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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1954
Page
5
A historical tour describes Blennerhassett Island near Rockland with its grand 1800s mansion built by Harman Blennerhassett and his wife, Burr visits, and the ensuing collapse of their West empire. It notes the island’s ruins, the 1811 fire, federal intrigue, exile years, and the couple’s final fading fortune.
The Blennerhassett story in Ohio archives evokes Mrs. Blennerhassett as a famed horsewoman known as the Queen of the Fairy Isle. She rode to Marietta on spirited horses, walked ten miles, leaped fences, and wore scarlet broadcloth with a white beaver hat, shaping pioneer memory despite her tragic end.
Canasta Club members were entertained Tuesday evening in the home of Mrs. Eda Heffkin. Those playing were Louise Muzio Bertha Sanders Emma Heffkin and Nell Lawson.
Dover Township trustees will meet in the Chauncey mayor's office Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bell and family plus other relatives spent Monday in Columbus with son Larry and a brother who has enlisted in the Navy. The brother left for Bainbridge Md for 11 weeks of basic training. Terry Cunningham, son of Hollis Cunningham, was discharged in San Diego and is at home. Freddie Cunningham returns from Bremerton Wash on 20 day leave and heads to Great Lakes July 8 for 14 weeks machinist mate training.
CHAUNCEY Fifty persons attended a picnic at Glenwood Park in Columbus Sunday. From this area were Mr. and Mrs. Dan Johnson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Johnson and Leslie Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Stalder and Sam Chauncey, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith with Patricia and Sandra, The Plains, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gaskins and Sadie McDaniel, Athens.
Carolyn Sue Daugherty of Athens Route 2 and Arlene Lester of Chauncey attend the summer Band Clinic at Ohio University. They are enrolled in the senior band and the orchestra as Chauncey Dover High School students.
The statement notes about 25 true fir species exist while the word fir is often used to cover a broader group of conifers. It highlights a distinction between true firs and broader fir-like usage.
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