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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1949
Page
2
Mrs Robert Ley was taken to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after falling ill while visiting her sister Mrs L E Triplett Gravel Hill She underwent surgery on Wednesday
Mrs. Reynolds was elected president of the Meigs County Unit of the American Cancer Society at a re organization meeting held at Middleport High School. Officers include L. M. McComas as vice president Nan Moore secretary and Nina Russell treasurer. funds and membership drives planned for spring. county residents asked to donate old sheets and pillow cases for cancer patients.
William H. Palfrey, driver of the Ashland Oil tanker, pleads guilty to manslaughter in the death of two hitchhikers when his truck overturned near Rock Springs. He is fined 500 dollars with half suspended and placed on probation. 60 days to pay. Kenneth Grover and Hendricks died from asphyxiation.
Four men on the village street-cleaning team sweep leaves from shade trees and load them into village trucks for disposal in gardens by residents' requests. Street Commissioner Fred Collins notes an average haul of four truck loads daily and says Thursday’s cleanup may be the last until later in the season. He adds that residents in Gravel Hill can pile leaves and notify him for pickup, weather permitting plants and road conditions complicate service.
Nelson of Pomeroy will address Meigs County Methodist Youth Fellowship at the United Methodist Church in Pomeroy on Monday at 7 30 p.m. Officers will be elected and refreshments served. All Methodist youth in the county are invited.
Meigs County Wild Life Association hosts a meeting in City Hall Monday at 7 30 p m inviting farmers and sportsmen to discuss fishing regulations. Officials from the Seventh District will gather regional recommendations before presenting them to the Ohio Division of Wildlife in Columbus. An election will be held to choose successors to the current representatives. Some locals favor removing fishing restrictions on the Shade River.
The Pomeroy church listing reports services for Federated United Methodist Pomeroy Church of Christ Grace Episcopal Christian Science Society United Brethren circuits St Paul s Lutheran Church Church of Christ in Christian Union and First Baptist with service times sermons topics prayer meetings choir rehearsals youth programs and Sunday school plans across multiple days this week.
Three divorce actions were filed in common pleas court per Meigs clerk records. Plaintiffs are Anestine Mae Frazier versus Amond Frazier, Doris Jean Oxley versus Harold C. Oxley, and Frances Powell Boggess (by Ruth Powell as next friend) against Charles E. Boggess.
Meigs County Courthouse offices will close Friday afternoon for the funeral of Marcus S. Roush at Rutland Methodist Church at 2 30 p m. In another item Mrs John Frick and Mrs Frank Amos report their brother L M Bum Brown suffered a stroke at his Louisville home and is a patient at St Anthony Hospital Louisville.
Middleport Busy Bee Class of First Baptist Church held a masked Halloween party at Mrs. Gladwin Werner’s home with 34 attendees. Prizes were awarded for the grand march and games, new members introduced, and a November wedding announced for Mrs. J M Mygatt.
Middleport reports the Young Adult Fellowship Class of First Presbyterian Church will host a masked Halloween party at the church on Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. Mr and Mrs Paul Haptonstall will direct games.
Middleport meeting at Mrs. R. A. Koontz home discusses First Aid and elects five new members including Mrs. Frank Titus. Mrs. Chester Erwin presided, with Mrs. Erwin in charge of the business session.
Pomeroy social notes report a Sunday evening birthday celebration for Edgar Blake hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Way Clark with family guests from Summersville Hockingport Lottridge Syracuse and beyond. Rutland hosts a basket dinner at Ira Barker’s with attendees from Pomeroy Hysell Run Rutland and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Charles Givens of Charleston spent the weekend with Mrs Givens parents Mr and Mrs Ray Evans. Miss Amelia Turner was guest of the Shorn sisters and attended Sacred Heart Centenary. Mrs Rollin Boice visited in Roswell and Chicago return with Dr Boice. Mr and Mrs Richard Campbell visited Byron Monteith in Xenia Sunday. Miss Emma Hamm and Dora Hamm travel to Columbus for Mt Carmal Hospital observation. Emma Hamm to stay a week. William Downie and son William Bengel returned from Holzer Hospital. Norman Presley and family move to Syracuse joining Philip Sporn plant work.
