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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1937
Page
9
Chauncey DeWitt Walker rents and runs the filling station at Converse and Main. Rev C H Givens of Lockland Ohio conducts evangelistic services all week at the Church of God with a 7 30 song service and special music each night.
Rev V Ahlbrand reports 300 attend the Townsend clubs convention in Jackson high school. Plan mass meetings in Athens Meigs Jackson Hocking and Gallia counties to urge support for the Townsend Bill. Speakers included Clevenger Jackson Ahlbrand Sivall Glouster. Chauncey Townsend Club members listed. Next meeting set for April 10 at 1 pm in K of P Hall to plan a supper.
Announcement of the marriage of Floyd Bumgardner son of Mrs. Audrey Bumgardner The Plains and Miss Helen Miller daughter of Mrs. Fred Miller Columbus. The wedding was solemnized in Richmond Indiana March 6 1937. Mr and Mrs Bumgardner plan to reside in Dayton.
Harold West of Chauncey was moved to Mercy Hospital Columbus Tuesday for treatment of injuries from work at Poston Mine No 6 Millfield. Edna Davis also taken to Mercy Hospital Tuesday for X ray and observation.
Mrs. Mary Wykle 76 a longtime Athens County resident and sister of William Channell The Plains Ralph Channell Millfield and Oliver Channell Canaanville died after four weeks illness Funeral services were at Petrie Baptist Church near Jackson with burial in an adjacent cemetery Surviving husband Clell and two daughters Mrs Guss Mayles and Mrs William Miller were named Relatives from The Plains Millfield and Canaanville attended with pallbearers including grandsons.
Albany Albany Alumni Association officers met Thursday night to finalize plans for the alumni banquet on May 22 in the Albany Auditorium. Willis Orchestra of Wellston will provide music for mixed dancing and Floyd Davis of Wilkesville will call the square dancing.
Chauncey Boy Scout troop will meet Thursday April 8 at 6 30 p m in the City Building. All Scouts are urged to be present for registration.
Emil E. Liers of a Minnesota fur farm says his dozen trained otters are more intelligent retrievers than most dogs and are ready to challenge top water spaniels in a contest. Also notes Chile’s vast west coast span and distance from Sitka to near Mexico City.
Chauncey and Dover social scenes reveal Miss Louise Dew from Columbus Children’s Hospital visiting due to her father Nile Dew’s illness. Several local families hosted or visited relatives in New Marshfield, Happy Hollow, Nelsonville, Bailey Run, and Greens Run over the weekend.
Rev. and Mrs. John Peel announce a 6 12 pound son born April 1 at their Chauncey home. George Adkins and Esther McKinney name their son James Edward born March 31, grandson to O. B. Adkins and Andrew McKinney of Chauncey.
Regular Chauncey Town Council meeting set for 7 PM in the Mayor office at the City Building. Officials will discuss local matters and public business in a standard session.
Chauncey hosts Miss Virgie Fennell of Ashland Kentucky for a week visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Fennell.
Concord Sunday School classes met at the McAfee home with Joseph Antle in charge. Refreshments served to 36. Notices include guests at local homes, hospital visits, property moves, and a 1936 fiscal report from Coolville village clerk AY STRICKLER with detailed receipts and expenditures.
In Columbia California Harry Kent faces a charge after a wood chopper allegedly stabbed him in the cheek with a pipe. Courts must decide if a pipe qualifies as a deadly weapon and what weapon classification applies.
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