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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1937

Page

3

Pastor F C Kreager Resigns From Middleport Church

Reverend F C Kreager, seven and a half years at First Baptist Middleport, announced his resignation after the midweek prayer service. He has not set an effective date or future plans. He has served in Meigs County Ministerial Association, led religious education in the schools, and chaired the Boy Scouts Court of Honor.

Middleport F. C. Kreager First Baptist Church Kreager Columbus Meigs County F. I. Gardner A. V. C. Skinner

Middleport Social Notes Describe bake sale plans and community events

The Women's Missionary Society of Heath Methodist Church organized a bake sale at Sanborn's Jewelry Store from 10 to 12 on Saturday. The issue highlights social gatherings including a Thursday Bridge Club event and a fourth birthday party for Janet Frost with guests and decorations.

Middleport Women’s Missionary Society of the Heath Methodist Church H. E. Cook Sanborn's Nora McCoy

Michael Zwilling Dies At Home In Monkey Run

Michael Zwilling 81 died at his home in Monkey Run Thursday. Survived by daughter Mrs Joseph Conde and three sons Andy Fred and Leo all of Pomeroy. Funeral services set for Monday at 9 AM Sacred Heart Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery.

Pomeroy Michael Zwilling Monkey Run

Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Visits and Events

Mrs. Lawrence Lanning visits Columbus relatives with husband to return home together. Granddaughter Lois Ann Campbell and Mrs. Richard Campbell visit Parkersburg. M. H. Jenkinson and George Shaw travel for business. Cora D. Webb hosts guests Nora McLain Nina Healy and Daisy and Ethel Miller. Bobby Morris returns home after appendectomy. Irena Wright honored at Mulberry Ave party. Laban Hill to winter near Sarasota with Mary Ewing visiting South. Senior Shakespeare Club meets with Ohio Arts and Artists tea. Next gathering at Harley Musser home.

Lawrence Lanning Spring St Columbus Lanning Richard Campbell Lois Ann Campbell Rollin Beards Parkersburg M. H. Jenkinson Lancaster Pomeroy George Shaw Logan Cora D. Webb W. Main St Nora McLain Huntington Nina Healy Cheshire Daisy and Ethel Miller Langsville George Howell Mulberry Ave Irena Wright Laban Hill Sarasota Florida Mary Ewing South Harry Smith Shakespeare Club Lassey St Ohio A. H. Rosenbaum Smith Harley Musser Harrisonville

Local Residents Move Between Apartments and Homes

Mr and Mrs A C Jones relocate from Ebersbach on Second Street to Horton on East Main Street. Mr and Mrs Howard Coates move from Richman property on Sycamore Street to Ebersbach on Second Street. Representative Floyd Mees visits Columbus for a tax revenue commission meeting. Miss Mary Virginia Neutzling elected secretary of Delta Beta Phi sorority in Columbus. Pythian Sisters group hosts Christmas party planning with awards and guest list. Mary Martha League elects officers at Federated Church. Clair Karr hosts farewell party for Edgar Ebersbach in Sarasota Florida with 500 bid games and prizes.

Howard Coates Richman Sycamore St Ebersbach Second St Floyd Mees Columbus Tax Revenue Commission Mary Virginia Neutzling Ben Neutzling Delta Beta Phi Miss Neutzling F. Ray Wilson Rollin Beards Magnolia Temple Pythian Edith Ament Thelma Grueser L. A. Person Luella Durst Margaret Seidenable Lenna Beards Effie M. Tracy Sarah Phillips Anna Russell Lettie Rea Sadie Foss Elizabeth Campbell Carrie Fisher Allie Fisher Lena Anna Durst Julius Smith Philip Meinhart Mary Martha League Federated Church Smith Della Stace Louis Reiber Charles Price Lena Huber Edith Hines Barbara Meinhart Clair Karr Edgar Ebersbach Sarasota Florida Thomas Young Robert Boice

Engineer Dies While Preparing for Run in Middleport

H. E. Allensworth aged 62 died at his Grant Street home of cerebral hemorrhage while preparing to travel as an engineer for the New York Central Lines from Hobson. A Laurel Cliff native and longtime Middleport resident, he is survived by his wife and several children, a brother in Cleveland, a sister in Laurel Cliff, and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.

