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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1956

Page

2

High Street Polio Drive Planned with Regional Council

The Southeastern Ohio Regional Council outlines a High Street drive to raise funds for polio relief. A plaque will honor a past service and a container will collect donations at the Ohio State Fair. A public address system and a next council meeting were announced for later in the week.

Robert Byers Southeastern Ohio Lausche Columbus High St Meritorius Byers Furnish Music Council Brian Jackson Sam Dillon Fift_een

Chamberlain era courtship notes mix with Fulbright irony

Chauncey personals note Sunday visits in Athens and nearby towns. The item weaves in Fulbright remarks on antitrust probes into Big Rubber and a quirky tale of a poetess auditors deeming the Paris Sky. The fragment highlights social calls, a funeral, and cross mentions of Goodrich Gulf chemicals.

West End Mothers Lead Polio Drive

West End mothers organize a polio fundraising and public awareness effort with volunteers mapping assignments on streets like Main Drake Lexington and May Avenues. Publicity chairs are Mrs. Russell Hiles and Mrs. William Schoor along with coordinators listed.

Chauncey Ine West-Ena Imouna Anc High Clarence Arthur Smith Clark Preston Sycamore Jack Ley Elis Ave Robert Alderman Main Drake Clair Parsons Hollis Stadler Roger Boling Thomas Dew Lexington Ave Charles Wadley May Ave Jack Hamer Converse Walter Lanning Lawrence Bullock Russell Hiles Wiliam HL Schoor

Two Polio Drives Planned by Trimble Mothers Club

The Trimble Mothers Club will hold a polio drive this evening beginning at 5 90. Mrs Leona Orms, chairman, says the drive includes house to house collection with containers placed in business places across the village. Sponsored by the Gloucester Chat Club, police chief Ray Fulton notes the setup.

Trimble Mothers Club Marsh Leona Orms Ray Fulton

Service Attendance Set for Obetz Methodist Church

The Rev Ivnn J DeVol Jr pastor of Glouster announces that residents of Athens Glouster and Nelsonville plan to attend services February 1 to 12 at Obetz Methodist Church Curt and Charlotte Davis of Indianapolis will conduct the services.

Glouster Ivnn J. DeVol, Jr Athens Nelsonville DeVol Curt Charlotte Davis Indianapolis

Willis Leads March on Polio in Millfield

Mrs. Elizabeth Willis chairs Mothers March on Polio in Millfield with a 7 to 9 p m community canvass. Volunteers include Mrs. Ed Mingus, Mrs. Paul Gould, Mrs. Alex Kozma, Mrs. Homer Omen, Mrs. Sig Kozma, and Mrs. Willis. CHAUNCEY The Martha Class of Millfield Christian Church held a quilting and business meeting with officer selections and retention of the same mers for 1956. A covered dish dinner followed and Mrs. Alice Carr’s birthday was celebrated with a cake from Mrs. Velma Wemer.

Irs Chauncey Martha Millfield Christian Church Alice Carr Sammers Carr Velma Wemer

March of Dimes Dance Planned in Jacksonville

The Veterans of will sponsor an arch of Dimes Dance Friday night from 9 p.m. to midnight at the VEW Hall in Jacksonville. Music will be by the Joey Mathews Band.

Jacksonville Trimble Township Veterans of Will Vew Hall Joey Mathews

Wilkesville and Chauncey Social Notes and Births

Wilkesville updates list local visits and family ties with residents of Wilkesville Broadwell Chesterhill and Canton. Chauncey hosts Euchre night and notes the birth of Larry Thomas Rivers in Akron with Floyd Rivers and Effie Fennell as grandparents.

Chauncey Ars Thomas Rivers Akron Larry Thomas Floyd Rivers Frank Rivers Effie Fennell

Glouster Junior Progressive Study Club Notes

The Glouster Junior Progressive Study Club met Monday with Mrs Ral. A parade led by the Glouster Fire truck and police car will start from Glouster Memorial Park at 6 pm Thursday. Members worked in groups of three to cover town sections and heard a brief life sketch of Samuel Harden Stille the Poet of the Buckeye Hills and a review of Ohio Builds a Nation. Refreshments served to 15 members. Three members attended the March of Dime Kick-off Dinner Thursday at Otel Berry.

Glouster Ral Glouster Memorial Park Pam Samuel Harden Stille Buckeye Hills Ohio D. K. Teater Roger Kittle Frances Thoma Otel Berry

Mrs. Palmer Dies at 68 in Glouster Ohio

Stella Gibbs Palmer known as Mrs BG Palmer dies at 68 after hospital stay in Postal. Survived by husband and six children including Albert Lake Milton Alfred New Lexington Earl Oregon Ohio Russell Columbus. two daughters Myrtle Baer Canal Winchester Esta Norris Blacklick. four brothers James Virgil Basil Columbus Ed Glouster. sister Sylvia Bethel Foster. Funeral services set at Forestoria and Glouster Church of Christ with Rev D K Teater officiating. burial in Glouster cemetery.

Glouster BG. Palmer Stella Gibbs Hosptal Postal Albert Lake Milton Alfred New Lexington Earl Oregonia Ohio Russell Columbus Myrtle Baer Canal Winchester Esta Norris Blacklick James William Virgil Basil Sylvia Bethel Foster Fostoria Glouster Church of Christ Rev D. K. Teater Glouster Cemetery

Kempton announces birth of Levin Ray in Dayton

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kempton of Dayton announce the birth of a son, Levin Ray, on January 7 at Miami Valley Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Kempton Sr. of Jacksonville and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Coder of West Carrollton, Ohio.

Jacksonville Kenneth Kempton Dayton Levin Ray Miami Valley Hospital Wilbur Kempton Raymond Coder West Carrollton Ohio

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