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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1959
Page
8
Shawnee residents face a drought as one of four pumps fails and the 100000 gallon stand pipe depletes while a 50000 gallon reserve remains. Officials delay drilling new wells, counting on Burr Oak reservoir supply in about three months to serve the community.
Shawnee council in its final meeting of the year discussed at length the possibility of purchasing a late model truck or other equipment and approved action bearing on personnel raises for village officials.
Campbell Emily and family aboard USS Sierra AD 18 returned to Norfolk VA after Christmas with his wife and children. A Murray City reunion gathered Mr and Mrs James Campbell and all their children for the first time in 15 years.
A birthday party honoring Vaughn Campbell was held Tuesday evening at his Jacksonville home. After gifts, games, cake, and ice cream followed, with guests including Floyd Russell Richard Karns Max Hemsley Melvena Erdy Richard Lent George Erdy Kay Bycofski Linda Border Tommy Morrison Steve Oskey Tony Oskey Alvin Malone Donald Mecum Charles Mecum and Wayne Campbell. Mrs Florence Mecum and Mrs Melvena Lauser assisted hostess Inez Campbell.
Glouster residents share Christmas and New Year visits with family across Ohio and Florida. The column lists Mr. and Mrs. Harry Flora in Dunedin, Fla., Elbert Maxwell in Jacksonville, and many others visiting relatives in Columbus Barberton Akron Warren Canton Trimble Newark Hollister and Point Pleasant. String of travels includes Johnsons Bohlen Me cum families and hospital news involving Bess Henshaw.
Local families and relatives shared Christmas Day visits and holiday meals across Chauncey and nearby towns including Columbus Nelsonville Athens Ironton Parkersburg and Glouster. Travelers planned returns to Biloxi Mississippi and other homes in Kentucky and Ohio.
The Messenger began reproducing photographs with the Elgrama engraving machine from Switzerland. It replaces film and chemical zinc etching, engraving directly on zinc with an automatic process, delivering fast, non chemical, high quality halftone and line images.
Western leaders proposed May 16 for a summit after Khrushchev found April dates inconvenient. Notes from Eisenhower Macmillan and de Gaulle were delivered to Andrei Gromyko in Moscow, signaling Khrushchev’s expected acceptance of May 16.
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