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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1968

Page

12

Program On Church Work Presented At Middleport Meeting

A September meeting of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society at the First Baptist Church in Middleport featured a program titled Can did Camera showing interviews on church involvement and excuses to avoid it. Attendees included Barbara Anthony and many named helpers. notes covered devotions, a Granville summer conference report, upcoming Rio Grande meetings, budget, World Fellowship offering, love gift dedication, and social hour arrangements.

Middleport B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society First Baptist Church Gerald Anthony Barbara Anthony Dale Mourning Tony Fowler Martha King Beulah White Fred Gibbs Venida Trina Gibbs Paul Fowler Elizabeth Slavin Love Gift White Beards Smart Lovejoy Circle Lawrence Bing Fielding Hawkins Charles Searles Genevive Saxton Lillian McGhee Mary Lyons Gibbs Dana Hamm Kloes

Servicemen Complete Army Training Courses

Pvt James R Hurlow Jr son of Mr and Mrs James R Hurlow Sr of Leon West Virginia Route 2 completed a field radio mechanic course at the Army Armor School at Fort Knox Kentucky. Pvt Jerry A Jarrell 18 son of Mr and Mrs Robert D Mayes of Gallipolis completed a wheeled vehicle mechanic course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Pvt Robert D Smith 19 son of Mr and Mrs Grover Smith of McArthur Route 2 completed eight weeks of advanced infantry training at Fort Jackson South Carolina. Before entering the Army he was employed by Ford Motor Co at Dearborn Michigan.

James R. Hurlow Jr James R. Hurlow Sr Leon W, Va Route 2 Army Armor School Ft. Knox Army Jerry A. Jarrell Robert D. Mayes Gallipolis Ft. Leonard Wood Mayes Judy Robert D Smith Grover

Pythian Sisters Name Committees For District Convention

Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters named committee members for the district convention to be held in October in Middleport. Officers, including Mrs. Etta Lemley, led the meeting. a note from Nevada Temple named Bernice Christian as Grand Outer Guard for Cleveland event September 1 to 14.

Middleport Pythian Sisters Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters Etta Lemley Navada Temple Bernice Christian Karl Owen William Allman Phillip Meinhart Cash Bahr Alfred Biggs Clyde Andrews Nathan Biggs American Legion Auxiliary

Meet the Team Night Before Meigs Football Game

Meigs events include a meet the team night Thursday at the Middleport football field at 7 p.m with the Meigs Marauder Band from 6:30 to 7 p.m. The opening game is Friday at Wahama. St Paul Lutheran Church Pomeroy offers ice cream and food from 11 a.m. Saturday. Meigs United WCTU meets Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Pomeroy United Methodist Church.

Middleport Meigs

Pre-School Nutrition Survey Under Way in Meigs County

Meigs County will host a voluntary pre-school nutrition survey starting Monday. Conducted by the Children’s Hospital Research Foundation with local agencies, it involves home interviews, two day food records, physical exams, and lab tests to assess diet related health issues. Participants and parents may contact the Meigs County Health Department for questions.

Selim J. Blazewicz Meigs County Virginia L. Felch Maggie Powell Veterans Memorial Hospital Pomeroy Children’s Hospital Meigs County Health Department East Main St

Driver Misses Deer and Hits Guard Rail

POMEROY The State Highway Patrol Post at Gallipolis reported one accident Wednesday morning on Route 33. A car driven by John Dodders 24 Columbus was traveling south when a deer ran into the path of his auto. He swerved to avoid hitting the animal and ran off the road into a guard rail fence. He received minor injuries. There was no citation.

Pomeroy Gallipolis John Dodders Columbus

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