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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1921

Page

10

Pomeroy Middleport High School organizes new staff and enrollment

Pomeroy high school and public schools start the new term with a full teacher corps and heavy enrollment. The high school lists enrollments for Sugar Run Central Kerrs Run Coalport and the teaching staff mostly new with a few holdovers. A large event by the Middleport Presbyterian Missionary Society is planned for Friday in church parlors, a missionary picnic with guests and baskets collected by three o clock.

Pomeroy High School Piblic Par Sugar Run Central Kerrs Hun Coalport Mire. Chapman Miss Garland Mr. Missamore C. T. Coates H. F. Dorsey Pri Middleport Presbyterian Missionary Society Stansbury Calderwood’s Edna Juhling Edna Boley

Amputation of Leg Follows Pool Room Explosion

The victim underwent above knee amputation after an explosion at the Sauvage pool room Monday. He has rallied encouragingly from the operation and appears to be on the road to recovery.

Sauvage

Young forger from Pt Pleasant faces charge over forged note

Frank Blaine of Pt Pleasant, son of the Watson Grove owner near Cheshire, was in the hands of Big Thompson last week on a charge of forging a $500 note and selling it to Frank Winegar of Middleport for a new Ford touring car. Winegar recovered his auto and Blaine was sent to a mind cure establishment.

Frank Blaine Pt. Pleasant Watson Grove Cheshire Big Thompson Frank Winegar Middleport Winegar Penman

Carl Sauvage's Chances In Gallipolis Update

Latest word from Gallipolis notes Carl Sauvage, Main street businessman, who underwent the...

Carl Sauvage Gallipolis

Mrs G W Moore Injured By Fall At Lincoln Hill

Mrs G W Moore of Lincoln Hill recently fell from rear steps fracturing three ribs and remains in considerable pain. Nearby friends joined Mrs C A Dawson at her home Tuesday to mark her birthday with a pleasant picnic supper. Co EB Starr of Athens visited the town Friday at his aunt Mrs W H Beeson's house on Sixth street. Mrs J O Leonard and her son Paul drove to Jackson with Conductor H E Thomas to visit his home, as he plans to relocate here.

G. W. Moore Lincoln Hill C. A. Dawson Co. EB. Starr Athens W. H. Beeson Sixth Street J. O. Leonard Paul Jackson H. E. Thomas Mr. Thomas

Local Pairings Reported in Northwest Ohio Areas

Amog Swisher of Gallipolis teams with Rosa St Clair of Middleport. Carl Dotson of Akron pairs with Irene Romine of Carpenter. Emerson Douglass of Shade teams with Mildred Perry of Flora. Russell Cullums of Pratts Fork pairs with Etta O'Brien of Flora. Hollis Bradshaw of Pomeroy teams with Ella Easterling of Pomeroy.

Amog Swisher Gallipolis Rosa St. Clair Middleport Carl Dotson Akron Irene JL Romine Carpenter Emerson Douglass Shade Mildred Perry Flora Russell Cullums Pratts Fork Etta O’brien Hollis A. Bradshaw Pomeroy Ella Moe Easterling

Return of Revs Cherrington and Graham at local churches

The Methodist congregations in Pomeroy and Middleport welcome back Revs Cherrington and Graham for another year. They are recognized as district stalwarts and proven worth in the communities.

Pomeroy Middleport Cherrington Graham

Ath ens Presbytery to Meet at Deerfield Church

The autumn session of Ath ens Presbytery, six county Presbyterian body, will convene September 26 and 27 at Deerfield Church near McConnelsville. The gathering, rescheduled from September 12 and 13, marks Deerfield's centennial of activity.

Athens Presbytery Deerfield Church McConnelsville Deerfield

Pomeroy PTA Schedules Meeting Change

The Pomeroy Parent Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting at the high school auditorium on Thursday September 22 instead of September 15. The change updates the date for the general body.

The Pomeroy Parent-Teacher Association Insead

Narrow cliff landslide narrowly misses homes

A large rock slide from a cliff behind the high school collapsed trees and damaged outbuildings at the Coates and Langlotz properties. The mass stopped just short of the houses as Prof. Coates answered a telephone moments before.

Coates Langlotz Prof

Funeral for Elijah Rathburn Held in Rutland

Elijah Rathburn, 74, Civil War veteran of Co K Seventh Ohio Cavalry, died Sunday after a paralytic stroke last Wednesday. Funeral held in Rutland yesterday. He was the last surviving member of his company. Surviving children include Jonas Rathburn of Cheshire township, Mrs Earl Reed of Rutland, and Mrs Sam Francis and Mrs Joseph Johnson of Dexter.

Elijah Rathburn Rutland Rathburnn Co. K Seventh Ohio Cavalry Jonas Rathburn Cheshire Township Earl Reed Sam Francis Joseph Johnson Dexter

Meigs County Fair Awards Fine Babies From Harri sonville

Scipio township residents Felix Ray Alkire Jr nine months and Evelyn Elizabeth four months, children of F R Alkire and Prof and Mrs F Wilson, won first premiums for best baby boy and best girl at the Meigs county fair. They are second cousins.

Scipio Township Felix Ray Alkire Jr F. R. Alkire Evelyn Elizabeth Prof F. Wilson Meigs County Harrisonville

Prayer Meeting at First M. E. Church Tonight

The Wednesday night prayer meeting at First M. E. Church starts at 7:30. Guests will study Dr. Harry E. Fosdick's book The Meaning of Service as the course of the evening.

M. E. Church Harry E. Fosdick

An Old-Fogy Parental Echoes in Future Generations

A wry reflection on how a pompous daughter may become an old fashioned parent herself, implying cyclical attitudes across generations and the quiet consolation found in such inevitability.

All Wool Fabrics and Hosiery at New Fall Prices

Fall sale features wool serges 44 in wide at 1.45, 36 in at 1.45, 40 in at 1.95, plus serges 2.45 to 3.75 and 54 in Jersey cloth at 2.50. Hosiery includes Gotham, Van Raalte, Misses and children's brands from 19c to 3.95, with gloves and underwear prices listed. Also new fall cotton fabrics such as San-Kara Suiting, ginghams, chambrays, flannelettes, muslins, perales and sheetings at low post market levels.

Gotham Phoenix Buster Brown Ceweceeeneenre van Raalte San-Kara RGN Hs Sivas

Gloomy man fears missing own funeral

A chronically despondent figure voices a paradoxical worry about not being able to attend his own funeral. The odd confession highlights persistent melancholy and preoccupations with mortality.

Ohio Club Women Select Cincinnati Convention Leaders

Mrs Henry Kennon Dunham announces the Ohio Federation convention chairmen for Cincinnati events with roles in banquets credentials decorations entertainment information and more. leaders vow record attendance aided by rail fare discounts and city hospitality while plans include a Pennybacker address on American citizenship and a Cincinnati Symphony concert.

Henry Kennon Dunham Vernon Place Cincinnati Ohio Federation Queen City A. L. Whitaker Menlo Avenue East Walnut Hill Harold Ryland Delaware Avenue Norwood Clifford Aulet Elm Street Wyoming Chas Hobart Winslow Street Walnut Hills William Howard Murdock Street Price Hill Clifford Hinkle Madison Street Charles R. Fox Brooklyn Clifton Silas B. Waters Edgecliff Road Guy Mallon Krouse Mt. Auburn William Sharp Columbus Percy V. Pennybacker Austin Texas General Federation Department of American Citizenship Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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