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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
8
World Community Day will be observed on November 4 at 2 p m at the Episcopal Church. Program reader will be Mrs Patrick Lochay. All churches of Meigs County are invited to attend.
Pomeroy Aerie FOE will host the Zone Welfare Conference on Oct 29–30 bringing delegates from 27 aeries including Murray City Crooksville New Lexington Lancaster Athens Jackson Wellston McArthur Gallipolis Oak Hill Columbus Circleville London Columbus South Side Columbus Linden Mt Sterling Portsmouth Chillicothe Ironton Waverly New Boston Bainbridge. Williams G Watson Zanesville mayor and past state president will speak and a Sunday street parade will feature many local groups. Parking on Main Street and upper lot will be banned 11 am to 4 pm Sunday.
Dr. Charles Mullen examined children at a Well-Baby Clinic in the Middleport Public Library basement. County health nurses Catherine Shavorainsky and Nellie Bing assisted, with Mrs. Karl McKinley and Mrs. Robert McElhinny of the Child Conservation League sponsoring. The program invites any child from infancy to five years for examination. next clinic date is November 30.
Middleport High School heard Belford Nelson former psychology professor traveler and lecturer recount experiences with two Communists while isolated in Yellowstone National Park. Emma Jane Buell introduced him. The program included group singing led by Lois Cecil with Patricia Kennedy at the venue and was sponsored by the senior class. Coach Forrest Bachtel spoke briefly. He referenced the upcoming football game against Jackson and recalled last Friday’s win overGallipolis.
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Davis Lee were conducted by Dr. Homer G. McMillen at the Rawlings-Coats funeral home. Interment followed at Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, with pallbearers David Darst Sr Clarence McCarley E R Tompkins Fred Shiflet and Robert Coats. Attending were Blanche Morlan Athens Virginia Kuhn Lillian Chamberlain Virginia Morlan Mrs. Robert Alexander Charleston and Louise Sargent Elder Scioto N Y, granddaughter of Mrs. Lee.
A new shoe store is slated to open on Mill Street beside the Manley Shoe Repair shop next to Duttons Drug Store. The Manley family from Gallia County relocates to the area with Mr and Mrs Virgil Manley and Mr and Mrs Clifford Manley moving to S Second Avenue while Mr and Mrs Ray Manley plan a local move once a home is found.
A large crowd attended a PTA Halloween party in the Junior High School auditorium. Fourteen prizes were awarded for comical and best dressed children across six grades and preschool. Whitney Ingraham presented the awards. PTA members ran refreshment booths and a local businessman donated soft drinks for students.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Morarity of Athens Road announce the birth of a son at Meigs General Hospital on Monday evening. The Moraritys have two other children Connie Kay and the newborn.
Story and Photograph describe U S Lock 20 near Reedsville seen from State Route 124. Meigs County also includes Apple Grove lock at Letart Falls with others removed due to a large roller dam south of Gallipolis. Lock 20 home sits on West Virginia side. Apple Grove home on Ohio side.
Mrs. Leona Smith presided as the Drew Webster Post 39 Auxiliary met in Pomeroy. Reports on the Lancaster fall conference were given by multiple members. The group voted donations to Girl Scouts and a proposed memorial hospital, and to the Veterans Hospital Chillicothe Xenia Crile. Halloween refreshments were served by new officers, with the next meeting set for Nov 22.
Out of town friends and relatives gathered for Dr S G Martt's eightieth birthday at his E Main Street home. Guests from Gallipolis Huntington Columbus Ashland Ky Oak Ridge Tenn and nearby towns attended. Dr Martt built Meigs County's first hospital and remains active in general practice.
Pomeroy Senior High hosted a Junior Class party with orange and black decor, games, and dancing. Jean Story Alice Kitchen Thomas Rose and Virginia Hoskins led refreshments while James Fisher Norma Scholl Donald Quisenberry and others managed decorations and entertainment. Mothers chaperoned and Mr. and Mrs Richard Tobias attended. Mr and Mrs Clarence Rupp were weekend visitors in Toledo.
A list of property transfers in Meigs County includes T H and Mary J Davis to Howard and Katherine Cecil for lot 181 in Pomeroy, Dora Carpenter to Kathleen Carpenter for 4 acres in Rutland, and 85 acres to the Gillilans from Percy L Peoples as administrator for C A Chaney in Bedford. Other transfers include Arch ie R and Cassie W Caster to John Dye for 20 acres in Columbia, George and Mary Nesselroad to Dana H Blumenauer for lot 25 in Pomeroy, Clifford J Rhodes to Benjamin H Rhodes for lot 61 in Syracuse, Albert and Elsie Wagner to W B Worley for 21.90 acres in Salem, Charles E and Kathleen Walters to Michael and Lucille Hackett for lot 290 in Pomeroy, Oscar and Lovina Ervin to Herman and Faye Wolfe for 4.24 acres in Bedford, Gilbert C and Marie E Donovan to Phillip and Betty Donovan for lots 9 and 10 in Syracuse, and Ernest J Grimm to Vashta M Grimm for 78.28 acres in Letart.
Sugar Run school schedules an annual Halloween party for children on Monday evening October 31. Parents are asked to bring food for a sweet shop and each child bringing five items for the fish pond will earn a free game and refreshment ticket. Public invited.
The Olive Farm Women’s club met at Nellie Andrew’s home with members Lillian Pickens Ella Hammond Leota Hawley Elizabeth Wipple Minerva Pryor Ava Myers Mary Andrew Effie Warren and guest Mrs Henry Wipple. The president is Tressa Swain.
James Adams shows improvement at home on Union Ave. Otto and Otto Lohn return from Columbus after attending grandson William Peoples wedding on Oct 14. Many relatives and friends from Columbus Weirton Marietta Lorain Cincinnati and Montgomery visit, stay or travel for games and gatherings. Rodger Morgan takes a short vacation from Ohio Power Co. Blaettar ill at home.
A State Health Dept mobile X ray unit will be stationed in Pomeroy from Nov 15 for the remainder of the month. Dr. W S Ellis urges parents to bring children for free tuberculosis examinations and notes other free services at the county health office including vaccination and diphtheria immunization. Measles shots are advised within a week of exposure. whooping cough and prenatal postnatal care are also provided without charge by two visiting nurses.
POMEROY Val Westfall of Flora displayed a late season raspberry crop. He grows berries in his own garden and has been raising fruit for 15 years. Three or four bunches appeared recently as he prepared the bushes for winter.
Mr and Mrs Olin Boothe announce the birth of a son at Holzer Hospital on Oct 22 Grandparents are Mrs Henry Idle and Charles Boothe
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