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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1956

Page

8

Athens High School banquet honors basketball coach speaker

Athens High School held its annual basketball banquet at Martin Restaurant with head coach McAfee praised as the best speaker. Earl Warnke served as master of ceremonies, acknowledging Principal Earl Knight and former coach Forrest Bachtel. McAfee outlined four guiding principles and cited OSU stars as examples.

Middlefure Caaries Fee Athens High School Martin Earl Warnke MHS McAfee Earl Knight Forrest Bachtel Jesus Robin Freeman OSU Glenn Cunningham America Athens Middleport McComas Les Leo Kennedy Gene Marvin Bob Yer Paul Clifford Nan

Pomeroy Society Hails Anniversary in Open House

The Pomeroy Society marks an anniversary for Mr. and Mrs Jine Grueser of Minersville with an open house from 2 to 4 p m Sunday at the Haag home. An arrangement of daffodils centered the refreshment table. The couple received many gifts from friends and relatives. Webster, a longtime Pomeroy resident, was wounded by a .25 pistol in Langsville and died later at the hospital after marrying March 1A 19. The Gruesers are parents of three sons, Floyd, Arthur, and Bertram. Local officers report details of the shooting and relief efforts. Attending from out of town were relatives from Lancaster Point Pleasant and Athens. The hosting Rolland Neutzling and Mrs Earl Funk assisted.

Ethel Am Gara Gatland Pen House Webster Grueser Pomeroy Langsville Pomeroy Emergeony Floyd Ant Arthur Bertram R. B Wilkins Lancaster P. H. Sehiaue Bradshaw Miss Hide Bradshaw Dana Bradshaw Bobby Joe Chapman Point Pleasant W.va And Manning Earl L. Funk Earl H. Funk Athens Erma Roush Columbus Earl Grueser Rolland Neutzling

Proctorville Herefords Sweep 4 Top Honors at Show

The Mott Ohio Farms of Proctorville captured three of the four top awards at the ninth annual Southeastern Ohio Hereford Breeders Association show and sale at Rock Springs Fairgrounds. They took champion bull, reserve champion bull, and champion female with S.A. Close of Marietta winning reserve champion female. Sam Marting of Washington, D. H. judged the morning event. Highest priced bull sold went to C. Chapman of Athens for 330 dollars, owned by Mott Ohio Farms. Average bull price was 22.81 dollars. C. A. Close of Marietta was named association president at the dinner. John Jutler of Huntington was VP and Hiram Slanter of Middleport secretary-treasurer.

Mott Ohio Farms Proctorville Southeastern Ohio Hereford Breeders Association Rock Springs Fairgrounds Mott Farm Eli Fs Shaver and Son Cheshire Earl Stevens Meigs County Glass If Mott Ohio ¢ Rms Practorville Hugh Leitheit Pomeroy Fan M. Snaver Slanter A.W. Hamilton Lewisburg Mott Chi C. Chapman Athens C. A. Close Marietta Martin John Jutler Huntington Hiram Llanter Middleport

17-Year-Old Auditions For UC Music School

Middleport report details Cherole Blake, her mother Mrs. E. M. Blake, and Mrs. Schaaf auditioning for the Conservatory of Music in Columbus. Twenty vocalists and instrumentalists were heard. Miss Blake, a High School senior and soloist, is active in Several local groups. The event chairs and judges included Mrs. Keefer, former Middleport resident.

Middleport Cherole Blake Daugher Schaaf Columbus E. M. Blake J. Keffer Frances the Conservatory of Music of Daniels Keefer Mise Blake Conservatory High School Ohio Kentucky Furfn Ares Blake Heath Methodist Church Midwe

Roush Accepted at Jeffrey Manufacturing Co Columbus

Bu Roush son of Mr and Mrs Leverett L Roush has accepted employment at the Jeffrey Manufacturing Co in Columbus Mrs Elma Russell is confined home by illness Egypt plans a new irrigation project on the Nile to provide water for two million acres of land reclaimed from the desert to boost production on millions of other acres

Theodorus Youneil Daughters of Americer Joof Hall Darry Stahl Erna Jesse Tom Hendrix Huntington William Fisher Maude Tewksbury Fred Swatvel Bu Roush Str Leverett L. Roush Jeffrey Manufacturing Co Columbus Elma Russell Egypt Niles

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