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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1953
Page
6
Five local doctors in Pomeroy face a yearly increase to 56 cents per day for reserved parking spaces, amounting to 131 dollars more annually. The policy shift comes with taxi operators paying 3 dollars weekly to park on Court Street as meters are installed.
A free public event at 7:30 this evening in the Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium showcases a stage program by Meigs Equipment Co. The Snyder Sisters perform folk music, the Campbells perform, Big Slim and Bebe Benard present, Jodie Rice offers moods in rhythm, Bessie the Cow appears, plus a comedy act and Big Slim with his January Mule in skits.
Meigs Hospital lists admissions including Paul Johnson Middleport Sylvia Carman Pomeroy Clarence Clifford Pomeroy and Phillip Fisher Racine with multiple Dailey and Higgenbotham family entries. Discharges include Doy Higgenbotham and son George Gothard along with several named patients.
Rutland High sets its annual senior class play Jumping Jewels in the lobby of a small town hotel. The Friday 8 p.m. performance in the school auditorium features a cast led by Bill Harman Mildred Martin Darlene Bailey Mary Cronch Bob Nelson Wanda Mullins and others with Elizabeth Lloyd directing and Billy Willford Elmer Searls Kenneth Searles as stage managers.
Land transfers in Meigs County include Floyd Davis and Elizabeth Kirk transferring to Fred and Alva Spencer in Bedford Township. Edna E. Shields receives property from Claude Shields estate and from Paul and Eileen Beegle in Letart Township. June Bender and George Bender transfer parcels in Orange Township to Mildred Miller, while Anne Graham and Patrick Graham also convey parcels in Orange Township.
Dana Harold Van Meter won first in the Meigs County annual agriculture tests held at Racine High School. Superintendent O. O. Patterson announced Van Meter scored 116 out of 150, with the state high at 137.
Helen Jean Hester was granted a divorce from Arthur F. Hester by Judge Cedric W. Clark in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court. The plaintiff cited wilful absence. the couple married in Paris, France in March 1951.
POMEROY Ohio two year old Day boy died in an accidental drowning in Thomas Fork Creek near Harrisonville Road. The child was found by neighbor Mrs Margaret Hutton and revived briefly by a passing motorist before the emergency squad arrived. He is survived by his parents two sisters Edith and Joy and two brothers Dolph Jr and Raymond. The Rev J Leslie Kunze will officiate at 2 p m Friday at Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
Chief Gunners Mate Roy W. Murray and Petty Officer Elva Jones spoke at Pomeroy High to discuss Navy careers. Murray highlighted opportunities and travel in the Navy. Jones covered WAVES training, pay, and promotion. Single females 18 to 26 may enlist for four years with GI Bill benefits after service.
Mrs. Clara L. Adams aged 82 former Pomeroy resident died Tuesday morning at her home in Charleston West Virginia She was the widow of Capt Alvar Adams a longtime pilot on the Champion 3 ferry between Pomeroy and Mason City Funeral services are set for 2 PM Thursday at the Portland Methodist Church Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home until noon Thursday Burial will be in Portland Cemetery Survivors include brother E Abner Price of Portland and two stepchildren Harry W Adams of Charleston and Mrs Bessie Price of Tampa Florida
Hymn sing scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m. will be held at Vinton Baptist Church. Public invitation extended by Mrs. Tracy Tackett.
Ethel Ann Flowers files suit for divorce from Richard Wesley Flowers charging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. She seeks custody of three minor children.
Mr and Mrs Robert Dailey announce the birth of a son at Meigs General Hospital. The couple also has another son.
Funeral services for William Michl were conducted Monday afternoon at the Rawlings Coats funeral home by Rev. Louis A. Bangerter. Interment followed at River View Cemetery. Pallbearers named were Robert Harris Raymond Saxton Charles Bennett Walter Hayes Fred Russell and Carl Ebersbach. A Masonic service was held at the funeral home Sunday night.
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