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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1953

Page

13

Middleport seniors win awards at Ohio science event

Three Pomeroy and Middleport students earned superior awards at the Ohio Academy of Science meeting held at Ohio State University on April 24. Frances Evans Marilyn Vickers and Charles Hamm showcased atomic theory Bernoulli demonstrations and radioactivity detection with Geiger counters, highlighting persistent high-level achievement.

Charles Hamm Marilyn VII Pomeroy Pomeroy High School Frances Evans Marilyn Vickers Ohio Academy of Science Ohio State University Asa Hoskins Miss Evans Vickers Harm Bernoulli Miss Vickers Kent State University Evans Arthur Evans Pomeroy Route 1 John Alvin’ Vickers Lillian Vickers Fomeroy Hamm Walter Hamm Wetzgall

Local residents visit relatives and healers in weekend gatherings

A series of social visits spanned Dayton Forest Run New Marshfield Pomeroy Crooksville Morning Star and Middleport. Families including Hayman Roush Grueser Hutchinson Sayre Robson Fisher Maag and Jones shared time with relatives and neighbors over the weekend and at weekend hospital stays noted for Nora Garland James Grueser and others.

Minersville Ralph Hayman Dayton Holzer Hospital Exabeth Bentz Pomeroy Daisy Duckworthy George Schneider Eleanor Kay Ralph Robson James Grueser Meigs General Hospital Edward Loggin Mary Elizabeth Edne Louise Crooksville William Fisher, Jr Thomas Fisher Morning Star Orris Harris Mason Fisher John Grueser Forest Run Myrna Kay Maag Harald Jones Middleport Jones Roy. Jones

Fire destroys tool shed at Pomeroy with tools worth 400

The Pomeroy area shed housing about 400 in tools was burned around 12 30 p m Thursday. Racine Volunteer Fire Pipe members saved the nearby Stobart home by keeping it wet during the blaze. Investigators believe an overheated stove caused the fire after a child used a paper torch earlier that day. no insurance coverage was indicated.

Pomeroy Jves Stobart Racie Stobart

Microbe Load Carried by Common Housefly

A historical note states houseflies typically harbor about one thousand germs, though counts between twenty million and forty million germs are not unusual in some cases. The excerpt discusses the surprising range of microbial load on ordinary flies.

Carsons Claim Longest Marriage Crown in Meigs County

In MIDDLEPORT Meigs County Mr and Mrs R B Carson of Leading Creek Road claim the title of the county s longest married couple Their 63rd anniversary was Feb 26 1953 They note they plan to reach a 64th anniversary this year The Messenger article compared relatives in Syracuse naming William Mec Brides as longest married couple giving the Carsons a two month edge

Middleport Meigs County R. B. Carson Leading Creek Carsons Ohio The Messenger William MecBrides Syracuse

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