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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1947
Page
3
The first carnival of the season arrived Sunday at Gravel Hill grounds. It is set up by the Volunteer Fire Company which has been in control the past year and will host the event under its auspices.
The 51 graduates of the Class of 1947 attended the 71st annual baccalaureate at Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium. Rev. Robert Hegnauer delivered the sermon "God and Your Tomorrow" likening adulthood to boarding a bus and urged lasting high ideals. Principal J. E. White organized the service as the choir sang and officers announced. The 71st commencement is set for Thursday at 8 p.m.
Mr and Mrs Ieee Featherstone and their son Harry attended funeral services for Samuel M. Smith at Montezuma Indiana. Smith died at the home of his daughter Mrs Roy Willhite, one year and three days after his wife’s death. He spent last winter with the Featherstones on S Third Ave.
About 125 Waltonians of the Meigs Chapter Izaak Walton League gathered at the Chester Boy Scout Cabin for a 6:30 p m. fish fry and social. L S Powelson demonstrated a duck assisted sheep dog trial. Prizes were awarded in the Izaak Walton Essay contest with winners from Columbia and Pomeroy high schools. Conservationist Rufus Lide spoke on wildlife and soil resource efforts.
Six Meigs County high school students earned top rankings in the Ohio University District Ohio State Scholarship Contest held in Athens on May 3. Notables include Mary Ellen Hayman second in Spanish II and Manon Salser second in Spanish I from Racine, with others placing in English and Latin exams. Louise Perry of Carpenter also placed twelfth in English XII.
Awards to be presented tonight at 9 30 p m as part of the Merchants Goodwill Bonus Plan are shown in The Buckeye Electric Co window. The program includes street dancing from Coal Street to Race Street and a Homer and Jethro act by Charles Grimm, Robert Barton with Park Kelly of Mason County W Va. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event.
Middleport Sev enth and Eighth Grade students enjoyed a Friday party in the school gymnasium. Nearly all students attended as they danced and played games, with refreshments of sandwiches, potato chips, and a beverage. Mrs. Nan Moore organized the event with grade committees. teachers Miss Lucile Smith, Miss Lois Cecil, Superintendent L. W. Mc Comas, Earl Knight, and Ben Philson were present.
Pomeroy Junior High honored high achieving students at the final assembly on May 15. Polly Dill led ninth grade averages, with Martyn Swatzel and Bernard Grueser tied for second, and Rhea Ann Myers third. Eighth graders Faye Will, Marianne Peoples, and Norma Jean Scholl also posted top averages. Seventh graders Pauline Morris Stephan Hill and Eugene Willoughby topped their grades. A banner commemorating SEC basketball success was presented to Charles Gibbs. The program included a ninth grade will, prophecy by Verna Osborne, musical numbers, a radio play, and a flag salute with George Nesselroad as announcer.
Miss Ann Yeager died at her home on Ebenezer Ave early Sunday. She leaves three sisters Elizabeth Michel Muscatine Iowa Katherine Stetzinger and Carrie Yeager at home. Parents four brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Friends may call at the residence until services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Pomeroy Church of Christ. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Cora Bennett of the American Legion Auxiliary outlined the May 24 Poppy Day observance. She said poppy donations support rehabilitative and child welfare work, aiding disabled veterans and families of the fallen.
POMEROY The Federated Church Sunday recognition service honored Pomeroy High School seniors with Bible presentations by Rev. Robert Hegnauer. Recipients include Joan Scholl Pat Stivers Pauline Durst William Mayer Victor Young Kenilworth Nease Charlene Smith Mary Curtis Dorothea Reed and Dick Rosenbaum. Woodrow Mora is a Chester High graduate.
Middleport man Ralph Davis went to Columbus Friday evening to join relatives who drove to Medina. There they visited Mr and Mrs John Glass at Medina Hospital, injured in an automobile crash.
Roberta Howell, assistant in the office of Dr. F. M. Cluff, underwent an appendectomy at Holzer Hospital on Friday and is reported recovering satisfactorily. She will be returned to her home on Grant Street the first of the week.
Rep Benjamin F Turner of Meigs County will address Memorial Day on Station WPAR Parkersburg West Virginia. It is the seventh year the Parkersburg station allows the Meigs Chapter 53 DAY to broadcast to shut ins and aged persons. Turner said he will be on air from 1130 to 1145.
Albert Hall of Pomeroy and Mason reports he was assaulted at the Pomeroy levee Saturday night. A warrant names Harry Lauder for assault and battery. Hall is bruised and not at work. his son operated the ferry Sunday as the attacker fled across the Ohio into West Virginia. Extradition to Pomeroy is sought for hearing.
The Middleport Child Welfare League met at the Chambers home on Mill Street with Mrs. Richard Chambers and others hosting. New officers were elected with Mrs. J J Davis as president and Mrs. L W McComas as vice president. A picnic plan for June 18 at Roadside Park was discussed and prize awarded to Mrs. Robert McElhinny.
Billy Sterrett celebrated his birthday at Central School in Pomeroy on Friday with ice cream and decorated cookies. Larry Bailey and Lawrence Siler also had birthdays and shared honors with Billy. the event was led by teacher Miss Marie Erlewine of Greant Street, Middleport.
Roger Dean Fink celebrated his seventh birthday Thursday with an after school picnic at Roadside Park alongside neighborhood playmates.
Group 1 of the Woman's Association of First Presbyterian Church met at Mrs. Chappelle Talbott's home with Mrs. Shirley Hysell assisting. Miss Elizabeth Joachim led devotionals as chairman. Sixteen members attended and the group plans to serve the Business and Professional Women's Club in June. Refreshments were served on individual trays with may pole favors.
Dr and Mrs Clyde Ingles attend a dental convention in Indianapolis with exposure to latest techniques and industry representatives. The event gathers professionals from multiple clinics and universities in the region.
Pomeroy Mrs. Asbury Smith, 79, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Edgar Dorst in Sumner at 3 a.m. Sunday. She is survived by daughters and sons including Mrs. Carl Easterday and Mrs. Reid Easterday of Racine, Mrs. Ralph Parker of Chester, William Smith of Bidwell, Fred Smith of Pomeroy, and sister Amanda Cross of Racine. Friends may call at Mrs. Dorst’s home after Monday afternoon. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Oak Grove Church near Racine.
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