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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
8
Mrs. Adam Scholl was grazed on the right shoulder by a bullet believed to be from a .22 rifle while she stood in her yard at 125 Locust Street in Pomeroy. Her husband took her to Meigs General Hospital where X rays showed no flesh entry. police investigated and promised thorough follow up.
Robert Bra, new bandmaster for the local schools, met prospective pupils Wednesday morning. He outlined rules and regulations and announced senior band try-outs would be held next week. Approximately all band members attended the meeting.
Beta Sigma Phi members of Bia Phi chapter visited Miss Eidith Young for an ice cream party hosted at her home. Attendees included Mrs. Jean Blazewicz, Mrs. Phyllis Mullen, Mrs. Jean Morgan, Mrs. Drucie Riley, and Misses Freddie Houdashelt, Norma Koehler, Bettie Wise. J P Wood entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
In Meig County 12 townships vote next November with 24 trustee openings. Salisbury leads with eight filings, while Columbia and Bedford townships each have two. Listed candidates include Clarence D. Farmer, Griff Archer, John M. Eskew, Walter Schreiber, and others in Salisbury and numerous names across Olive Rutland Chester Lebanon Scipio Bedford Orange Salem Sutton Letart and Columbia townships.
Pom eroy Public Library recently received new titles for its shelves including West of the Hill by Gladys Hasty Carroll Twilight on the Floods by Marguerite Steen The Queen Bee by Edna Lee Especially Father by Gladys Taber and Cream Hill by Lewis Gannett. Donations to the Dr George Lasher memorial shelf include Mineral Nutrition of Plants and Animals by Frank A Gilbert Conservation of Natural Resources by H Basil Wales and H O Lathrop Fieldbook of Natural History by E Laurence Palmer and a soils book by Walter P Kelley. Dr K D Amsbury and Max Shepperd contributed to the memorial shelf fund announced acting librarian Mrs Lucy Gainer.
POMEROY Oct 15 two new forms will be used in the County title office as Certificates of Title and as Manufacturers or Importers Certificates. Frank M. Quinn registrar in the bureau of motor vehicles says the forms will uniformize and simplify issuance and cancellation of motor vehicle titles statewide. The Meigs County clerk notes the changes follow a legislative amendment and clerks of court have been instructed across the state per V. V. Brown on Wednesday.
William Grate, formerly in the Imperial Electric Company offices, resigns to move to South Charleston. He will join Gorby Music House with Charles Gorby, former Ohio University classmates. Mrs. Grate and children Janis and Jimmy accompany him, renting an apartment as neighbors host a farewell party for Janis.
Glenn Coleman 31 of Reedsville was arrested Wednesday by Constable Ross Evans on a warrant from Justice Ronald Grindley for obtaining money under false pretense. Coleman is jailed awaiting a Sutton Township hearing.
Middleport reports the Evangeline Club will meet followed by Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star activities tonight. The sequence highlights community group collaboration and local fraternal participation.
Middleport families host guests including Virgil Hayes and Ethan Harper visiting Thomas Geogiein in Mulberry Avenue. Visitors include Walter Priode from New Lexington and former coach, Labor Day plans for the Bolons in Zanesville, and trips by Dr. R. E. Boice to Roswell and the Grand Canyon.
The Roush couple observed their fortieth wedding anniversary on August 21 at their Racine home with a surprise by daughter Wilma. A picnic lunch followed and many relatives from Ohio and surrounding areas attended.
Injuries from a Sunday night motorcycle crash into a ditch in Fayette County proved fatal at Springfield City Hospital. David Blakley aged 32 of Jamestown Ohio died Monday night from the injuries sustained.
Eva Fleming was elected president of Rutland WCTU at a meeting at Mrs. Fleming's home. Belva Pharis is vice president and secretary, Jessie Molden treasurer and associate secretary. Mrs Molden led devotionals and Miss Della Haning and Mrs Ethel Snowden became members.
Middleport crews led by Street Commissioner Fred Collins painted safety lanes and giant School letters on Route 7 and S. Third Ave near the school zone. Police will monitor highways near schools as a protective measure for pupils.
Survivors of Dayton Russell, who died Tuesday in Parkersburg, include his wife Edna Russell, a daughter Pearl Canaday of Gallipolis, a grandchild, two brothers William Russell of Montgomery West Virginia and Hetzel Russell of Gallipolis, and two sisters Helen Teters of Chicago and Dorothy Nicholas of Charleston.
Mrs. Martha Shiveler resigns as head floor nurse at the Mason Clinic after 18 months. She will move to Columbus with her husband George Shiveler who will teach at Ohio State University and pursue his MA degree. She will take a nurse position at University Hospital.
Middleport firefighters answered a 5 am alarm to a smoke filled Lyons Pool room where a compressor motor had burned out. Fire Chief B F Parmalee led the crew including Paul Swisher John Vroman Brad Hudson Robert McElhinny Earl McKinley Emmett Shuler Charles Murray James Daniels Wayne Gibbons Jack Bechtel and Cc. R. Karr.
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