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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1950
Page
2
Homer Russell of Middleport opened his parked car door on Second Street and was struck by a car driven by Bruce Morris of Langsville, causing considerable damage to two vehicles yesterday.
Jack Kennedy son of Mr and Mrs William Kennedy of Pomeroy Route 1 passed his Navy examination in Huntington Tuesday and left the same day for Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He graduated from Pomeroy High School last May.
Pomeroy Social Notes report the Olive Farm Women's Club annual picnic at Buffington Island Park Portland. Birthday of Mrs Roy Hannum noted and program planned for September at Mrs Hannum's home. President Mrs W N Swain led meeting with contests by Mrs Swain. Attendees listed including Mr and Mrs Paul Andrew and family and several members.
Middleport schools reopen without the anticipated new building addition. L W McComas cites delays in building materials delaying occupancy, leading to make shift spaces in the auditorium and possible class cancellations. Full operation begins 8:30 a m for grades 3–12 with kindergarten and grades 1–2 at 9 a.m.
Thirty members and guests gathered for a WSCS picnic at Middleport Roadside Park with Rev. Cal Ryan of Minneapolis as guest. Attendees included Rev. John Venezia and his mother Mrs. Venezia among other local residents.
Fifteen members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars met to discuss current repair work at the hall. Post Commander William Grueser noted that only a few volunteers are doing most of the work, with three or four men handling tasks daily. Painting progress included two finished rooms and a faster grand opening with more helpers. A meeting is planned for September 5.
One of Middleport's oldest residents Mrs Catherine Burns turned eighty nine on Wednesday. She has been ill for years and lives with her daughter Mrs Walter Harris on S Second Ave. Friends sent cards and gifts and her daughter treated her to her first outing by car in a long time.
Announcement from Kenmore New York reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Urban Jr. on Thursday August 31. This is the Urbans fifth son. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Don Allen of Kenmore and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Urban of Zanesville, Paul Rust of Bucyrus, and great grandmother Mrs. A. H. Bradbury.
Members of the Stout family gathered at Eddie Howery’s farm home for an annual reunion on Sunday August 27. The event featured a basket dinner and a resolution designating the last Sunday of August as the permanent reunion date and Howery’s farm as the meeting site.
First Baptist Charles M. Pomeroy pastor schedules church school at 9 15 am morning worship and communion at 7 15 pm sermon subjects Think on This and Our Working Lord. Sanborn Missionary Society September meeting at the church Tuesday evening prayer meeting Thursday. First Presbyterian Homer G. McMillen pastor church school 9 30 am worship 10 30 am sermon Things Too Wonderful for Me. Church of Christ Guy F Sayre pastor church school 9 30 am worship 10 30 am evening 7 30 pm mid week prayer service Tuesday 7 30 pm.
Area churches list pastors and service times including Roy C. Osborn at Enterprise Morning Star Carmel St Pauls Lutheran Hobson Christian Union Mt Herman Nease Chapel Letart Falls Christian Science with Sunday school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:45.
After two months of negotiation, The Imperial Electric Co. and Local Union No. 1587 reached a settlement of eight and one half cents per hour. The contract runs one year and includes hospital insurance. Mediation and Conciliation Service directed talks led by Commissioner Beatty of Cincinnati. Bruce Lloyd, union president, hailed the peaceful settlement and noted it came five days before the deadline.
The Zuspan family reunion will be held Sunday at Middleport Roadside Park with a basket dinner served at noon.
Alpha Pomeroy Young files for divorce from Gilbert Young in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. The petition seeks dissolution of marriage and related relief from the court.
The Grand International Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers met at Mrs. George Hackett’s home in Middleport to plan a September inspection at Mrs. Charles Bennett’s Beech Street residence. Mrs. Bennett led the meeting as Headlight Sister gifts were exchanged and Mrs. Walter Harris received the traveling prize from Mrs. Dea Hayes. A dessert course was served.
Mr and Mrs Charles Raymond Snider announce the birth of a son on August 27 at Scheckle Clinic Mason. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Marian Pickens Racine and Mr and Mrs C FE Snider Pomeroy.
Mr and Mrs Fred Bush relocate from Cincinnati to Bristol Connecticut and will live about ten miles from William Diles their relative. Mrs Bush is the former Lois Diles and Mr Bush will work for a hearing aid company linked to his brother in law William Diles.
Members of the Sacred Heart Church in Pomeroy learned about events on the pilgrimage of Steubenville diocese members. Rev. Fr. William J. Riley, the church pastor, is a participant in the pilgrimage.
Relatives report the locations of local servicemen: Cpl. Cleo Kerns in Okinawa S Sgt. John Mayer in Tokyo Cpl. Robert Brickles in Yokohama and Cpl. Edgar Vale in Korea.
Former railroad conductor J W Wilson, long in ill health, broke his foot in a fall at his home on S Third Ave. The injured foot was placed in a cast.
The Well Baby Conference was held Thursday afternoon at the Middleport Public Library. Dr Selim Blazewicz and county health nurses Nell Bing and Catherine Shavorinsky led the event with Mrs Chester Erwin, retiring president of the Child Conservation League sponsoring, and Mrs George Skinner aiding in examinations of seven pre school children. Mrs Robert McEyhinny is C C L chairman for the project.
Willis McMurray spokesman for the lighting committee of the Pomeroy Boosters Inc says light poles will be erected the first of next week. Materials and fixtures are on site with shipments from Syracuse. Workmen progress at the field each evening and have nearly completed pole holes after minor digging obstacles.
F. T. Griffith of Huntington West Virginia, advance man for the James H. Drews Ex position, was in town yesterday as the event set to run during the Firemen's Homecoming week September 11 to 16.
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