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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1954
Page
11
Members of the Big Bend Minstrel will meet Sunday at 7 30 p m at Le Tart Falls Grade School to rehearse for the Syracuse Grade School performance on Tuesday evening November 30. Costumes will be distributed at the rehearsal.
Two cars damaged in a Route 124 collision one mile east of Rutland. Alfred Biggs of Pomeroy pulled into the road into the path of Ethel Nelson of Rutland both cars were headed east. A second collision on Stiversville Hill Road injured two other drivers Richard Abies of Long Bottom and Homer Carman of Pomeroy. damages were estimated at 490 dollars for each vehicle.
In Mayor E F Robinson court three men faced fines. Frederick M Snyder 23 of Middleport Route 1 paid 25 dollars and costs for driving an overloaded coal truck 1000 pounds over capacity per Patrolman Henry Werry. Gilbert English 48 of Pomeroy was fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication per Patrolman Franklin D Hudson. Edward Templeton 33 of Pomeroy was fined 5 dollars and costs for intoxication per Patrolman Charles Werry.
Arthur and Mary Chandler of Fairborn will lead a Salvation Army Hall event at 352 North Second Avenue Middleport from November 26 to December 5 with nightly services at 7 30 led by Captain Gienna Rummell. Mary Chandler, former Mary Marshall, evangelist singer and accordion player, is a 1951 Middleport High School graduate.
Industrial machines automobiles grains and cotton contribute about forty percent of the total value of exported U S goods in a summary of goods shipped abroad during the period.
The Middleport Marching Band paraded through the business district for the annual pep rally. Cheerleaders fed the parade around a large bonfire in the municipal parking lot while football players, absent from the session, were to dine early at a local restaurant with a turkey dinner awaiting them for the evening meal.
Katharine Story of Romeroy died Wednesday in Albany at a rest home. Survived by two sons Elba and Leo of Pomeroy, six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. Husband Seidon died in 1926. Member of Hemlock Grove Christian Church. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. Ewing Funeral Home. Burial Burlingham Cemetery.
A long list of Nelsonville area residents and friends visited Mount St Mary Hospital and dropped by Mountaineer towns. The report notes illnesses, weekend gatherings in New Lexington Findlay and Shawnee, and a hunting trip to San r Linda Storts of Corning was hospitalized for an appendectomy.
Black Run back Run Davis Woltz visited his brother Tom in South Perry and recently visited Willis Brown. Mrs Mary West Dianne Reed Effie Woltz visited Eliza Kline. Guests of Dave Woltz included Ben Springer J Miller Bil lie Springer and daughter Becky Ann of Celina. Miss Betty Binkley visited Lindsey home Sunday. Donnie Smith attended Sunday school at Union. Effie Woltz.
Pomeroy Friendly Neighbors Club meets at Mrs Dale Smith home to plan a 7 p m December 16 Christmas party at Federated Church with dinner gift exchange and door prizes. Members attend include Mrs Harold Lohse presiding with several guests and past secret pals gifting.
The Reed home on Pearl Street in Middleport hosted a Wednesday birthday party for Tommy Reed. Ice cream and cake were served to family and friends including the Arnold and King households, the Wyatt and Roush families, and Leifheit of Pomeroy, among others from the Zion community.
The Past Matrons Club of Pomeroy Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, will hold a Christmas party at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday. A 6:90 p.m. dinner is planned followed by an exchange of gifts.
An air lift carried 138 passengers and 170,943,000 nds of freight to assist the railroad tapping the Labrador Quebec iron deposit.
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