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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1937

Page

3

Pomeroy Civic Club Plans Fall Festival Details

The Civic Club of Pomeroy set a date for a Fall Festival and formed a committee led by George Daniels Herman Beards and William Atkins to handle arrangements. They also voted to meet biweekly and appointed renewals to reorganize work. A Ladies Auxiliary was planned with a dinner committee. Compton announced a Blue and Gray Trail Association meeting in Columbus on Sept. 13 with a 25 person Pomeroy delegation. The trail runs from St. Joseph Michigan to Richmond Virginia and a US route number will be issued soon.

Pomeroy Civic Club George Daniels Herman Beards William Atkins E. F. Robinson William Watson W. A. Compton Theodore Reed M. D. Hartley Blue and Gray Trail Association

Dexter Woman Names Sunflower After Alfred Landon

Mrs Ruth Davis of Dexter names a sunflower variety after Alfred Landon. She raised six varieties this summer including yellow with red centers dark red canary and salmon red. Some blooms remain.

Dexter Ruth Davis Alfred M. Landon Kansas Statesman

Garden Clubs Set to Exhibit at Meigs County Fair

Middleport Garden Club members met at Mrs. A. W. McKay's home and re elected officers. President Garen Stansbury Treasurer O B Stout John Duerr. Dee Ward elected to membership. Plans made for flower display at Meigs County Fair with judging by a Chillicothe expert.

Middleport Middleport Garden Club A. W. McKay Cole Third Sts Garen Stansbury O. B. Stout John Duerr Edward French Dee Ward Meigs County Fair Fair Board Racine Harrisonville Rutland Twilight Garden Club Pomeroy Stansbury James Harley E. R. Tompkins A. A. Dillard William Juhling

Mrs. Jennie Autherson Dies At Bradbury Home

Mrs Jennie Autherson longtime Bradbury resident dies at her home after an illness. She is survived by two sons Charles and William and two daughters Mrs Milton Russell and Mrs Celia Keffer and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements not announced. Trailing baby registered in Old Forge N Y born in a trailer to Richard Stanley and wife of Albany while camping.

Middleport Jennie Autherson Bradbury Autherson Thomas Autherson Charles William Milton Russell Celia Keffer Old Forge N. Y An &Pound Richard Stanley Albany Emma Leifheit Prospect Hill Arlie Mills Springfield William Leifheit C. J. Ebersbach Theo Lehew Leona Leifheit Dorothy Richard Leifheit Gilbert Hayes Racine James Arnold Zanesville A. H. Bradbury Robert Vore Val Sweyn Diane Alys Nelsonville George Edward Bowers Lester Bowers Howard Bowers George Bowers Harold Dieteh Grayson Virginia Russell Wallace Bradford Brownell Ave Roy McCullough S. A. McCullough Bashan Starling McCullough Grant St McCullough Waverly P. M. Bonar Michigan Ohio Marjorie Brown Beaver Falls Henry Young

Social Notes Highlight Pomeroy Visits and Local Weddings

Pomeroy residents report weekend visits from Columbus Cleveland and Parkersburg guests. A Dalton era string of relatives stayed with families on Osborn Street Lincoln Hill and Prospect Hill. Miss Gladys Pauline Davidson married Murville Lee Moore in a Rutland ceremony. pair plan a Parkersburg residence after a brief Ohio trip.

Gladys Pauline Davidson Murville Lee Moore Davidson Clyde Calvert Calvert Ruby Tracy H. F. Bolton Rutland Baptist Church Moore Parkersburg Gassaway High School Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Juliana St

Middleport Firemen Vote to canvass for funds

Middleport volunteer firemen met to approve a house to house canvass to raise money for the new fire truck. The truck was funded by local business donations and will be equipped with the proceeds.

Middleport

Middleport Social Notes Quiet Return From Antiq ity Cottage Visit

Middleport social notes recount visits and guest notes across towns. Miss Stansbury Mathews Duerr and Ewing return from the McMaster cottage Antiqity with chaperones Miss McMaster and Miss Ewing. Multiple families visit relatives in Wilmington Chillicothe Clifton Woodfield Racine Zanesville Nelsonville and Beaver Falls Pa.

McMaster Cottage Antiquity Jane Stansbury Minerva Mathews Shirley Duerr Easter Martin Ewing Jean McMaster Henrietta Ewing Noah Haskins Charles Preston Wilmington Frank Tener Lena Mae Fell Chillicothe Ramona Stewart Clifton

Farewell Party for Konrad Scholl Before Kansas Move

A farewell party was held at Jacob Elberfeld Farm near Tuppers Plains for Konrad Scholl who departs today for Hays Kansas to teach violin at Kansas State College. Attendees included former pupils and colleagues in Pomeroy and nearby counties where he served as supervisor of instrumental music. A separate Moscow item notes a 2,500 mile amphibian bicycle trek by six riders over 40 days.

Pomeroy Konrad Scholl Hays Kan Kansas State Colege Jacob Elberfeld Tuppers Plains Scholl

Wolf Trapper Planned to Eradicate Wolves in Howell County

West Plain Missouri reports a government trapper will try to eradicate wolves feared to cut into stock losses in the Myatt district southeast Howell County.

Myatt Howell County

Help Stomach Digest Food Without Laxatives

An ad-style health notice claims heavy meals upset digestion and cause gas and pain. It promotes Bellana for Indigestion as a quick relief, promising relief in five minutes and renewed vitality, with the claim that doctors discourage laxatives for stomach pain.

Bell_ans Bellana Bell & Co

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