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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1956

Page

12

Direct Phones Planned For Chester Pomeroy

Chester area residents will gain direct telephone service linking Pomeroy Coolville and surrounding towns. The Coolville Telephone Co. plans six weeks of dial training for staff with bids on a new 22 by 28 foot building and a completed system by spring 1957 at an expected four minute local call cost of 10 cents.

Pomeroy Chester Citizens Telephone Co Cool Coolville Reville Carl J. Barnhill Columbus Southern Ohio Tod Barnhill Middleport Lion’s Share Coolville Co General Telephone Co Ohio Parkersburg Athens Coalville Concern Coalville Concern Coolville Company

New Bradbury School PTA Meeting Announces Playground Fund

The New Bradbury School PTA gathering at the new Bradbury building announced funds to buy playground equipment and outlined committees led by Mrs. Nathan Biggs. Gerald Rupe, former Silver Run principal, now leads Bradbury with Mrs. Thelma Dill as PTA VP, while William King described the new building features and the Halloween festival fundraisers.

Bradbury PTA Leiitart School Silver Run Gerald Rupe Thelma Dill Rupe Nathan Biggs William King Edith Forrest Jerry Lightfoot Charlene Hanning Robert McIntosh Elroy McGlone Jack Little Allen Roush

Mrs. Dorie Burris Dies in Akron Home

Mrs. Dorie Burris, formerly Elizabeth Mitch of Minersville, died at her Akron home Wednesday morning after a stroke. Survived by husband, a daughter Mrs. Ellen Gauthier, several Akron grandchildren, and sister Mrs. Mabel Mankin of Pomeroy. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Friday in Akron.

Pomeroy Elizabeth Mitch Minersville Burris Akron Ellen Gauthier Mabel Mankin

Middleport Society to Hold Constitution Week Event

Middleport Society meets at the church for Constitution Week observance with excerpts from E Stanley Jones meditations on the Church and government. Committees form for a banquet, pecan sale, and mobile blood unit drive while Mrs C P Klein outlines the Constitution story and urges voting in November.

Middleport Van-Aist Quet E. Stanley Jones States of America Theo al Material Neutzling Carroll Swanson Philathea Society Nelle Bahr Milton Houdashelt Tom Bowen Charles Hoffman George Harris Wesly Fryfood Wallace Bradford Harold Lohse Gene Norton Alfred Roush Willard Boyer Chester Erwin Lowell Beaver William Grueser Tra Butcher Harley Swisher Herman Kinaid John Mayer Curtis Jenkinson Francis Anderson William Slater Stewart Hills Gerald Schuster Denver Rice Russell Wilton Kenneth McElhinny Dan White Wendell Bunce C. P. Klein Klein Robert Coats Earl Knight R. C. Konknight Mary Ann Case Parkersburg Ralph Radcliffe David Entsminger Athens Frieda Faehnle Swanson E. M. Blake Kt Schaaf Kenneth Byer Perry Mitch

Polio Clinic Set in Meigs County After First Local Case

The Meigs County Health Department announced polio clinics for residents ages one to 19 and expectant mothers who have had their first shot. The clinics will be held on Saturday September 22 and another on September 29. A first polio case in the county, a year old man near Pomeroy, was moved to a Columbus hospital. patient name is being withheld.

Pomeroy Meigs County

Winners Announced In Tractor Rodeo at School Fair

Winners named at the annual Harrisonville School Fair tractor rodeo include first second and third place finishers in each class. Notable carpenters and residents from Harrisonville Albany and Granville were listed among top placings across weight classes 400 and under 500 and under 6500 pounds and over.

Willam "Cheadle Carpenter Charles Butcher Harrisonville Sam Lewis Ronnie Scott Albany William Gillogly

Collision Damages In West Main Street Crash

Two autos were extensively damaged when a westbound car driven by Richard Mitcham skidded and struck Hubert Meyers’s vehicle near Keystone Service Station. Mitcham, 25, was thrown clear with minor injuries and faces driving while intoxicated charges. Meyers, 48, and Mrs Meyers suffered injuries. Meyers hospitalized with minor injuries. Damages totaled about $1200 to Meyers car. Mitcham’s car was completely demolished.

W. Main Henry Werry Richard Mitchem Pomeroy Keystone Hubert Meyers Ft. Myers Mitcham Meigs General Hospital Werry Meyers Middleport Pomeroy Squad Tuppers Plains

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