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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1963
Page
3
More than 400 residents gathered in the Middleport High School auditorium for memorial rites honoring John F. Kennedy. The service featured psalms, prayers, a dignified eulogy, and reflections on President Lyndon Johnson, with music, dedicatory remarks, and a Benediction by Supt. L. W. Me Comas.
The 84th birthday of Estella Walburn was celebrated with a dinner at her son-in-law and daughter Eber and wife in Middleport. Gifts included red carnations from the Willing Workers of the Nazarene church and a pink corsage from Bertha Nichols. Attendees included Eldon Walburn and many relatives from Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Gal lipolis State Highway Patrol said a Monday Route 124 crash two miles north of Reedsville caused no injuries. William N. Reeves age 24 was charged with left of center and posted 25 bond to appear December 2 in Meigs County Court after his southbound vehicle struck a northbound car driven by Gerald R. Barringer 27. Both vehicles sustained medium damage.
Readable notes list names associated with Meigs General Hospital in Ohio and West Virginia records. Individuals include Dessie Patterson, Adria Sayre, Hazel Boggs, Vivian Johnson, Albina Gluesencamp, Mary Harbargen, Lawrence Harbargen, Clara Murray and Sylvia Johnson with dismissals noted for some.
Boy Scout Troop 248 will hold a Court of Honor at the Pomeroy First Baptist Church at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The regular troop meeting will follow in the church basement at 6 30 p.m.
Middleport churches plan a community Thanksgiving service at the Middleport Church of Christ on Wednesday night. The service will feature the 26 volume Laymen's Commentaries on the Bible purchased by the Middleport Ministerial Association and presented by L. W. McComas for the public library. Rev. Howard Ruppelt will deliver the sermon titled Pilgrimage to Paradise, with ministers Rev M. E. Dowson Rev Fred I. Gardner Rev Donald Boone and Rev Nyle Borden taking part.
At the December 12 meeting of the Point Pleasant Archery Club, members arranged a Christmas party and a club shoot for December 15 at the range from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. John Towner presented a Howard Hill film on hunting with the long bow. members were asked to bring a 50 cent grab bag gift. Bob Doeffinger chaired.
Point Pleasant union Thanksgiving service organized by the Ministerial Association will be Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Christ Episcopal Church. Rev Dale Childers of St Pauls Methodist delivers the sermon, with lessons by Rev Kenneth Fuller. Rev Charles A Pitzer of the host church leads. All are welcome.
Big Black Backers of Point Pleasant High School sponsor their annual football banquet Friday at the Moose Home starting 7 p.m. A $5 donation funds a Big Black footballer and date to the banquet and dance. The 9 p.m. dance features Ned Guthrie in the Moose ballroom. Coach Shertzer to select 1963 team captains and co captains. MVP named.
Mrs Ulah Swan was named to the community flower committee as the Rose Garden Club met at the home of Mrs Clarence Headley with cohostess Mrs J S Davis. The meeting featured poems, garden hints, a Thanksgiving theme arrangement with a blue ribbon winner, and a going away gift for Mrs Rose Cox.
At Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion meeting officers and delegates to state and district meetings will be paid by the post. Leonard Jewell named chairman to buy classroom flags for Pomeroy Elementary School. Twenty veterans attended the Veterans Day service at the courthouse. A janitorial committee of Frank Vaughan Joe Struble and Charles Hayes was appointed to draft rules. Mickey Williams reported on land purchase for a new post home with details to follow. Refreshments were served by Guy Guinther and committee.
A son born to Mr and Mrs James Smith Mason West Virginia. Admitted patients include Mark Almendinger Johns town Kathryn Logan Paul Me Williams Stacy Johnson and others. Notices announce the appointment of Sybil Ebershach Administratrix of Rebecca Wiley Inte of Orange Township and Jenny Kauff Administratrix of Josephine Hartinger estates Meigs County with dates in November.
Point Pleasant official E. L. Montgomery reports that pre stressed concrete forms will start arriving next week at the West Virginia Pavilion site in Flushing Meadow New York. He says construction is on schedule and the state exhibit is well ahead of most others in progress.
Three men are jailed in Meigs County on charges tied to the Reed Brothers Grocery burglary in Reedsville on Nov. 1. James Batche, James Barber, and Charles Brown face burglary and related counts. Barber allegedly concealed stolen items.
Point Pleasant reports all county and city offices reopened after the late President Kennedy's funeral. Schools resumed today and traffic on Route 17 remained light. Police noted very few people on the streets and few calls during the calm period.
The auxiliary of Middleport's Feeney-Bennett Post 128 American Legion meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the post hall to plan the annual Christmas party. Mrs Don Roach provides the traveling prize. The Meigs County Fair Board meets 8 p.m. Monday at the board's courthouse office. Miss Charlene Newman of Syracuse recently visited Mr and Mrs Chester Buckley.
Mrs. James Caldwell Crown City Charles Patterson Hogsett Dale Boswell West Columbia Boyd Schwarz Point Pleasant Mrs Clay Smith Point Pleasant listed in Pleasant Valley Hospital notes in The Messenger Athens Ohio November 26 1963 page 3.
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