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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1950

Page

7

Funeral planned for Mrs Margaret Li Vona Smith

Mrs Margaret Li Vona Smith 74 died Tuesday in Bloomfield Hill Hospital Michigan. Funeral arrangements tentatively set for Friday at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. She was widow of Oakley O Smith and a Meigs County native. Survived by two sons Raymond Detroit and Malcolm Ft Wayne along with sister Mrs Nora Ralph. Interment Miles Cemetery Rutland. Reverend Lawrence Schmitt to officiate. Body arriving today. viewing after 10 a.m. Thursday.

Middleport Margaret Li Vona Smith Bloomfield Hill Hospital Mich Rawlings-Coats Nora Ralph Rutland Claude Clark Athens Ind Ralph Miles Cemetery Lawrence Schmitt

Officers of Mary Shrine Installed at Legion Hall

The Mary Shrine of Jerusalem was installed Tuesday at the Legion Hall with about 100 members and guests. New officers include Edith Hutsinpiller as Worthy High Priestess and Theo Smith as W O S, with a long list of installing and co chairing members reflecting a large tri county membership.

White Shrine Jerusalem Legion Hall Tri-County Meigs Gallia Mason Mary Shrine Zella Cross Harry Smith Edith Hutsinpiller Gallipolis Jennett Roberts Sylvia Burfird P.W.H.P Herald Elizabeth Lear Rowena Vaughan Lillian Stieff Dorothy Kennedy Guardian Ernest Wingett W.O.S Bernice Winn W.H.P Theo Smith Clarence Struble King Hazel Cleland Queen Ethel Scholz H.M Nellie Tracy Anna Stevers Hilah Lutz W. Guardian Anie Ohlinger W. Guard Florence McGuffin Helen Wood Bessie Musgrave Escorts Martha Wood Thena Glass

Jacob Turner Receives Committee Backing in Cited Endorsement

Jacob Turner the Republican candidate for state Representative from Meigs County received the Cooperative Legislative Committee of the Transportation Brotherhoods of Ohio unanimous endorsement on March 16 in Columbus. Endorsers signing the statement included G. G. Senft C. H. Spangler William Rasey F. E. Barton and C. R. Brown representing their respective brotherhoods.

Middleport Jacob Turner Meigs County Cooperative Legislative Committee The Transportation Brotherhoods of Ohio Columbus G. G. Senft B. of L. E C. H. Spangler B. of William Rasey

Four-H Club Activities Expand in Letart and Racine Areas

Fifteen girls formed a Letart community 4-H club for 1950 with Mrs. Thereon Johnson as adviser. Officers include Evelyn Cummins president and Edna Foster vice president. The Jolly Neighbors 4-H Club organized in Racine with ten members under adviser Harriet Neigler, naming Mary Bradford president and Janice Wolfe vice president. The Reedsville Pioneer Club met at the schoolhouse with 11 members and two visitors as Mrs. C A Barnett spoke on a Florida trip.

Letart Thereon Johnson Evelyn Cummins Edna Foster Norma K. McKelvey Margaret Chapman Claudia Shields Deloris Connaley Mary K. Johnson Nancy Schuller Patsy Staleart Janice Webb Jay Storey Janice So Shelli Jean Hill Dittieill Jolly Neighbors Racine Harriet Neigler Mary Bradford Janice Wolfe Edith Bradford Janice Roush Wanda Roush Marilyn Cleland Caroline Cleland Avice Theiss Carol Salser Ruth Ann Gaul Ruth Reedsville Pioneer Club

Local Families Share News From Vinton Township

Irene Jackson and daughter Lucille attended a junior class play at Vinton Township High School. Darby Wood and wife visited daughter Mrs Leo Davidson of Wolfpen. Bill Shannon and wife visited Irene Jackson. J M Jackson traveled to Columbus on business. Joe Donahue and wife bought Homer Devault home and will move from Bernice Hall. Julia Hockmaster and husband announce birth of a son on April 1. they reside in Columbus. Hockmaster sold a nearby farm where he and mother lived after her death.

Irene Jackson Lucille Vinton Township High School Darby Wood Leo Davidson Wolfpen Bill Shannon Chillicothe Shannon J. M. Jackson Columbus Joe Donahue Homer Devault Bernice Hall Julia Hockmaster

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