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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1941

Page

3

Former Estate Involved in Bank Account Dispute

Pomeroy National Bank sues Perry Riggs as administrator of Conrad Folmer estate over a 36345.42 bank account. Charles Folmer and Mary Folmer are named as survivors in disputed transfer. Charles Folmer, residing in Beaver, Pa, drew checks before the estate heirs challenged ownership. The bank seeks court designation to disburse funds and release liability.

Pomeroy Pomeroy National Bank Perry Riggs Conrad Folmer Charles Folmer Mary A. Folmer Charles Sutton Township Beaver

Funeral services for Mrs Mary Harris held in Letart

Funeral services for Mrs Mary Harris 83 who died Monday evening in Athens will be Thursday at 2 PM at Letart W Va with interment there She formerly lived in Syracuse and had no near relatives according to reports

Middleport Mary Harris Athens Letart W. Va Harris Syracuse

Law Violation Costs Councilman Dollar

POMEROY Second Pomeroy councilman to be caught by one of the traffic regulations which he helped enact was Robert Warner local insurance man who forgot to move his automobile after parking in a one hour zone on Court St near the entrance to his office He appeared in the mayor's office Tuesday afternoon and paid the one dollar fee He still think the regulation is a good one Councilman Warner declared.

Pomeroy Robert Warner Court St Warner

Mortgage Foreclosure Adds Parties Including Disaster Loan Corp

The Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation adds two party defendants to the foreclosure suit. The Disaster Loan Corporation claims an interest in the real estate and Leslie Price is named as a tenant occupying the premises in the plaintiff's petition.

Cussins and Fearn Company Federal Land Bank of Louisville Disaster Loan Corporation Leslie Price

Band Boosters to Serve Luncheon at Achievement Day

The Band Boosters will host a luncheon for the annual Achievement Day program under the supervision of Meigs County Home Extension Agent Geneva Humphries. The event on March 28 will bring all county sections together at Middleport High School Auditorium with Mrs. C O Fisher as luncheon committee chair.

Middleport

Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Club Activities

The Missionary Society of the Church of Christ studied China missions with Miss Mildred Hawley, Miss Frances Roush hosting. Loyal Pals Class elected officers and presented gifts to teacher Mrs. Edward French. First Baptist attendees joined Pomeroy association sessions led by Rev. J. L. Stephenson. Ohio Bend WLW Mailbag Club hosted by Mrs. Charles Cooper featured games and prizes. Mary Susan Weaver and Dexter Erwin wed in Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. George Mulford plan their 61st anniversary on St Patrick’s Day.

Middleport China Missionary Society of the Church of Christ Mildred Hawley Frances Roush Hawley Edward French William Bradford Herbert Fink George Russell Jesus Church of Christ Cecil Bolin Bolin Selah Sidenstricker Glenn Lambert Allen Jenkison Edgar Reynolds Charles Cooper Gravel Hill Ohio Bend WLW Mailbag Club Margaret Pickens George Hackett Skipper Gallipolis Pickens Mary Susan Weaver Lawrence Weaver New Haven W. Va Dexter Erwin A. E. Erwin S. Third Ave Syracuse Erwin The Stansbury Drug Company George Mulford Cheshire St. Patrick’s Day H. C. Bolin Elia Bryant Lincoln Hill Peoples Butternut Ave Robert Silagel Ironton Slagel Jacob Elberfeld Mulberry Ave Woman's Society of Christian Service Simpson Methodist Church Circle No. 1 John Chase T. A. Downie Harry Smith George Heber Jones Homer Roush Howard Roush Follawsbee Allen Roush Bradbury Oscar Vince George Brenick Zanesville Alfred Yeanger Minersville Edgar Roush Vincent Martin Pomeroy Frank Roush

Thirteen Selectees Leave March 25

Thirteen more Meigs County men will leave on March 25 for selective service army training. They have not been definitely selected and it is probable that at least part of the group will be volunteers. Two of the 16 men sent on Monday were rejected at the reception station, Joe Napper and Guy E. Bing, and will be replaced later.

Pomeroy Meigs County Joe Napper Guy E. Bing

Judge Clark organizes county law library workday

Judge Cedric W. Clark rolled up his sleeves to clean and classify books in the law library. The volumes piled in the courtroom will be moved to shelves in the prepared room for use as his new office and law library.

Pomeroy Common Pleas Cedric W. Clark Law Library

Pomeroy Shakespeare Club Hosts Meeting and Library Report

Mrs. Howard Ebersbach hosted the Pomeroy Shakespeare Club at Mulberry Ave with roll call on Book I Would Like to Read. Miss Virginia Ramsey, local librarian, spoke on library progress and funding, noting a rise from 400 to 4,000 loans monthly and 1,355 books added last year.

Pomeroy Howard Ebersbach Pomeroy Shakespeare Club Mulberry Ave Mexico Harry Feiger Virginia Ramsey Pomeroy Library Ramsey Estrilla Daniels

Certificates Issued To 47 POMEROY Car Titles At Once

Monday saw a near record at the automobile title office as 47 titles were issued. Owners waited until the tenth to transfer ownership so they could use the new licenses immediately instead of buying or transferring for a short period.

Pomeroy Automobile Certificate of Title Office

Marriage licenses issued in probate court

Laura Gentile 38 of Dayton and Muriel Williamson 45 of Meigs County obtained licenses. Douglas McHaffie 22 and Maxine Warren 21 both of Middleport. Russell Gibbs 22 of Middleport, employed by Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric, and Juanita Warner 21.

Meigs Pomona Grange Plans Activities for Present Year

Meigs County Pomona Grange met with Harrisonville Grange in the Harrisonville High School Auditorium. The Fifth Degree was conferred for the first time in six months. Plans for the year include exchanging degree work with Vinton County Pomona Grange and a July 4 field day at the Carpenter experimental farm with possible attendance by National Grange master Louis J. Tabor.

Earl Knight Grace Skinner Raymond Cotterill Harrisonville Dawn Dye Columbia Bess Musser Mildred Betzing Ceres Bonnie Wolf Flora Meigs County Vinton County Pomona Grange Vinton County Vinton County Grange Vinton Township Experiment Farm Carpenter Louis J. Tabor National Grange Grange Mary Virginia Mora Ohio State University Columbus

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