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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1937

Page

2

Pomeroy Panther and Middleport Yellow Jackets Set for Thanksgiving

The annual Pomeroy Panthers versus Middleport Yellow Jackets game will be played Thursday afternoon at Middleport field weather permitting. Pomeroy comes in with a stronger season record though Middleport, rebuilding with young players, hopes for a break in the Southeast Ohio clash.

Malcolm D. Hartley Pomeroy Pomeroy Panthers Middleport Yellow Jackets Yellow Jackets Panthers Middleport Ohio Wellston Jackson Blackwell

Middleport Churches Offer Union Thanksgiving Service

Middleport churches will hold a union Thanksgiving service at Heath Methodist Episcopal Church Wednesday at 7 p.m. Rev Don McMillen of the Church of Christ will deliver the sermon Thanksgiving in the Heart and Thanks Living in Life with assistance from other ministers and a vested choir from Heath Church performing an anthem.

Middleport Heath Methodist Episcopal Church Don McMillen Church of Christ Heath Church

Middleport Social Notes Honor Guest At Dinner

Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Williams host a 6 pm dinner on Hooker Street in Middleport for Mrs. Cash Johnson of Leading Creek. Guests include current and former Variety Store workers from Pomeroy and several local residents and visitors, with many names listed among attendees and other local movements noted.

Middleport R. E. Williams Hooker St Kay Powell Dolly Erlewine George Skinner Elsie Milner Huntington Peter Feeney Mildred Feeney Roscoe Meadows Columbus M. J. McCarty Dea Hayes Dana Satterfield Virginia Stanley Satter Humphrey Grogan Martin Maxine Burns Glouster Nella Calderwood Bruce Hobart Akron L. H. Pratt First Ave

Entertains Circle at Simpson Church Event

Miss Lydia Ebersbach hosted the Queen Esther Circle of Simpson Church at her Mulberry Avenue home Friday evening. After the business meeting, a social hour followed and refreshments were served.

Lydia Ebersbach Queen Esther Simpson Church Mulberry Ave

Birthday Fete for Harry Miller at Nye Avenue Home

Mrs. Thomas Miller hosted a Friday birthday party for her son Harry at Nye Avenue with games and gifts. Guests included Ralph Hill and others. refreshments served by Mrs. Melvin Thomas. The piece also notes church endavor meetings and local social visits.

Thomas Miller Nye Ave Harry Melvin Thomas Ralph Hill Donald Rea Austin Tracy Myron Brooks Rawson Seyfried Edgar Guinther Betty

Post to Meet at American Legion Hall

A meeting of the Drew Webster Post is announced by Post Commander Frank Will for Monday evening at the American Legion Hall. District Commander Eveland of Crooksville will attend as speaker and a banquet will close the evening. Augusta Genheimer, matron of the College Hill Home for the Aged in Cincinnati, is visiting her mother while recovering from a fall that fractured a bone in her foot.

Drew Webster Frank Will American Legion Hall Eveland Crooksville Augusta Genheimer College Hill Cincinnati

Kindle returns home after disposing of restaurant equipment

C L Kindle, former owner of the Home Restaurant on N Second Ave, has returned to Thornville after selling off his restaurant equipment and not reopening since the January flood.

C. L. Kindle Thornville Mr. Kindle N. Second Ave

Back at Residence Dr and Mrs D Q Waugh Return

Dr and Mrs D Q Waugh return to their residence on Second Ave after several years on their Cheshire farm.

D. Q. Waugh Second Ave Cheshire

Fire alarm ends with brake fire at Dailey Service Station

Emergency responders rushed to the Dailey Service Station on lower W Main St after a call about a vehicle blaze. Firemen found the fire confined to the brake bands of a car driven by Paul Smeltzer of Bidwell who had pulled into the driveway and activated the alarm. attendants stated the emergency brake was engaged.

Pomeroy Dailey W. Main St Paul Smeltzer Bidwell Smeltzer Gallia County

Powell razes rebuilt building near service station

Ross FE Powell, owner of the J. M. Williams property on N Second Ave, is razing the partially destroyed structure adjoining his service station after a prior fire.

Middleport Ross FE. Powell J. M. Williams N. Second Ave

Civic Club Hosts Boys at County Home Event

POMEROY Meigs County Children's Home boys will visit the Civic Club for the second Entertainment Festival program at the Junior High School Auditorium. C. E. Jones the electrical wizard will perform. the Home Girls will attend the fourth program featuring a play. The guest custom began last year with the Civic Club series.

Pomeroy Meigs County Pomeroy Civic Club Civic Club C. E. Jones Electrical Wizard

Funeral Rite for Taylor Grogan at Heath M. E. Church

Out of town relatives attended the funeral for Taylor Grogan at Heath M. E. Church on Sunday afternoon. The procession included Mr. and Mrs. Co M Brown and the Blanche family from Derry Pa along with several local mourners. Pallbearers named were M W Essex August White Homer Cook Harry Cross Will Haptonstall and Lewis Sauer. Interment followed at Riverview Cemetery.

