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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1952
Page
2
The Middleport Bandbooster drive has collected 2053.63 dollars by Saturday night for uniforms, with total funds at 2653.60 dollars leaving 347.40 short of the 3000 dollar goal. Booster chairwoman Mrs. Walter Crooks plans alumni mailings and more house to house canvassing to raise the remaining funds.
Meigs County residents are urged to donate blood on December 15 as the Red Cross bloodmobile visits the area. Eligible donors aged 21 to 60 may give, with parental consent for 18 to 21 year olds. criteria include health and weight requirements and recent medical history. Registration is through the local Red Cross office on Elain Street or by phone.
Ministers and laymen of the Portsmouth district gathered Sunday afternoon to hear Bishop Hazen Werner and report on a weeklong evangelistic mission. Local attendees included Mrs. Louis A. Baters and many others. student Bill Durst performed The Holy City on cornet and the Heath Methodist choir contributed to a district united choir.
Middleport based Charles Lewis state sports editor of a Charleston West Virginia newspaper visited Morgantown to cover a West Virginia University football game. He stayed with WVU coach Art Lewis, a former Middleport High School classmate. He also covered the Parkersburg Huntington High School game in Parkersburg and is the son of Mrs Evelyn Lewis.
Accompanying M. W. Magill director of area work in the building funds campaign of the Presbyterian Church traveled to Athens and Marietta for Sunday conferences. Rev. Howard E. Ruppelt pastor of First Presbyterian Church spoke Sunday afternoon after Magill preached at First Church Sunday morning outlining building funds needs.
Wayne W. Shaffer 22 of Massillon and Dorothy E. Braden 18 of Racine Route 2 are listed along with Howard H. Kitchen 38 and Alma L. Kitchen 39 of Pomeroy in the same recording.
Funeral services for Mrs. C. H. Wise Sr., 66, who died Sunday at her N. Third Ave. home, will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Contes Funeral Home with interment at River View Cemetery. The Rev. Louis A. Bangerter will officiate. She had been ill for an extended period and in serious condition for five weeks. Survived by husband Charles Wise Sr., two daughters Ruth and Mrs. Cecil Grogan, a son Charles Wise Jr., deputy sheriff, and three granddaughters, plus four great-grandchildren, four sisters and two brothers. Preceded in death by an infant son and two brothers.
POMEROY F Whitney Ingraham local Farm Bureau manager was guest of honor at a Saturday evening party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Heiskell near Point Pleasant West Virginia. Guests included Meigs employees and family members. Ingraham will assume Columbiana County Farm Bureau management December 1 after seven years as manager here.
Charles Speer minister in charge of Pomeroy Grace Episcopal Church will deliver the Union Thanksgiving service sermon at 9 30 a m Thursday in Pomeroy Baptist Church. Pomeroy High School girls under Lucille Swackhammer will provide musical selections. Public invited.
About 200 persons attended the annual football and band banquet at Chester High School Friday. Forrest Batchelor, former Middleport coach, spoke. Charles Humphrey presided and led “America” after a banquet served by football and band mothers.
Jacob Meadows died Friday evening in Carey Ohio where he had lived six months. Services were set for Rush Creek Baptist Church in West Virginia with interment in Meadows Cemetery. The body was moved from Carey with relatives arriving before the Spencer service. Surviving are sons C FE Meadows Doc Meadows Hulbert Lansing Paul Roseville and John Charleston. daughters Ethel Shoup Lansing Herman Mattox South Charleston and Harry Kinnan Roseville. brothers Ola Meadows Vincennes and George Meadows Spencer.
LETART The 89th birthday of Mrs. Leander Eden was marked at her Letart home with a turkey dinner at noon. A birthday cake from her grandson John Evans Jr of Zanesville. Present were John Evans and spouse of Zanesville. Mrs. William Cook. Mrs. Harry Stratton of Harrisonville. Clarence Eden and children Verda belle, Clarence Jr and Billy Francis Eden. and Robert Eden with his mother from Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris of East Main Street visited Saturday with Mrs. Harris mother Mrs. J C McKay at Bashan. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Birchfield of Findlay spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Freeman of Laurel Street.
Fines of 100 and costs were imposed on Donald Green 22 of Hartford and Ernest Green of Hartford for driving while under the influence and intoxication in the court of Justice Percy L. Peoples. Arrests were made by Sheriff Charles Russe.
Mr and Mrs W O Barnitz announce the marriage of their daughter Billie Jean to Melvin Hoelscher of Lubbock Texas at Sacred Heart Church at 10 a m on Wednesday November 26. Rev Father George Voytke will perform the vows in an open church wedding.
Dr and Mrs N Kramer and children Eric Renata and Sara of Lubbock Texas spend two weeks with Mrs Kramer's parents Mr and Mrs W O Barnitz. Dr Kramer attended sessions of the American Society of Agronomy annual meeting in Cincinnati last week.
