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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
14
A Beaumont cow owned by Mr and Mrs Ward produced its second set of twins last Tuesday. The two new male calves have white faces, matching the cow’s first pair of twins, which were heifers with white faces. Attending veterinarian Dr Miles Howe of Nelsonville.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Sanders move to Millfield to occupy the home of Mrs Sanders and continue living with the former's parents and Mrs Fred Sanders. The property is undergoing interior redecorating.
Mrs. Seiber wife of FLA Seiber Chaun cey is in Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens where Tuesday she underwent a major operation. Her condition is reported as favorable.
Chauncey reports the fourteenth annual Orbiston Church and community homecoming attracted unusual attendance. Sunday School drew 75. a basket dinner, musical numbers, and reminiscences followed. Willard Donley elected president for next year. offering reached 100 dollars. Additional notes cover local visits and funeral attendance.
London police charged former RAF pilot G C Heath with the murder of Doreen Marshall whose mutilated body was found in a seaside resort once frequented by the aristocracy. He is also accused in the nude mutilation murder of London film extra Margery Gardner found in a hotel room.
Local social items list visits and hosting among Union Furnace area residents including the Smiths, McGuires, Bickles, and others. The snippet also notes a death in the family and camp meeting attendance, with a separate public notice about a legal matter and a utility certificate transfer filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Lovelace Mildred Gra formerly of Chauncey announce the birth of a daughter Nancy Sue. They also have a son Victor Lee. Nancy is granddaughter of Rev. Guss Graham of near Chauncey.
John Swart hosted a Sunday chicken dinner at their Chauncey home. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. William Powell of Nelsonville, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Crabtree and daughter Grace of Ann Chauncey, plus Mr. and Mrs. Roy Swart of Athens and Mrs. Esther Verity and daughter Mary Lou.
Vacation Bible School opens at the Chauncey high school building with 50 enrollments and anticipates larger attendance by week’s end. Dean William Barber leads the program with assistants I Wm.avaleen Hartman, Nelsonville, and Betty Blackford, Chauncey.
Mrs Lena Bailey hosted the Sunshine Club semi monthly gathering in Chauncey with Mrs Iva Hillyer as president. Refreshments were served to several members including Mrs Lucille Showalter Myrtle Tippie Ora Barnhart Jessie Johnson Ruth Nelson and Mrs Lena Bailey. The Junior club is making toys and stuffed animals to send to children in Europe. The school will run for two weeks.
Mrs. Nancy Sanders of Millfield celebrated her 83rd birthday Sunday with a dinner at her son Fred Sanders residence Trimble Heights. Relatives listed include Dow Eva Sanders Mozelle Tanborey Dixie Lou Stanley Ernest Linscott and many Sanders family members. A separate notice states James A Cassels Jr of Athens Ohio named Administrator of the Cassels estate with four month claims period.
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