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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1953
Page
2
Middleport churches celebrated Mother's Day with large crowds as programs honored the oldest and youngest mothers. At First Presbyterian, Patty Sherman youngest and Alice Williams oldest mothers received flowers. various churches followed with readings, plays, songs, and baptisms, all decorated with flowers and potted plants for featured mothers.
The Leading Creek Rockies Boys Club met Harold Sauer adviser and Adrian Carson assistant on May 2 at the Sauer home. Officers elected: Clarence Might president Harold Carson vice president David Carson secretary-treasurer Larry recreation leader Russell Carson news reporter. Programs and safety activities announced with next meeting May 23 at the adviser’s home. The B and E 4 H ers Girls Club met at Mrs Golda Krackemberger’s home with officers Betty Ours president Iva Long vice president Janet Orr secretary Ada Bissell treasurer Mariene Torrence news reporter Helen Haggy Sue Lambert recreation leaders. Sewing projects were chosen and next meeting set for May 15 at 7 15 p m.
Reedsville 4 H Club gathered at the Reedsville school with twelve visitors in attendance. Greta Barton led the business session as health books, a safety quiz and poems were on the program. Project progress was reviewed and demonstrations were assigned for the next meeting at the school on May 16 at 2 p m by Maxine Reed.
The Harrisonville Girls 4-H Honor Club met at Virginia Long's Grange Hall to plan a summer wiener roast. At the previous gathering a birthday party for Sharon Atkins featured games and refreshments. By Mary McMurray.
Carmel Friendship Club gathered at Ruth and Joyce Carson home to discuss projects and safety. Softball was played and refreshments served. Meeting set for May 15 at Donna Circle home. Flatwoods 4-H Club met at John and Ray Ginther home with full attendance. John Ginther spoke on rabbit care and Ray Ginther gave a report. Next meeting planned for the chicken farm on May 13 at 6 p.m.
A cablegram from Jack Werner of the US Air Force stationed in England reached his mother Mrs. G G Werner as a Mother's Day greeting. Guests at the Werner home included Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tipton of Columbus and other relatives from Grove City Da and Cheshire. Mrs. Werner’s mother Mrs. Charles Tipton of Ryger, ill, was taken to Meigs General Hospital Saturday.
Local social notes list visitors and guests from Columbus Charleston and Akron. Names include Grace Johnson Kathryn Meyer Emma Meyer Jessie Hoyt and many relatives gathering for Mother's Day weekend. Activities span church services visits to family homes and hospital news.
Glouster and nearby towns host a flurry of visits for Mother's Day weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Judson and others travel to Jacksonville. many relatives from Columbus Caldwell Trimble and Dayton attend surgeries, hospital stays, and family gatherings at Sheltering Arms Hospital and homes in Trimble Jacksonville Glouster and nearby communities.
A group led by Wallace Russell Richard Reuter and O P Klein returned from Dale Hollow Camp with a two week Tennessee trip report of strong bass catches totaling about 50 pounds. The party also carried back lower-ripe strawberries sold in Tennessee for twenty cents a box. Fellow anglers Shirley Mills Donald Mills Robert Mills Calvin Reichman William Lewis and others left for a several days outing Sunday.
The Missionary Society of the Pomeroy Baptist Church will meet Thursday evening at the church. Officers will be installed.
The Bishopville Cemetery Association seeks new members to support upkeep of the Glouster cemetery. President Rev Miles Hoon j and secretary-treasurer D E Carr urge relatives buried there to join, report name and address, and contribute as Memorial Day nears. J M McDonald cares for the grounds.
Meigs County residents over 15 are invited to free chest x rays today from two mobile units. In Middleport the unit operates 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm in the business district, while in Pomeroy the unit at Elberfeld's Department Store runs 1 pm to 3 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm. Mrs. Ben Philson urges利用 residents to use the service as another unit may not come this year.
