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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1946
Page
3
Spring Pomeroy visit warms the valley with full bloom on fruit trees forsythia and daffodils. Crocuses already finished blooming. A youth swam the Ohio River at the levee noting the air colder than the water. Swimmers reported along the West Virginia shore a week ago.
Middleport Ohio tribute dinner honors K C Willock a New York Central storekeeper who retired March 15 after 43 years at Hobson. Friends from Ohio offices and Hobson shops attended, presented a retirement badge a company certificate and a radio to the honoree. Mrs Willock absent due to illness. Richard Folden will succeed him. couple reside on Beech Street.
Sixteen Meigs County draftees left Pomeroy Monday for Columbus to undergo preinduction physicals. The list includes Donald Boring Reedsville, Paul Moodispaugh Rutland, Robert Hawk Hemlock Grove, Arthur Arnott Racine, Marvin Krider Pomeroy, Paul Hawk Long Bottom, Clarence Ash Harrisonville, Johnnie Van Jeffers Reedsville, Charles Powell Port Dale, Cecil Cowders Akron, Ted Swartz Middleport, James Farnsworth Rutland, Richard Stewart Cheshire, Bert Louden Long Bottom, Victor Wood Long Bottom, and Francis Black Racine.
Bernard Fleming, on probation for non support, was jailed in Meigs County on an intoxication charge and later released with new probation terms. Mildred Conover was granted a divorce from Theron Conover for neglect of duty and restored to her maiden name. Raymond Frazier, a returned service man, was granted a divorce from Liley Frazier on grounds of extreme cruelty. the couple had been married since 1931.
Pomeroy committee from the County Council PTA met in the Bethany Building to discuss the Southeast District Conference PTA set for Senior High School Pomeroy on April 10. The noon luncheon will be at the Junior High School and tickets can be reserved by contacting local association presidents.
President Truman may decide soon whether the United States should beam Voice of America broadcasts to the Soviet Union in Russia. Assistant Secretary of State William Benton said he would submit to Secretary Byrnes in three or four weeks a study and recommendation on foreign language broadcasts to northern Europe, including the USSR.
Archibald E. Wing and Wilma E. Ellis were issued licenses in Pomeroy. Robert L. Montague and Lois J. Arbaugh of Pomeroy. Victor Clark and Betty Lee Shanks of Coolville. Ian Meigs County Probate Court issued the licenses this week.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Grace Episcopal Church will hold a program tonight in the parish house at 7 30 p.m. The event invites public attendance and is described as a special observance conducted by the auxiliary.
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