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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1942

Page

2

Stork shower honors Mrs Dan Farmer in Middleport

Mrs Frank Parmelee and Mrs Arthur Skinner hosted a surprise stork shower for Mrs Dan Farmer at Parmelee home on Main Street. About 25 guests attended as Miss Bess Sanborn and Mrs Rosener Zeiher correctly answered baby themed quizzes.

Middleport Frank Parmelee Arthur Skinner Dan Farmer Parmelee Main Sts Farmer Bess Sanborn Rosener Zeiher

Pomeroy High Band To Play Before Game

Pomeroy fans are advised to arrive early as the Pomeroy High School band will perform fifteen minutes before the 8 o clock game. A strong half time program is promised, with a hoped for appearance by the Gallipolis High School band.

Pomeroy

Story Hour at Pomeroy Library Saturday

POMEROY children up to 8 join preschool session 10 to 11 and 8 to 12 group 11 to 12 with Miss Anna Weed WPA leader narrating Little Pitchers With Big Ears and Lil Hannibal by Nan Hall and Carolyn Sher. Mrs Celia Keifer WPA leader runs quiet games during the hour. Forty children attended last Saturday Oct 24.

Pomeroy Nan Hall Lil’ Hannibal Carolyn Sherwin Bailey Pomeroy Library Anna Weed WPA Celia Keifer Miss Weed

Meigs County Service Men Highlight Local Notes

Clifford H. Bauer reported to the U S Navy at Indianapolis for active duty and serves as company clerk at Camp Bradford Norfolk Virginia with the Seabees. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ed Bauer of West Main Street. George Beards and Harold Jones of Patterson Field Dayton visited their parents in Meigs County.

Middleport Margaret Isabelle Dorothy Nell Stewart Wooster Ohio State O. H. Stewart Fourth Ave Donovan Allen Wilbur Urban, Jr Donnie Ronnie Urban Buffalo N. Y A. H. Bradbury James Arnold C. P. Bradbury Rio Grande Mr. Allen Frank Allen Zanesville Urban Moose Club Rooms D. B. Hartinger Belmont Mass William Besserer Thomas Willis Aleshire Woman’s Music Club George Schaaf A. R. Hecox Frenton Ohio Florence Bush Dayton Mary Jane Allen Jenkinson Citizens National Bank Harold Edward Hubbard U. S. Navy Fred Hoffner S. Third Ave Raymond Neal Temple Theater London Pennsylvania Greensburg Erwin John Ruschel S. Second Ave Bidwell Joe Wilson, Jr Ruschel General Chemical Defense Corporation Klein Kats Pearl McCrary Josephine Curtis Teresa Mackin Columbus Mary Curtis Paul Andrew Pomeroy Clifford H. Bauer Indianapolis Camp Bradford Norfolk Engineer Corp Wright Field Seabees Ed. Bauer W. Main St George Lee Beards Harold Jones Patterson Field George Beards Roy Jones Minersville

Rood AWOL Navy Seaman Taken Into Custody

Rood 19, who entered U S Navy service on June 20, was taken into custody by local officers after returning to the area without leave from the Corpus Christi naval base. He resided at the Children's Home before enlistment. Call Firemen Middleport Volunteer Fire Department responded to a rubbish fire at Holley Whittington’s Laurel Street home, destroying an outbuilding. Vitamin A survives cooking. vitamin C is destroyed by high heat.

Pomeroy Harrison Rood U. S. Navy Naval Corpus Christi Texas Rood Navy Middleport Holley Whittington Laurel St

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