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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1957

Page

9

Meter Covers Aide Main Street Parking Traffic

Mayor E F Robinson announces an experiment placing locked parking meter covers on Main Street to reserve unloading space and reduce double parking. Eighteen covers will be used during certain hours in the business district. a meeting with patrolmen will set the schedule. The state will not centerline the highway this year if congestion persists.

Pomeroy Main St E. F. Robinson Robinson Ally Butternut Ave Main

Steamboat Josephine and Missouri River Service

The Josephine built 1873 in Freedom Pennsylvania and operated on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. Commanded by Captain Grant Marsh for about 12 years she aided the Yellowstone exploration and served in the Army during the Sioux conflict. She carried General Custer's Seventh Cavalry in 1873 and 1875 and ended as a government snag boat before returning to packet work and finally sinking in 1907 near Running Water South Dakota.

Josephine Freedom Pittsburgh Coulson Grant Marsh Missouri River Yellowstone River General Custer Seventh Cavalry Jose U.S. Army Far West Terry Crook Gibbon Custer Little Big Horn Montana Missouri Yellowstone South Dakota David S. Stanley

Youth Butcher at Large After Court Sentence

POMEROY Therill Butcher, 16, of Reedsville, fleeing after being sentenced by the Probate Court to the Boy's Industrial School. He walked out of the Meigs County Court House Monday afternoon as officials searched through the night, and confusion over custody delayed pursuit.

Pomeroy Therill Butcher Reedsville Meigs County Court House Sheriff's Department Butcher Carl Gorby Gorby Court House

Middleport Women’s Association meets for monthly session

Eighteen members of Group 2 of the Women’s Association of the First Presbyterian Church gathered at Mrs. Herman Bailey’s Monday for the regular monthly meeting. Presiding were Mrs. J. E. Harley and Mrs. William Ohlinger led devotionals.

Middleport Women’s Association First Presbyterian Church Herman Bailey J. E. Harley William Ohlinger Arthur Lewis United Nations Christianity Kathryn Poindexter Lewis

Ministers Head to Chicago Meeting After Aldersgate Visit

Following a meeting with deaconesses of the First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Howard E. Ruppelt left for McConnelsville to spend the night with Rev. Rohwer. The two ministers will attend a Presbyterian Church in Chicago gathering.

Middleport First Presbyterian Church Howard E. Ruppelt McConnelsville Rohwer Presbyterian Church In Chicago

Legion Explorer Scout Post Presented in Middieport Meeting

Scout executive Beanbaum of Cincinnati outlined Explorer Scout program details to Feeny Bennett Post No 128 American Legion committee. The local post pursues a charter for a 14 to 18 year old Explorer unit with officers and representatives listed.

Middleport Beanbaum Cincinnati Feeney-Bennett American Legion Explorer Post Explorer Scout Committee

Rutland High Senior Class Presents Finders Creeper

Rutland High School Senior Class stages Finders Creeper Friday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Reserve seats at the school office. Proceeds finance the Seniors trip to Washington DC and New York.

Rutland High School Washington, D. C New York

First Woman's Club Began in United States at New Harmony

The Miner va Club, founded in 1959 in New Harmony Indiana, is cited as the first women's club in the United States.

United States Minerva Club New Harmony Indiana

One-car Route 124 Crash Near Pomeroy Causes $134 Damage

At 1:15 a.m. Sunday Frank Musser 18 of Pomeroy swerved to avoid a head on collision and struck a guard rail along Route 124. The right side of the Raymond Musser owned auto was scraped and bent. only paint scraped the guard rail. Sheriff's Department report filed Tuesday.

Pomeroy Sheriff's Department Frank Musser Raymond Musser

Elk Refuge Hosts Massive Wapiti Herd in Wyoming

A herd of American wapiti numbering 16 000 to 20 000 roams the National Elk Refuge at Jackson Hole Wyoming. Early colonists named the large deer after the European elk in a naming echo from the past.

Jackson Hole Wyo

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