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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1937

Page

3

Pomeroy Logan and Middleport Lucasville Clash Highlights Tonight

Pomeroy Panthers face Logan at 8 in Athens Ohio University gym in a district showdown while Middleport hosts Lucasville in a key county game. Both winners advance to the state Class B tournament next week and alumni hope for basketball revival after lean years.

Athens Messenger Athens Ohio Pomeroy-Logan Middleport Lucasville Pomeroy Pomeroy Bend Middleport Gymnasium Pomeroy Panthers Logan Ohio University Gymnasium Yellow Jackets Walt Prode Panthers

Middleport Social Notes Overview of Local Events

Mrs. Carl Hedge wood visits Columbus while her brother N C Welch is ill. Loyal Pals Class hosts a soup sale at Mrs Fred Whitlock’s home. Perry McHaffee departs for Norfolk after a furlough visit with relatives. Ed Roush moves to Lincoln Street. Triplett family plans storage due to housing shortage. Louise Lewis hosts sewing club at Mrs Eber Lewis’ home. George Grindley and son attend a funeral in Akron. Mrs Mina Boice recovers after illness and flood. she moved three times. Several residents travel to Huntington and Millfield for personal matters. Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen meets at Mrs H E Bush’s home. High School Class of Heath M E Church hosts bake sale at Schmoll’s Dress Shop. Pomeroy Baptist Association mid year meeting held in Racine with Rev C F Kreager.

Middleport Carl Hedgewood Columbus N. C. Welch Main St Welch Church of Christ Fred Whitlock Seventh Ave Whitlock Sidney Russell Perry McHaffee James Stevens S. Third Ave Norfolk McKeesport McHaffee Stevens Rutland Isaac Taylor Charles Keller Louise Lewis Eber Lewis Second Ave George Grindley George Akron Mina Boice Leota Schreiner Mr. Wigal Huntington Wigal Mr. Boso R. C. McBride Mr. Bose Parkersburg H. E. Bush Bess Rice Ed Mankin Mill St Lilliam Cheatham Millfield Ellsworth Cheatham W. E. Russell Magnetic Springs Citizens Bank White Rose Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Gravel Hill J. O. Leonard Bush Virginia Hadden Grande Lodge Indianapolis Juanita Haddox Heath M. E. Church Nan Moore Schmoll Billy Barker Marvel Schmoll Alice Louise Ebersbach

Two BoysDeliver Papers In After School Race

Middleport Franklin and Norman Edwards each had to be at an interclass basketball game at 5 15 pm. Their mother Mrs Virgil Edwards drove the car to the newspaper route but it stalled with an empty gas tank. The boys went to the gym while she walked the route to finish delivering the papers.

Middleport Franklin Norman Edwards M. H Virgil Edwards Norman

Class Teams To Vie In Interclass Championship Night

In the Middleport interclass tournament the Sophomores and Juniors won their games after school on Wednesday. Final scores: Juniors 19 over Seniors 18 and Sophomores 14 over Freshmen 9. The winners advance to a title game tonight before the Middleport Lucasville matchup.

Middleport Lucasville

Daisy Barker Dies At Middleport Home

Daisy Barker 57 died of pneumonia Wednesday at her home on 8 Second Ave Middleport She lived with her mother Mrs Rose Barker and was active in Heath Methodist Episcopal Church and Evangeline Chapter 173 Order of Eastern Star She conducted a Christmas gift shop annually Survived by mother sister Mrs Myrtle Allen brother Burns Barker and several nieces and nephews Funeral Friday at 2 PM at the Methodist Church Rev Clarence Swearingen officiating burial in Middleport Hall Cemetery

Middleport Daisy Barker Second Ave Barker Rose Barker Methodist Church Clarence Swearingen Middleport Hall Cemetery

Middleport Trophy Attracts Attention

Middleport High School athletes won a first of its kind trophy Saturday at Logan in Class B championship action. The 14 inch silver on black pedestal trophy sits in Martin and Roller's drug store window and depicts a player guarding another attempting a basket.

Middleport Logan Martin and Roller

Spring Arrives as Snow Melts with Early Blooms

Side Hill reports indicate spring has made a noticeable entrance. Seth F Nicholson saw a white dog's tooth violet blooming on his father William Nicholson's farm and nearby a flowering cross prepared to burst into broom.

Seth F. Nicholson William Nicholson

Demand for house coal rises as warm winter delays supply

Demand for house coal, slow all winter due to unusually warm weather, has spurted this cold week. The warmer season kept the market sluggish, though last year's strong market spurred new coal mines. Bales this year have been light.

Pomeroy Cmal

Grange Confers Degrees at Hemlock Grange Meeting

Hemlock Grange conferred the third and fourth degrees on a class under Clyde Will with about 60 members present. Floyd Mees reported on Columbus projects. Dayton Tubbs and Mr Chaney gave readings on Bedford Township history. Three new members were announced. Mrs Oda Whaley and Mrs Roscoe Fowler were reported in Columbus hospital. Refreshments were served by Ray Gibbs and others.

Hemlock Grove Clyde Will Hemlock Grange Floyd T. Mees Grange Columbus Dayton Tubbs Mr. Chaney Chaney Bedford Township Oda Whaley Roscoe Fowler Ray Gibbs

St Patrick Day Program and Easter Supper Planned

George Meinhart and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd T. Mees of Pomeroy discuss plans for the upcoming St Patrick's Day program and the annual Easter supper. A note states hurricanes moving at 80 mph exert 32 pounds per square foot of pressure.

George Meinhart Floyd T. Mees Pomeroy

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Mia Shantung Rathburns Middleport Social Notes Ed Roush J. W. Wells Lincoln St Triplett Entertains Club Racine C. F. Kreager Pomeroy Baptist Association Metropolitan Opera Marjorie Lawrence Wagner Brunnehilde the Metropolitan Nespas Ever Metropolitan Opera Company Lawrence The American Tobacco Company Ellen Jane Mygatt Clifford William Beaver Association Mr. Kreager Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church J. E. Harley Vivian Middleton Japan America R. M. Sherman G. H. Stansbury C. C. Bailey J. N. Humphrey Susan Park Frosh G Sauer Srameneneveens F. Edwards W. R Sams A Wyatt Tm Crai Beards N. Edwards F Clark Nuckles Kincaid Daniels Middleport Trophy H. J. Hysell Middleport, Ohio Clarence Chapman Mgr Southeastern Ohio Ewings Jelke's Margarine Suse
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