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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1950
Page
4
Pomeroy Field was dedicated Friday in pre game ceremonies at the Pomeroy Gallipolis game. Rain kept hundreds away but Gallipolis won 19 to 0. Speakers praised the Booster’s Inc and taxpayers who funded the field built in 1941.
Seven community institutes across Meigs County were approved for November. Dates are Chester November 9 Hemlock Grove November 10 Tuppers Plains November 14 Rocksprings November 15 Reedsville November 16 Salem Center November 17 and Dyesville November 18. The meeting covered rotating council members and approving the extension service budget.
Clyde Battin of Columbus and former Middleport High School football coach will headline the Middleport Rotary Club banquet at Middleport High School on November 30. The event, an open meeting, will include the Boy Scout campaign update and future Rotary programs with help from the Middleport Volunteer Firemen. Major Norman Imrie will speak at the November 10 meeting.
The Pomeroy Ladies Guild of St Pauls Lutheran Church met in the church social rooms with president Mrs Clair Karr in charge. Members read selections on gratitude and missionary work and planned a Christmas party at Mrs Karrs home with assisting hostesses Mrs Lytle and Mrs Milhoan and a gift exchange. A long list of members and spouses attend.
The Women's Society for Christian Service of the Salem Center Methodist Church gathered at president Mrs. Clair Edmundson's home on November 1. Attending were Mrs. Ollie Overly, Mrs. Effie Baker, Mrs. Arnetta Vale, Mrs. W. E. Hawley, Mrs. Ella Porter, Mrs. Orion Roush and daughter Dixie, Mrs. Max Edmundson, Mrs. Mary Little and the hostess Mrs. Edmundson.
The Past Matrons of Pomeroy Chapter CES met at Mrs. Car Shields home with Mrs. Lula Nease presiding. They planned a Christmas gathering on November 28 at Mrs. Lula Nease’s home on Wehe Terrace, including a gift exchange. A dessert course was served.
The Pomeroy Girl Scouts announce a Juliette Lowe Tea Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Sacred Heart Church Auditorium. Commissioner Mrs. H. B. Kress released the notice.
The Young Adult Class of the United Methodist Church gathered Wednesday at the church for a potluck in honor of Frank Vaughan who leaves Monday for service in the U S Army. Vaughan, a former class president, was the guest of the evening with attendees listed.
The Pomeroy Garden Club plans a 2 p.m. meeting Monday at Mrs. Irving Karr Jr home in Syracuse with Mrs. Edward E. Jones assisting hostess.
Mrs. Harry Wyatt and Melvina Davidson visit aunt Ed Griffith at St. Joseph Hospital Parkersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Boney Mitchell return from Florida visiting Hightowers in Panama City and stations in Mobile and Vicksburg. Jay Ward and wife depart Berkley California after week with Norbert Compton and Robert Cope in Pittsburgh. Robert Halsam and Marcella Compton announce birth of son Douglas Oct 25. Jessie Russell visits son Wayne Russell in Louisville for two weeks.
At a Jackson conference the cooperative movement was hailed as a stable part of free enterprise with about 10,000 farmer cooperatives nationwide and 492000 Ohio members. It notes many farmers joined since the 1870s and outlines roles for junior boards, tours, meetings, and 4-H/FFA involvement to expand member and community benefit.
Walter Leroy Emler 23 died Friday afternoon at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis from a skull fracture sustained at his job checking levels on steel at the Philip Sporn Plant Graham Station. Services were held Saturday and Monday at St Agnes Church. He is survived by his widow Dorothy two sons Robert and John and his parents Mr and Mrs Robert H Emler of Steubenville.
The Pomeroy Band Boosters move their meeting to Monday at 7 30 pm at the Senior High, replacing the planned Tuesday session due to election day.
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