The condition of Mrs. Charles Scines once critically ill at her parents home is now slightly improved. She was formerly Jean White and was brought from Columbus to her parents Mr and Mrs James White with her children Charles and Bonnie Jean.
Tracy Whaley worshipful master of Pomeroy Lodge 164 along with Wilbur Hanning junior warden of Bradbury left Thursday for Dayton to attend the 140th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ohio. They expect to return to Pomeroy next Saturday evening.
The Middleport Literary Club discussed Newfoundland the Tenth Province and Historic Nova Scotia as part of Travels in Canada and Alaska. Mrs. Marcus Chambers hosted, with Nov 2 meeting at the Middleton home and Mrs. R M Sherman as hostess. Two club projects were approved: selling articles by the blind and sending gifts to the Girls Industrial School in Delaware. Mrs. Robert Coats was named chairman for the sale. gifts to arrive by Nov 30.
Mrs Da Reuben Beck Mrs Wayne Swisher and Mrs William Hobstetter won prizes after a series of games at the P M Club social hour on Wednesday. Hostesses were Mrs Charles Murray and Mrs Walter Crooks at the Murray home Fourth Ave. A salad course followed. Mrs Wallace Bradford led a brief business session.
A special meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is planned Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs J O Gardner on Hysell Street. The Rev W B Moore pastor of Heath Methodist Church will deliver the address.
POMEROY R D Starkey jailed in Meigs County since July 27 was returned to London Prison Farm Thursday as a parole violator. Indicted by the October grand jury on forgery uttering a forged check and defrauding an inn keeper, he could not post bond and remained jailed until the case review. A detaining order requires trial in Meigs County, while the state requested his return to complete a prior sentence.
Hamden resident Frank Allen Pomeroy Cross was arrested Thursday afternoon by Constable Ross Evans on a warrant from Justice Percy L. Peoples court. Clifford Howell reported Cross obtained a load of locust posts by false pretense.
C. J. Rhodes, Meigs County VA representative, was guest speaker Thursday night at Point Pleasant First Presbyterian Church dinner hosted by B. H. Rothgeb. Rhodes addressed veterans and church members during the event.
The Christian Endeavor of the UB Church will hold a Sunday evening meeting at the church in Tuppers Plains.
The first edition of the MHS paper Activity is distributed under new editor Emma Jane Buell with a staff including Ida Lee Hartley as associate editor Clara Taylor as assistant editor and Sally Schaaf as feature editor Grace Montgomery as exchange editor and Richard Rawlings as sports editor. The paper lists business managers Robert Davis and Charles Stobart reporters including Betty Greenlee Nancy Fink Carolyn Pierce Judith Cluff Charles Haskins etc and a long honor roll for six weeks across Freshmen Sophomores Juniors and Seniors plus junior high rolls.
Vandalism by pre-Halloween pranksters continues in Middleport despite mayor Sidney T. Russell warnings. Vicious acts include a broken screen door at Mrs. C. F. Hawkins home and damage to a cement block in front of Night Patrolman I. Nealon’s home. County officials say vandalism is widespread ahead of Halloween.
Robert McGuire was found guilty of assault and battery in Mayor Sidney Spencer's court and fined five dollars with costs suspended. Four witnesses testified about a fight Saturday night that shattered the West Main Street restaurant front window. McGuire was severely cut in the incident.
Mr and Mrs Charles E Lytle announce the birth of a daughter at Meigs General Hospital Tuesday evening. Grandparents are the late Charles Lytle and Mrs Dana Karr of Pomeroy and Mr and Mrs Dana Karr.
Middleport churches list Sunday School times and worship themes for First Baptist Heath Methodist First Presbyterian and Syracuse Presbyterian. Notable items include sermon topics The Art of Sailing On Wells Without Water and All Things Are Yours with choir performances and WSCS study circle details.
Pomeroy firemen responded to three alarms Thursday. The 500 gallon emergency water tank on the Third Ward truck proved its value as all fires were in areas unreachable by standard hydrants. A Walter Bentz garbage truck fire caused $200 damage. two hillside grass fires near the Kress home were suppressed with emergency tank water and caused no losses.
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