The greatest demand this season is for balsam fir and Douglas fir. Other popular trees by production include black spruce red cedar white spruce Scotch pine southern pine red spruce Virginia pine white fir and Norway spruce.
Meigs County voters will file petitions in February for all offices to be contested in November including mayor clerk treasurer and six council seats in Pomeroy and Middleport. Primaries may occur only if multiple candidates run per party in those villages.
Middleport notes detail plans for the Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star Christmas party on December 19 at Mrs. M. L. French home. The Past Matrons group met to form a committee led by Mrs. W. W. Hayes with members Mrs. Mary Hughes and Mrs. Jnice Winn among others. Prizes were awarded at the gathering and 14 members attended.
Middleport and nearby towns sent pupils to a homecoming dance at Rio Grande College after a basketball game. Local dancers Rae Ann Mills Judith Jacobs from Middleport and Diane Capehart from Mason performed in the cafeteria dining room.
Middleport Bradbury Parent Teacher Association meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Bradbury School. A motion picture will be shown and the public is invited, announced president Wilbur Rowley.
A birthday dinner Saturday evening honored Mrs. Thomas Darst at the home of Mrs. R. S. White. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Darst, Mr. and Mrs. Charles White and daughters Texanna and Linda Fier, and Mrs. White and daughter Beulah.
The Jolly Bunch Sewing Club gathered at Mrs. Kenneth Byer home on N Third Ave to plan a Christmas dinner and party for a needy family after attending services at Heath Methodist Church.
Meigs County land transfers list transfers of parcels in Bedford Township Rutland and Chester Letart and Salem townships. Names include Ivan and Sylvia Carman C W Mattox Edna Mattox Harold Langfitt Hallie Langfitt and many others with parcels ranging from parts of lots to five and a half acres and coal rights.
Mrs Kathryn Monahan former Middleport resident died suddenly of a heart attack in Columbus. Funeral services were held Friday at the Ewing funeral home with relatives from Columbus and Hillsboro attending.
Gallipolis Fire Department was called to the residence of Vesta Drummond in Kanauga Friday evening after a stove blew up. The blaze was quickly extinguished with only minor property damage.
A finding suggests that persons seemingly killed by a low voltage electrical shock can be revived by a subsequent higher voltage shock. The report notes this rescue effect and outlines cautious implications for treatment and safety considerations.
Fritz Howell of the Ohio AP will speak at the 20th annual Middleport High football banquet on Dec. 4. 44 Yellow Jackets, coached by David Winesfordner, will be honored after a Thanksgiving game against Pomeroy. Dr Clyde Ingels chairs the banquet with Forrest Bachtel as toastmaster. Ticket sales close Dec. 1.
Holzer Hospital notes announce births for Gerald Northup and Leroy Collier families and multiple admissions from Gallipolis, Point Pleasant, Jackson, Crown City, and surrounding areas. Entries include both surgical and medical cases for numerous patients and accompanying spouses and guardians. The list names numerous residents, with first and last names and towns such as Gallipolis, Point Pleasant, Wellston, Crown City, Pomeroy, and Huntington area.
State Police report a 5:20 p.m. Saturday crash on Route 7 three miles south of Cheshire. Charles A. Roush, 34, Cheshire, struck a parked car belonging to Robert J. Morgan, 29, Cincinnati, near a stalled jeep. A bystander, Gordon Neal, Cincinnati, was bruised. Morgan was jailed for parking on the highway. Arthur J. Andriot, 45, Cincinnati, faced DUI charges. Several others were fined or bonded for traffic offenses including speeding and stop-sign violations.
Larry J. Walkup 20 of Hines West Virginia arrested for failing to maintain an assured clear distance after his car rear ended a taxi and pushed it into a Greyhound bus at Berger and Eastern intersections. No injuries reported in a second minor collision on Second Avenue and Sycamore Street with no arrests.
Sheriff George Ehman and Deputy Gordon Fisher responded to a tavern brawl in Crown City. Wyman Call, 40, suffered a serious head injury and was treated at Holzer Hospital for a likely skull fracture. Clarence J. Willoughby, 56, was arrested for intoxication after a phone call from his home. Carl Comley, 29, of Cincinnati, was jailed for intoxication after attempting to enter a nearby residence.
Carl W. Wheaton, 19, of Cheshire Route 2, cited after his car skidded on loose gravel and crossed center to strike Frederick M. Buck, 33, of Zanesville, on Route 554 near Route 7. The crash caused minor property damage with no injuries. Wheaton faced a left-of-center driving charge and appeared scheduled for 7:30 Sunday.
Mrs. Ralph Ashley of Letart Falls was admitted to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis this morning. She is expected to undergo major surgery there Wednesday.
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