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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1956
Page
3
At a Kiwanis meeting at Hotel Gordon plans were finalized for a Saturday 6:30 p.m. community auction to aid underprivileged Trimble Township children. A Thursday canvass of the area is set with Kiwanis teams meeting 1:30 p.m. at the hotel.
Hollister residents hosted several visitors over a sequence of calls. Elza Shoemaker and Hubert Shoemaker from Springfield joined James Brown and family, with Lancaster relatives also visiting. Raymond Hogue and David Mingus families paid courtesy calls. Mike Enner of Michigan visited Ed Aberts and family.
Former members and friends of the Jacksonville Methodist Church will gather for the 19th homecoming on Sunday Sept 2. A new ceiling and overall redecorating greet attendees. The day opens with Sunday School at 9 a.m. taught by T C Porter. Worship follows with music and a sermon by the pastor. A 2 p.m. musical program leads to a coffee hour in the church dining room. Chairwoman Margaret Hammond leads the committee.
Local column lists multiple families from Glouster Columbus and Jacksonville hosting and visiting relatives in Wilmington and Columbus over the week. Trips include Gettysburg Battlefield Plymouth Rock visits and relatives returning home after visits. A food tip advises storing leftover vegetables in covered containers, and a remark notes Canada's shift to beef imports due to population growth.
Chauncey Garden Club held year end meeting with Mrs. Dow Bridgewater hosting a lawn picnic. Officers installed include Mrs. Carroll Tippett as president and Mrs. Jack Ley as first vice president. Members planned a Christmas workshop and flower show entries.
Chauncey Hubert Bobo and fiancee Garnet Fannin of Columbus visit Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bobo for Hubert's father’s birthday. Numerous relatives and friends from Sugar Creek Athens and Columbus join the gathering and travel plans. Sgt Richard Boling is stationed at Pine Castle Air Force Base Florida after transfer from California.
Mr and Mrs George Rogers and Effie Woltz visited Miss Eliza Kline. Dave Woltz visited Mr and Mrs Ed Waltz and Mrs Ralph Flowers. Emma Meyer and granddaughter Emma dined with Mr and Mrs Dave Waltz and Mr and Mrs Don Smith and children Charles and Michael of Possum Hollow in West Pleasant Hill. Mrs Don Chivington and son Lynn and daughter Wilma of St Marys visited Hocking Park.
A series of weekend and extended visits show local ties in Vinton with guests from Gallipolis Columbus Bidwell Lockbourne Marion and more. Notable arrivals include Mrs Goldie McCarley with the Alexander family and John Love staying with Ward Phillips in Nelsonville. The Rupe reunion near Hurricane West Virginia drew Erma Dermey Pluma Quickle and Ray Chamberlain.
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