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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1959
Page
5
The Rev Becck of The Plains Nazarene Church will be the speaker at Good Friday services at Concord Church at 7 30 p m. Everyone is invited.
Middleport Park Association reports two sizable donations for playground gear as planning continues for a Memorial Day community day at the park. Gifts include 100 for a teeler totter and 75 for equipment, plus a Rotary Club slide. plans include games, ice cream social, magician, old timers baseball, children activities, band concert, square dance, and a grand opening for the nearby pool.
A town wide tribute in Middleport honored retired Messenger correspondent Francis H. Klein. A card shower organized by church women and friends yielded 100 greeting cards along with flowers and gifts. Mrs. Klein remarked that not everyone receives flowers while alive.
A farewell luncheon for Mrs. Jimmy Layne of New Haven West Virginia and Mrs. Richard Rawlings of Pomeroy was hosted by Vanadium Corporation of America office staff in Middleport. Easter decor and spring flowers framed the event as gifts were presented to the honorees.
The Salvation Army schedules its monthly free clothing day for Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the group headquarters on Butternut Avenue. Meigs Countians in need are invited to attend and the Home League will sell baked goods to support the Easter self-denial offering. Donations of baked goods or missionary fund offerings may be arranged with Capt. Glenna Rummel.
Charles H. Peoples, commander of the Ohio Valley Commandery 24, asks all Sir Knights to meet at the Masonic Temple at 7 p.m. Friday for Good Friday services at the Federated Church. They will also gather at 5:30 a.m. at the temple for Easter sunrise at the First Baptist Church in Middleport, in full uniform without swords or with nonuniform members.
Mrs. William Welker and Mrs. Paul Theis attended the Canasta Club gathering Tuesday at Mrs. Robert Schmoll’s home in Middleport. Winners included Mrs. Donald Mills, Mrs. Richard Gress, Mrs. Welker, and Mrs. Charles Asa Bradbury, with refreshments served by the hostess and guests Mrs. William Childs and Mrs. Michael Hackett.
Mr and Mrs Hughie McCune and family visited Mrs Evelyn Burchfield. Emanuel Crabtree and family travelled to Columbus to see Raymond Crabtree’s family. Several others, including Kestival Knowlton Shafer Foster and Fink families visited Albany Lancaster Athens and Dayton residents over the weekend.
Middleport personals report Mr and Mrs James Stage of Youngstown visiting Rev and Mrs Warren Hulburt and others. Also listed are Mr and Mrs Ray Wining Mr and Mrs Rodell Steffy and son Dick and Diana Knopp as Parkersburg visitors Monday.
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