Annual Bird Census Totals 32 Species Near Athens
The Athens Bird Club announced results of its annual census led by H. T. Gier. About 1 000 birds of 32 species were counted on Sunday December 22 across four groups in areas around Peach Ridge Sugar Creek Hocking Valley and the Athens State Hospital grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Bird Club
H. T. Gier
Mr. Gier
F. H. Bezdek
A. H. Buckle
Donald Gier
Ronald Gier
Kathryn Philson
Hazel Roach
T. M. Wolfe
Athens
Audubon Society
Peach Ridge
Sugar Creek
Hocking Valley
Athens State Hospital
Local survey notes mixed food price shifts
A local survey finds wholesale butter prices still high in Athens with expected cuts next orders. Cheese and meat prices show declines while specialty cuts stay elevated. Flour, sugar, coffee, and canned goods move variably as market shifts unfold. Canned citrus juices fall to new lows.
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Athens
Associated Press Today
New York
Chicago
OPA
Amanda Ely Dies at Age 90 in Athens
Mrs. Amanda Ely, 90, died Thursday evening at 167 N Lancaster St after six weeks illness. Born in Athens County she lived in Athens 32 years and belonged to First Methodist Church. Survived by two daughters, a brother, five grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Funeral Monday 1 p.m. at Dowler and Ferguson with burial at West Union Street Cemetery.
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Amanda Ely
N. Lancaster St
Athens County
Athens
First Methodist Church
Amy R. Ely
W. Union St
Mr. Ely
Births And Admits For Shelterings Arms Hospital
Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs George Perry of Athens and a son to Mr and Mrs Paul Abrams of Logan. Admitted are Edwin Love of Glouster for minor surgery Ruth Goodman of Millfield for minor surgery Mrs George Todd of Athens for medical care and Frank Gooding of Athens for medical treatment. Dismissals include Mrs Carl Moody and her son of Millfield and Paul Swart of Athens.
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George Perry
Athens
Paul Abrams
Logan
Edwin Love
Glouster
Ruth Goodman
Millfield
George Todd
Frank Gooding
Carl Moody and Son
Paul Swart
DAV meeting postponed to January 10
The regular Friday gathering of the Conrath Bean Chapter DAV is postponed to Friday January 10 per Commander Ernest McGraner. The notice affects all chapter members and details will follow.
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Conrath-Bean Chapter
DAV
Ernest McGraner
Vinton Woman Margaret Trout Dies in Albany
Funeral services are set for Margaret Alice Trout 39 who died of pneumonia at her mother’s home in Albany. She was born in Vinton County and survived by sister Mary Reiter of Massillon and brothers Delbert and James. Father Abe Trout preceded her in death. Rev. Robert Phillips will conduct services at the Albany Methodist Church with burial in Hebbardsville. Friends may visit the Trout residence from 2 p.m. today until the service.
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Albany
Margaret Alice Trout
Nora Trout
Vinton County
Miss Trout
Mary Reiter
Massillon
Delbert
James
Abe Trout
Trout
Robert Phillips
Albany Methodist Church
Hebbardsville
Koehler Brothers Win Athens County Corn Contest Title
Koehler brothers of Guysville won the 1946 national hybrid corn contest in Athens County with 107.08 bushels per acre. Officials announced the crop led the field as several area farmers also reported bumper yields.
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Athens County
Koehler Brothers
Guysville
Divorce Suit Filed In Common Pleas Court
Frank R. Cheesman sues Marie Cheesman in Common Pleas Court charging gross neglect of duty. He seeks custody of two minor children aged 14 and 19. The couple married at Athens on July 9 1921 and have three adult children aged 24 22 and 21 in addition to the minors.
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Common Pleas Court
Frank R. Cheesman
Marie Cheesman
Columbus
Cheesmans
Athens
Hospital list errors correct patient names and outcomes
A hospital communication corrects yesterday’s published list of dismissed patients. It omits the premature infant death of a baby linked to Mrs Vaughn Conkey and adjusts the mislisted surgery for Mrs Clair Sayers Millfield to Mr Sayers.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Vaughn Conkey
Clair Sayers
Millfield
Sayers
Dutch Pilot Is Answered
A note from Mary J. Smith confirms Dutch pilot A. C. Hans Roest has received his Christmas greeting via The Messenger. The pilot in England asked radio play for a U S A girl friend. letter printed with editor’s comment explaining no details about Mary J. Smith’s location or how Roest knew her. No return address in the latest letter leaves two questions unresolved.
