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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1961
Page
3
Two parsimonious men share a flat and daily purchases. Simon suggests buying one shared hat to save money, Casper doubts, they buy a hat too large and too small, Casper dies from cranial congestion caused by the tight hat, and Simon inherits the fortune. He now flaunts wealth but keeps an ill fitting hat, earning the nickname Simple Simon. Moral about money and folly.
The First Church of God on Columbus Road schedules two programs as part of Christmas observances. At 10 a.m. the children will present a program with gifts given at service end. A Christmas Eve play The Contrite Spirit follows at 6 p.m. The church choir also toured the city Monday singing carols to shut ins.
A gold corduroy car coat with white fur collar and cuffs disappeared from the Junior High School cloakroom. Police said the theft was reported Tuesday and the coat was noted missing at 3 45 p.m.
Capt. Charles C. Randolph 40 of Hockingport Athens County a finance officer in the Cincinnati Army Ordnance District was arrested by the FBI in Cincinnati on embezzlement charges amounting to 2500 He had been AWOL since December 13 and served 17 years in the Army After arraignment he was released on 2000 bond and sent to a hospital at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Ohio The FBI did not reveal his illness.
Albany Lodge 723 F and AM will install officers at 8 p m Thursday. Oyster soup will be served after the meeting. Bernard Allen, worshipful master, announced.
Albert Daniels, department adjutant for the Disabled American Veterans, will speak at Athens Friday evening during the annual Christmas party hosted by Conrath Bean Chapter DAV and Floyd Bolin Post VFW. The 7 p.m. event at the DAV-VFW home at E State and Home Streets is open to members and their wives or a guest. Daniels, Greenfield resident and former district Ohio senator, will answer questions on veterans affairs as Green Valley Boys provide entertainment and dancing follows dinner.
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