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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1955
Page
2
Eastern Local School District officials accused a local paper of misquoting state official W D Darling in coverage of a Columbus interview about district affairs. The board announced it would clarify the matter while continuing Halloween prize events at Glouster High School with booths and costume prizes for various age groups.
Glouster society items report the Rothwell Club meeting at Mrs Merrill Ogg and a program at Mrs Madge Sweeney home, with gift drives for a state hospital in Jacksonville. There are school building discussions, state board statements on equitable facilities, and talks on repairs to Long Bottom and Reedsville sites. Local education decisions hinge on the Industrial Commission and bond issues.
A turkey dinner will be held Thursday evening at 5 20 in the Meth odist Church social rooms. Sponsored by the Women’s Society for Christian Service. Tickets are available from members.
Pomeroy notes describe Sugar Run School PTA Halloween party with costume judges Mrs Loch ary and Mrs Jennie Smith among organizers. Prizes awarded to students across grades and thanks extended to merchants and PTA members who staffed booths and contributed prizes. Also reports a Kittle Fraternity gathering at Rock Springs Grange with degrees conferred and a forthcoming ceremony, plus community visits and student activities in Gallia and Meigs counties.
Meigs County sets a series of community institutes starting November 10 with the Chester institute and Hemlock Grove. Nov. 11 covers Dvesville, followed by Nov. 12. The Rock Springs program runs Nov. 15 with Long Bottom on Nov. 16 and Salem Center on Nov. 18. Joan Richards, farm and home agent, will speak at the first three institutes, while Rev. Homer E. Felt speaks at Rock Springs and Long Bottom events.
Middleport, Ohio. Eighth District commander of the American Legion released the year’s district committee chairs. Notable appointees include Membership Alec Blair, Rehabilitation Elmer Roberts, Lancaster. Americanism Joe Young, Midport. Conservation John Will, Pomeroy. Uniform Groups Ollie Smith, Lancaster. National Security William J. Brown, Gallipolis. Junior Activities Harry Richards, Glouster. Junior Legion Baseball William Scarberry, Middleport. Legislation Don Campbell, Athens. Education Joseph Stan Murray City. Public Relations Robert Dunlap, Jackson. Graves Registration John Maraz, Murray City. Edward Moore of Glouster named conference chaplain. Rev. Weber Thoma of Pomeroy named as chaplain. Darrel Collins of Feeney Bennett Post noted as firing squad member. Lloyd Petergal of Wellston Post listed as parade marshal in error.
Middleport society meeting covers college affairs led by Misa Riley and Hobart Ashley, with devotional periods, planned programs, and a project for the year. Halloween party winners include Ray IL Pickens. attendees include local families and neighbors. third grade class hosts Halloween tests.
Community notes from Racine Middleport and surrounding areas detail Christmas dinner plans and call listings, with families visiting relatives, travel from Charleston to Indefinite visits, and church activities. The Racine Youth Fellowship hosted food service at the Methodist Church during a Meigs County meeting, while other residents attended pre-nuptial events and celebrated Halloween with a church annex shower.
A week of prayer and self denial service was held Monday afternoon at the church by the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Mrs. George Hi Parker chaired the event with talks on various projects by Mrs Jed Webster Sr and others.
Four persons appeared before Mayor E F Robinson over the weekend facing traffic offences. Robert Hysell 78 of Pomeroy was fined five dollars plus costs for failing to obey a traffic signal. Leo McAfee 25 Huntington and Adeline Browning are also listed with five dollar fines plus costs for driving left of center. George Abrahams 24 of Jackson cited for unsafe operation and failing to stop at a signal. Donald Parsons 48 Point Pleasant forfeited a thirteen dollar appearance fee on speeding charges.
Scattered calls from irate citizens cited minor vandalism and milk bottle tosses at homes. An early curfew, set seven days ago, aided police in patrolling youths and keeping order during the holiday night.
October in Uluster village court saw 65 cases heard by Mayor Williams. They included 14 drunken drivers, 37 disorderly conduct and drunkenness, two illegal working, and 10 unsafe operation cases.
Funeral services for Clarence Peck Samson who died in St Anthony s Hospital in Columbus will be Thursday at 1 p m in Glouster Methodist Church Rev Paul Graf officiating Burial will be in Maple Rod Cemetery
Mrs. Robert Bellard and Mrs. Clifford Collins of Gloucester visited Mr. and Mrs. Warren Chubb. Mr. and Mrs. Rosco Frost and son Sonny from Harmony Road Wisited with the Ritchie family. Norval South and two daughters stayed with W. H. South near Pomeroy, joined by Bill South of Dayton and Velma Wyeth Scotty and Steven Helen Tat, Helen Bright and others visited Emmet Lynch. Pleasantville guests included Norval South and two daughters. Carolyn from Iablonski visited Inez Hunter. Halloween party plans were made for the next meeting. Mr. and Mrs. William Boyd of Athens and Mrs. Norval South visited Columbus. Susan South.
Rushing business for beggars reported as a large, orderly crowd in Glow tor with 194 callers seeking help. Guests included Mr and Mrs Frank Goff and children of Charleston W Va visiting Mr and Mrs A Brogan and other locals.
Danville and Langsville residents hosted guests from Columbus Wellston and Bancroft over the weekend. Families included Swan Swick McCarley and Spires households with visits by Ruth Lucas and Jimmy Coulton. Halloween party attendees at Salem Center school and rural mail carrier shifts noted.
More than 29 children attended the Legion Feeney-Bennett Post and Auxiliary Halloween party at Lex ion Hall. Paul Haptonstall chaired the event and a grand march followed masked and costumed youngsters. Prizes were awarded for best costumes by Dr. Kathryn Poindexter Rev. Robert Styers and Rev. Claremont E. Hoyt. Balloons and crackers filled the hall as refreshments were served by Auxiliary members. The party closed with a note of success for 1955.
Six candidates were elected to the Meigs County Agricultural Society board on Saturday. Elected for terms expiring in 1958 were Pearl Williams, Harold Carnahan, R. C. Follrod, Harold F. Jones, and Charles G. Sheets, while Ralph C. Henderson was chosen for a term expiring in 1957. One vacancy remains due to a resignation.
Middleport Mayor T Russell and Robert McEihinny, Middleport Volunteer Fire Company, attended the Ohio Firemen's Association legislative meeting in Columbus. Committee selections for the year were named and important legislative matters discussed. Mayor Russell was named to the resolutions committee.
Mayor Sidney T. Russell fined three men last night. Robert McCall paid $10 and costs after a 65 mph speeding charge while rushing his sick wife to the hospital. Dale Kennedy was fined $40 with $40 costs and 10 days in jail for intoxication and disorderly conduct. State Highway Patrol filed the speeding charge.
First aid squad from the Middleport fire department responded to the Albert Pettit home on North Second Avenue Monday afternoon when Mrs. Pettit's brother Joe Hayden of South Shore Kentucky became ill. A physician was called and Hayden's condition was reported improved later in the evening.
MIDDLEPORT noon ride by the Teenage Club used a flatbed rack packed with six inches of straw for about 30 members and guests headed to the Russells home for a wiener roast. Sponsor Miss Anna Margaret Howell supervised as winter clothing kept the youths bundled. several others did not report due to the cold.
Virgil Teaford of Syra files an appeal against a Board of Appeal of the Bee of Unemployment, with Compen Atlan Booth Flinn Cons and John Taylor named in the case, in the County Common Pleas court.
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