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Mary J. Smith
A. C. Hans Roest
Athens County
England
Hans Roest
Trimble Man Hit by Train in Jacksonville
The coroner reports Charles Heck, 59, of Jacksonville, was found dead on the New York Central Railway trestle outside Jacksonville. He likely was struck by a train about 7 a.m. with a crushed chest and a broken arm. Heck, a World War I veteran, lived at the home of Marshall Francis Barrett in Jacksonville.
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Charles Heck
Jacksonville
New York Central
John Elias
Heck
Marshall Francis Barrett
Delayed funerals after family deaths in same clan
Mrs. Amanda Ely died at 90 delaying her funeral as another family death struck her daugh ter and son in law Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Foutch Jr. Mr. Foutch flew to Athens to attend his sister Lena DeMers funeral while Mrs. Foutch stayed in Miami to manage the family business and will come for her mother's service Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Ely
W. S. Foutch
Foutch
Athens
Lena DeMers
Firemen Answer Two Alarms in Three Hours
The Athens Fire Department answered two alarms within three hours on Thursday evening. At 7:20 p m the blaze at Athens State Hospital damaged a burning table. A second alarm followed at 10:50 p m for smoke from a stove at Bachman Motor Sates, 81 N Court St, with no damage reported.
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Athens
Clarence Parker
Athens State Hospital
Bachman Motor
Glouster Youth Fined On Theft Charge
James J. Simmons, 18, of Glouster Route 4, was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Mayor Tom Williams after pleading guilty to removing parts from an automobile. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol on a warrant from William Humphrey, Glouster Route 4, owner of the car.
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James J. Simmons
Glouster Route 4
Tom Williams
Glouster
State Highway Patrol
William Humphrey
Reis and Doner Tie Athens Marriage License
Anthony M. Reis aged 30 and Jane M. Doner aged 29, both of Athens, Athens County, secure a marriage license. The couple plans a future ceremony in the same area.
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Anthony M. Reis
Athens
Jane M. Doner
Conservationist Harry B. Hostetter Dies in Lancaster
Lancaster Pennsylvania landscape architect Harry B. Hostetter aged 53, a prominent conservationist, died unexpectedly last night in Lancaster. He was known for his work on regional green space preservation and environmental planning with local groups and agencies.
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Lancaster
Harry B. Hostetter
Pennsylvania
Christmas visits and local social notes across Cleveland
Mrs. Jack Sweeney returns to Cleveland after Christmas with Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Jones. Mrs. Osa Chadwick hosts guests including Vas tine Tower Sheila Ann and Francis Colley. Constance and Mary Ashland return to New York from Cleveland for the holidays. Various families report Christmas dinners and visits in Columbus Athens The Plains Glouster and nearby towns with multiple relatives and military service notes.
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Jack Sweeney
Cleveland
C. L. Jones
University Terrace
Osa Chadwick
N. Congress St
Vastine Tower
Sheila Ann
Alexandria
Francis Colley
New Marshfield Road
Elmer McClanahan
Round About SOW ons Neighbors and a Syracuse Christmas Letter
Messenger readers recall Charlie Harris former managing editor now living at Route Two Syracuse Indiana. He writes of indoor life a country home and a small antique shop. winter farms sales and friendly farmers. encounters with a lake junkman Sam and a clapperless farm bell. Snow silent rural scenes echo holiday greetings to Athens readers.
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Messenger
Charlie Harris
Harrises
Route Two
Syracuse
Ind
Sam
Athens
Charlie
Santa Delivers Baby At Shelter Arms Hospital
A Christmas baby boy named Roger Genter was born at Shelter Arms Hospital in Athens at 2 10 a m on Christmas morning. He weighs over eight and a half pounds and is the hospital's only Christmas baby. Grandparents are Mrs C R Genter Athens and Mr and Mrs Howard Tuttle Stockport.
