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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1947
Page
3
A large delegation from Middleport High School and local residents head to Point Pleasant for the season opener as the Yellow Jackets face the West Virginia Big Blacks away from home. The 50 member band will debut later on Sept. 19 against the White Falcons.
Dr Homer G McMillen announced fall meeting of Athens Presbytery will convene at Gallipolis church Monday September 15 at 10 am with session all day The Rev George E Brown will give the devotional address The Rev John L Hyde will be received for installation at Albany Elizabeth E Turner will speak on benevolent budget increase Lester S Evans introduced as new general presbyter Irene McDowell to assist aid churches Local men J H Grate and Glenroy Ewing report on Ohio Synod attendance.
POMEROY and nearby towns list church duties with times. Grace Episcopal opens with 10:30 a.m. services and first Sunday communion. Christian Science meets for Substance with readings. First Baptist Pomeroy hosts services, Sunday school, choirs, and fellowship. St Pauls Lutheran and St Johns Chester observe Harvest Festival with noon dinner and 2:30 service. Laurel Cliff and Hysell Run hold morning and evening worships, prayer meetings, and catechism. Trinity Lutheran in Pomeroy offers catechism, gospel preaching, and adult Bible class.
Miss Dorothy Gardner daughter of Mr and Mrs Hardin K Gardner married Warren G Bennett son of Mr and Mrs Charles Bennett in a candlelit ceremony at First Methodist Vineland New Jersey. The couple planned residence with Bennetts until Athens Ohio where he will study commerce at Ohio University.
Garry Barnitz six year old son of Mr and Mrs Hayman Barnitz of Second Street ran into a car driven by William Campbell of Peacock Avenue on Main Street near Spring Avenue Wednesday afternoon. The child was frightened but uninjured after the collision and was taken to a physician for examination.
A medium sized prowler described as a peeping man is again at large in Middleport. He turned lights off from switch boxes in a down stairs hall and pried screens in homes on South Second Ave near the Columbus and Southern Ohio plant. Police found no trace after responding. Similar sightings have occurred around S Third Avenue Lincoln and Seventh Streets throughout the summer.
A list of marriage licenses issued in Pomeroy Meigs County includes James Hearn of Reno and Naomi Place of Pomeroy. Virgel Nichols of New Plymouth and Helen Cook of Pomeroy. Donald Erwin of Albany and Evelyn Williams of Harrisonville. Carl Kuhn of Marietta and Eileen Litchie of Long Bottom. Ralph Sorden of Pomeroy and Winifred Lee of Pomeroy. Willard Church of Belpre and Wilma Ammons of Racine. George Byers Jr. and Janet Durfee both of Pomeroy. Edward Griffith of Logan and Myrtle Weaver of Pomeroy. Kenneth Stanley of Mason and Mary Jackson of Middleport. John Artee of Rutland and Juanita Ballis of Rutland. Virgil Hill of Pomeroy and Laura Boyer of Pomeroy. Floyd Drescher of Millfield and DeLor is Boyer of Norman. St. Clair Beulah Mays. James Wallace of Chester and Constante Mason of Chester. J H Oldaker of Gallipolis Ferry and Frances Oldaker of Pomeroy. Ernest Marks of Parkersburg and Fay Hanerice of Chester. Earl Andy of McArthur and Esther Chesser of Pomeroy. William Noble of Columbus and Ruth Roll of Pomeroy. Marshall Riley of Dexter and Naomi Nease of Mason.
Ralph I. Bennett was granted a divorce from Viola Bennett on Thursday citing extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty as the grounds for the separation.
Marietta paints are distributed by Bardin Bros. Co. Athens Pomeroy Cement Block Co. Pomeroy and Plymale Wagner Co. Gallipolis, outlining the regional supply network for the product.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Newton Lowe at Rawlings-Coats funeral home in Middleport. Attending were N. C. Lowe of Rochester New York and Arnold Lowe of Cleveland with others from Barberton Springfield Columbus and Taylor Pullen. Interment followed at Lone Oak Cemetery Point Pleasant.
Local business notes show Mrs. Franklin Bailey moving from Miller's Store to Spencer Market. Mrs. Thomas Darst and Ethel Badgley join Miller Store with Mr. Darst now at The Imperial Electric Co. James Circle from Evans Market injures a meat department cut requiring stitches. Mrs. Chas Karr assists at the Clock and Gift Shop. Rhoda Hall from Leading Creek works for the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co.
