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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1947
Page
6
Athens County Auditor discusses local history at a York B and PW meeting. The page also notes a Central PTA session in Nelsonville and a playful astrology birthday column. The clipping includes a sleep-life fact and a genealogy reference amid community notices.
Improved Order of Red Men will meet Friday evening for tribal business. Announcement by Hubert Worix sachem and F A Davis Co of R. provides the details of the gathering and its leadership.
York Grange 2436 will hold a Friday evening meeting at Grange Hall. A potluck supper will be served. Note mentions camels drinking up to 10 gallons of water.
Athens County auditor and State Auditors' Association treasurer Ralph Elliott addressed the Business & Professional Women's Club in Nelsonville. He traced Athens County history from 1498 to present, outlined territorial changes, and explained the county budget, tax types, and the auditor’s duties.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Windle of Nelsonville plan a family anniversary dinner at their home this Sunday marking their 50 years of marriage. He is 73, born in Lawrence County, a miner for over six decades, and they wed Jan 17, 1897 in a ceremony by Squire Brooks. They have nine children, 11 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren, with two sons Rollie and Elmer from Nelsonville.
Friends honored Mrs Priscilla Christian with a surprise party at her home on W Columbus St January 10 for her birthday anniversary A potluck dinner followed with attendees including Mrs Linnie Bruston Mrs Cordelia Lewis Mrs Cecil Woodson Mrs John Long Mrs May Walker Mrs Mary Davis Mrs Ruth Topsail Mrs Preston Dexter and daughter Jackie and Miss Edith Walker
The Esther Class of the Christian Church met Monday at the home of Mrs. W F Powell on Fayette Street. Program leader was Mrs. Grace Shepard with assistance from Mrs. L E Evans and Mrs. C E Scott. Class president Mrs Vaughn Cox led the business session and refreshments followed.
Out of town relatives and friends from Athens Leesburg Chillicothe Carbton Hill and Buchtel gathered Tuesday morning for the Ogg Maurer wedding at St Andrews Church in Nelsonville attending were Mrs Delbert Ogg Athens Mrs Alison Wright Leesburg Ohio Mrs Walter Tripp and Mrs Frank Bohn Chillicothe Mr and Mrs William White and daughters Ann and Pat Mrs John Sheskey and son Tommy Buchtel Mrs William Sheskey Athens Janie Shelton Carbton Hill Joe McConoha, Ellis Marie Shafer, Doras Warren, Sally Jackson, Billy White, Bob Sheskey and Bill Baird all students at Ohio University Athens.
Mrs Kathleen Love and her daughter Sue from New Marshfield have spent the past week with Mrs Starkey and her husband Mr Sam Starkey here, while Mrs Simonton at the County Home hosts Kathleen Love's parents the Simontons.
Mr and Mrs Earl Baker welcomed Mrs W G Bennett Dave Bennett Margery Sims of Columbus and Edward Kourt of Chillicothe for a turkey dinner weekend visit to observe the birthdays of Mrs Bennett and her son Dave on Sunday.
Joan Kourt daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Kourt of Chillicothe is taking a cadet nurses training course and is now located at the Blackfeet Indian Hospital at Browning Mont.
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