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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1948

Page

7

Chauncey Churches Lead CROP Drive for Food Train

The Church of Christ Parish including Chauncey Millfield Trimble Greens Run and Taylor Ridge churches will jointly support CROP with a special offering at Sunday school for wheat and milk to aid the Ohio Food Train on August 26. The program, organized by rural churches of America, will ship and distribute aid overseas. Contributions are welcome from those unable to attend.

Chauncey Gilbert Courtney Church of Christ Millfield Trimble Greens Run Taylor Ridge Christian Rural Overseas Ohio Food Train Rural Churches of America

Funeral services for Mrs Matilda Ferrel held in Chauncey

Mrs Matilda Yates Ferrel 78 wife of Ben F Ferrel Chauncey died Monday at her High Street home. Funeral conducted Wednesday at 2 pm First Christian Church Chauncey with Rev Gilbert Courtney officiating. Burial Green Lawn Cemetery. Survived by husband four sons two daughters ten grandchildren four great grandchildren and a sister.

Chauncey Matilda Yates Ferrel Ben F. Ferrel High St First Christian Church Gilbert Courtney Charles S. Bradfield Christine Brown Helen Courtney Thomas Dew Bill Ferrel Albert Jackson Bob Ferrel Charlies Carr

Edward Power Rites Held

Edward Power 71 died at his daughter’s home in Cleveland. Rites held Wednesday at Jobs church with Rev. Gilbert Courtney officiating. A Chauncey trio Isabel Courtney Mrs Courtney and Charles Bradfield sang. Burial was in Maplewood cemetery. He was brother of John Power Athens and Mrs Fred Nida The Plains.

Chauncey Edward Power Cleveland Jobs Gilbert Courtney Isabel Courtney

Stag Picnic Set Sunday by Chauncey VFW Post

Veterans of Foreign Wars Chauncey post will sponsor a stag picnic Sunday in Nye field north of Chauncey. It opens at 10 a.m. and runs all day and into the evening with Virgil Preston describing the event. Refreshments will be served at the grounds.

Chauncey Chauncey-Dover Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars Nye Field Virgil Preston

Chauncey Residents Return to Springfield

Mr and Mrs Mila C Stalder former Chauncey residents have returned to their home in Springfield Ohio after visiting relatives Here They visited Mrs Ella England Chauncey and Mrs Frances Gabriel Lowe Plains the former's sisters

Chauncey Mila C. Stalder Springfield Ohio Ella England Frances Gabriel Lowe Plains

Reverend Courtney to Speak at Rural Pastoral Unit Dedication

Reverend Courtney of the First Christian Church will miss the local pulpit Sunday to attend a dedication ceremony for a rural pastoral unit in Wauseon Ohio. He said the move reflects the church’s outreach expansion.

Courtney Chauncey Gilbert Courtney First Christian Church Wauseon Ohio

Outing Planned by Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary at Buckeye Lake

Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary to the United Mine Workers plans its annual outing at Buckeye Lake this Sunday. Members will travel by bus, leaving Chauncey at 9 a.m. as announced by Mrs. Hazel Perry.

Chauncey Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary United Mine Workers Buckeye Lake Hazel Perry

Easy to Make Needlework and Home Crafts

Advertisement style notes for sewing patterns and crafts. Details pattern No. 8362 for sizes 12 through 42 with coat options and material yardage. Mentions fashion book with 60 pages and a doll pattern, plus patterns 5836 Mascot Motifs and hot iron transfers. Ends with a note on peanuts growing in loose soil for pod development.

Sue Burnett Athens Messenger Ave. Americas New York N.Y Anne Cabot Avenue of the Americas

Poet-Playwright HORIZONTAL 59 Snow vehicles 1 Pictured poet

A partial OCR style list features clues and numbers for a word puzzle across and down. The items include references to a poet playwrite, snow vehicles, and various cryptic-like hints with numbered positions.

Stars Foresee Bold Ventures August Weekend

The column warns of a dramatic turn of events on August 14 with potential for exciting plans. Influential sources may back a proposition with capital and prestige if prudent planning and good grace are shown. Applies to both personal and professional life.

Birthday Forecast Promises Sudden Romantic and Creative Openings

Those with birthdays may see a sudden twist of fate with unpredictable opportunities in adventures and romance. With wise maneuvering and backing from influential quarters, a dramatic chance could materialize involving elders and superiors, but it stays rational and calm.

Eagles, Nelsonville, Athens vie for Valley League top

Nelsonville Eagles beat Logan 8-4 in a bid to finish first in the Valley League standings. Athens and Nelsonville seek to hold or share the lead as the season concludes with games against Mingos and Marhsfield looming.

Nelsonville Athens Nelsonville Eagles

Incomplete boxing notes from scattered bouts and names

Fragmentary AP text lists boxers York Tur Richmond Duke Sand and Cy Young with inconsistent results. Several lines mix cities, weights, and outcomes, making exact results unclear.

Racine Edges Bees Tie for Second in Ohio Valley Play

Mickey Miller and Clarence Price powered the Maroons to a second place tie with idle Reedsville with four hits each. Miller pitched a four hit game with nine strikeouts. Racine grabbed the lead in the third, Bees tied it in the fourth, Racine regained and held on.

Racine Maroons Ohio Valley Association Gallipolis Bees Pomeroy Merchants Gallians Panditime Dastlewilla Weamell Sevuuovis Weaete Simaen Ford Mickey Miller Clarence Price Idle Reedsville Miller Price Bees John Lee Emil Thomas Bob Beegle Lester Lee Lawrence Lee Elmer Houdashelt Malcolm Jackson Gallipolis Houdashelt Jackson Hartford Pomeroy

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