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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1958
Page
6
The Beta Sigma Phi Sorority meeting at Ohio Fuel Gas Co offices in Middleport honored Miss Carol Bachtel for the best cultural program of the year. She used The Written Word In Our Lives as her topic. Reports on the Cincinnati convention were shared by Janet Hinkle Louise Zirkle Sylvia Collins and Reva Vaughn. Jean Werry and Louise Zirkle served refreshments.
MIDDLEPORT Annual Poppy Days sales were successful with 1000 poppies sold. Delegates to the state convention in Columbus were elected, and twenty-five pounds of candy for the Chillicothe veterans hospital were approved. The unit backed the World War II and Korean Conflict pension bill for widows and orphans and planned a Memorial Day wreath for the Soldiers Memorial near Roadside Park.
Mr and Mrs George Siddall Jr and Jean Smart attended Andover Newton Theological School in Boston. Mrs Siddall earned a Master’s in religious education and will graduate next spring. They plan to live in Ansonia near Dayton in September where Mr Siddall will preach after his candidate sermon last Sunday.
A Tuesday evening cookout and Cub Scout picnic was held at the Rock Springs fair grounds in Middleport with ideal weather and strong attendance. Families listed include Pack Chairman William Moody and den mother Mrs Moody along with numerous members and their relatives.
A farewell gathering at Mrs. Garnet Davidson’s on S Second Ave honored Jimmy VanCooney son of Mrs. Marie VanCooney and the late Norwood VanCooney before he left Tuesday for Ft Knox to begin military service. Guests included Iris VanCooney Dayton Albert Van Cooney and many others.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Seifle and children Billy Barbara and Jerry Clayton were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Young. Baccalaureate services were held May 18 at the high school auditorium with John Edmund delivering the sermon. Commencement followed that evening with Charles E. Davis as speaker. Marshall Miller underwent surgery at St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg recently.
The Pomeroy Women’s Missionary Convention of Hocking Sub-district met at Naomi Baptist Church with Rev. E. J. Peppers of Columbus delivering morning and afternoon messages. Local leaders led worship and reports covered Rutland First Baptist Providence District and foreign missions. The event closed with prayer by Rev. H. E. Harris and music by Helen Harper.
Meigs County courthouse offices will close all day Saturday for a three day Memorial Day holiday. The probate court will stay open 8:30 to 12 noon Saturday while other offices are closed and Friday closings apply. Judge John C. Bacon announced the plan.
The DAV and Daughters of Union Veterans met at the DAV home to finalize Memorial Day plans for Beech Grove Cemetery. Rev Eugene Brown will speak at the service, and a report covered placing American flags on graves of Union veterans.
Barbara Ellen Andrew IV received baptism at Sacred Heart Church on Sunday morning May 25. Rev. Fr. John Turel officiated with godparents Miss Mary Ellen Andrew and James McCreary of Columbus. Relatives from Columbus attended.
Middleport officials seek two flags to be used at two of three cemeteries where new flag poles were erected. They hope individuals with flags given to relatives of deceased service members will donate them for use at the lower Middleport and Middleport Hill Cemeteries.
George Hoeflich was admitted to Meigs General Hospital for observation and treatment after a weeklong illness at his home on Chester Road Tuesday night.
Donna Reibel of Pomeroy and Earl Logan and family of Gallipolis celebrated birthdays Sunday at a Lake Alma picnic. Attendees included Howard Logan Ivor Shumway Kelsen Shumway and others from Springfield Findlay Columbus Chilliothe and Pomeroy.
Allan Keller wrote Thund er at Harper's Ferry an hour by hour account of John Brown's raid prelude to the Civil War presented to the Pomeroy Public Library by Mr and Mrs Jacob Elberfeld The Elberfelds’ son-in-law is a staff writer for the New York Telegram and Sun and a Columbia University journalism professor.
James Carpenter, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Carpenter, was brought home Tuesday from White Cross Hospital in Columbus by ambulance after major surgery. His uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hayman Barnitz, and their son Keith, spent Sunday with him at the hospital.
MIDDLEPORT The Meigs County Religious Education council will hold its annual meeting at First Baptist Church. Miss Lillian Coney of Columbus will address the group at 7 45 p.m. after the 7 15 p.m. business session.
A part time traffic light was installed at Locust and Pearl Streets in Middleport. Approved by the village council and state highway department, it will operate during the school term starting next September with a 7 a.m. start and a school-day cycle peak during pupil travel hours.
Sal isbury Girl Scout Troop Six organized a hike from Salisbury School to Collins Lake on the closing day. They enjoyed a cookout and meals prepared during the walk.
Libya maintains two capitals Tripoli and Benghazi with government officials moving between them. The two centers are about 700 miles apart, reflecting regional divisions and administrative practices.
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