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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1948

Page

3

Community Holiday Gatherings Across Local Families

Several families from Apple Grove and surrounding areas hosted relatives over the holidays. Guests included the Ours and Hayman families from letart and Aliquippa with extended visits by Sayres, McKelveys, and Barrs. A mix of Christmas meals and social visits occurred at multiple homes in Letart Falls Buffalo and Portland connections noted.

Apple Grove Norma Kay McKelvey Parkersburg Lewis Ours Sid Carpenter Aliquippa Marion Ours George Hayman Bud Sharpnack Columbus Jack Sharpnack Ellen Sayre O. A. Thaxton Letart Falls Derrell Sayre Denver Colo Herb Sayre Robert Ashley Faye Pickens Reedsville Coulter Hayman Jim Carpenter Early Roush O. G. Shields Roy Buck Sue Ann East Letart Robert McKelvey Charles McKelvey W. G. McKelvey John McKelvey Portland Robert Kleinschmidt Lexington Albert Barr

Singing Cop from York Dies at 53 in Ohio

Lt Perce C. Dilcher a Zanesville police lieutenant and former minstrel performer died of a heart attack at Osborne Ohio at 53 He was known as the singing cop and had served in World War I He joined the Zanesville force in 1934 became a lieutenant in 1944 and was active in the American Legion and the Masons He is survived by his wife four sisters and two brothers with roots in Nelsonville Buckeye Lake and Detroit

Nelsonville Buchtel Perce C. Dileher Zanesville Osborne Ohio Lt. Dilcher Fred Dilcher Hocking Valley Dileher Columbus Zane Hotel

Abahazie Services Planned for Saturday

Mr. and Mrs. James Freer announce the birth of a son Jeffery Edward weighing seven pounds 1414 ounces. Funeral services for Abahazie planned for Saturday at 1 p m at the University Hospital and the Methodist Church at Murray Columbus. Burial in Obetz Cemetery near Columbus. Grandparents listed and the late Mr. Abahazie noted.

Nelsonville James Freer Jeffery Edward Sandy Abahazie University Hospital Murray Columbus City Fisher Goldie Hiles Obetz Cemetery

The Javanese Archer Fish Spits at Flying Insects

A Javanese archer fish spits a precise stream of water at insects skimming the surface. The wetted insects drop onto the water and are promptly eaten by the fish.

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