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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1956
Page
3
MIDDLEPORT plans under way for the 50th anniversary of the Citizen's National Bank. A reception at the bank and other features are planned during Anniversary Week, starting next Wednesday.
Feeney Bennett Post of the American Legion places 100 window cards in a get out the vote campaign commander Roscoe Fife announces the cards reproduce the famous World War I recruiting poster by James Montgomery Flagg in Middleport.
Middleport residents hosted a Halloween gathering at Stephen and Russell Street home. George Sauer and Stephanie Pullen assisted as hosts with refreshments, costumes, and prizes awarded by judges including Mrs. Durst Baker and Mrs. Walker. Winners included Virginia Fife Sammy Hood Diana Davis and James.
Meigs County granges meeting at Rock Springs Grange Hall drew 69 members from 12 granges to plan the 1936 57 year. Awards were given for past work. thirteen halls received dial thermometers and Rock Springs Grange earned a bar plaque and nine tens dollars bonds for community service.
The report details Mr. Parsons and family visiting their grandson Kimball Parker in Athens near the Veterans Hospital in Dayton. It notes Joseph Beck traveling for a Florida trip and Debbie Chambers born to Capt. and Mrs. Rob Chambers with baptism planned. Other items include Debbie, Mr. and Mrs. Klees, and Mayme Rainey ill with pneumonia. The service was held at First Presbyterian Church in Syracuse.
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