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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1947
Page
6
Twins Bertie Lou and Ty Lynn Prince of Long Bottom attended a win convention in Columbus last week. They visited their sister Mrs Clarence Dean during the trip.
Meigs County Board of Commissioners met in special session with W E Eiselstein H W Craig and Dan C Hartinger present. They voted not to pay claims for livestock bitten by animals other than dogs and to follow the attorney general's ruling. They approved $400 to the Meigs County Agricultural Society for 1947 and $500 for the Junior Fair for 1946. Eiselstein voted No.
Paul Harbrecht and Bob Hysell took a prisoner to the Columbus workhouse on a non support charge. They then proceeded to Ravenna for another man and returned Sunday evening.
Prowlers again in Middleport as housewives pursue a peeper after spotting him at a window. One woman, startled while dressing, chased the man across lots and street before realizing she was partially disrobed. Other reports of window and porch prowlers occur in nearby sections.
The fiftieth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet E. Hill of Tuppers Plains is August 26. An open house Sunday August 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. at their home invites friends. Mrs. Hull, formerly Bird Congrove of Long Bottom, and Mr. Hull, son of Silas Hull of Success, have lived in Parkersburg before moving to Tuppers Plains in 1927. They have two daughters Lena Braham and Mildred Allen, five grandchildren, and one great grandson Rickey Allen.
The JOF Class of the United Methodist Church met at the Syracuse roadside park Monday evening with 28 members present. After supper a business meeting was held and a report on the rummage sale was given. A committee including Eulalia Webster Dey Hysell Alice Struble and Elsie Smith was appointed to arrange buying a new church carpet. Hostesses were Nellie Tracy Thelma Dill and Alice Harper.
Mrs Reed Crary of Long Bottom enters St Josephs hospital Parkersburg for major operation. Several families visit relatives in Columbus Cleveland and Athens for medical and leisure reasons. Republicans attend Athens picnic despite heavy rains. Various vacations and local business notes appear, including a bakery upgrade and clerical substitutions.
A weekend gathering at the Allensworth home on Mill Street included Lorraine Sweet's surprise birthday dinner after a swimming party. Guests Bill Hubbard and John Mayer joined Susan Allensworth and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Allensworth. Allensworth plans to return to Ohio State University later. club members will dine at Roadside Park this week.
Mr and Mrs Charles Henline and daughter Neila along with Mr and Mrs James Buck and son James Jr have visited their grandmother Mrs Martha Hudson of Brad and Wilson Hudson N Third. Mrs Hudson 81 has been ill since May and now spends short porch time daily.
Leland Saxton an electrical worker from Parkersburg departs Thursday for Guam to work for the government for a year. Locust Street resident Larry Null of Meigs County also left weeks ago for Guam to engage in construction work for the government.
Mr and Mrs Frank Holub and son Robert of Columbus arrived Sunday to visit Mr and Mrs Roscoe Meadows and their grandson Carroll Edwin Meadows. Also visiting were Carroll Meadows and his wife of Columbus. Holub and Robert plus Mr Meadows returned to Columbus Sunday. the others stayed for a week.
Attendees included Robert Mills Lee Smith James Lloyd and Frank Talbott White with Mrs Shirley Mills and Mr Mills. 25 000 spectators watched South beat North 26 to 13 in Charleston.
Mr and Mrs Harry Houdashelt host a Sunday family dinner for Mrs Houdashelt’s father Charles Wilcoxen on his 79th birthday. Attendees include nearly all Wilcoxen children except Marie Thiess of Portland. Guests from Racine Letart Albany Belle W Va join with grandchildren and spouses.
Members of the Variety Guild celebrated Mrs. Wilbur Rowley’s birthday with a cake and handkerchief shower at the home of Mrs. Mary Ellen Roush on Thursday. Mrs. Charles Neal led the group in business.
Funeral services for Foster Reed former New York Central Railroad conductor were held Monday at Rawlings Coats funeral home. Reed died in Charleston where he had lived for several years. Surviving family includes son Charles Reed. daughters Jean Reed and Mrs Floyd Sallee of Columbus. Mrs Olivia Reed Kendall of Richland Washington. brother Walter Reed of Columbus. brother in law Charles Keesey. and a Cedar Grove West Virginia relation.
Lawrence Smith and Cleo Weber. Robert Rodgers and Ealine Young. Glen Tuttle and Margaret Foster. Ervin Edwards and Rosetta Pratt. Kenneth Dupler and Marcella Gillilan. Arnett Simms and Isabel Gisler. Robert Janko and Hazel Fredinmaker. All parties listed with ages and hometowns including Pomeroy and nearby areas.
Anthony Polokas, 45, a maintenance man from Painesville, was fatally struck by a train yesterday. Separate data notes the U S scrap rate for motor vehicles from 1942 to 1946 was 40 percent of the 1937-1941 period.
Sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sauer and their families gathered Sunday at the Sauer residence on South Second Avenue. Guests included Claude Durgee and son Jeffrey of Williamstown West Virginia, Lewis Sauer Jr of Pomeroy, Rodney Sauer and daughters Dee Judith and Cinda Lou, Kenneth Sauer, and Charles Reed of Columbus, with Mrs. Durgee staying longer and other relatives visiting. Kenneth Sauer and Bruce Bingham left Monday for Columbus to join the All Ohio Boys Band at the State Fair.
Local residents hosted and visited family and friends from Columbus Ak-ron Canton Marietta Maumee and Detroit with trips to Columbus Marietta and Cleveland. Notable notes include the Miller Barton reunion attendance and households hosting travelers from Gulfport and Athens Tenn.
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