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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1957
Page
7
Middleport Haskell Gillespie Jr., 7, was scalded by hot coffee from an electric percolator he pulled from a table while playing with his brother. He is recovering satisfactorily at Holzer Hospital and expected to return home on Vine Street soon.
Middleport reports total parking meter revenue of 203 dollars and 65 cents for the past week, a shorter collection period due to Labor Day holiday.
Meigs County officials say the Sept. 12 bloodmobile depends on walk‑in donors, with fewer than 30 signed up. They urge anyone unable to book an appointment to come to Pomeroy Junior High School for 12 to 6 pm, as July and August usage shows a critical need for blood. A 150‑pint goal targets replenishing deficits and supporting the next two months.
Middleport Chief Leroy Bartrum fingerprinted various people Tuesday and collected evidence for the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. A bureau expert joined local officers Sunday to process the Meigs Grocery Co robbery suspected to have occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning.
A замет birthday observance at Asbury Methodist in Syracuse featured a wiener roast for Mrs. Troy Zwilling at Baileys Lake on Wednesday Sept 4 with many neighbors and family members in attendance. The Syracuse Garden Club and Third Wednesday Home Demonstration Club held meetings and picnics the same week, while the Syracuse Sunshine Girls 4-H Club hosted a roadside park picnic. Various local residents and relatives spent Labor Day weekend visiting and traveling between Syracuse and nearby towns including Akron Washington DC and Columbus.
Pomeroy. Meigs County Sheriff Robert C. Hartenbach said two suspects, a 47 year old ex convict Arlie Skeeter Gilmore and a 16 year old Kerrs Run youth, have been charged in the July breaking and entering of the Ross Keystone Service Station at Five Points. Gilmore, a multiple time offender, faces trial on a separate Rodei Store burglary indictment from two years ago. Prosecutor James OBrien noted Gilmore was paroled from the Ohio State Penitentiary two years ago, rearrested for parole violation, and released again several months ago. The juvenile suspect will appear before Juvenile Judge John C. Bacon.
Meigs County Common Pleas Court set trial dates for four men. Charles Powell faces two counts including assault and battery and robbery by force on Sept. 25 at 9 a.m. Clarence Hayman is slated for Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. on three counts including robbery and assault and battery. Roger Hayman will be tried Sept. 24 at 9 a.m. on three counts of robbery and assault and battery. Gerald Shenkle is scheduled for Sept. 20 at 9 a.m. for involuntary manslaughter in the Jan. 28, 1955 death of Glen Boring after DUI.
Feeney Bennett Post American Legion will report on Labor Day events at tonight’s meeting led by post commander Lewis Kong. Members are urged to pay yearly dues. Refreshments will follow.
Forty two alarm clocks were wound and set by five volunteer girls during the grand opening of Dutton's Drug Store in Middleport. The clocks ticked in unison as a featured attraction and the helpers received free cokes as a reward.
The renowned entertainer Sir Henry Lauder is noted for composing all of his songs and sketches himself, highlighting his creative independence and versatility.
Admitted: Corbett Fisher of Middleport and Robert Eblin of Pomeroy. Discharged: Mrs. Larry Taylor and infant daughter of Racine, Mrs. Robert Miller and infant daughter of Middleport, Mrs. Audra VanMeter of Racine, and Charles Carmichael of Middleport.
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