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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1962
Page
8
Kermit Ward was elected president of the Vinton Board of Education at a recent meeting with Raymond Long as vice president and Ivan W. Miller retiring as president. New members John R. Potter and Jerry Griffith joined. ongoing discussions covered district reorganization and school standards communications.
The McArthur Methodist Church holds a Sunday morning ceremony to acknowledge a $30 000 education annex built south of the church. Dr Stanley Jeffrey district superintendent speaks at services. Pastor Harold G Cowdrick notes the rite is not a dedication, with a later ceremony planned. The brick annex attaches to the 1903 church and provides Sunday School rooms on the main floor and a basement hall for activities meetings and banquets.
Mrs. Martha Ellen Malone entertained Saturday afternoon for her sons Chuckie five and Mikie four. Grandmother Lena Exline baked two decorated cakes. Helpers Josephine Sikorski and Helen Williams assisted with games and refreshments. Guests included Stephen and Michael Lewis Ralph Mark Timmy Sikorski Chuckie Hall Debbie Decker Colleen and Claudia Williams.
Mrs Lena Pace 78 of Buckeye Lake died Thursday at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville after a long illness Arrangements announced by Wiley Funeral Home here
Mrs. Barbara Gierhart of Athens was unintentionally left off the attendance list for the Order of Eastern Star school of instruction in Marietta. She is a member of Thea Chapter 192 Glouster and was installed as president of District 25 during the ceremonies.
Esther O Neil 74 of New Plymouth Route 1 was injured when a truck driven by Lester Hayborn 41 broke a king pin and ran off the highway on Route 56 near Route 328. She was pinned against a tree and taken to Mount St Mary Hospital with back bruises body abrasions and leg injuries deemed not critical.
Funeral services were held at the Taylor Ridge home on January 11 for Mrs Perry Ida Chalfant. Attending from out of the county were her sister Mrs Joseph T Wilson of Youngstown and her son the Rev Guy Wilson of Saltzburg PA Ray Wilson of Roseville Miss Doris Chalfant of Canton Jess and Clair Chalfant of North Jackson Ohio and Mr and Mrs Laurence Robinson of Akron. Roy A Hartley of the Hartley Hardware McArthur Ohio is the Vinton county chairman for the Ohio Hardware Association and will help plan the 68th annual convention and hardware show.
Jacksonville Paul Meredith Sawyer has returned home after four years in the Navy where he served as ship's cook aboard the USS Charles P. Cecil a destroyer with the rank of Third Class Petty Officer He is the son of Ralph and Mrs Sawyer of Gloucester Route 3 and husband of Lisa Oskey of Jacksonville They have a daughter Kimberly Lynne and a son Kurtis Edward They live on Sixth Street in Jacksonville.
The Bridge Club met at the home of Mrs L D Muzio in Chauncey. Two tables of play awarded first prize to Mrs Virgie Kozma, second to Mrs Helen Sanders, travel to Mrs Bertha Sanders, and low to Mrs Elizabeth Willis. Refreshments were served to several members.
Sales of series E and H Savings Bonds in Vinton county for 1961 totaled 71 261 dollars announced today by Chairman R B Will an nounced. Chauncey Mrs Evelyn Burt and son Keith of Athens were Sunday visitors of Mrs Rhoda Oliver Chauncey. Merle Kelzen berg of Millfield visited Mr and Mrs Jacob Way. In Millfield Mr and Mrs James Loper and sons Jimmy and Johnny visited Mr and Mrs James Loper Jr. Mrs Loper's mother Mrs Raymond Tucker visited in Mt St Mary Hospital Nelsonville
McARTHUR route 50 east of town saw a sleet skid at 10 30 p m injuring only the 1959 sedan with several hundred dollars in damage. Driver John L Weber of the McArthur Democrat Enquirer led a group including editors from Wellston and Jackson newspapers and staff from Station WLMJ. No injuries were reported.
List of births at Mount St Mary Hospital for several families in Logan, New Straitsville, New Lexington, Jackson, Shawnee, Glouster, Chauncey, Buchtel, and Nelsonville. Notes include admissions for Barbara Doyle Audry Nelson Gertrude Lemoine Minnie Anne Peyton Garnet Seckinger Alice Mingus Esther O Neal Beulah Lowes Lena Schoonover Linda Sue Smith and discharges for Addie Molihan Carol Davis Carl Limo transferred to University Hospital Arthur Morrison Anita Hansel Jack Hudnall Florine Bruce.
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