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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
2
Middleport leaders discuss a grab bag sale set for December 2 and a Christmas party date to be announced. PTA president Mrs. Edison Wessa chaired, with Mrs. Wessa and Mrs. Ed Hite serving light refreshments.
An advertisement claims Emerald Of instantly relieves pain and swelling from varicose ulcers and old sores. It asserts the product lets users continue daily routines while sores heal, offering a money back guarantee and widespread availability at quick cut rate druggists.
Pomeroy hopes for big attendance as the Pomeroy Jackson football game hinges on warm weather. Middleport granted field use and moved Bremen’s game to evening, preventing a cancellation and keeping the title race open.
Middleport Literary Club met at Mrs. Frank White’s South Second Avenue home with Mrs. D. C. Miller presiding. Roll call was current events. program participants included Mrs. O. H. Stewart, Mrs. Jennie Smith, and Mrs. A. W. McKay. Next meeting set for December 6 with Mrs. Jennie Smith as hostess.
Middlport event saw Mrs. M. C. Hobart host a contract bridge session on Tuesday afternoon. High score went to Mrs. D. C. Miller with second place to Mrs. J. A. Kent.
In Pomeroy a radio speaker praises the Red Cross as the cheapest insurance policy and highlights flood relief work. The Meigs County Red Cross Roll Call will begin Monday, with local leaders named in Pomeroy and Middleport and other townships to be announced as organizers finalize personnel.
Meigs County students at Ohio University join several campus musical bodies. Velma Geary Helen Schaefer and Jeanette McKay of Middleport appear in the Women’s Glee Club Ithamar Week of Pomeroy and Dell Russell of Middleport are in the University Band which has outdoor appearances this fall and two indoor concerts planned. Elma Smith of Cheshire is on the women’s debate squad and Geary and McKay also sing with the Vested Choir. Both men’s and women’s groups plan winter programs on and off campus, with readings annually bringing at least one group to Pomeroy for concerts.
Sunday dinner in Middleport hosted Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Covert with guests Miss Wilma Wheeler and Lowell Peas. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. George Van Zandt, Mrs. Van Zandt the Covert couple’s daughter.
Meigs County hosts a series of farm institute sessions with Elwood Caster presiding at Salem and Long Bottom programs featuring speakers from state institutes and local officials. Will and Alice Davis perform songs as part of the Salem program. Future institutes are planned in Orange Township and at Forest Run Rock Springs and Hemlock Grove with Peters and Mrs. Lawrence recurring on multiple sites.
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