The street department used a second truck load of cinders Thursday on Mill St. to refill a cave-in. The failure is the first in the recently improved road built last year by Fenton Construction. Old residents blame a hillside stream for eroding the route near the ravine.
Funeral services for Harry C. Stobart who died at his home in Antiquity will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Antiquity Baptist Church. Burial follows in Letart cemetery. Stobart was a 48 year member of the Junior Order. Friends may call at the residence.
Navy recruiter Paul W. Gibbons will visit Mayor George Howell's office each Thursday to provide information and enlistment for the Navy. Navy veterans can obtain World War II victory medals by presenting original discharge papers.
A description of traditional precautions before marriage in Sicily and Calabria. A girl is kept from public view with her fiancé and a chaperone always present during visits. The excerpt outlines strict social rules and guarded courtship practices.
A petition signed by Aylmer Ackley and other Athens County freeholders requests locating a public road from 40 rods south of Ackley’s barn toward Wm Hawks residence. The board fixes viewing for September 22 1947 at 10:00 a.m. EST and hearing for September 24 1947 at 7:00 p.m. EST at the county commissioners office.
Sunday worship schedules for Middleport area churches. First Baptist led by Charles M. Pomeroy with 9:15 a.m. church school and 10:15 a.m. worship. sermon “An Over looked Faith.” Evening service 7:30 p.m. sermon “The Potter's Vessel.” First Presbyterian under Dr. Homer G. McMillen with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. worship. Dr. McMillen to lead 7:30 p.m. service at Syracuse Presbyterian Church, sermon “A Church That Wins.” Congregational meeting to follow. Heath Methodist led by W. B. Moore with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. worship. sermon “Achieving for Christ.”
Mr and Mrs Phillip Meier spent a week in Columbus at the home of his son Phillip Meier Jr. Mr and Mrs Jacob Smith of Columbus left New York for Zurich where Smith studies abroad on OSU sponsorship. Ira Clark returns to Pomeroy Bend after 45 years visiting relatives. Others travel to visit family in Racine Gallipolis Narrows and Nashville.
The Jacksonville Trimble Board of Education invites sealed bids by Sept 16 at 7 p.m. to furnish coal for the 1947 48 term. Bids for lump coal or egg coal in bins. weigh slip with each load. Board may accept or reject any bid. Clerk Pearl Christman. Trimble, Ohio.
In the probate court inventories and appraisements for seven estates are filed. The estates named include B. M. Andrick J. H. Grace Charles Lowry Thomas N. McDaniel Alice Ohlinger Sarah Redpath and Thomas A. Wood. A hearing is set for September 29 1947 at 9 AM. Interested parties may file exceptions before five days prior to the hearing. Francis D. White Probate Judge. 9-12-47 2otw Fe.
The Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio certifies that Central Life Insurance Company of Illinois with Chicago headquarters complied with state laws for the current year. It shows 1946 year end assets 30,594,512.34 liabilities 27,164,709.01 net assets 8,429,808.33 paid-up capital 500,000 surplus 2,929,808.88, income 6,560,410.68 expenditures 4,065,638.61. Dated July 1, 1947 in Columbus.
A dinner marked the first birthday of Mrs Laura Steele hosted at the home of Mr and Mrs L O Gardner. Clifford Steele her son was a guest and a birthday cake flowers and gifts were given by her son in law and daughter the Gardners and friends.
Past Chiefs Association and Pythian Sisters to meet at Mrs Lillian Stieff home Monday evening with Mrs James Lewis assisting hostess.
Viddleport resident Eldo Carrier of Miami, a former Middleport resident, visits relatives. C. H. Church joins Mr. and Mrs. George Russell in Zanesville for the funeral of William E. Chaffin, brother of Mrs. Russell, who died Monday. Mrs. L. E. Burford and relatives visit Harriett Stiddard in Elizabeth, Pa., and Pittsburgh. Leslie Price of S Fifth Ave. is mentioned in the surrounding note.
A roundup of visits and illnesses includes a heart attack recovery at home for a local man, Mrs. Frank Guinther seriously ill, and gatherings at Camden Park. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Owen Fink with Roger and Billy, Miss Lenore Giles heading to Menlo Park, Calif., and numerous stays with relatives in Columbus, Buckeye Lake, and Dayton.
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