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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1952

Page

8

Armistice Day Dinner Speakers Honor War Dead

C J Rhodes served as Armistice speaker at Feeney-Bennett Post Auxiliary dinner for 75 veterans at Legion Hall in Meigs County. He urged universal military training and stronger readiness, and urged daily patriotism while honoring those who served and those who fought in Korea.

Middleport C. J. Rhodes Meigs Pomeroy Public Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion Legion Hall S. Fourth American ‘Legion America Korea Cora Bennett Lillian Stieff H. M. Cross Sousa Poindexter Charles McMaster Post Combine

Pomeroy Social Notes Elects County Garden Chair

Miss Ethel Garland of Pomeroy was unanimously elected county chairman of the garden clubs at a regional meeting in Coolville. Attendees from Pomeroy included many Twilight and Pomeroy Garden Club members.

Pomeroy Ethel Garland Garden Clubs Llth Coolville Miss Garland Carrie Nye Phil Williamson Jed Webster Eddie Smith Pearl Hysell Harry Roush J. I. Clark T. A. May Twilight Garden Club Joan Leitweiler Lyd&m Ebersbach E. W. Coates Jacob Mees C. E. W. Downie George Parker Pomeroy Garden Club C. L. Heaton Dale Smith The Winding Trail Garden Club John Scott Russ Watson John Bailey Charles Baer Christy Baer William Fisher Joe Thoren Norman Fisher Lawrence Rose Homer Holter Hiram Fisher Wildwood Garden Club

Making Merry Christmas Theme At Chester Garden Club

Mrs. Roy Miller led a Chester area Cater Garden Club meeting at Mrs. Carl Kautz home on Chester Road with a Christmas decorations display. Members noted evergreen arrangements dogwood and bittersweet while Mrs. Kautz presented a paper titled Christmas Decorations and wax log and pine cone flames. Twenty one members attended and received blue and red ribbons for arrangements. New president Mrs. Pearl Koblentz was installed by past president Mrs. Paul Baer and received a corsage from Mrs. Baer.

Chester Roy Miller Cater Garden Club Carl Kautz Chester Road Earl Dean Pearl Koblentz Theodore Mora Howard Knight Max Harrah Donald Mora E. B. Knight Paul Baer

Seegar Family Members Travel and Social Visits Reported

Mrs. Lyle Seegar Miss Faye Seegar and Mrs. John Weeks spent Monday in Huntington Miss Bonnie Irene Neutzling of Peacock Avenue spent Friday night as a guest of Miss Margaret Hand ley of Harrisonville Road

Lyle Seegar Faye Seegar John Weeks Huntington Bonnie Irene Neutzling Peacock Ave Margaret Handley Harrisonville Road

DAR Chapter Meeting At Nancy Reed Home

Jonathan Meigs Chapter will meet at Miss Nancy Reed's home Friday at 2 p.m. Mrs. Frank Westerman of Cincinnati will speak as state chairman of Girl Homemakers. A Christmas shower for children of DAR approved schools will be held.

Middleport Jonathan Meigs Nancy Reed J. E. Foster Ruth Daniels Frank Westerman Cincinnati Girl Homemakers

Pomeroy Man Fined $100 For DUI In Court

Charles Morton Pomeroy, of Pomeroy, was fined $100 and costs for driving a motor vehicle under the influence when arraigned in Mayor Delmar A. Canaday's court. In a second hearing before Judge John Anderson he was fined $5 and costs on an intoxication charge. Both cases were filed by Patrolman Franklin D. Hudson.

Pomeroy Charles Morton Delmar A. Canaday John Anderson Franklin D. Hudson

Mother and Daughter Return Home in Rocksprings

Mrs Roy Crueser and daughter Marla Louise are back home in Rocksprings. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lewis Grueser of Rockapeings and Mr and Mrs Hallis amaker of Middleport. Two great grandmothers are Mrs Jacob Grueser of Rocksprings and Mrs Nancy Story of Springfield. The Grurers have another daughter Maria Irene who was two when Maria Louise was born. The United Nations Security Council has five permanent seats and six elected seats.

Pomeroy Roy Crueser Marla Louise Rocksprings Lewis Grueser Rockapeings Hallis Amaker Middleport Jacob Grueser Nancy Story Springfield Grurers Maria Irene Maria Louise

Possible Successor to Grant Wood Sees Real Art in Fields

Milwaukee article profiles Felix Summers, praised by the Soil Conservation Society of America for a mural depicting man’s relation to earth. Summers, once a farmhand, champions art rooted in cornfields, weather, and farm labor, not urban subjects. He recounts a life moving from plow to drawing, blending agricultural realism with artwork.

Grant Wood Midwest Cornfields Milwaukee NEA Felix Summers Times Square Iowa Midwest Soil Conservation Society of America Summers Mills County Teacher’s College Peru Neb University of Nebraska Yale University School of Fine Arts Wyoming

Mission Plans Carried Out in Middleport

Ohio Evangelistic Mission of Methodist churches runs Nov 16 to 23 with Health Church prayer groups and a daily 6 p.m. chimes call. Friday pastors from Ports mouth District travel to Jackson to meet guest minister Rev. Louis A. Bangerter and Rev. David Skeen who will assist in training teams and preaching. Services set Sunday at 10 30 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. and ongoing through the week with invites to the public.

