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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1952
Page
10
Alfred report notes a Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting on Sunday at 7 30 p m as part of worship service activities with Kenneth Griffith mentioned among attendees.
Transfers recorded include E. Payne and wife to Dexter Rickard for 1 acre in Huntington and Firman Thornton to Kenneth Lambert for 52 acres in Harrison. Armetta Rippey to Collieries for 20 acres in Cheshire. et ux to George and Aiuneke Cataee at Toenship. Rio Grande and Wade Evans own 2 lots in Rio Grande. Christmas social notes list guests and diners among area residents and visiting relatives from Athens Columbus Pomeroy Ravenna Sumner and Wilkesville.
George Bailey, 68, of Gallipolis, Route 1, broke his left heel after losing balance and jumping onto a pile of steel while working in the drydocks at the Marietta Manufacturing Co. plant in Point Pleasant. He fell Monday afternoon and was treated at Holzer Hospital.
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs Johnson and others at Hozel Hospital. Admissions include Mrs White Mr Morgan Mrs Waldron and several others across Jackson Point Pleasant Oak Hill and adjacent towns. Discharges note Edwin Clarke Howard Conley and multiple named patients.
River traffic reports list gauge readings and vessel movements for the Ohio River system. Entries cover Gallipolis Locks Winfield Kana and Kanawha River Marmet with multiple boats and times showing rises and falls in water levels and ship movements throughout the day.
The State Highway Patrol reported the arrest of Thomas Thiwnas, a 23 year old typist from Davis, and a 23 year old from Fakersonbury along with a marriage license mention tied to a local trucking firm.
Franklin Call, 43, Bladen, arrested Dec 21 on a contempt charge linked to a non-support case. He appeared in Bladen Pleas Court and was ordered to obtain employment and support his family.
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Rawlings Mutchler were conducted at the Rutland Methodist Church with Rev. Leslie Kunze and Rev. Robert Lin in charge. Pallbearers included Robert Rawlings and Richard H. Rawlings among others. organist was Marcia Deneson. Attendees ranged from Cleveland to Pomeroy and Rutland, with many relatives listed.
The report lists numerous Christmas and holiday visits among families across Glouster Columbus Athens Lima Warner The Plains The Plains and Dayton. People mentioned include Mr and Mrs John Landers Mrs James Landers Eva Landers William Meade Helen Kee Robert Kee Lakin Kee Gerald McAtee Lyle Basim Gene Nolen Ray Goddard Sam Austin Fred Campbell Howard Rasim Lloyd Oliver Gale Remely Raymond Crabtree Esther Goddard and Mrs Lyle Basim.
Roy H. 47, of New Philadelphia, died after a fall into a slag pit at the Mondev steel works in Massillon. Authorities investigated the fatal accident at the Osublic plant site.
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