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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
9
At a Middleport Retail Merchant Sales Promotion Association meeting C. O. Fisher, president of the Middleport Chamber of Commerce, was elected president. Virgil Hayes was named vice president, George Morris secretary, and Curtis Jenkinson treasurer. The group discussed the first Appreciation Day with about 300 attendees on the village parking lot.
The Meigs County Better Livestock 4-H Club schedules a June 15 showmanship and fitting demonstration for all county members and reports officer elections: Howard Ervin president Grover Salser Jr vice president James Carnahan secretary. New members welcome via F Whit ney Ingraham or the County Extension Office.
A Sunday gathering at the Brooks home marked Mrs. Charles Brooks's 82nd birthday and Mothers Day. Guests included son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lathey, granddaughter Mrs. Etta Romine Lemley, and relatives from Middleport and Pomeroy. Mr. Brooks is bedfast. Mrs. Brooks is in ill health.
Middleport resident Joan Karr completed her beautician course at Austin Cosmetology School in Columbus. A 1947 Middleport High School graduate, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Otho Karr of Locust Street.
From two to four Saturday afternoon Bettie Kloes celebrated her tenth birthday. The event was planned by her mother Mrs Sidney Kloes with bubble gum balloons ice cream and cake. Patricia Lloyd and Sharon Riley won prizes for contests. Guests included Marilyn Sue Knight Maida Roush Juanita Hawkins Jacqueline Rice Donna Deckard Myrna Russell Janis Childs Patricia Baker Jean Ann Wiseman Ruby Yeanger Mary Carilyn Miller Barbara Swisher Ernestine Asbury Marilyn Miller Jack Coleman Bob West Jerry Deckard Riley Kloes Kenneth Murray Sidney Kloes and Raymond Kloes.
Harry Rice aged fourteen and Larry Rice aged thirteen celebrated with a joint party at the Rice home on S Second Ave Saturday. Guests included Shirley Evans Mary McClure Adrienne Mills Carol Bachtel Paula Leonard Harold Hinkle Bracky Wood Franklin Richards Franklin Clark and Lowell Price after games were played and food served.
David Bush three year old son of Mr and Mrs Francis Bush was guest of honor at two birthday observances. Sunday a family dinner featured a decorated cake with three candles as centerpiece. Monday siblings and friends shared ice cream and cake reflecting the birthday celebration.
Mrs Rodney Downing hosted the Gallipolis Pembroke Club at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs J Harley Bovie in Gallipolis. Mrs Paul Myers reviewed the book Four Fares to Juneau. A dessert course was served.
Mr and Mrs Stewart Hawkins traveled to Columbus for the Shrine ceremonial and the Ladies Oriental Shrine ceremony at the Neil House.
Middleport residents report that Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wilburn hosted as guests their daughter visiting from a distant city.
The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce met with twenty members to discuss flood relief road progress, the sewer system upgrade, and preserving two New York Central trains between Charleston and Columbus. A committee will work with railroad officials to keep service. Telephone service to agricultural areas and Pomeroy was also reported.
Pomeroy reports an addition to the Hemlock Grove Oil Field. The Preston Oil Co. drilled the Houck Farm well, bringing in about 20 barrels daily, as current reports indicate. The Hemlock Grove field is described as about as large as any in the state.
Ambulances transported Mrs John Eskew from Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens to her Union Ave home Wednesday morning. Mrs Thomas Edwards traveled from Clifton WV to Meigs General Hospital by Ewing's ambulance. Mrs Roy Smith and daughter Linda Lou moved from Meigs General Hospital to their Naylor's Run home. Grandmothers Amanda Kasper of Pomeroy and Erma Smith of Dyesville are noted.
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