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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1957

Page

9

New Haven Business Group Hears Sporn Plant Guests

A New Haven Businessmen's Association gathering featured A G Mehl man superintendent of the Philip Sporn plant as a guest. Bob Zimmerman and Dick Ward of Ravenswood attended and discussed local growth potential. Herman Layne resigned as president amid a brief meeting. O J Lostic presented a bill for Christmas lights electricity.

New Haven A. G. Mehlman Philip Sporn Don Brown Mother’s Club Memorial House Bob Muncy James Cunningham Floyd Capehart Eugene Hissen Gerald Clark Luther Smith Nelson Roush Paul Roush Roland Karr Bobby Muncy Marion Ohlinger O. J. Bostic Lakin Hospital Ray Franklin Lynch, Ky Mike Dyer Ona Dyer Nigel Dyer Parkersburg Glen Harrah Bobby Sayre Jackie Scites Ashland Army Wallace Stewart Flatwoods Stewart J. L. Stewart Raymond Peters Charleston Mary West Bill Powell William Powell Air Force Patty Muncy B. B. Muncy Holzer Hospital K. J. Scott A. A. Angle Harry Layne EUB Howard Wagenhals

Community Notes From Prattsville Area Churches and Clubs

Local social life features visits among Athens Leesburg and Columbus residents. Civic clubs discuss town appearance with speaker Jack Whiting. Mothers Club elects leaders and plans hospital visits. ROTARY hears Joe Bailey on camp cottage fund. Cub Scouts attend Methodist and Lutheran services with troop leaders and mothers.

Notice of Various Athens County Probate and Meetings

Notices include Ames Township Board of Trustees regular meeting times and multiple estate matters in Athens County Ohio. Appointments list Administrators and Administratrices for the estates of Alva Tom Ida Davis Elisha Dickson Ivah Mae Wilson and others. Public sale announces auction of Raymond Kreppel estate property including a 1956 Ford at 22 Oak Street Athens.

Ames Township Board of Trustees Dorothy Sedwick Faye Smith Athens Ohio Alva Tom Athens County Roger J. Jones Siotw Paul M. Davis Coolville Ida Davis Troy Township Said Guy Morrison Elisha B. Dickson Said County Otw Gilbert B. Wilson Ivah Mae Wilson Raymond W. Kreppel Oak Street City of Raymond W. Sxteppel Ford Mfr

Church Elder Faces Three Year Prison Term

Clarence D. Cover Jr. pleaded guilty to embezzling 608000 dollars from the bank where he served as vice president and cashier. A U S District Court judge sentenced him to thirty two years and fined five hundred dollars. Soft bed for sailors notes foam rubber mattresses on the Saratoga.

Columbia Clarence D. Cover Jr U. S U.S Saratoga

Local social notes record visits to Athens area

The Rev and Mrs Snyder and children were recent guests of Mrs Rufus Wolf. Oscar James and Howard Haybrown visited relatives here recently. The Snyder family and Freda Van Dyke were in Athens recently.

Methodist Church W. A. Dennis Gallipolis Broadwell Snyder Rufus Wolf Oscar James Howard Haybrow Snyder Family Freda van Dyke Athens

Daughters Mark Jan 24 as Family Stork Day

The William Spaar family notes a Jan 24 anniversary sequence with Betsy Gabriel in 1947, Eunice Kubash in Milwaukee, and Jeanne Brekke also in Milwaukee each giving birth to sons on that date. A weather note explains warm water storms fade once over colder seas.

Milwaukee William Spaar Betsy Garbriel Fort Leavenworth Kan Eunice Kubash Jeanne Brekke

Sterling Doctor Delivers 1500th Baby

Busy Dr. K. H. Beebe of Sterling keeps careful records of his deliveries. He delivered his first baby in Sterling on December 31, 1932 and recently delivered his 1500th baby.

Sterling Colo H. Beebe

Truck Rear-Ended by Semi on Route 50 Causes No Injuries

Eastbound truck driver Rodney Brandeberry 55 of Coolville Route 1 stopped at a traffic light on Route 50 when rear-ended by a semi driven by Charles A. Marshall 34 of Georgetown Ky. Marshall was fined 100 dollars plus costs by Coalville Mayor John Aiken on a patrol charge of failing to observe the assured clear distance ahead. No injuries reported.

Rodney Brandeberry Coolville Charles A. Marshall Georgetown State Highway Patrol Marshall Coalville John Aiken

Young motorist fined for unsafe operation in The Plains

Laurence R. Zimmerman aged 21 from The Plains was fined $10 plus costs by Mayor Charles Wadley on a State Highway Patrol charge of unsafe operation.

Laurence R. Zimmerman the Plains Chauncey Charles Wadley

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New Haven Social Notes Naval Magazine Port Chicago Calif Naval Ordnance Mott Prattsville Margaretta King Garnet Martin Bessie ‘Kesser Clara Quick Alva Mercer Leesburg Collins Ogle Frank Coe Bernice Dearth Lawrence Dunn Sheltering Arms Hospital Frank Eberts Coe Dearth Lesa Forrest Dearth Mirs Carrie Morris Columbus Margaret Daugherty J. W. West Edith Dearth Bingham Canyon Utah Jack Whiting State Industrial and Publicity Commission Herman Layne Bob Staats Max Wetherall Orson Sayne EUB Church School Phil Wolpert Bend Sewing Club Jor Henry Henry Delton Sayre Doris Litton Philip Wolpert Lawrence Parsons Missions U.S.A Joe Bailey Ripley Bend Rotary Bailey Jim Fry David Chadwell Thomas Grinstead William McFarland Richard Ward Phil Batey Cortone K. Wilson Raymond WW. Kreppel R. E. Wilson Russell Emerson Wilson Leone Wilson R.F.D. No George Bell Timmerman Stork Athens County Insurance Agents Donald K. Barstow C. B. Dillon C. M. Gill & Co D. M. Goddard Peter B. Seel Houck & van Dyke, Inc Earl F. Mathews, Inc F. R. Murphey & Son Dwight H. Rutherford Seiple Kempton Richard Guinther, Glouster Saltz Ins Nelsonville Athens Flooring Company The Athens Machine Company Beckley Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co Commonwealth Telephone Co. of Dowler, Ferguson & Hughes Logan Ohio Fuel Gas Company Quick's Drug Store Royal McBee Corporation HEART Heart Fund Athens County Heart Council Central Ohio Heart Association Frank M. Maerker L. C. Staats Mrs Evan Edwards Athens Heart Sunday Co Jack Wilson William Fraedrick Roger Kittle Glouster William Clark Amesville Donald Mace Albany Chairman
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