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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1955
Page
9
Middleport reports choir rehearsal at Heath Methodist Church altered due to magnet experiments affecting homing pigs. Birds guided home by earth’s magnetism. festival in Pomeroy at 7 30 p m briefed.
In Middleport five precincts were reduced to four in the May primary as only Republicans ran and Democrats filed for other offices. The light vote was counted and returns were delivered to the county board by about 8 p.m. in the Second Ward.
The Easter Seal group outlines a record sale campaign, a summer speech therapy program, and a speech by Vincent Piper of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children. Meigs County Society meeting lauds local work and aims to guide other counties as the project grows. The group emphasizes county support to provide facilities for crippled children and notes next meeting set for June 13.
Railroader Mourning dies at 75 after extended illness at his home on Second Avenue He was the son of the late James and Mary Spencer Mourning of Mason County W Va Surviving are his wife Veral Mourning two sons Henderson and Paul and two granddaughters Joann and Paula Sue Funeral services at Rawlings-Coats funeral home with calling Thursday afternoon at two Rev Louis A Bangerter Heath Methodist Church member to officiate
The village cleanup drive sponsored by the Amateur Gardeners Club reported lower debris totals than past years. Fay Frazier notes the truck covered First and Second Wards on Monday and Tuesday and visited Third and Fourth Wards today. Wards Five through Eight are scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
Scouts will be represented by more than 25 scouts at Camp Chester this weekend if plans are followed. They will leave Friday and attend a full schedule of events including church services in Chester before returning home.
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