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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1958

Page

11

World’s First Citizen To Be Athens Visitor

Notice of appointment names Fred H. Johnson of Columbus Ohio as administrator of Celia C Johnson estate in Nelsonville Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months and other public notices cover road petitions and school district financials.

Athens Messenger Fred H. Johnson Yorkshire Columbus Ohio Celia C. Johnson City Nelsonville Athens County Roger J. Jones Said County Athens Fred H Johnson Margaret E. Johnson Nelmasonville Roger J. Jones, Sr William A. Lavelle Security Bank Eva Tipple State of Board of County Commissioners Carbondale Methodist Church Seared Coal Co Mattie Gabriel Leola Friahy Roy M. Doolittle Waterloo Township Court House J. W. Whitley Waterloo New Marshfield B1 & O W. Withers G. L. Pake L. Stright Athens Copace New Marshire Ipealee Shields Gihoon Atheng

Hammarskjold to Speak at Ohio University Convocation

UN secretary general Hammarskjold to address campus at 9:30 a.m. with broadcast plans and 60 foreign students on stage. President Baker presides. Glee Club and OU Band to perform. a campus tour precedes a 3 p.m. departure for New York via Columbus.

Dick Bitters University Press Relations Ohio Bitters Hammarskjold Karl Ahrendt Martha Cleveland Baker University Charles Minelli Athens Ohio University Economic and Social Council Hammar Skjold Cleveland Shaker Heights PTA YMCA Columbus Andrew Condier New York

Tree Kills Reedsville Carpenter dies at 69

Born January 8 1927 he is survived by his wife Delores daughter Cathy Dee mother Frankie White side Pickens of Reedsville three sisters Margaret Brown Wanda Meredith Naomi Pickens and brother Charles. Funeral Thursday 2 pm Long Bottom Christian Church Reverend Harold Doster officiates burial in Reedsville Cemetery body at Spencer funeral home Belpre open for visitation after 7 tonight.

Delores Cathy Dee Frankie Whiteside Pickens Reedsville Margaret Brown Wanda Meredith Columbus Naomi Pickens Charles Christian Church Long Bottom

Miami University Sets Priority Building Plan in Oxford

Trustees at Miami University in Oxford outline a priority building program starting with a new dramatic arts facility. The plan also calls for replacing Herron Hall for women’s PE, an assembly hall, completion of Upham and Gaskill, a demonstration school building, hospital expansion, a home economics house, Hepburn Hall conversion to a music practice building, and funds to replace six coed dormitories plus a five year expansion to house 655 more students.

Oxford Ohio Miami University University Herron Hall Upham Gaskill School of Education Hepburn Hall

Youth Fellowship Attends Nelsonville Rally

The Pres byterian Church youth group from Harrisonville joined a rally in Nelsonville with Audrey McKinney Gloria Atkins Sharon Atkins Gordon Atkins Franklin Epple and Larry Clark among the travelers. Nearby visits included Newark Athens and Ra cine families for wedding anniversary celebrations and weekend hospitality. Also noted is a general life expectancy fact for a rat at 18 months.

Harrisonville Presbyterian Church Nelsonville Audrey McKinney Gloria Atkins Sharon Atkins Gordon Atkins Franklin Epple Larry Clark Kenneth Welsh Bonnie Newark Mary Pickering Janice Epple Athens Michael Epple Charles Atkins Jeffrey Jenifer Racine Felix Donald Columbus Junior Hinds Albert Markins

Syracuse News Notes Weekend Visits and Obituaries

Syracuse residents hosted relatives from Belle West Virginia and Ohio amid weekend visits. Charley Armes’s death prompted calls from Riley Armes and Wash Armes to White Hall West Virginia. Memorial services honored William Adams of Parkersburg with relatives from Mason. Multiple weekly visits continued among families, including Philly trips and travel plans to Jersey City New York Boston.

Syracuse Myrtle Crew James Boyd Belle W. Va Roy Jones Victor Stewart St. Albans Eugene Schwab Mason Lillie Jones Athens Roy Evans Pomeroy Riley Armes Wash Armes Minersville White Hall Charley Armes Fred Crow Irving Karr William Adams Parkersburg Williams John Cremeans Rutland James Weyersmiller

Rigsbys Announce Son's Birth in Washington D. C. Hospital

Mr. and Mrs. Winford Rigsby announce the birth of a son on January 27 at Fayette County Hospital in Washington D. C. The baby’s maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gulley of Chillicothe and Mintie Rigsby of Williamsport, with Mrs. Joe Gulley as great grandmother.

Nelsonville Winford Rigsby Alice Faye Gulley Williamsport Fayette County Hospital Washington, D. H Elmer Gulley Chillicothe Mintie Rigsby Joe Gulley

Circle Five Meets at Mrs Beard Home

Circle Five of the women’s society of the First Methodist Church meets at 88 Fayette Street, Thursday at 7 30 p m. Mrs Emma Beard hosts and Mrs C J Stout assists.

Women’s Society of Christian Service First Methodist Church Emma Beard Fayette St C. J. Stout

Indiana University Distances Itself From Poker Course Claim

Bloomington Indiana University clarifies it is not offering a course in poker. Indiana Authors Day chairman Earl Hoff contacted a New York publisher requesting a review copy of The Education of a Poker Player by Herbert O Yardley. The publisher sent the book and asked if it would be adopted as a textbook and how many courses and students would be affected.

Bloomington Ind Indiana University Earl Hoff New York Herbert O. Yardley Indiana

Return of Emmet Wingett After Major Columbus Surgery

ALBANY reports Emmet Wingett has come home from Grant Hospital in Columbus following major surgery. The item notes several local visits in Columbus including Mrs Wilbur Baughman visiting Worley, and Mrs Clarence Vorhes’s visit with her daughter and family. It also mentions guests of Mr and Mrs Tommy Byron of Athens and other rounds of family hospitality in the area.

Charles Neuman Vaughn Adams Coolville Curl Lallance Parkersburg Carl Lallance Jack Wood Rio Grande Lillian McBride Ruth Cundiff Ray Whaley Burlingham Leona Winebrenner Thomas Williams Wayne Columbus C. F. Williams George Steele Anna McCoy Pat Durst Myrtle Crew Ada Slack Albany Emmet Wingett Grant Hospital Wilbur Baughman Worley William Gillogly Blanch Davis H. C. Smith Joe Cooper Gary Tommy Byron Athens Frank Vale McArthur Charles Stuard Clarence Vorhes Dick Wallace Frank Radcliffe Mabel Deardorff Donald Whiteman Sons Newark Edna Whiteman

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