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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1951

Page

6

Vacation Visitors and Travel Notes from Local area

Maxine Kovaleski and Barbara McHenry enjoy a week at Indian Lake. Mr and Mrs Louis Kottgan and children from Michigan visit relatives in town and Truetown. Andrew Jackson of Chauncey hosts Glen Murray and Jaiie from Richmond Indiana. Barbara Wamsley of Point Pleasant visits John Dunlavy. Jack Mingus of Millfield leaves for Denver accompanied by Mrs Bertha Sanders and Mrs Mable Smith with trips to Coolidge and Wichita Kansas. Earl Nicholson and other relatives mentioned.

Maxine Kovaleski Barbara McHenry Indian Lake Louis Kottgan Louis Jr Butchie George Lucinda Michigan Truetown Andrew Jackson Chauncey Glen Murray Jaiie Richmond Ind Barbara Wamsley Point Pleasant John Dunlavy Jack Mingus Millfield Denver Col Bertha Sanders Mable Smith Coolidge Wichita Kan Earl Nicholson

Stiers Brothers Long Show Business Careers Highlight

Fred and Arthur Stiers of Haydenville built a half century in the circus and carnival world starting 1898 with Pawnee Bill. They worked with Buffalo Bill Ringling Brothers John Robinson and Barnum and Bailey and pioneered motion pictures in Ohio towns. They preserve scrapbooks maps relics and aim to form a county museum. Both brothers plan to return to the road this year with touring outfits and ads departments.

Fred Stiers Haydenville Arthur Stiers Fred Topeka Kansas Stiers Place William F. Cody Stephen Stiers Hocking County Captain Wilford Stiers Arthur Stiers Athens King Brothers Circus Lancaster Pawnee Bill Stiers Boys John Robinson Circus Buffalo Bill Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Pacific Coast Madison Square Garden Logan Nelsonville Coon Hunter Stiers Brothers Wolf Christopher Wolf Thomas Ewing Ohio University Wilford Stiers Laurel Run Hocking Valley Ohio

Bridge Club Meetings Held

CHAUNCEY The Millfield Bridge Club met with Mrs Ruth Omen as hostess with two tables at play. The players included Lizzie Patton Helen Sanders Mable Smith Grace Border Frances Wallace Elizabeth Willis Bertha Sanders Marge Simpkins. Marge Simpkins was named hostess to the club after the session.

Chauncey Millfield Bridge Club Ruth Omen Lizzie Patton Helen Sanders Travel Mable Smith Grace Border Frances Wallace Elizabeth Willis Jow Bertha Sanders Marge Simpkins Helen Earich

Freakish Eggs Reported On Beaumont Farm

Mrs. H. S. Courtney of Beaumont reports freakish eggs found in her laying flock. A goose egg size shell contained a normal hen egg inside both times, with the outer egg semi hard and the inner egg with a regular hard shell. A neighbor recalled a prior purchase containing a glass marble.

Chauncey

Plains WSCS Sponsors Auction at Tipton's Store

The Plains WSCS of The Plains Methodist Church will sponsor an auction Friday at 5:30 p.m. in front of Tipton's store. Refreshments will be sold by the Youth Fellowship of the church.

THE Plains WSCS Plains Methodist Church Tipton Youth Fellowship of the Methodist Church

Chauncey Church Holds Work Night After Funeral Delay

The Chauncey Church of Christ plans a work night for annual church and grounds cleaning postponed from a prior date due to a funeral. Cadillac founder Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was born June 27, 1658. A 20 pound electric ray can deliver a jolt strong enough to knock a man to the ground.

Chauncey Chauncey Church of Christ Detroit, Mich Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac

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