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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1949

Page

7

Celebration meal planned for Yellow Jackets after game

The Yellow Jacket team and staff will eat a special meal at Mary Jane Coffee Shop after today’s contest. Coach Bachtel emphasizes moderation, as players will be served Swiss steak, potatoes, green beans, toast, and milk at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. The briefing notes also mention hens needing water to produce eggs, with two pounds of water per pound of feed.

Bachtel Middleport Forrest Bachtel Yellow Jacket Mary Jane Coffee Shop

Thanksgiving Sermon at Middleport Presbyterian Church

Dr Homer G McMillen led Union Thanksgiving services at First Presbyterian Church in Middleport using Psalm 95 themes praising God He urged gratitude for spiritual riches from the Pilgrims and Jesus as Savior and urged no defeatism in faith The Heath Methodist service opened with organ preludes and a choir performance with offertory numbers benefiting the Weekday Religious program fund.

Middleport Homer G. McMillen First Presbyterian Church McMillen Pilgrim Fathers God Heath Methodist Church C. M. Hennesy N. P. Swackhammer

Improvements Planned for Prosperity Mine at Pomeroy

Federal inspection recommends better ventilation and rock dusting at the Prosperity mine in Pomeroy. J B Vanity re inspected in October noting 75 tons daily output and 14 workers. Commendable features include timbering roof testing stoppings and shelter holes with space for air measures and safety checks.

Pomeroy J. B. Vanity Vanity

Ohio highway system deficiencies outlined by Marietta engineer

Max Farley of Division 10 spoke to the Pomeroy Lions Club on Tuesday night about Ohio roads outgrowing the system. He traced highway history through lean years and wartime shortages, noted rising maintenance costs, and proposed a long range plan to fix narrow roads, steep hills, and congestion. He urged highway inventories and coordinated research to estimate correction costs and attract skilled staff.

Pomeroy Ohio Max Farley Marietta Division 10 Pomeroy Lions Club Farley Highway Department Department

Is Moved Through City In Floodwall Property Move

Virgil Fike a Charleston contractor moved a flood wall property house from the river end of Eighth Street to a vacant lot at 1008 Main Street. The move required raising power lines at Tenth and Main and removing a telephone pole, briefly interrupting service to nearby homes with cooperation from residents.

Point Pleasant Virgil Fike Charleston William Heslop Eighth St Main St Tenth Main Ninth 11Th W. W. Smith Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co

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