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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 10, 1949

Page

9

Masons Plan Education Meeting in Masonic Temple

POMEROY Pomeroy Chapter No 80 Royal Arch Masons hold an education and information session at the Masonic Temple Monday November 14 inviting all Blue Lodge members in Meigs County Gordon Morrow of Wellston will speak and Ben Franklin magician will entertain refreshments served

Pomeroy Royal Arch Masons Masonic Temple Blue Lodge Meigs County Gordon Morrow Wellston Ben Franklin

Middleport Armistice Day Program Highlights School Skits

Middleport High School juniors presented an Armistice Day program during assembly including a article reading The Cost of War and a poem Armistice Day. A skit Unknown Soldier featured silhouettes with cast members. Fred Hoffman received a Ohio University merit certificate and a school award. Coach Bachtel urged early arrival for the Middleport Athens game as Dad's Night events were planned for players' fathers.

Middleport Middleport High School Vinas Lee JoAnn Wilson Myron Duffield Taps Nancy Fink James Roller Dana Walburn Faye Roush Silhouettes Jean Searls Claire Taylor Betty Ashley James Sanborn Richard Walters Roy Garvin Dorony Werner Francesse L. W. McComas Ohio University Fred Hoffman Meigs County Ohio Forrest Bachtel

Anna Morrison Wiley POMEROY Death Notice

Anna Morrison Wiley 79 died 10 45 a m Wednesday at her Middleport home. Survived by son-in-law George Stewart of Pomeroy and five grandchildren May Williams Argretta Brandford Freida Johnson Donald Stewart Clara Fern Johnson. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home until 2 pm service at Mt Moriah Baptist Church Middleport Hill cemetery.

Pomeroy Anna Morrison Wiley Middleport George Stewart May Williams Argretta Brandford Freida Johnson Canton Donald Stewart Clara Fern Johnson Detroit Ewing Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Middleport Hill Cemetery

Thomas Fork Gilmore Mines Are Inspected

Federal inspector praised safety practices at the Thomas Fork Coal Co Willow Creek Mine No. 2 near Pomeroy. J B Vanity found 10 workers and 40 tons daily, urged blasting precautions and noted timbering ventilation and wiring. He also inspected the Gilmore mine four miles north, operated by W F Gilmore and son, with five workers and 20 tons daily, recommending better ventilation.

Pomeroy Thomas Fork Willow Creek Bureau of Mines J. B. Vanity Vanity Gilmore W. F. Gilmore and Son

Grass fires blaze near Pomeroy over two days

Pomeroy fire department responded to three grass fires in 24 hours. One incident behind Ohlinger Service Station in Enterprise burned trees, another on Rose Hill at Joe Young's home started by leaf burning, and a third on Route 124 near Steve Archer's property threatened a dynamite storage magazine. Probate records show letters of administration issued to Clarence Proffitt for the late Mary C. Harris of Lebanon township.

Pomeroy Ohlinger Enterprise Joe Young's Rose Hill Steve Archers Clarence Proffitt Mary C. Harris Lebanon Township

Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Marriages and Visits

Pomeroy notes report Roberta Adams and Johnny Marshall wed in Kentucky and to reside in Columbus. Local clubs postpone a meeting. Edison Hobstetter and wife return from the National Bankers Convention in San Francisco. Families visit and recoveries amid a flurry of social updates across Pomeroy and surrounding areas.

Pomeroy Elsie Adams Butternut Ave Roberta Johnny Marshall Columbus Kentucky

Mrs Wayne Lutz Taken to Holzer Hospital

Mrs Wayne Lutz of Gallipolis was taken Tuesday to Holzer Hospital where she is a medical patient Her son Dr John Lutz was called from Charleston Mrs Lutz is the widow of the late Wayne Lutz former Pomeroy school superintendent

Middleport Wayne Lutz Gallipolis Holzer Hospital John Lutz Charleston Lutz Pomeroy

Illnesses Reported In Middleport Details

Mrs. William Parsons is reported ill at her Gravel Hill home and has been in a serious condition for an extended period. Mrs. B E Talbott, long an invalid, was reported in critical condition Wednesday night.

Middleport William Parsons Gravel Hill Parsons B. E. Talbott

Pomeroy Couple Granted Marriage License

A marriage license was issued by the probate court to Jules R. Biron a 23 year old carpenter of Point Pleasant West Virginia and Ann Darst age 22 of Middleport.

Jules R. Biron Carpenter Point Pleasant W. Va Ann Darst Middleport

Temperature Drops With Altitude Averaging Three Degrees

The encyclopedia notes that temperature decreases as altitude rises at about three degrees per thousand feet on average, reflecting standard lapse rate in atmospheric science.

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