Middleport H. E. Allensworth Hobson New York Central Grant St Allensworth Laurel Cliff Milo Allensworth Rock Springs Railroad Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Dale Cheshire Bertha Flowers Akron Edgar Robert Viola McCullough Marion Raymond Charles Ray Allensworth Cleveland Elmer Finlan

Pomeroy Residents To Sail South Saturday

Mrs R H Rawlings and daughter Nancy sail from New York at noon Saturday November 6 aboard the Monarch of Bermuda for a week at Elbow Beach Hotel Paget Bermuda. They will then travel on the Reina del Pacifio through the Panama Canal visiting ports on the west coast of South America to Valparaiso where son Richard H Rawlings will host them for the summer. They plan to fly over the Andes in spring and return by the east coast arriving home about May 1.

Pomeroy R. H. Rawlings Nancy New York Elbow Beach Paget Bermuda Panama Canal South America Valparaiso Santiago Chile Richard H. Rawlings Andes Buenos Aires Montivideo

Youth Night Observed at Simpson M E Church

The Prince of Peace Declamation Contest features four youths Earl Needham Edith Kerns Mary Martha Smith and Irena Wright with a bronze medal for the winner. Dr. Foster district superintendent of Portsmouth will speak on The Church and Her Youth and conduct Epworth League officers installation followed by a Quarterly Conference meeting.

Pomeroy Simpson M. E Prince of Peace Foster Portsmouth Methodist Episcopal Church Epworth League Earl Needham Edith Kerns Mary Martha Smith Irena Wright Ohio Council of Church

Meigs Youth Group Meets In Middleport

Meigs County Churches of Christ youths meet at the Middleport Church of Christ on Sunday November fourteen for two sessions at 2 PM and 7 PM. W E Starn, Ohio Christian Education director, will speak. Each visiting group brings a musical number or reading and a greeting. Lunch at 5:30 includes sandwiches, potato salad, baked beans, and slow. Host serves hot drink and dessert. The gathering aims to spur county wide youth fellowship and bi monthly assemblies in different churches.

Middleport Churches of Christ Meigs County Church of Christ Young People's County Assembly

Thirty seven new cars sold in Meigs during October

POMEROY Thirty seven new cars were sold in Meigs County during October per Clerk Herman Beards office records. Of the total 14 were trucks and 23 were passenger cars.

Meigs Pomeroy Meigs County Herman Beards

Toledo court sparks on scrip burn at county jail

County commissioners walked to the jail and burned 159 814 in retired scrip as part of a 210 000 issue released in 1933.

Toledo

Soot Fire at King Home Ends Without Damage

Middleport Fire Department responded to a chimney fire at the King residence on Beech Street Thursday evening. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with no damage to the property.

Middleport King Home Beech St

Janitor Firegate Cuts Grafton School Heat

At Grafton School in Elyria Ohio classes were suspended after state officials ruled Charles Mole, longtime janitor and fireman, could not legally operate the boiler without a license. The chilly day halted activities as staff sought a licensed replacement.

Elyria Grafton School Charles Mole

Burned at Mary Jane Coffee Shop in Middleport

Miss Alma Leifheit of Prospect Hill suffered severe burns Wednesday at the Mary Jane Coffee Shop in Middleport when a kettle of hot grease was dropped and splashed over her face and arms while removing it from the stove.

Pomeroy Alma Leifheit Prospect Hill Mary Jane Middleport

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Middleport Baptist Middleport Social Notes West High South High Dave Farmer Arthur Skinner Harold Hubbard Frank White Walter B. Harris Robert Haggerty David Jenkins Ray Casto William Robson Eugene Cunningham G. C. Schaff J. B. Hodge Elmer Reed Lewis Burford N. C. Welch Richard Pickens Clyde Battin South High School Yellow Jackets West High School Etta Dyke Roy Moore William Hershey William Mich Short Fourth Ave Paul Graves Pearl Graves Pearl St Laura Handley Mildred Mathews Glouster C. B. Smith R. O. Fowler Dwight Frost Arlene Graff New County Fifth Ave Walter Harris Edward Duffy W. H. Juhling Frank Vrooman James Harley Duffy Oscar Klein Janet Frost H. B. Curd Frost Rollin Neutzling Hallie Zerkle Pomeroy Social Notes Bobby Morris Robert Morris Holzer Hospital Harrisonville Road A. C. Jones Horton E. Main St Pythians Salisbury Township Gilbert Gyp Weeks Tulip Burns Mechanic Street Will's Tire & Battery D. F. Will Bil Aeiey Elie Clover Farm L. ——— Sovup Odland Glendale Apple Apple Sauc Choice la Panza Crisco Uncle Bob Wpar At & A.M Shine Butte Cera Lac Dot Callies AO Ota Ib. Sock Clover WPAR W. Va Psi OD COS Uncle Bob and the
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