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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
27
CHAUNCEY The body of Sylvester Cooley was buried at Chauncey. Funeral services were conducted in Lancaster at o'clock, and the funeral cortege arrived here about 3 o'clock.
Chauncey families receive war decorations and letters from overseas. Raymond Hillyer, 23, died in France on July 22 and earned the Purple Heart after being wounded. his parents Mr and Mrs Robert Hillyer receive his personal belongings. John Kovaleski and family report overseas letters from Luxembourg dated Feb 5. John is in Patton’s Third Army and is described as well with good food and cigarettes. Frances Earich, long-time Millfield resident, shows improvement after a serious illness and stays with daughter Pearl Christman in Trimble for the winter.
Patriotic American housewives receive extra red points for saving used kitchen fats. Turn fats into the butcher. for each pound, two red points are awarded to aid medicines, gunpowder, synthetic rubber, soaps, and other battlefield and home front essentials. Continue saving until the last gun is fired.
Mrs. James G Zaleski visited Columbus relatives including ill brother Charles E Atkinson. Reba Pinney won a 3100 War Bond in the Good Citizenship Pilgrimage Contest sponsored by the D A R. Jack Pottex arrived from the Aleutians on furlough. Mrs Hannah Shea hosted John Williams on leave. Mrs Charles O Leary has returned home after surgery. Vera Mae Carr wed Pfe Clarence Stanley Carbondale in Gallipolis on Valentine’s Day. she previously worked in State Forestry and resided with Blanche Potter. the groom serves in the U S Army Air Corps.
Syracuse notes report a World Day of Prayer union service at the Syracuse Church of the Nazarene led by Rev and Mrs L B Snellenberger with a musical program. Speakers from Presbyterian United Brethren Church of the Nazarene and Methodist charges addressed topics on Love for Enemies Prayer value, missionary zeal, and church during war and peace. additional society items list local visits, furloughs and family news including Karr Crow and Cundiff mentions.
Chauncey residents are invited to a weekly cottage prayer service at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McKinney at 7 o'clock tonight. The Morristown Holiness Church hosts the gathering.
New Plymouth notes an important meeting of the official church board followed by choir rehearsals led by M. O. Bryan. Local families, visits, and illness are mentioned alongside a 43rd wedding anniversary celebration at the Haas home and other community happenings. Perryman references to Pneumonia and France injuries appear within the week’s social items.
Chauncey residents attended the Sauer funeral with Rev. Charles Caffrey preaching at The Plains Methodist in Athens. The service recalled the late Mrs. Sauer and noted Caffrey’s past residence on Lexington Avenue and his current preaching in the Plains area.
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