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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
11
County officials elected in last November's vote may appear on a TV program at area station January 1 to take the oath of office. A letter to Common Pleas Judge Emmett W. Peoples said officials from this and other counties were invited. Telecast planned between noon and 2 30 p m with local officials to decide later.
David Harrah, 21, Stanford student, and James Maxwell reach Yerapaja peak in Peru's Andes, first to summit the 21,769 foot mountain. A fall and frozen feet cost Harrah all ten toes and three of Maxwell, leaving them in a Lima hospital before rehabilitation back in Seattle.
Sixteen Sixteen reports the marriage of Jimmy Mahaffey in Columbus where he works. The ceremony occurred at his sister Cora Booth's home on Christmas Day with a family gathering that day. The item notes Christmas visits and local social events surrounding the holiday season.
Christmas visitors gathered across Dundas and surrounding areas. Families hosted relatives from Columbus Wellston Magnetic Springs Zaleski Hamden Radcliff and Genoa Roof with names including Ward Collins Easterling Roof and McGhee among others.
POMEROY Selective Service Board 83 announced that voluntary induction forms are available for registrants 19 or older classified 1-A or 1-A-O who do not wish to wait for induction. The board warns against enlisting after a physical examination notice and instructs recruiting officers to not accept such registrants.
Miss Lucille Roush a Leipsic native and daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Roush will enter business school in Columbus on January 1 after graduating high school in Leipsic last spring. She has been at Harvey Roush home during her schooling in the town.
Funeral services are set for Franz Fisher 84 who died Wednesday at his Monkey Run home. The Ewing Funeral Home will host services at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Harold Hess officiating. Survivors include two sons Raymond Mason and John a daughter Freda and a brother Fred plus a sister Catherine Diehl in Germany. Burial is Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. William Robson of Broadway Street left Meigs General Hospital to return home for Christmas. Her daughter Mrs. Clifford Cunningham plans a two week stay. Marcus Chambers underwent emergency surgery at midnight Friday and is recovering. Mrs. L. E. Burford was admitted Friday after a heart attack and is responding to treatment.
Ernest Pappy Johnson a Pomeroy fireman is reported to be getting along fine at Meigs General Hospital after an appendectomy performed Christmas night.
Sheriff Charles Russell reported two Tuesday crashes in the county. In Hobson Anthony Gugino 42 Niagara Falls N Y pulled into a lane off Route 7 hitting Leo Gilmore near Middleport to avoid a truck stopped in the path of his car. The truck driver was Herman Reese 22 Cheshire. On Route 33 near Enterprise Norman Neutzling 28 Pomeroy skidded into Robert Arnold Jr 16 Pomeroy who was turning left into a lane. All four cars had minor damage and no charges were filed.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mills announce the birth of their first child, a daughter born December 27 at Holzer Hospital. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sherman and Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Mills. Mrs. Mills was formerly Patricia Sherman.
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