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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1953
Page
10
Bradford president of the Middleport Band Boosters calls a meeting at Middleport High School on Monday at 7 30 p m. to discuss several important matters.
A new organization of Methodist men at the Tuppers Plains Methodist Church has been chartered by Methodism's General Board of Lay Activities in Chicago. R. V. Weatherman serves as president with William Chapman as secretary.
Pomeroy officials announce Monday start to close Court Street entrance to lower parking lot for safety and to create space for 12 taxicabs. Cabs will move to the lower lot with meters on Court Street bringing about 36 dollars weekly income. Police info booth planned and radio duties shared with Sheriff Russell’s office. A Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce will start a new registered cattle string with breed and display details to be announced.
Funeral services for William Michi 73 of S Fourth Ave Middleport will be Monday at 3 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with burial at Riverview Cemetery The Rev Louis A Bangerter will officiate A Masonic service is planned Sunday at 7 30 p m with Middleport Lodge 363 F and AM Others surviving include a son Joe of Steubenville three daughters and six grandchildren He was a retired New York Central Railroad engineer and a member of Heath Methodist Church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers He is predeceased by his wife Anna Michl and parents William and Carolyn Michl Friends may call at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home any time.
Minor damages were incurred to two cars driven by John F. Blaetinar of Pomeroy and Franklin L. Carleton of Racine in a Main Street accident Friday. Blaetnar backed south while Carleton traveled east. A second Friday night crash involved Manning Roush, John William Robinson, and Harry Wehring, all of Pomeroy, with three cars traveling west on West Main Street. The report gives no time or cause.
Mabel C. Swartz Will was granted a divorce from Emmett G. Will by Judge Cedric W. Clark in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on grounds of gross neglect of duty. The plaintiff’s maiden name was restored to Mabel C. Swartz.
Mrs. Lurrilda Jane Haskins 82 of Athens Road died Friday at home. She leaves three daughters Mrs Bertha Gill Mrs Belva Sloan and Mrs Beulah Koster and three sons Stanley Elmer and Noah. Funeral services set for Sunday at the Baptist Church in Cheshire with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home.
Middleport officials deny plans to tear down the village hall belfry despite rumors. Mayor Sidney Russell says the belfry is sound and needs only paint. Repairs and renovations continue with expanded space for fire trucks.
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