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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1961

Page

12

Racine Social Notes Highlight Church Groups and Events

Mrs. Laura Bell hosted Class No 3 of the First Baptist Church School with group singing and scripture. Senior BYF named officers Eddie Moore and others. Junior BYF organized with Craig Cairns as president. A Halloween party was planned for Oct 19. Other items note OH Baptist Convention in Columbus, Fred Cadle’s surgery and return, Mrs. Helen N Johnson learning of a sister’s death, Marie Roy birthday, and visits among neighbors.

Racine Laura Bell First Baptist Church School B.Y.F Eddie Moore Kay Hendricks Barbara Cleland Gloria Autherson Harry Cleland BYF Craig Cairns Margaret Cole Carol Wilcoxen R. R. McCauley Ohio Baptist Convention Columbus

Mrs Theodore Mora 71st Birthday Observed by Family

Mr and Mrs Carl Kautz hosted a family dinner at their Chester Road home Sunday October 15 to honor Mrs Theodore Mora on her 71st birthday. Guests included Theodore Mora and Gertrude Frank Chloe Bailey Marion Woods Elizabeth Cullums Joy and Bob Kautz. Slides depicted past gatherings and scenes from a Blind River Canada vacation.

Pomeroy Carl Kautz Chester Rd Theodore Mora Gertrude Frank Nelsonville Chloe Bailey Marion Woods Chester Elizabeth Cullums Minnesota Kautz Joy Bob Blind River Canada David Robertson

Swartz Family Visits Williamstown Parents This Weekend

Alfred Social Notes notes Mr. and Mrs. Harold Swartz and family of Williamstown West Virginia visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Swartz Sunday. Clyde Findling of Daleville Indiana has been visiting.

Harold Swartz Williamstown W Va Hobart Swartz Clyde Findling Daleville Ind

Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Local Property Movements

A flurry of transfers anchors Meigs County land activity. Robert B. Lambert and Louise Lambert convey 55 acres in Scipio Two to Thomas H. Wells and Irene Wells. Other deeds include 39.2 acres in Bedford Two from S Leona Story and E L Story to Golda A Archer and more parcels traded among Lebannon Two, Olive Two, and Syracuse areas. A series of transfers in Pomeroy and Salem Township completes the record along with estate affidavits and related notices.

Robert B. Lambert Louise Lambert Thomas H. Wells Irene Wells Scipio S. Leona Story E. L. Story Golda A. Archer Bedford Two van E. McDade Henrietta McDade Howard S. Ebersbach Ruth S. Ebersbach Lebanon Herbert Swan Marie Swan Olive Hallie Cross Alva Cross Eber O. Pickens Arletta Pickens Syracuse Barbara Celia Young Jacob W. Young Orville W. Young Lillian Young Pomeroy Robert Junior Newberry Delores Newberry Clifford Might Evelyn Might Salem

Ten Rutland Juniors Take Aptitude Tests

Ten juniors at Rutland High School took preliminary scholarship aptitude tests designed to measure verbal and mathematical ability. Participants included Marlene Hoffman Charles Hoffman David Scragg Bob Gibson Jack Wamsley Brendan Turner Blaine Turner Guy Harper Joe Chapman and Bobby Pope with follow up conferences scheduled with students and their parents.

Rutland Rutland High School Harold Sauer Marlene Hoffman Charles Hoffman David Scragg Bob Gibson Jack Wamsley Brendan Blaine Turner Guy Harper Joe Chapman Bobby Pope

Five Meigs County Women Attend Farm Bureau Rally

Five Meigs County Farm Bureau women from Piketon High School joined the Southern Region Farm Bureau Women’s rally. The group included Mrs. Rol Eastman Mrs. Tom Yost Mrs. Verd Chevalier Mrs. Leo Story and Mrs. S T White. Homer Holter sent a floral arrangement for the session which featured a talk by Tennyson Guyer. About 340 women attended the rally.

Pomeroy Meigs County Meigs County Farm Bureau Southern Region Farm Bureau Piketon High School Roland Eastman Tom Yost Verd Chevalier Leo Story S. T. White Homer Holter Tennyson Guyer

Mrs Stahley to Talk on Religious Training

POMEROY Meigs County Council of Weekday Religious Education holds its semi annual meeting at the United Methodist Church at 2 30 Sunday afternoon. Mrs Molly Stahley Springfield schools religious education teacher will be guest speaker. Meeting open to the public pastors and church representatives invited. Social hour follows.

Pomeroy Meigs County United Methodist Church Molly Stahley Springfield

Reception for eighth district president Jane Cottrill

The Ladies Auxiliary of Racine Post 602 in invited to attend a reception for eighth district president Mrs. Jane Cottrill hosted by Joseph Freeman Unit 476 in the Wilkesville auditorium Sunday from 1 30 to 4 p m.

