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the present Luckoff store.I ASKED HER about her church and political preferences. An Episcopalian Book of Prayer was on the kitchen stand. Many English people have Episcopalian “leanings. Grandma said when able to get to church, she usually went over to “Brother Awe’s. She referred to the Pilgrim Church on nearby Chestnut St., where the Rev. Ben Awe, a fine Christian gentleman was high rating among pastors and congregations of the community and the Valley, was then completing a 10-year ministry.Incidentally, her good friend, Brother Awe, who, by the way, was the good friend of just about everybody, died a few weeks ago in Columbus, after years of devoted service as pastor and district superintendent for his church and its people.If Grandma were available, perhap she would tell us how the current national election will result. She voted only for winners: McKinley, Wilson, Roosevelt.I REGRET SHE IS NOT here on this anniversary occasion. But• cI am sure she is here in the hearts and recollections of all who had her acquaintance.Her by-word of approval was a ' sharp, emphatic aye”, pronounced I. It cropped out many times during our conversation. cOn its first abrupt appearance, I 1was startled. But on leaving, I *waited for it as one awaits the ssolace of a holy benediction. -Happy birthday, Grandma, cis my thought this morning And aI’m positive I hear her acknow- cledging aye. a
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Athens Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, Oct 23, 1960
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