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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1956

Page

8

Temple Methodist to Host Songfest on Aug 19 at 8 PM

The Temple Methodist Church plans a songfest for August 19 at 8 p.m. Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs Chester Spencer and son Steven from Worthington staying with her parents Mr and Mrs A R Caster. Melva Faye Jordan spends a week at FHA camp Camp Muskingum. W C Pack visited his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Emzie Davis and daughter Mary of Parkersburg.

Carpenter Temple Methodist Church Chester Spencer Steven Worthington A. R. Caster Melva Faye Jordan Camp Muskingum W. C. Pack Emzie Davis Mary Parkersburg

Poston Social Notes

Visitors visit relatives across Ohio and beyond. Berle Lanning and Paul Vamos Sr. host guests in Chillicothe while Mildred Handley remains at University Hospital Columbus. Wedding attendance, new births, and military returns populate the social roundup with touchpoints in Athens, Albany, Marietta, Zanesville, The Plains, Columbus and Lackland Air Force Base.

Fannie Marietta Bill Hixon Patty North Sheltering Arms Hospital Norval South Harry North Columbus Velma South ASC Dewey E. Hunter Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Tex Willard Daft Zanesville Clyde Sedwick Gary Carson Bill Boyd the Plains

Milita r Mail Call notices in Athens paper

The Messenger invites readers to submit addresses of service members for a Milita r Mail Call column. The notice lists Pvt. Thomas Lee Anderson, 1616271, Co. Platoon No. 2019 MCID, San Diego 40, California, as an example and urges complete address details with sender name.

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Local visits and guests span many towns in region

A long list of visitors and weekend guests across Vinton and neighboring towns includes Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. Harry Richardson, Rev. and Mrs. Charles King, Merrill Rhyner and family, Nancy Keffer, Carmen Lee, Lee Foster, Mae Ferguson, Parthena Neuman, Leo Kimball, Elvira Barcus, Bruz Gibson, Pluma Quickle, Elmer Sherritt, and others. A separate note recalls the 1778 1779 potato war between Prussians and Austrians per the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Eugene Snider Lancaster Charles King Merrill Rhyner Carlton Nancy Keffer Callie Lundy Ewington Lee Foster Carmen Lee Harvey Brubaker Rio Grande M. T. Williams Addison Mae Ferguson Joan Neuman Free Will Baptist Church Wellston Pansy Fox Claudie Petty Centenary Williams Elva Jean Emmett Halley Robert Halley Mercerville Clarence Roush Kananga Parthena Neuman Leo Kimball Elvira Barcus Gallipolis Bruz Gibson L. M. Preston Harold Gibbson Betty Gibson Columbus Pluma Quickle E. A. Edwards Bidwell Britannica

Local Social Notes Highlight Logan Area Visits

Mr and Mrs Sam Starkey of Nelsonville return home after a few days at Harry Love home. Michigan visitors Miss Laird Llewellyn and children arrive to stay with Henry Swart.

Sam Starkey Nelsonville Harry Love Laird Llewellyn Michigan Henry Swart James Jewel Linda Athens Ross Martindale Columbus Nellie Mossman Porter Ed Sable Gilham and Scott Kachelmacher Park Logan Henry Frank Pomeroy B. H. Cross Marsha Pringle Hilda McCallister the Plains Maurita Ross Paul Cotterill Julius Pomerene Cleveland John West Granville Gillogly Albany William Battrell Ryder Doris Near Huntington W. Va Raymond Russell Paul Swart

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