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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
7
Dr. George W. Starcher dean of University College Ohio University will be principal speaker at Cheshire High School commencement exercises Friday night. He is a Cheshire native and graduate of the local high school. The exercises begin at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium.
Oliver Hartley a Pomeroy native and longtime Meigs County newspaper figure will retire July 1. He has edited the Ohio Conservation bulletin in Columbus and previously led the Pomeroy Daily Tribune. His son Malcolm served as Pomeroy correspondent and three time village mayor, now telegraph editor of the Mansfield Journal.
POMEROY The Rocksprings PTA held a Monday meeting with Mrs. Clifford Leifheit presiding as officers were installed: Gladys Goeglein president Elaine Smith vice president Louise Beards secretary Frances Cole treasurer Iris Collins installing officer. O O Patterson spoke on Legislation and the group viewed three films on a new projector.
Mr and Mrs Harry Wehrung attended a piano recital by Barbara Ann Wehrung. Mr and Mrs Dayton Will left for Tichborne Ontario for a month at Wills cabins they own and operate. Marvin Spencer is confined to home with measles. Syracuse residents Mrs Virgil Teaford and Mrs Edith Teaford visited Spring Ave. Mrs Ruth Cundiff of Syracuse spent Monday with Edith Teaford. Mrs Harry Smith returned from Omaha after attending a Shrine session with Edith Hutsinpillar. Belle Griffith John Wheeler and daughter Elizabeth visited Robert Laudermilk. Miss Ruby Stobart and Miss ...
Findley C. Wilson, 78, died at his Harrisonville home. A former New York Central railroad employee and 32nd Degree Mason of the Wilkesville Lodge, he will be buried in Nelson Cemetery near Dexter after services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Chase Funeral Home with Rev. Lawrence Schmitt officiating.
Friends of A V Howells in Pomeroy celebrate their Hinodegirl azalea now in full bloom. They invite the public to share the beauty of this plant after years of care to produce it.
Meigs County marks seven years of intensive conservation by the Meigs Soil Conservation District with a Third Annual Fish Fry on June 5 at 7 30 p m at the Rocksprings Fair Grounds. Harold Carnahan notes the event and Oliver Shurtleff of Morris Harvey College will speak, with Robert Miller of WRFD and Joe Rockhold also involved.
Donald Thomas Pomeroy and James Fisher win Purple Party tickets for SAA president and vice president as ninth to eleventh graders at Pomeroy High School elect them after an intensive campaign. They are juniors and will take office at the start of the 1950 51 school year. Baby Dies at Birth in Middleport Kenneth and Wendall Swain mourn the birth death of their nephew, son of Elvis Swain of Illinois.
The Young Adults Class of the United Methodist church will host a bake sale Friday morning at the Kroger Store. Members were asked to bring baked goods to contribute to the sale.
The Pomeroy Girl Scout association held its annual May luncheon at the Episcopal Parish house with Troop Four as host. Mrs. H B Kress presided after the meal. leaders training weekend at Molly Lauman was reported and camp plans discussed.
Eastern Star members were invited to inspect Pomeroy Chapter CBS at the Masonic Hall on Thursday evening May 11. Deputy Grand Matron Marion L. Reed will serve as inspecting officer.
The Class of the Church of Christ will meet Friday evening at 7 30 p m with Mrs Elwood Bowers at her Rock Street home. The gathering will discuss its normal program in a small community setting.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Walker announce the marriage of their daughter Hilda to Norman Terell. A wedding dinner was served Sunday at the Walkers home.
The Millard F. Zerkle couple marked a twenty fifth wedding anniversary on May 4 at their Thomas Fork home. Attendees included Mack Bryant, Louise West, J. C. Wilson and family, Joy Lynn Krause of Columbus, Tobie Bryant and children Patty Tommy Melvin and Gary Lee from Edison Ohio, and other neighbors and friends.
POMEROY The Pomeroy Boy Scouts Troop 49 met at the Scout Cabin near Chester Monday evening. Scouts were divided into five patrols, each preparing supper in the open. Games followed with thirty-one scouts and leaders W. P. Lochary, Harry Ohlinger, Kenny Nease, Carl Smith and Mr. Ford present.
H B Pickett of Pom eroy Route 1 is in St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg West Virginia recovering after surgery. His room number is 213.
Miss Anna Ebersbach and Miss Kate Ebersbach attended the Bar Barbara Wehrung recital Monday evening. Sgt. Bill Welker returned to Kirtland Air Base Albuquerque NM after convalescence leave with his mother Mrs Delbert Welker and other relatives. Mr and Mrs Wesley Wehring of Cleveland were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Ralph Spencer.
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