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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1948
Page
8
Middleport reports Mrs. Carl Gil sustained torn ligaments in her leg after a fall into a hole. She remains under a physician's care for treatment and recovery.
Middleport churches prepare sunrise and morning worships on Easter Sunday with baptisms and pageants. CHURCH OF CHRIST led by CH Shepard offers 6 am service and kids’ baptism, The Makers of the Cross in song, and a full Easter program. FIRST BAPTIST and other churches stage cantatas and solos with choirs, churches hosting Youth Fellowships and receptions. SYRACUSE PRESBYTERIAN and FIRST PRESBYTERIAN announce sunrise worships and sermons on life beyond the sunset.
In Middleport the sacred film King of Kings will play at Temple Theater at 10 a.m. Saturday without charge. A free offering will be taken. The program is organized by the Pomeroy Council of Churches and shown here and in Pomeroy.
The Young People of OMEROY will present an Easter program at the Morning Star EUB this Sunday at 8 p.m. The event showcases community youth efforts with songs and readings aimed at marking Easter.
Middleport committees announce the annual Community Easter Egg Hunt set for Sunday at 2 p.m. in Reside Park on Mill Street. A lengthy list of local businesses and professionals have agreed to furnish prizes for the event attracting hundreds of children and parents.
King of Kings sponsored by the Pomeroy Council of Churches will show Saturday March 27 at the Temple Theater Middleport 140 am and the Meigs Theater Pomeroy 2 pm. Admission is free and the theaters will run the film at no cost to churches. Everyone is invited to attend.
Marcus Williams Sr. of Hysell Run was bound over to the grand jury after pleading guilty to four charges of issuing checks without funds and forgery. He admitted signing checks as Marcus Williams M. D. Williams and J. C. Williams, with banks in Portsmouth Rutland and Pomeroy. Bond set at 4000 dollars with 1000 on each charge.
Martha Baer Lela Grueser and Joe Thorn, members of the Forest Run Methodist Church Youth Fellowship, were not included on the guest list for an Easter party hosted by Mrs. John Scott in honor of the group.
Local churches in Pomeroy and nearby towns list Easter sunrise services morning worship and special programs. Denominations include Free Methodist Christian Science Church Christ of Christ Forest Run Baptist Trinity Lutheran Evangelical United Brethren Union and more with dates times and liturgical details for Easter week events.
The Middleport High School assembly featured a one act play The Trysting Place presented by the home room of Miss Lucille Smith. Directed by Miss Smith Ida Lee Hartley announced. Cast included Jean Searles Ida Lee Hartley Emma Dean Buell Paul Holter Glenn Glaze Robert Richards and Raymond Walburn. Coach Forrest Bachtel spoke briefly.
Middleport Girl Scout Troop and Sacred Heart School fifth and sixth graders joined Megan Cluff at a birthday party last Sunday afternoon. Megan is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. M. Cluff.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Miller of Ripley West Virginia announce the birth of a daughter on March 16. The baby is named Sydney Mauray. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Marshall Miller of Bradbury and Mr and Mrs Royal Thomas of Syracuse.
Mrs. Mark Evans and her son Gary Dennis were released from Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis and transported to their home at Forest Run on Tuesday afternoon.
Pomeroy Cub Scout Den 4 met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Andrews with Den Chief William Smith in charge. Nine members attended as the group worked on a crystal set project, followed by an Easter Bible reading and a prayer, with colored eggs and candy eggs served.
Funeral services for Karl Jenkins, 36, who died Wednesday at White Cross Hospital Columbus, will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats funeral home. The Rev. Charles Pomeroy will officiate. Burial will be at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. Jenkins, a World War II veteran, served in the Burma China Theater and reportedly contracted malaria there. Surviving are his wife Oleta Lester Jenkins, sons Michael and Earl, brother Benny Jenkins in Guam, and sister Mrs John Reeves of Gallipolis. Veterans are asked to meet for military rites at Feeney Bennett Legion Home.
Meigs County Fish and Game Association approved a purchase order for 900 wild rabbits to be released in spring 1949. The group also budgeted 200 for the Fox Hunters and 280 for the Coon Hunters. An additional 200 was allotted to feed wildlife during severe winters under A. H. Joachim. Officers elected include Roy Betzing as president and Ralph Gilmore as vice president. The annual Fish Fry was scheduled for June 17 at the Pomeroy Gun Club with Ed Cottle catering.
Pomeroy Racine IOOF Lodge held its annual Easter Egg Supper Monday evening with several lodge members as guests. The committee in charge included Charles McNickel as chairman, Floyd Tice and Ben Bergs chicker.
Middleport merchants met at the Smith Clothing Store to discuss summer activities. A "promote business" through summer project was reportedly approved, aiming to replicate and vary last summer's Jamboree nights which boosted local commerce.
Charles Spencer of the Dravo Corporation Keystone Sand and Gravel Division said he would return home when river boats idled by the coal strike resume operations. He is visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs C E Spencer, in Lincoln Heights.
Mrs Pearl Kaylor and her daughter Marilyn of Tuppers Plains visited in Pomeroy on Wednesday.
The Federated Church welcomed twenty five new members at Palm Sunday services led by Rev. Robert L. Hegnauer. Special music featured the choir performing Jerusalem and soloist Alice Nease singing Open the Gates of the Temple. Members include Thomas Clark Walter Grueser Lee Hoffner Edith Joanne Jones Alice Kitchen Allah Klaas Robert Morris Emma Nease Gerald Nummi George Schmoll Robert Schmoll Bruce Scholl William Seyfried Joseph Sisson Jean Smith Ruth Thornton Phil Williamson Mike Wippel Robert Hawley and Eugene Hawley.
Mechanic senior Ben Kesterson was hospitalized in White Cross Hospital Columbus after entering Saturday for brain surgery planned for Wednesday. His wife remains at his bedside.
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