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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1956
Page
8
Despite blue skies and a full moon giving a summer air, groups in Middleport plan an eventful holiday season. A local restaurant already booked for three dinner parties during the Christmas period.
The Middleport Church of Christ Homebuilders Class last night staged a comedy skit The Eviction of the Cow Family part of the evenings program at the church. Mrs Denver Rice chaired the program which included a banquet for 49 members and guests, a musical interlude and a business session electing new officers led by Mrs Theo Neutzling. Cash Bahr led songs and a men’s ensemble performed Wayward Wind.
A jumble of local social items reports dinners and visits among residents including Marcus Weaver Maxine Arron and Juanita, Mrs Furl Rogers, Mrs Carl Sebrell, Mrs Wade Morrison and Ronnie. Visitors include Paul Rood Westerville Harold Rood Columbus Athens Creig Nitro Joe Elias and families from Letart St Albans Charleston and Parkersburg. A note on an eight capital sequence ends with a historical list of Philadelphia Baltimore Lancaster York Princeton Annapolis Trenton and New York City.
Portland residents attended gatherings at Racine and Chester while relatives visited in Pomeroy Ravenswood and Charleston. The report lists multiple couples and individuals including Gayle and Mollie Talbott, Charles Metz, Eva Blosser, Bee Schoolcraft and others with connections to Barberton Lesage St Albans and Columbus through family and social visits.
The King's Plate, Canada’s premier horse race, dates to 1836 in Quebec, marking the oldest stake event in North American racing history. The venerable fixture highlights Canadian racing tradition and long standing competitiveness among horses and owners.
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