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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1967
Page
9
Gallia Academy High School hosts its annual science fair from 7 to 9 p.m. at the junior high auditorium with about 100 projects. Local winners advance to Marshall University regional on April 14 and to Ohio University Athens on April.
More than 100 donors in Meigs County will be honored at a March 29 banquet at Sacred Heart Church auditorium. Women of the church will serve a dinner for residents who donated at least two gallons to the Red Cross program, with certificates of recognition to be presented. The event marks the county's first such tribute, following a similar gathering in Point Pleasant last year.
Point Pleasant Kiwanis heard from Girl Scouts about their activities at a dinner meeting at Gene Ball's restaurant. Representatives from Brownies Junior Cadets and Senior Scouts spoke, with Mrs. Van Horn and Mrs. Lanham also outlining scouting work. New Kiwanis president Clay Hinkle presided. Guests included Bill Flowers Key Club adviser William Mason O Kan Dairy manager and Jim White Point Pleasant High School assistant coach.
Six persons were received into the Middleport First United Presbyterian Church membership Thursday night by the Session. The group includes Sherman Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Karr, Rodney and Jeffrey and Clarence Ruppelt. Congregational welcome will be on Palm Sunday.
Admission notes list William Wagner Pomeroy Edna Wander McArthur Ma Bel Sanborn Middleport. Discharges include George Taylor William Grimm Robert Barrett Robert Betz.
C. E. Blakeslee of Meigs County Agricultural Agent attended a planning session in Chillicothe with the South Central Extension District, comprising 13 counties. He will join the final program planning session in Chillicothe next Friday.
Meigs County risks losing a 100000 state airport grant as a suitable site meeting Ohio Division of Aviation criteria has not been found. The Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation continues a search for about 40 acres near Tuppers Plains and Long Bottom, with only one ideal site beyond seven miles from Pomeroy.
Members of Ohio Eta Phi and Xi Gamma Mu Chapters plan two events: a ritual of jewels ceremony on April 16 at the Martin Restaurant social room and a Founders Day observance on April 27 at Oscar's Restaurant in Gallipolis. They also continue sending boxes to Vietnam servicemen, with a $15 endowment fund contribution and officer nominations for 1967-68.
Joseph Fields of Pomeroy has been promoted to assistant superintendent of finishing and shipping at Vanadium Corporation of America's Graham Plant in New Haven. A Ohio University graduate with a BS in Chemistry and MS in human reactions, he joined VCA in 1953 as a metallurgical trainee and previously taught science for four years. He and wife Pauline Virginia live at 112 Locust St. with four children. The promotion takes effect April 1, 1967.
The Southern High School Band under director Robert W Shaver will give a concert at 2 p m Sunday in the high school auditorium. Baroque pieces will open the program with a trumpet solo by Sandy Zerkle and several popular selections will follow.
James Manchin announces a 9330 dollar comprehensive water and sewer planning grant to Mason County Planning Commission. The study will assess water resources and future needs across rural areas, addressing sewage disposal and land-use patterns and enabling Leon's community water system finance.
POMEROY The annual Pomeroy community Good Friday services will be held from 12 noon to 2 p.m. on Friday March 24 at the Pomeroy First Baptist Church. The service will feature The Seven Last Words of Christ and allow come and go attendance during lunch hour. Participants include Rev. Lester L. Roush D D retired Methodist minister Rev. Bill Perrin Trinity Lutheran Church of Christ Rev. Llewellyn Simpson Forest Run Baptist Church Rev. Richard Martin Grace Episcopal Church Rev. Warren Zinn Cheshire-Roger Hartford Parish Envoy Ray Wining Salvation Army and Rev. Carter Williams pastor of the host church.
Holzer Hospital notes a series of newborns and their families across towns including Henderson Smithville Chillicothe and Point Pleasant with parents Mr and Mrs and names such as Hern McCoy Peters Mirkin Whipkey Armstrong Hutton Milam Hanes Fife Swanson Johnson Estep Duff Duff Oswald etc. The bulletin records multiple births and parent names from communities surrounding the hospital.
Plans for the annual youth cooperative study will be set at 2 p.m. Monday when adult leaders meet at the Meigs County Extension Service Office. The Middleport Garden Club gathers Monday night at Mrs. C. M. Hennesy home with additional hostesses. The Harrisonville Presbyterian Church holds its annual congregational meeting Sunday evening at the church.
Pleasant Valley notes list Linda Drye Letart Harold Wogan Southside Paul Wogan Southside Mrs William Bailes Mrs Anthony Bonecutter and daughter Rose Ellen Roush Brent Mattox Lonnie Rayburn.
Middleport Church of the Nazarene youths joined 362 other Central Ohio Nazarenes for a Teen Banquet at the Columbus YMCA on Saturday. Attendees from Middleport included James and Martha Bartlett Gene Powell Steve Thorpe Judy Grace and Mary Lou King guided by Rev. Clyde Bartlett.
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