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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1950
Page
6
The 2703rd Infantry Battalion of Meigs and Gallia Counties will meet at the Gallipolis Legion Hall at 7 p.m. tomorrow. The meeting will feature combat films released from the senior instructor's office in Portsmouth.
The forty sixth annual session of the Pomeroy Baptist Association convened at First Baptist Church Cheshire with J H Stephenson of Pomeroy as moderator and T T Shelton of Racine as vice moderator. The program included sermons by Rev. Shirley Woods, a memorial candle service, and reports from women’s and youth groups. Officers for 1950 51 were elected including T T Shelton moderator and David Durst Jr vice moderator.
Funeral services for Lew Roush prominent Mason County farmer and rural mail carrier were attended by Middleport relatives including Mrs. Horton Brown Mrs. Frank Booth and Horton Brown of Middleport Robert Rickard of Pomeroy Mrs. George Ury Jr Mrs. Richard Quelette of Columbus Clara Koehler of Pomeroy and others. Roush was brother in law of Mrs. Brown and uncle of Mrs. Ury and Mrs. Quelette. He was nephew by marriage of Mrs. Garen Stansbury.
Marriage licenses show Gerald Dean 48 of Albany wed Lila Mae Hunt 28 of Carpenter Route 1. Wayne Zeigler 20 of Chester wed Pauline Turner 24 of Albany Route 1. Wayne Staats 19 of Murraysville WVa wed Bertha E Proffitt 18 of Portland. Jesse Belcher 19 of Earling WVa wed Cliffie Blankenship 18 of Albany Route 2. Harry Miller 30 of Middleport Route 1 wed Hazel Davidson 19 of Cheshire Route 2. Horace Abbott 20 of Pomeroy Route 1 wed Grace Ileen Montgomery 17 of Middleport.
Mr and Mrs William Montgomery announce the engagement of their daughter Grace to Horace Abbott son of Mr and Mrs Alice Abbott of Pomeroy The couple plan an open church wedding at Middleport Church of Christ Sunday Sept 17 at 2 30 pm The Rev Lester Taylor will officiate Grace is a Middleport High School 1950 graduate employed at Ben Franklin Store Horace is a Pomeroy High School 1947 graduate employed at Standard Oil in Pomeroy.
A hamburger fry at Middleport Roadside Park Tuesday evening celebrated Elza Gilmore Jr of Pomeroy. Guests from Lincoln Hill included Carl Bilikan, Walter Amier and sons Robert and John, Donald Collins and Ronnie, Mike Simmons, Charles Young and son Mike, and Joy Gilmore and son.
Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star will hold a covered dish supper at Middleport Roadside Park Thursday evening announced by Mrs. Lillian Stieff W M. The event will honor Mrs. C G Tobiason of Elizabeth City NC who could not attend initiation services last week and is a guest of Mr and Mrs Arthur Bowen.
Mr and Mrs Maynard Davis of Columbus visited Mrs S F Smith and Mrs Charles Switzer in Gallipolis while Miss Helen Beeson and Miss Christine Garrison from Columbus spent time with Middleport friends after a Alaska vacation. The piece notes teachers in Columbus schools and 10 days leave for Robert Mattox and wife of Norfolk Va visiting Elimer Mattox family in Gravel Hill. Funeral notices mention Frank Hoyer of Lakewood with services Thursday at Trevey Finsterwald Funeral Home Pomeroy.
Emil Malinovsky from Ohio State University will discuss the general poultry outlook and feeding problems at a meeting in the courtroom tonight at 8 o'clock. Egg and broiler producers are expected to attend.
POMEROY The 46 et 8 elected officers for 1951 at a meeting last night at the Drew Webster Legion Hall. Officers chosen include Chef de Aare John Will Chef de Train Denver Thomas Correspondent Robert S. Coates Garde Laport Ed Duffy Commis Voyaguer Frank B. Will Lampiste C. O. Fisher Am monier R. Henry Harbrecht Medicin Paul Casci Conducteur Ernest Lallance. Installation by Voyaguer Der Schaefer on Oct. 10. A state convention report from Cleveland was presented. Banquet served by Don Wood and Lonnie Custer.
Middleport Mayor Sidney Russell attended the state firemen's convention and school of instruction at Geneva on the Lake over the weekend. He joined seven local firemen as a participant and is a member and past officer of the Middleport Volunteer Firemen.
In Meigs County Common Pleas Court two divorce suits were filed. Charles D. Carroll seeks a divorce from Dorothy J. Carroll, and Goldie Deem seeks a divorce from George Deem.
Shirley Miller a Middleport High School junior with brown eyes is chosen by students as the beauty queen. She will represent the school at the Firemen's Fall Festival Thursday evening in a queens competition with runners up JoAnn Wilson Janet Frost and Lois Ann Smith.
The Middleport marching band led by James Larson performed in orange and black uniforms with Jeannette Moore Julia Erwin Janet Frost and Nancy Miller in white costumes. A new dance routine wowed the crowd before a sudden downpour cut their street march short, ending with the popular "Sound off" as they headed back to the high school.
Ray Woodgeard announces the T0-piece senior marching band will debut at halftime during the Pomeroy Wahama game at Middleport Stadium. Members wear white shoes and spats. new instruments include scotch brass drum and four altoniums. Alice Kitchen leads for the third year with five majorettes and two new entries.
Middleport High School selects two new cheerleaders this afternoon during assembly by secret ballot. One winner will come from Freshman-Sophomore classes and one among all students. They replace graduates Jean Custer and Ida Lee Hartley. Current cheerleaders are Jo Ann Wilson Thelma Yeanger and Donna MacDonald.
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