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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1964
Page
8
The 13th annual Blackstone reunion gathered 49 members at Mathias Grove with a noon basket dinner and a business meeting led by Jerry Blackstone. Phillip Blackstone was the oldest attendee and Susan Brown the youngest.
GLOUSTER The Beach Grove Church Homecoming will be held Sunday for the 50th consecutive year with Rev. Miles Hoon as speaker at 10:30 a.m. Arnold Williams presiding. a basket dinner is at noon. Afternoon talks and music begin at 1:30 with visitors and neighboring churches participating.
A Sunday dinner picnic at Kachalmacher Park in Logan drew a large group of relatives and friends. Attendees included Clyde and wife, Ted Frazee and son, Gerald McKee and family, James Cunningham and spouse, Rita Frost, Stan Bolin and family, Larry Carr and family, Jo Ann Lehman Ray, Terry Dicken, Roy McKee and others.
Laurelville Laurel Sunday School unit of the Methodist Church met at the Ed Fetherolf home with Mrs. Frank Cox and Mrs. Arthur Hinton assisting. Declarations and a paper It Pays to Think were read, with contest winners named as Mrs. Margie West Mrs. H T Edwards and Mrs Ray Poling. A large family gathering followed at the White home with relatives from Columbus Wabash and Laurelville attending including the Fast Cox and Rosser families.
Local column lists numerous visits and family connections across Glouster Athens Columbus and surrounding towns. Residents share guests from Pittsburgh Dearborn Monroe Masury Circleville Tarlton Laurelville and Amanda while noting a death in Pittsburgh and birthday celebrations in Lancaster and Amanda. Regular milk ads appear amid community notices.
Radcliff area notes guest visits as Vinton Township Garden Club selects officers for the coming year with Mrs Gladys Pierce named secretary. Rotary Club program in Logan featured Dr Fred Blume on school vision and achievement. Nelsonville reports Ben Wagner released from Mount St Mary Hospital after illness. Frank Anderson and wife celebrate 59th wedding anniversary and Mrs Anderson injured in a fall.
Descendants of William and Margaret Houdashelt gathered at the Syracuse home of Mr. and Mrs. Houdashelt for a Sunday reunion. A basket dinner followed a prayer by Rev. Ronald Place and his children. Attendees included numerous Houdashelt family members from Middleport New York Columbus Pomeroy Athens Cleveland Minersville Nebraska and guests.
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