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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1949
Page
9
WSCS sponsors a World Community Prayer Service to be conducted Friday at 7 30 p m in the Rutland Methodist Church inviting the community to participate in a shared prayer observance.
At a Pomeroy High School meeting the Ways and Means chair announced a public games party for the PHS Band benefiting Sacred Heart Church Auditorium at 8 pm on Thursday Dec 1. Prizes, uniforms, and spats costs were discussed and fund-raising and ticket prizes set.
POMEROY Meigs County bonds get backed by Disabled American Veterans and Meigs County Medical Society as local doctors endorse a modern county hospital. Supporters cite government aid and urgent need, while some fear a Bend West Virginia project if the bond fails. A prominent merchant urges passage to secure $150,000 federal aid and fund construction now.
Peculiar tents in Middleport back yards shelter chrysanthemum blooms needing cool air to mature. Frost risk endangers large five to seven inch blooms in yellow pink lavender red and white. Growers Mrs A A Dillard Mrs Glenn Nichols Mrs Harry Hysell Gravel Hill and O P Klein Rutland St report varieties Indianapolis Orchid Queen Mefo Turner Friendly Rival and an English strain.
Carpenter notes Pom eroy Bend Grange members will present a program at Columbia Grange on November 11. The host group will provide potluck refreshments and the Grange will serve sandwiches.
Hemlock residents share visits and hospital calls as Helen Hodgson returns from Columbus after a family illness. Multiple families attend gatherings in Glouster Shawnee Oakdale and New Straitsville. wedding anniversary honored. hospital calls at Bethesda and local hospitals noted. POMEROY divorce suit filed in common pleas court by Grace Cross Buckley against James J Buckley of Reedsville. married since April 2 1947 with two children.
The Women's Society World Service of Enterprise Evangelical UB Church met at Mrs. John Smith's Nye Ave home. Ten members attended. Mrs. Emil Ball assisted. Mrs. Arthur Evans led the business session. The program chair was Mrs. Eldon Weeks. theme was We Press on in Fellowship of Widening Horizons.
A fifth birthday observance for Asenath Ann Tracy was hosted by Mr and Mrs Roy Tracy Jr at their Wetzgal Street home. Attendees included grandparents, relatives, and friends such as Ben Neutzling, Roy Tracy Sr, Marvin Burt, Anna and Katie Ebersbach, and Larry Tracy. Also noted is a Halloween party at James Borgan's home with many guests listed, plus a partial item about Mrs Herbert Miller being honored on Sunday.
Kaiser, the Army's 32 year old carrier pigeon and Signal Corps mascot, died Monday at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. Found in a German front line trench in World War I, Kaiser served across two wars and helped train other pigeons including some of his descendants.
Mrs. George Entenauer announces the marriage of her daughter Mildred Fisher to Horace Gamiin Jr at Greenup Kentucky on August first. Both work in Columbus and reside at 1438 West Third Avenue.
Jim Williams of Huntington attends the funeral of his sister Mrs. Lucille Moten. Elmer Hamm visits with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith in Huntington. August Compton of Indianapolis visits Norbert Compton's family, traveling via Huntington to see Mae Eur banks. Harry Lee Bailey returns from Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. Emma Hamm returns from Columbus assisting Dora Hamm at Mt. Carmel Hospital. Mrs. Sam Michael travels to Columbus to help care for Dora Hamm. Herman Warner and family visit Chillicothe. Clara and Ethel Garland visit Columbus with Walter Tully and Edith Price. Mrs. N. G. Foreman of Millersport visits Dey Hysell. George Daniels has returned.
Work after illness keeps Mr and Mrs Homer Hywell and son Rodney from Vinton visiting Mrs Dey Hywell. Robert Harbrecht arrives from Columbus to see parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Harbrecht. Several relatives from Crookaville and Chester visit Elselstein Quillen home and Ward Ward Elm streets.
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