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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1955
Page
9
Family night at Hemlock Grove Curb has been postponed from Thursday evening to September 22. A revised date will be announced by organizers.
Voters in the Northern Local School District approved a $7,000 bond levy with a two to one margin, 172 in favor to 74 against, surpassing the 60 percent threshold. Funds will fund a high school addition including two classrooms a kitchen and a lunch room that can be divided into two more classrooms over a 20 year period. The action follows the reopening of Scipio High School after earlier threats to close it and a teacher search to restore local high school attendance.
Captain B. C. Ketty, commander of Mel County Squadron 202, Civil Air Patrol, attended the Great Lakes Regional Conference in Chicago September 10 11. A bathtub fall injured him prompting emergency first aid from Lt. Onley P Otter after which he continued the Chicago visit. Meigs Squadron members flew by U S Air Force courtesy from Tri State Airport Huntington Friday night and returned Sunday. About eight hundred attendees heard Major General Lucas V Beau Jr Air Force retired and national CAP commander speak.
A Labor Day family reunion occurred at Mr. and Mrs. Romaine Mace home with a lawn buffet. Attendees included the Mace clan and relatives from nearby towns, a visiting guest Sgt Arthur Mace stationed in Newfoundland was the only absentee, with several other guests and traveling family members noted. A news line mentions a strong tremor in Algiers, Algeria, affecting about 400,000 people.
Local attendees from Taylor Ridge and nearby areas joined the Vettes' Reunion in Jacksonville. Mary Jo Hanley and Carol Ann Smith attended the Camp Christian youth conference at Magnetic Springs. Other residents listed visited friends and family in Columbus Baltimore Port Mouth Dayton and related towns, reflecting a broad community social calendar.
Meigs County home demonstration program opens a year long plan with a training session at United First Church Pomeroy led by Miss Helen Stanfield and Mrs Geneva Nolan. The program aims to build leadership develop club books and organize groups for 1955 56 with sessions Sept 30 Dec 2 January and Oct 13 district health conference details and contact info Box 32 Pomeroy 523.
Mt Hermon Church in the Texas community prepares for its annual homecoming Sunday. Guest singers and recitations by children will be part of the program along with a talk by Rev Ralph Mahoney of Mason in the afternoon. A basket dinner is scheduled at noon in the grove near the church.
Members of the Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club met in Jackson for a summer training conference report. Freddie Houdashelt presided as Miss Judy Chase played Beethoven and leaders outlined duties of officers and committees. An Athens fall conference and Ironton week observance were announced, with Olive Houston as a featured speaker. The Sanborn Mission Circle later shared harbor news and planned October circle devotions with Mrs Willig Anthony as hostess.
The October meeting at Mrs. Carroll Swanson's home is cancelled. There will be a business meeting at the Swanson home on the evening of September 20. Public schools were established in New Mexico in 1721 by royal decree from Spain.
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