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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1954
Page
9
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the East Letart Methodist Church will hold an election day lunch in the church basement at noon next Tuesday. The event was announced today.
The annual Meigs County Farm Bureau meeting will discuss resolutions on county ministerial work road improvements driver education school lunch programs and rural services. Actions include honoring the agricultural society for the fair program and examining a senior high school driving course building a Farm Bureau meeting space and better telephone and mail service for farmers. The meeting starts at 8 p m in Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium.
Den Nease announces that 58 pupils at Letart Falls Grade School earned honor roll status after the first six weeks. Students listed with B or above include groups led by Pamela Davis and Deborah Hill in the first tier, followed by named peers across seven grades, with multiple Roush siblings appearing in several ranks.
A sequence of land transfers in Meigs County lists Maye Cumings Durward Cumings Nina Cumings and others transferring multiple parcels in Bedford Township to Gene Perry Lambert. Additional deeds cover transfers in Salem Rutland Salisbury Olive and Middleport townships among named buyers and sellers with several parcels and acres involved.
Approximately seven junior and senior high students attended the first study session on teen age problems. The Federated and United Methodist churches jointly hosted the event with Rev. J. Leslie Kunze and Rev. Dale H Ratliff lecturing on dating and parent relations. Future topics include Loving and Being Loved Heading Towards Marriage and Sex Problems of Teen Agers.
Alfred Grange sponsors a community Halloween party and pie social on October 28 inviting the public to attend.
Pomeroy Mr and Mrs Willard Eberstad hosted a birthday party for daughter Cheryl with Halloween costumes. Prizes were awarded for best and ugliest costumes. Guests included Barbara Powell Marjorie Wurt and others from Pomeroy and Parkersburg. Refreshments served as a doll cake appeared in the orange and black decor. A minstrel program supporting a wheel lunch fund at Letart Falls PTA was announced for November 9.
Senior Youth Fellowship of the Federated Church met to plan a school year drama to be staged early next year with parts reading soon. Rev Dale H Ratliff and wife will direct. They invite youth to try out.
Meigs County superintendent O Patterson spoke to the Letart Falls PTA Monday night at the school. He outlined procedures for obtaining equipment and implementing a school lunch program. A report on the Big Bend area was also discussed.
At a Bedford club meeting on Oct 21 plans were set to assist the Farmers Institute program at Hemlock Grove in November. A pot-luck lunch preceded reports on health topics from Lake Hope and on parliamentary procedure. Prizes were awarded to four members, and the next meeting was scheduled for Nov 18 with Mrs. Edison Hart. Twelve members appeared on Huntington TV. Named participants include Mrs. Fred Riggs Mrs. Robert Wheeler Mrs. Harold Douglas Mrs. Vern Well Mrs. Herber Quivey Miss Ethel Blackwood and others.
Mr and Mrs William Downie hosted a masked Halloween party at Morning Star to honor William McKenze an Etherfeld Department Store employee who will join the armed forces on November 3 Guests included co workers from the store Receivers of costume prizes were Addalon Lewis Daisy Russell Hilda Yeanger Dana Van Meter Jean Kioes Grace Holter and Jean Reibel A farewell gift was presented and games and refreshments were shared Attending were McKennzie Grace Holter Addalon Lewis Daisy Russell Charlene Leedy
A fragmentary OCR shows a roster of individuals including Clara Dilgard Hilda Yeanger Helen Gruever Jean Reihel Shir wy Hayes and others such as Father Hardin Marie Chapman Genevieve Sisson Nan cy Sisson Bil Anderson Kenneth Wiggins Jean Kiows Eleanor Rotaon Van Meter Malcolm Mees Gilbert Mees Jimmy and the Grindatatf family plus Downie and Mickel households. The text reads like a community notice or attendance list with scattered surnames and titles.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kreinith entertained at their Columbus home Sunday with a buffet honoring Reed Turnbull of Wauke gan. Guests included the Micaea Mart Raster Bess Philson Otis Sutton of Cincinnati, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Turnbull of Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crows of Westerville, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reithmiller of Columbus.
Dr and Mrs E Stanley returned from a month in the Southwest touring Houston Kerrville and Dayton. Mrs Stanley attended the National Convention of the Association of Bank Women while employed at the Pomeroy National Bank. They visited Donald Rosenbaum in Dayton after Kerrville before returning to Ohio.
Daughter Sharon and son Mike of Morgantown West Virginia Mrs G Fulward Koehler of Pomerny and Miss William Dawson of Columbus appear in a fragmented obituary notice referencing family members and residences.
Jane Howell Tent of the Daughters of Union Veterans met at the DAV home on Butternut Ave Monday evening. Minnie Newtziing presided over the business session. During the social hour games were played and prizes awarded to Miss Clara Zier, Mrs A V Howell and Mrs Elmer Wickham.
Mr and Mrs Terry W Allis of Columbus welcomed recent guests Walter Ketty and spouse to their new residence, sharing a social gathering at the home.
Mrs. Austin Del Grosco returned to her Baltimore home Friday afternoon by plane after spending five weeks here assisting in the care of Mrs. Jake.
Fragmentary notice from Athens Messenger mentions Biella Hartenbach and the Jewell family, Columbus residents visiting Mrs Jewell and Mr and Mrs John Black in Harrisonville. Blackwood birthday celebrations noted with incomplete details.
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