POMEROY — The _ Ladies Auxiliary Racine American Legion Eighth District Jane Cottrill Joseph Freeman Wilkesville

Fall Festival Jitney Supper at Riverview School

The Riverview PTA sponsors a Fall Festival and Jitney Supper at Riverview School on Saturday October 21. Supper is served at 5 30 p.m.

Riverview Pta Riverview School Saturay

Thirty Named To Honor Roll At Middleport

Thirty seventh and eighth graders earned honor roll status with grades of B or higher after the first six weeks. Seventh graders honored include Patricia Ault Léland Brown Jimmy Butcher Diana Davis Wayne Davis Debbie Grueser Marvena Gothard Rose Marie Hackett Marjorie Harris Raymond Hindy Billy Hysell David Jenkins Don Nelson Zita Nieri George Sauer Janis Schmoll and Mary Wolf. Eighth graders honored include Christine Bailey Thomas Baker Roy Coleman Connie Cooke Jon Cunningham Alice Darst Olita Lewis Robert Schmoll Paul Theis Kenneth Harris Ronald Hindy Rodney Sauer and Gary Stobart.

Middleport Christine Bailey Thomas Baker Roy“oleman Connie Cooke Jon Cunningham Alice Darst Olita Lewis Robert Schmoll Paul Theis Kenneth Harris Ronald Hindy Rodney Sauer Gary Stobart

Teachers Plan County Music Festival Meeting

Plans for a county music festival will be shaped at a Wednesday meeting of vocal and instrumental music teachers in the office of O. O. Patterson, county superintendent of schools. Committees for the concert will be named, location decided, and participants chosen. Roger Roush and Edward R. Johnson will lead the session.

Middleport O. O. Patterson Roger Roush Rutland High School Edward R. Johnson Racine High School

Parsons Couple Announces Birth in West Virginia

Mr. and Mrs. William Parsons of New Haven West Virginia announce the birth of a son Robert Charles at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg October 10. Grandparents are Bernard Nease Pomeroy and Lawrence Parsons New Haven. Great grandmothers are Mrs John Hood Pomeroy and Mrs Emmett Nease Mason. The couple also have a daughter Brenda Lee.

Pomeroy William Parsons New Haven W. Va Robert Charles St. Joseph Hospital Parkersburg Bernard Nease Lawrence Parsons John Hood Emmett Nease Mason, W. Va Parsons Brenda Lee

Four Men Fined in Pomeroy Court Case

A mayoral court fined four defendants and forfeited a bond for a fifth. Clarence P. Brown paid 100 dollars and costs with three days in jail for driving while intoxicated. Fred Robert Tripp owed 25 dollars and costs with 15 dollars suspended for speeding. Jennie Bumgardner faced 5 dollars and costs for intoxication. Kenneth Wilt paid 10 dollars and costs for leaving the scene of an accident. Norman C. Frederick forfeited 23 dollars and 70 cents bond posted on speeding charges.

Pomeroy Charles Legar Clarence P. Brown Fred Robert Tripp Jennie Bumgardner Kenneth Wilt Norman C. Frederick

Rutland High School Guides Host State Educator

David Winerfordner assistant supervisor of guidance from the State Department of Education visited Rutland High School guidance department led by Harold Sauer. He was in the area to conduct a guidance council at Ohio University.

Rutland David Winefordner State Department of Education Rutland High School Harold Sauer Winefordner Ohio University

Foreign Languages Club Formed at Middleport High

Wanda Lightfoot elected president of a newly organized Foreign Language Club at Middleport High School. Barabara Jones is vice president, Beverly Perrin secretary, Sharon Pickens treasurer, with Ruth Euler as advisor. Open to any student taking a foreign language.

Foreign Languages Club Foot Middleport High School Bar Bara Jones Beverly Perrin Sharon Pick Ens Ruth Euler

Five Attend Ohio Education Conference in Nelsonville

Avice Frecker Geneva Joachim Vinas Lee Goldie Story and Rosalie Story attended the Ohio Education Conference held Thursday evening in Nelsonville.

Pomeroy Avice Frecker Geneva Joachim Vinas Lee Goldie Story Rosalie Story Ohio Education Nelsonville

Pomeroy Church Plans Bakeless Bake Sale for Organ Repair

Evangeline Missionary Group of the Pomeroy Church of Christ met at Mrs. Florence Bundside’s home Tuesday night to plan a bakeless bake sale benefiting the church organ repair. President Mrs. Harold Smith led the meeting with devotion by Mrs. Milton Roush. Get well cards were sent to Mrs. Wilma Duthner and Mrs. Eula Price. Orville Well led a study on missionaries in Japan.

Evangeline Missionary Group Pomeroy Harold Smith Milton Roush Wilma Dutcher Eula Price Orville Well Japan

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