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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1952
Page
3
In Minneapolis an emergency assignment was announced by Mar L. Kline head of the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation. Rita Eck was sent to Children’s Hospital in Columbus Ohio to aid amid a polio surge and related needs.
Word arrived of the death Sunday at 4 p.m. of Hubert A. Murray 77 of Losantville Indiana. He was the father of Mrs. Andrew Jackson and had been ill about a year. Funeral services will be held in Losantville Wednesday at 2 p.m. Mr and Mrs Jackson expect to depart Tuesday morning for Indiana.
Mrs. Ellis Moore hosted the Oakdale Friendship Circle at her Glouster Route 1 home with Mrs. Nell Hillyer and Mrs. Leta Westfall assisting. President Delia Loomis led the meeting with a Scripture reading by Mrs. Lucille Wolf. prizes went to Mrs. Loomis, Mrs. Rosa Love, and Mrs. Donna Brunton. Cards were read from Mrs. Westfall visiting in Miami. Lunch served for three guests and many members. September meeting planned for Mrs. Gertrude Jewell’s home.
Sixteen members of the Jacksonville WSCS gathered in the Methodist Church auditorium Tuesday evening. Mrs. R. E. Davis led scripture reading and the group shared in prayer. Readings on Federation of Methodist Women Around the World were given by Mrs. Margaret Hammond, Mrs. Lena Maxwell and Miss Arene Davis, tracing WSCS history from 1939 to today. A public Labor Day noon dinner was planned in the church dining room.
Mr and Mrs W G Davis of Low ell Claudia Given and Johnny Blackford with weekend guests Mr and Mrs Shields Todd of Pemberton visited Sunday afternoon at Ash Cave Old Man's Cave and Rock House Mrs Margaret Hamer returned home from Sheltering Arms Hospital Sunday morning after undergoing major surgery August 9.
Charles W. McFann son of Mr and Mrs Clarence McFann of Corning Route 1 serves as a tank driver with the Seventh Infantry Division on the west central front in North Korea. He entered the Army in August 1950.
The Rev. Gilbert Courtney conducted the funeral Saturday afternoon at the Raphael Howard home on Hooper Ridge Road for Mrs. Lizzie Estella Poston who died Wednesday afternoon in Mount St. Mary Hospital. Mrs. Gilbert Courtney and Mrs. Christine Brown sang two numbers. Burial followed at South Canaan Cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Samson is seriously ill at Burr Oak. The Mates family from Columbus visited James Mates and family. Bryson and Bryson children visited John Dyer and E K Bryson families. Brysons return to Columbus, children stay a week. Cevallas from Columbus spent time with relatives. Cora Davis hosted Speakman visitors from Chillicothe. Conaway family hosts then returns to Dayton. June Heffken returns to Dayton after Jacksonville visit.
The Rev. Miles E. Hoon announced Beach Grove homecoming on Sunday August 24 with morning preaching and communion, a noon basket dinner, and afternoon music plus short talks by visiting churches and friends.
Kindergarten and first grade pupils and new elementary pupils unable to register at the school today may call Pauline Myers, elementary principal, to arrange registration before the first day of school.
Mr and Mrs Richard Stalder announce the birth of a daughter Deborah Sharlene on August 14 at their home 141 W Verdigo Ave Burbank California Los Angeles. Grandparents Leslie Kittle Jacksonville Hollis Stalder Chauncey and great grandmother Minnie Stalder. The Stalder couple are Chauncey Dover High School graduates class of 1946.
Mrs Ruth Belt and Miss Helen Davis spent a few days together in Delaware Ohio. Ben Wright was ill and observed at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Mrs Sleen Gorton returned to Syracuse after visiting her Gorton parents the Edmundsons traveled to Columbus. George Hoffman Lizzie Russell and others visited in Columbus and Jackson. A bridal shower for Mary Ellen Johnston Amy was held at her parents home. Ronald Miller consulted a physician in Gallipolis. The piece ends noting the copyright term of 28 years under U S law.
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