Pomeroy High School awarded medals and certificates at the Awards Assembly. Staff members of the Panther's Roar and the Pom eroyan received medals, plus yearbook staff and advertising solicitors earned prizes. Business Education World certificates went to bookkeeping students and gold pins to advanced typewriting and office practice classes.
Mrs. Garen Stansbury spoke on iris culture at the Chester Garden Club meeting at Mrs. Donald Mora's home. Committees for the new year were appointed by president Mrs. Pearl Koblentz with assignments for publicity librarian yearbook and civic grounds upkeep. Refreshments followed with pink and green decor, and Mrs. Max Harrah to host June 3 with Mrs. Clarence Neutzling assisting.
GLOUSTER The Church of God at Oakdale celebrated Mother's Day with awards of potted plants for the oldest mother the youngest mother and the mother with the largest family present. Rev. Miles Hoon of New Marshfield preached at morning services and communion was observed. The evening youth program featured recitations music and a discussion on the origin of Mothers Day led by Mr. Hoon.
The Jacksonville Methodist Church held a Mother's Day service at 9 a.m. with music and a sermon by Rev. Lester Covert. Altar arrangements included plants and flowers, and gifts were given to the oldest and youngest mothers and to the mother of the largest family. A plant was also given to Mrs. William Deal, a shut-in, by the Women’s Sunday School class.
The Jacksonville WSCS will gather in the Methodist Church on Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. The session aims to discuss church activities and community outreach.
Meigs County agricultural agent C E Blakeslee announced the five township milk ring tests have finished with 487 tests total. Results: Columbia 59 Orange 63 Salem 116 Sutton 97 Chester 152. Residents may still request tests via the Rocksprings Fairgrounds Rocksprings Rocksprings Fairgrounds or township collectors Harold Gillogly Clarence Atherton Marvin Wilson John Idle and Mrs Roy Holter.
Blood donors are urgently needed for the bloodmobile unit in Middleport at the high school auditorium from 12 noon to 6 pm Friday May 22. Mrs. Arthur J. Strauss, executive secretary of Meigs County Red Cross, says about 30 people have registered and roughly 135 more are needed to meet the 100 pint quota.
Middleport group meets Sunday evening at First Baptist Church to plan the annual senior dinner. Committee members include Mrs. David Darst Jr Mrs. Claremont Hoyt Mrs. Homer Hartley and Mrs. Jacob Turner with a tentative date set for next Sunday evening.
Two mobile chest x-ray units in Meigs County completed 1071 x-rays over six days across Chester Rutland Pomeroy and Middleport. Friday totals included 158 at Chester and 152 at Rutland with 66 more in the business district. Goals target at least 2000 x-rays with volunteers and health department staff assisting local schools and communities.
Middleport report Lt Peter F Klein underwent minor surgery at the U S Naval Hospital Bethesda Md and was released. He returned to special schooling in Washington DC and will depart for Key West Fla later for navy sonar school training before going to Bath Maine. Mrs Klein stays with her parents Judge and Mrs Cedric Clark during the period.
Readers from Macon Ohio Alabama share healing by Holy Ghost power through prayers handkerchiefs and messages. Individuals report cancer tumor disappearances tongues speaking and renewed faith as letters describe electric energy and blessings from religious paper readings.
Mr. R. W. testifies in Bradley West Virginia that handkerchiefs were received and used for healing as described in Acts 19. He recounts visiting a sister's house where she praised Jesus for healing a large ulcer after reading the messages.
Readable accounts from Springfield Ohio to Oklahoma City recount blessings from Bible Lessons on the Gift of the Holy Ghost and from handkerchief faith. Testimonies describe visions, healing, joy, and the Holy Spirit's power transforming homes and lives through prayer and prayerful objects.
A Robson West Virginia widow writes that one request was answered, her husband found employment, and she receives a great blessing from the papers and handkerchiefs, noting a big difference in her life.
In Bristol Virginia a woman, Mrs H R, thanks supporters and prays for continued help after feeling an electric shock-like sensation as prayers and Bible Lesson No. 120 aided her hands. She reads daily and praises the reading.
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