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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
8
Gordon Lawrence holder of a D-1 permit seeks injunction against the board of elections and others over a local option petition in Olive Township. He claims signers may withdraw names are illegible have moved away or signed by others and asks that the issue not appear on the November 2 ballot.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cunningham announce the birth of a son at Holzer Hospital on Wednesday morning. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Roush and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cunningham. great-grandfather is Mason E. J. Zuspan.
Heath Methodist Church Girls Class hosted an outing at Middleport Roadside Park. Mrs. L. W. McComas supervised the event. A 5 30 p m barbecue supper followed for members and guests including Juanita Hawkins Lois Ann Smith Diane Reichman Shirley Evans Paddy Jo Lambert Linda Helrich Patty Lloyd Marilyn Sue Knight Kylah Lawson Janice Lewis Sharon Jones Sharon Riley Mary Jane Bartrum Mary Carl Swanson Barbar Jones Mabel Keller Joyce Turner Sara Palmer Mrs Emerson Jones Howell Nellie Walters Gerry Pullen and Jean Clark A chicken dinner was served by Mrs Otho Kart Joan's mother.
Mrs. Frank Wilson and Mrs. James Pullen co hosted the P M Club gathering at the Wilson residence on Brownell Ave. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Wayne Swisher Mrs. William Hobstetter and Mrs. Howard By ers. A salad course and coffee were served. Mrs. Francis Anderson will be the next hostess.
In observance of her birthday Joan Karr hosted a slumber party at her Locust Street home. Guests included Anna and other friends in attendance for the informal gathering.
Mrs Peal Neville was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to four months in the Columbus Workhouse after Aug 20 arrest for neglect of minor children. Custody of three children was given to grandparents Mr and Mrs Eddie Guinther of Route 7. the Meigs County Children's Home could not take them.
Mrs. Ida Koehler Fisher, who died in Charleston West Virginia, will have funeral services Friday at 10 30 a m at her Charleston home 809 Grant Street Burial services will be at Beech Grove Cemetery at 3 p m Friends may call at the Ewing funeral home or at the Charleston residence The Rev Robert Hegnauer will preside Surviving are husband Charles Fisher daughter Virginia Mae Fisher two sisters Clara A Koehler Natalie H Koehler and Bertha Koehler Weaver The deceased was a member of Bream Presbyterian Church and had lived in Charleston for 35 years
Funeral services for Mrs. Edward Davis were held at Rogers Ohio with burial Sunday in Mt. Carmel Cemetery Attending were her son and daughter in law Verne Davis and his wife W B Swisher of Middleport Mr and Mrs Carl Moore of Pomeroy Mrs Ernest Carpenter of Gallipolis and other relatives She died last Thursday in Lisbon.
Mr and Mrs D R Wallace returned from McConnelsville after funeral services for Carl Knox in Luxembourg 1944. The rites were at Crossroads Church. Guests this week include Miss Jo an Parker of Zanesville.
Hospital records list several admissions including Floyd Stobart Pomeroy medical Vivian Stephenson Middleport Mildred Jeffers Dexter Harold Evans Middleport surgical Gale Bacus Middleport surgical Stanley Beall Harrisonville surgical and Mrs Perc y Lambert Langsville medical. Discharges include Mrs Bailey and Bill Lambert. Births report Grace Price Long Bottom daughter and Mrs Lawrence Morarity son.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve McCarty of Ocoee Florida visited Mr. and Mrs. Noah Haskins last Wednesday. The McCartys, formerly of Cheshire, are spending six weeks in Meigs and Gallia Counties and also in Marysville Ohio.
Mr and Mrs C E Vance of Palmer Street announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their youngest daughter Della Mae to Mr Raymond Carl Sommers of Ravenna. The wedding is set for October 16 at Kent Church of Christ with Ronald L Reed officiating. Attendants and ushers include Mrs Robert Idle Miss Lilian Patterson Mrs Robert Garwick Leonard Sommers Robert Garwick and Kenneth Stutzman. Miss Vance is a Middleport High School graduate employed in Kent.
Mrs Del Fife hosted a Tuesday birthday dinner for her husband and son Robert Fife. A large pink and white cake bore the inscription Del and Bob. The family also celebrated Mrs Kate Mulford of Cheshire, her invalid mother, by bringing dinner to her.
A family dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Richard Palmer’s home Sunday marked their grandson Rick Stupeck’s third birthday. Rick is the son of Manuel and an unnamed mother.
Guests of Leonard Hoscar included Merrill Taylor of Pomeroy and Blanche Harper with her son Wayne Harper. Neida Jo Stivers shows improvement after a throat infection. Megan and Judith Cluff return from a Vermont girls camp, met by Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Cluff in Columbus.
Many residents and relatives are listed among visiting friends and guests. Names include Ren Sauer and Madelynne Sauer of Dayton at the Sauer home in Brownell Ave. Others vacationing at Virginia Beach, attending a funeral in New Brighton, and visiting Columbus, Athens, Gallipolis, and Cincinnati. Notable mentions include nurse Edna Miller, student at Holzer Hospital, and many family reunions and hospital visits.
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