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Santa Claus
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Robert Genter
Athens
Genters
Roger Genter
Sheltering Arms
Sigma Phi Gammas Christmas Dance Lights Athens Club
Sigma Phi Gammas Christmas formal at Athens Country Club drew about fifty couples with Wells Ross orchestra from Zanesville providing music from ten to two. Sorority members and escorts posed among guests while Mrs. Price Dunlap and Mrs. J. W. Hall assisted with arrangements. Helen Dorothy Ogg led event planning and ticket duties were handled by Miss Joan Mathews.
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Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Athens Country Club
Wells Ross
Zanesville
Sorority
Phyllis Bean
Steve Davis
Sue Blair
Don Montgomery
Emagene Davis
Tom Scarff
Pauline Donaldson
Gail Fleming
Bernadine Ferrell
Bob Breshair
Betty Henderson
Louis Vaughn
Helen Dorothy Ogg
Earl Mathews
Lois Shafer
Dix Pickering
Lois Shields
Dick Vaughn
Price Dunlap
J. W. Hall
Herman Herron
Walter Pyle
R. F. Rose
David Trasin
Earl Washburn
Alma Bateman
Jack Summers
Jayne Bayless
Karl Foster
Ethel Collins
Ace Parker
Kathleen Stalker
James A. Carter
Ardath Hanson
John Good
Lenora Graham
George Hooper
Helen Dinsmoor
Oliver Wood
Rhea Wendelken
Joseph Cox
H. E. Rose
W. F. Poffenbarger
George D. Dibble
Erle Bridgewater, Jr
Don E. Sanders
David Strawn
Harry Risley
Kenneth Reeder
Dick Stump
William Whaley
James Zarley
Joan Mathews
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Gier
Redmen's
W. Washington St
Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
Prop
Athens Home Telephone CO
Vinton
Common Pleas
Hospital News
Trimble
THE
Good Neighbor Publishing Co., Inc
Lewistown
Montana
Good Neighbors
Constance Ashland
Mary Ashland
Woodside
Long Island
N. Y
J. Ashland
Helen
Anthony
W. Union St. Anthony
J. W. Kelley
Morris Ave
George Niggemeyer
Rodney Grim
Regina
Jack
Gary
Clarence Hunter
Richard
Carolyn
Teresa
the Plains
Paul Alichney
Philip
Clifford Parmiter
Pauleta Niggemeyer
Mary Frances Smith
R. A. Smith
Mill St
Rochester
George D. Bryant
McBee Company
Margaret McHarg
Union St
B. R. Angle
Daisy Chappel
WAC
Camp Atterbury
Walter Davies
S. Court St
Chappell
San Francisco
Pacific
Albert Cherniak
Deloris McKee
Ray McKee
Jean Cone
Robert L. Blackmore
Fort St
Cherniak
Mr. McKee
Blackmore
Maurine Cornwell Wilson
Pure Oil Company
Hattiesburg
Miss
Charles Cornwell
S. Congress St
Cornwell
Edith Parfitt
Dayton
Carmen L. Church
H. H. Peckham
Washington, D. C
Eleanor
Washington
Peckham
Ohio University
Modern Language Association
Eleanor Peckham
Silver Springs Bank
Silver Springs
Elizabeth Phillips
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Frank W. Phillips
Eileen Phillips
Northwoods Addition
O. D. Morrison
Sunnyside Drive
R. K. Morrison
Robert
Delaware
Charles H. Fulks
Charles Leslie and
Dickie
City
Charlotte DeMolet
Lorain
John DeMolet
DeMolet
Amesville
Youngstown
Georgianna Baker
Fred E. Luchs
Presbyterian Church
Daytona Beach
Florida
T. R. Biddle
Don Tullis
Harley J. Aylor
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Howard J. Aylor
Harriet
Grosvenor St
A. L. Brown
Palmer St
Ralph D. Brown
Maywood
Calif
A. W. Keirns
Hooper Ridge
Noble Grands Club
L. E. Carpenter
E. State St
P. E. Droz
Gilbert Shannon
Ashland
E. J. Shannon
W. State
Church OF Christ
Christ
Jerusalem
Matt
Savior
Church of Christ In
Stimson Avenue
Sigma Phi Gamma
Country Club
al Pren
Peete
Cuana
the Cline Pharmacy
Stanley
Athens, Ohio
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