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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1934

Page

2

Middleport Yellow Jackets Rally to Beat Pomeroy Panthers 12-10

In a Thanksgiving Day showdown the Middleport Yellow Jackets erased a 10-0 first half deficit to defeat the Pomeroy Panthers 12-10. The victory clinched a league lead and extended Middleport’s 22 game win streak over two seasons as 2,798 paid to witness the comeback.

Athens Messenger Ohio Middleport Yellow Jackets Pomeroy Panthers Middleport Jackets Panthers Pomeroy Arnold Bennett Klees Moore Roush Kines A. Bennett Bennett Kloes Shumaker

Middleport vs Pomeroy ends 12 10 in muddy clash

Middleport rallies in the second half to beat Pomeroy 12 to 10. A Bennett runs 56 yards to set up a TD, Lewis and Pickens contribute in a tight finish. Multiple visitors and local residents are listed visiting and attending the game.

Pomeroy Middleport Jackets Bennett Lewis A. Bennett Panthers Pickens Hic R. Blackwell LE Darst Kindle Wolfe Joachim Lambert Baer Kinnard Seidenable Emmish Co. Blackwell Hughes Shumaker Swisher Roush Pickens Moore Guinther K. Kloes J. Bennett Long Puré Lyne Rio Grande R. Kloes Zirkle Creic Stoneking Brown

Thanksgiving Visits Reach Wide Across States

A string of family visits unfolds for Thanksgiving as the Roush and Zuspan families from Maggie West Virginia travel to Delaware to see Archie Hylton and family and Mrs. Taylor Bomerville. Other guests include Hollis Boice and daughter from Ashland Kansas visiting Mrs. Edward Parsons, H Hoagland from Columbus staying with sister Karl Lama at Gravel Hill, Nan Moore and Elizabeth Moore with Mildred Hawley visiting Herman Mourning, and W E Meivin and daughters heading to Ironton after the football game to spend holidays with relatives.

O. L. Roush Loig Ann Columbus Karl Lama Gravel Hill Nan Moore Elizabeth Mise Mildred Hawley West Balem Moore Herman Mourning W. E. Meivin Ironton Frankie Gaylord Mason City

Funeral held for Mrs. Fannie Pilchard at Letart Falls

Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Pilchard died at home 926 Park Avenue Charleston West Virginia were held Friday at Letart Falls M E Church conducted by Rev T B Manens of Simpson M E Church Pom ery formerly pastor of the local church she attended She leaves a grandson Forest Fisher of Charleston two sisters Mrs Nancy Sayre and Mrs Amanda Brown and one brother J D Roush all of Letart Falls Burial followed in Letart Cemetery

Letart Falls Fannie Pilchard Park Avenue Charleston W. Va M. E T. B. Manens Simpson M. E Pomeroy Pilchard Forest Fisher Nancy Sayre

Local Social Guests Visit Relatives and Friends

Mrs William Bush and daughter Mrs Edgar Hillyer and a friend from Logan stayed with relatives Miss Doris Krank in Nelsonville over the weekend. Marion Wood Chester visited his mother Mrs Janey Wood. Mr and Mrs Davis Scott Rutland spent Saturday with grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Jones. Miss Mildred Roush Portland was at Miss Marcia Duckworth’s home Saturday and Sunday. John M Burson Hendrysburg and his son Donald Bellaire arrived to visit his daughter Mrs A L Flanagan for an extended stay, with the son returning home Sunday.

William Bush Edgar Hillyer Logan Doris Krank Nelsonville Richard Duckworth Marion Wood Chester Janey Wood Davis Scott Rutland Elizabeth Jones Mildred Roush Portland Marcia Duckworth John M. Burson Hendrysburg Donald Bellaire A. L. Flanagan

Thanksgiving and church services across several towns

Middleport union congregations held Thanksgiving services at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Clarence Swearingen delivering the sermon and the church choir providing music. Federated Church in Pomeroy scheduled a Sunday song service and Sunday School worship with Isabel Fick at the organ, plus a Junior Choir anthem and a series on God’s Plans With the Man Through the Ages. St Paul’s in Minersville set 2:30 pm services with a sermon titled So, I Come. Councilman Armand Bruno of Kulpmont, on Armistice Day, transported his cat to a Weikert lodge caretaker, noting the cat traveled 58 miles in two weeks.

Middleport Union Presbyterian Church Clarence Swearingen Federated Church Pomeroy R. C. Ditter Isabel Fick St. Paul's Church Minersville Sunbury Armand Bruno Kulpmont Weikert Lodge Bruno

Meigs County Farmers Institutes draw near record attendance

Four thousand people attended 20 sessions of five institutes in Meigs County last week. Next week four institutes will be held at Hemlock Grove Salem Center Forest Run and Long Bottom with H P Miller and Mrs Lottie Randolph as speakers. If attendance matches last week the county could near ten thousand attendees, a new record for Meigs. L L Rummell of the Ohio Farmer spoke at all institutes.

Pomeroy — Farmers’ Institutes Hemlock Grove Salem Center Forest Run Long Bottom Harrisonville George W. Kreier Meigs County H. P. Miller Bunbury Lottie M. Randolph New Lexington Miller Oklahoma State College Ohio Farm Press Institute Randolph Ohio State Grange L. L. Rummell Ohio Farmer

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