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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1944

Page

3

Thanksgiving Party At Arnott Home In Syracuse

Pauline Arnott Mc Clintock and her daughter Claudine Kay hosted Thanksgiving at Mr. and Mrs. Frank Arnott home in Syracuse Saturday evening November 18. Cookies sandwiches pumpkin pie and tea were served to guests including Mrs. Allen Knopp and daughters Mrs. Harold Voglesong Lera Marylin and Nola Anne Knopp Middleport Mrs. Frank Titus Pomeroy Grace Winebrenner Bernice Stowe Betty Capehart Marie Houdashelt Mary Winebrenner Syracuse Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shain and daughters Frances and Ethel Emma Jane Jiiden Lois Sayer Racine Oma McDade and Ramona Allen Letart. The home was decorated with turkey drawings and bitterness.

Pomeroy Grace Winebrenner Bernice Stowe Betty Capehart Marie Houdashelt Mary Winebrenner Syracuse Earl Shain Frances Ethel Emma Jane Jiiden Lois Sayer Racine Oma McDade Ramona Allen Letart

Thanksgiving service announced at Church of Christ

Union Thanksgiving service will be held at the Church of Christ at 10 a.m. Thursday morning. The Rev. Albert Bitters of the United Methodist Church will deliver the sermon. The public has been invited to attend.

Pomeroy—Union Church of Christ Albert Bitters United Methodist Church

Hartford Man Killed In Action

Hartford couple learns their son William MacKnight Jr age 30 was killed in action in France on November 3 He is the first Hartford casualty in this war and will have Hartford s first Gold Star on the Honor Roll He was married to Sibyle Goodnight in July 1936 and leaves four children and his wife plus his parents two sisters and a brother in the service He joined the Army January 12 1942 and formerly worked at Alloy West Virginia Church membership noted

Hartford William MacKnight War Department William MacKnight Jr France Sibyle Goodnight Ripley John W James C Julia Ann Joseph L

Bend Teams To Meet In 20th Annual Thanksgiving Game

The Middleport Yellow Jackets and the Pomeroy Purple Panthers meet Thursday at 2 30 EWT with gates at 1 30. Officials include A B Long Leroy Boyd and Harry Krumiaus. Palmers hold edge in record but rivalry promises thrills as in years past.

Middleport Middleport Yellow Jackets Pomeroy Purple Panthers A. B. Long Newark High School Columbus North Columbus West Leroy Boyd Lancaster Harry Krumiaus Newark Advocate Panthers Yellow Jackets Middleporters Pomeroy Midpt Pt. Pleasant Wahama Nelsonville Athens Chauncey Logan Wellston Gallipolis Jackson Pom

Commissioners Order DAV Officer to Vacate Courthouse Office

Meigs County commissioners in a special session ordered Edward Reuter DAV service officer to vacate the courthouse office after occupying it rent free for months. The office space is needed for county business and Reuter received a ten day notice. The board also voted to pay Recorder George Meinhart up to 15 dollars for attending the Recorder's Convention in Columbus.

Pomeroy Meigs County Commissioners Eaward Reuter DAV Commissioner’s George Meinhart Recorder’s Columbus

First Pomeroy Middleport Football Game 1898

Long lost clipping recounts football debut in Pomeroy Bend on Thanksgiving Day 1898. Pomeroy high school beat Middleport 23 to 0 before nearly 500 spectators at Pythian Park, with touchdowns by Trussell Robinson Hartley and three goals by Hartley. A second December game ended 2 0 in favor of Pomeroy by a safety.

Pomeroy Hartleys Meigs County Middleport Messenger Malcolm Hartley Mansfield Pomeroy Bend Middleport High School Pythian Park Nichols Stansbury Jolly Swift Hawkins Waddell Kepler Engler Hanlin Durst Downing Hazelton Kneidel Robinson McKnight Keehne Geyer Joseph Kuntz Trussel Hartley Robert“son Elmer Trussell Pete Robinson Oliver Hartley Pomeroy Lads Herman Kuntz

Thanksgiving grid clash features Middleport and Pomeroy bands

Middleport Junior and Senior Bands under Bernard Krinke and the Pomeroy Band directed by Charles Stroud perform at the Turkey Day football clash. Opening flag raising with HI and M formations, halftime "M" and Star, memorial cross for Meigs County heroes, and a finale with Orange and Black.

Middleport Pomeroy Bernard Krinke Charles Stroud MHS Franklin Ginther Stardust Meigs County Orange and Black Stroud Purple and White

Thanksgiving Service at Trinity Church This Thursday

A special Thanksgiving Service will be held Thursday evening at 7 30. The Rev Hilmar Th Rosenberg pastor of Trinity Church will base his message on March 8 1721 with the subject Do Ye Not Remember.

Pomeroy Trinity Church Hilmar Th. Rosenberg

Pomeroy Band Plans Program With Theme Formations

Lawrence Meal and family now live in Phoenix after relocating from Cincinnati. The Pomeroy band will form an M and a heart during numbers like Dance With A Dolly With A Hole in Her Stocking and Is You Is or If You Ain’t My Baby. Comedy by three high school students accompanies the show. The program ends with Any Bonds Today and the Alma Mater.

Pomeroy

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