cures. Available today for fifty cents, valued at fifty dollars.
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