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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1956
Page
5
The 17th annual Easter Egg Hunt by the Middleport Pomeroy Rotary Club is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Middleport Roadside Park with 220 prizes donated by local residents. Preschoolers have a short hunt first, while older children search for regular and special prizes, overseen by volunteers and locals.
Van Denman Thompson leads the cantata at the Sunrise service of the Church of Christ in Middleport at 6 a.m. under Mrs. Arthur Skinner with Mrs. Chester Erwin on organ. The program includes entries like Jerusalem and Gethsemane with Helen Stobart and Janice Asbury among soloists and a baptismal service after the recessional.
An 18 year old Raymond G Vineyard of Reedsville drove an auto into two utility poles on West Main Street Pomeroy destroying a power and a telephone pole. He was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Police and workers from General Fick and Southern Ohio Electric Co. replaced poles and cleared the scene.
One Countian from Meigs County is to be inducted into the armed forces in April. Six others will undergo pre induction physical examinations as local selective service officials released details. Induction is scheduled at Ashland Kentucky on April 9 for Emmett G Edwards of Syracuse with Lincoln E Smith Middleport Jaspar Bennett Portland Jimmy Roberts Pomeroy Bobby Sheffield Vinton Virgil Spencer of Chester and Billy Osborne of Reedsville slated for exams in Ashland on April.
A two hour Today program will spotlight the Ohio River Valley with Huntington Chamber of Commerce sponsorship and Central Ohio Valley Industrial Council support. E O Ball Howard Kress and A V Knight outlined plans at Henry Clay Hotel Ashland as the Garro way program troupe will visit the river by boat for filming with potential town stops along the river.
Chester Grange met in regular session with David Koblen tz presiding. Rock Springs Grange will visit on April 24 and Chester Grange will visit Columbia Grange on April 13 presenting a program. Refreshments were served to 40 members.
The March Christian Endeavor Service of South Bethel EUB Church will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Christy in Tuppers Plains on Good Friday at 8 p m. The open meeting invites Sunday School members and friends. A devotional aligned with Easter will be followed by a potluck supper.
The Public Utilities Commission will hear proposals on the Chester telephone exchange in Mel Count. The General Telephone Co of Ohio and the Citizens Telephone of Coal in Athens County seek to serve the 169 Chester exchange subscribers.
The death of 2 year old Roger Birtcher, son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Birtcher of Jobinstown Ohio, is reported. He is survived by his parents and a brother. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Johnstown. Grandfather Lemuel Birtcher died last week in Columbus and was interred at the Ewing funeral home. Mrs Fred Birtcher of Pomeroy travels to Johns town for the services.
Special Easter services at South Bethel EUB Church in South Bethel begin at 9 30 with adult and junior choirs, an Easter message by Rev W A Frost, and a infant baptism for the Dayton Watsons. Sunday School at 10 30 and an Easter program at 11 by Junior Primary and Beginners classes features songs and recitations with solos by Donna Jeanne Bahr and Cheryl Bentz.
Middleport officials led by Pope Russell Bailey and Fire Chief David Oblinger warn residents to burn rubbish only in an incinerator or approved fireplace or obtain a fire permit from Assistant Fire Chief Jack Bechtel at Jack's Dairy Bar on Race Street. Penalties will be enforced for yard and street burning.
Easter morning services are listed for many churches with sunrise worship at 6 am. Breakfasts follow some services and Sunday schools vary by church. Multiple congregations including Sacred Heart and United Methodist hold mass, Sunday school, and prayer meetings through the day.
Social notes recount Mrs. Hiram Risner hosting the Wildwood Garden Club with guest Mrs. Robert Reibel on district plans, and program on Planting Your Garden. Sewing clubs meet, awards given, and Federation delegate chosen. Alfred Home Demonstration Club to meet for Aluminum Tray Making with listed supplies.
Portland invites candidates to a "Meet Your Candidates" night at the Portland School on April 20. The program will feature a top entertainer and showman, with Portland Community Club members appearing. Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins plans to attend, with a letter from Governor Lausche supporting the event. Reservations requested. dinner served prior to the program.
A reader notices multiple Middleport churches announce Easter programs including sunrise services at 6 a.m. and morning worship around 10:30 a.m. The churches listed include Church of Christ in Christian Union, Pentecostal, Nazarene, Heath Methodist, Pred 1 Gardner, Moriah Baptist, First Baptist, First Presbyterian, and Salvation Army with details on Sunday schools, cantatas, and Easter drama He Hisen directed by Captain Glenna Rummell.
Ten pupils received decorated gas and Easter candy favors from their teacher Mrs Guy Reynolds before the Easter vacation. Decorated cookies were made by Mrs Lionel Boggs and other mothers. Lower grades colored eggs and cookies. second grades taught by Mrs Gerald Rupe dyed eggs at school.
Maeve Ruddleport Gary Wal E's sixth birthday celebrated at an afternoon session with cupcakes and candies. Numerous weekend guests and visitors from Harleson Cincinnati Crestview and Dearborn arrive. Lt Roller to join wife and daughter in April. multiple trips to Columbus Vienna and Pittsburgh for Easter family visits. Local residents and relatives travel for hospital and family events as well as a comment on the cotton gin’s enduring principle since Eli Whitney.
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