Middleport Ohio Evangelistic Mission of Methodist Churches Health Church Portsmouth Jackson David Skeen First Church Mt. Gilead Louis A. Bangerter Mr. Bangerter

Southeastern Ohio Broiler Association Meeting Set

A meeting of the Southeastern Ohio Broiler Association will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday in Pomeroy City Hall. E A Wingett announced a nutrition expert from a major feed concern will speak and films on broiler raising will be shown. All interested persons are invited.

Pomeroy Southeastern Ohio Broiler Association Pomeroy City Hall E. A Wingett

Large Store Leased by Barlo Co to Open Factory Outlet

Barle Shoe Company of Cincinnati leases the former Howard the Trader building in Middleport from Howard K. Ewing of Clearwater Fla. The Factory Outlet Store will sell men’s women’s and children’s clothing and shoes direct from the factory. Barle plans local hiring as it operates 13 or 14 outlets. William Hogue, former Vogue Shoe Store owner in Pomroy, arranged the lease after selling to Barle.

Middleport Howard the Trader Don Harris Barle Shoe Company Cincinnati Howard K. Ewing Clearwater Fla William Hogue Vogue Pomeroy Barle Company

Scholl Enters State Patrol Training in Columbus

Bruce R. Scholl, son of Mrs. Frances Scholl and the late Herman Scholl, left for Columbus to enroll in the state highway patrol school at the Hartman farm for a 12 week training period. A 1948 Pomeroy High School graduate, he served four years in the Navy with two years on Guam and has been employed by Ura Swisher Coal Company since discharge.

Pomeroy Bruce R. Scholl Frances Scholl Herman Scholl Columbus State Highway Patrol Hartman Farm Scholl Pomeroy High School Navy Guam Ura Swisher Coal Company Armed Forces

Prof. Lewis Set for Return to Holzer Hospital

Prof. J. T. Lew, nearly 89, will return to Holzer Hospital Friday for treatment after a fall at the Gallipolis State Institute where he directs instrumental music two days weekly. He suffered head injuries from the fall at the institution.

Middleport J. T. Lewis Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Professor Lewis

Annual Bazaar Set at Sacred Heart Church Two Evenings

POMEROY The Sacred Heart Church bazaar opens at 7 30 this evening in the church auditorium for two nights with a 5 30 dinner tomorrow evening. Parish members staff booths and activities while committees list many volunteers from Meigs County.

Kenneth McCullough Shirley Ann Beegle Rita Beegle Judy Cluff Megan Cluff Yvonne Hackett Mary T. Meier Clarice Clifford Mary Neutzling Sue Jean Raub Bridget Ruschel Mary Robinson Harley Slack Howard Dailey David Goodwin William Jeric Henry Wells Charles Radaford Elbert Robinson Christine Grueser George Buchanan Jane Harris Ruth Ann Horak Barbara Donovan Janet Korn Helen Waddell George Hackett John Goett Paulina Angelleti Frances Glockner Joseph Conde Frank Fugate Walter Harris William Wells Rose Marcinko Lmer Killinger William Reinhart E. E. Follrod Phillip Meier George Hackett, Jr Michael Hackett Catherine Grueser Agnes Grueser Edwin Wehrung Clement Menchini Henry Wippel William Garber Martin Waddell Virgie Ruschel Marcellene Buell Helen Clifford Dorothy Glockner F. J. Welch John Handley Mary Korn Mary Burkett Frank Gress Charles Graber Franklin Hepp Lena Guth Katch Guth Bertha Conde Stella Ebersbach Norman Jurgens Orville Morris Paul Casci Joseph Raub Donald Mullen John Mitch

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Kathryn Poindexter Helen Mulford Myrtle Pickens Norman Wayland Lawrence Bing Phil Edwards Howard B. Mullen Liberty Theatre Ohio Voice of the Theatre Wild Animal Pictures Howard Hill Arrow Dale Pomeroy Social Notes Reed Young Community Institute Club David Koblentz Young Utz Thomas Radford Emmett Shuler Central School PTA Thomas Clark Swisher Leroy Watson Mary Virginia Reibel Mitoga Dart Arrow Pomeroy Personals Dar Pomeroy Man United Nations Security Council Broiler Association Main Becky Middleport, Ohio Barlo Co Prof. Lewis Tele-King Television Kom Rhodes Steffy Ewing's Furniture & Appliance Store Enzo Barsotti Leo Carroll Norbert Neutzling William Chisler Fred Burkett John Bacon William McGhee William Baronick Homer Gordon John Goetz George Horak David Ohlinger James Sauders Ed Burkett Joe Gloeckner Martin & Roller Rexall Meigs Tuberculosis and Health Association Meigs County Tuberculosis & Health Association Vern G. Rogers Kahn Tailoring CO Indianapolis Bath E. Main St Pomeroy, Ohio
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