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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1958
Page
3
Meigs County polio efforts show $6000 in obligations this year for 10 critically ill patients. Mrs. Victor Young Sr. notes a $1500 donation from the national polio foundation as bills delay until after the 1959 March of Dimes. She urges complete Salk vaccinations amid Detroit outbreaks.
A bridal shower for Thelma Jean Davis was hosted at Mrs. Dorothy Jeffers home with Mrs. Harry Davis as co host. Pink and white decor highlighted the gift table featuring a pink and white umbrella and a bride doll. Attendees and gift givers included numerous local residents and family members.
Miss Sally Schaaf will speak on special education in public schools at a Salisbury PTA meeting this evening at the school. Mrs. John Moore and Mrs. Arthur Nease will serve refreshments. Girl Scout Troop Six will entertain children accompanying their parents.
The Rock Springs Better Health Club holds a meeting at 1 30 p m Winesday at the home of Mrs Amos Leonard. Co hosts include Mrs W A Morgan and Mrs Homer Rad ford.
Middleport Rotary announces the annual football banquet moved to December 10 at Middleport High School. Ohio University coach Bill Hess will speak, with OU quarterback Charles Stobart expected to attend. The club also meets in Racine Friday for a farm city dinner and plans for Rubinoff and his violin concert on January 9 with George Meinhart as chairman.
Advertisement claims Stainless Pazo provides immediate pain relief, reduces swelling, and promotes healing of inflamed tissues without surgery. It touts three actions in one product for piles and urges purchase of suppositories or ointment from druggists with a money back guarantee.
Mr and Mrs Ted Warner announce the birth of a daughter at Meigs General Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Richard Vaughan and Mr and Mrs Herman Warner. Great grandparents are Mrs Birdie Warner and Walter Vaughan of Pomeroy.
The One Won One Class of the First Baptist Church will meet Thursday evening at the church with Mrs. Walter Wolfe as devotional leader. Pot luck refreshments will be served.
A group of Middleport Garden Club members will travel to Marietta on Thursday to attend a lecture and meeting about holiday arrangements.
Kenneth Grover Pomeroy has been appointed as a special deputy sheriff in Meigs County. The designation appears in an entry filed with the Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
Theodore Boyer of Pomeroy fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in county jail for driving while intoxicated. Otho Tracy of Pomeroy fined 5 dollars and costs on intoxication charges in separate mayoral court.
Pomeroy High School juniors present Desperate Ambrose a three act satire on the Old West at 8 p m Friday in the junior high auditorium. Bill Wilson Bob Springer headline with Sandy Potts Jean Webster. Supporting cast includes Bill Gibbs Arnold Evans Eddie Bartels Charles McCabe Hazel Qualls Becky Grueser and others with tickets sold by class members.
Pomeroy village council met briefly at City Hall to approve bills, purchase two tires for the police cruiser, and discuss upgrades in Lincoln Heights and other areas. Mayor Charles Legar announced progress on new sidewalks along E Main Street.
Youth fellowship at Morning Star EUB Church elected Roberta Kraeuter as president and Linda Chaney as vice president. Christine Watson is secretary with Larry Holter as assisting secretary and Roy Van Meter as treasurer. Richard Shuler serves as assistant treasurer. Delores Kraeuter is pianist and Phyllis Idle assistant pianist.
Five initiates received the exemplar degree at Xi Gamma Mu Beta Sigma Phi with Marjorie Crow Vera Crow Roberta O'Brien Sarah Gibbs and Jean Werry named. Marcia Hobstetter became an honorary member as Clarice Krautter presided and decorations were gold and white. A potluck dinner follows with each member providing table service. The Happy Ramblers Club met at Claudia Terrells with a potluck supper and multiple attendees listed.
Mrs Robert Harden will host the Third Wednesday Home Demonstration Club at her home for an all day meeting. A morning business session will be led by president Mrs Charles Lisle. An afternoon discussion on Christmas Ideas will follow with members sharing favorite Christmas plans.
Vincent Knight seventeen of Pomeroy faced reckless operation charges after allegedly attempting to race Middleport and Pomeroy police cruisers Saturday night. Judge John C. Bacon fined Knight twenty five dollars plus costs and imposed a six month suspension of his driver’s license.
Despite minus 70 degree snaps in Alaska winters, rare summer periods spike to about 100 degrees. Weather officials note extreme temperature swings and rapid changes across regional zones.
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