Middleport Taylor Grogan Heath M. E Co. M. Brown James Blanche Derry A. E. Humphrey Ray Weaver Glenn Cronk Cronk Norwalk S. E. Williams Rutland

Runaway Pomeroy Captured in Meigs Siding Chase

Runaway Pomeroy Albert Chisler, housed in the O H E at Gallipolis, was seized Sunday at Meigs Siding by Acting Sheriff George Beards and Deputy Delbert Welker. He was jailed and later returned to Gallipolis.

Pomeroy Albert Chisler O.H.E Gallipolis Meigs Siding George Beards Delbert Welker

Pomeroy Social Notes A busy weekend of visits and travel

Mrs. Aaron Kelton and baby visit Gallipolis, Ollie Conde moves to Butternut, Charles Gilkey returns from OHE Gal lipolis, Phil Harbrecht heads to Columbus and Ann Arbor with the University Band, and several locals visit hospitals and relatives including Margaret Jones at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. Other visits span Athens Parkersburg Lancaster and Columbus as families host relatives and friends.

Pomeroy Aaron Kelton Gallipolis Jay Myers Ollie Conde Middleport Butternut Ve Charles Gilkey O.H.E Pat Thornton Harrisonville Road Phil Harbrecht Raymond Harbrecht Mulberry Ave Columbus Ann Arbor Mich Homer Hysell Mildred Strauss Cecil Eiselstein Victor Stewart Margaret Jones

Postponed Soup Dinner At Simpson Church

The soup dinner planned by the ladies of Simpson M E Church for November 30 has been postponed to a later date. Miss Josephine Kimes has returned home on Lincoln Hill after a short visit with friends in New Straitsville. Mr and Mrs N C Stout their son John and Mr and Mrs Clifton Stout spent Sunday with Mrs

Simpson M .E. Church Josephine Kimes Lincoln Hill New Straitsville N. C. Stout John Clifton Stout

Graber joins OSU Lantern staff in journalism program

Charles D. Graber of Butlernut Avenue is named to the staff of The Lantern, the Ohio State University campus daily, while pursuing studies in the School of Journalism. The announcement notes his parentage, Mr and Mrs Charles Graber Sr.

Charles D. Graber Charles Graber, Sr Butternut Ave the Lantern Ohio State University School of Journalism The Lantern

Meigs County Delegates Return From Farm Bureau Meeting

Meigs County residents returned Friday evening from Columbus where they attended the state convention of the Farm Bureau. Delegates listed include C. S Morris voting delegate, and numerous couples and individuals such as Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Mechael, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nease, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Grueser, Mrs. Theodore Grueser, Mrs. Ella Wipple, Mrs. Margaret Thomas, Lawrence Roush, Ira Wolfe, Gerald Hartung, Homer Ashworth, L. L. Roush, Harold Hilligas, Mrs. Sidney Fadeley, and Mr. and Mrs. George Lasher.

Meigs County Columbus The Farm Bureau C. S Morris G. L. Mechael Carl Buckley Vernon Nease Elmer Grueser Theodore Grueser Ella Wipple Margaret Thomas Lawrence Roush Ira Wolfe Gerald Hartung

Meigs County Club Forms at Ohio State University

Ohio State University students in Columbus form a Meigs County club with thirteen members at the first meeting. Attendees include Miss Marjorie Wolf and other Meigs County girls and boys.

Ohio State University Columbus Meigs County Marjorie Wolf

Election of officers to be held at next meeting

Names listed for Pom ery Pom eroy Miss Kathleen Bush Otis Bradford Long Bottom Harrisonville Norman Bahr and Ivan Cottrill Pom eroy Middleport and Middleport discuss officers election at the next meeting set for November 30.

Pat Durst Tracy Goodwin Phil Harbrecht Quinn Hayes Hugh Graber Daniel Rubin Selim Blazewicz Jed Mees Pomeroy Kathleen Bush Otis Bradford Middleport Norman Bahr Long Bottom Ivan Cottrill Harrisonville

3 F Club Holds Social at Parker Home

Thirteen members of the 3 F Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Parker on Mulberry Avenue Friday evening. A six o'clock oyster dinner was served. The remainder of the evening was spent socially.

George Parker Mulberry Ave

Siren at Noon Initiated to Prevent Freezing

Pomeroy to restart daily noon siren practice this Wednesday announced by Fire Chief Herb Giles. Officials say the noon signal keeps the device in working order and prevents it from freezing shut by moisture and snow blowing into the courthouse cupola.

Pomeroy Herb Giles Giles Cupalo

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