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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1949
Page
5
Hemlock Grove Grange will serve an Easter supper Saturday evening. Members should bring exes and butter sandwiches or a vegetable salad. A wide price range lets each family choose. Ad: Finsterwald Funeral Home at 144 Butternut Ave Pomeroy 285.
Funeral services for Pfc. Leo D. Bailey will be Sunday at Rocksprings Methodist Church with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. James D. Bailey of Columbus.
Henry Noe faces second degree murder charges after Harold E. Johnson was shot on a Fair Play porch. Wess Johnson filed the affidavit in Justice of Peace Percy L les court. Funeral services for Harold Johnson were held in Tiger Kentucky and the arraignment was continued to Thursday before Magistrate Peoples.
The American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Indiana urged Congress to pass legislation granting subsistence pay of $1 a day to all U S servicemen held as prisoners by the enemy in World War I. The 250 members at their Atlantic City session adopted the resolution.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Church of Christ met at the home of Mrs. Fred Heffken in Jacksonville on April 8. Mrs. Travis Chesser led, prizes awarded to several members, and guests attended. Numerous family visits and births are noted, plus a funeral service for Carrie Will and an Easter bazaar earning $100.
Joe Alfred Bissell, indicted March 13 1948 on burglary and larceny, was placed on probation for one year at a common pleas court hearing Tuesday. He was arrested for breaking into a warehouse in Long Bottom owned by Hubert Lawrence and stealing eggs, initially pled innocent but changed to guilty. he has remained free on a $500 bond.
The Rev. Haggelbarger of Ashland preached a trial sermon at the Bradbury Church of Christ in Middleport on Tuesday evening. The church has lacked a minister for several years.
Mrs. R. E. Rollins underwent major surgery at Meigs General Hospital last Wednesday. Her daughter Mary Rollins has returned to Columbus and another daughter Mrs. Cecil Herdman of Columbus is assisting in her mother's care.
LETART Falls held a Sunday chicken dinner for the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Chester Durst. Attendees included Mr. Durst and several Durst family members from Niles Ohio, plus Mr. and Mrs. Roush, Roberta, Everett Parsons, and visitors Clarence Roush Scott Depot, W. Vos, and D. F. Grimm.
Past president of the Auxiliary of Drew Webster Post American Legion will hold a bake sale and colored eggs from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday at Gilmore's Store on Second St.
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