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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1955
Page
7
In Orfolk Virginia a boy named John Lamb, age 22, drowned after a group of youths teased him for lacking swimming skill. The incident occurred at a local swimming area when a boy offered a bathing suit and a friend tried to rescue him but failed.
Long Bottom residents report multiple visitors from Portland and Glendale California. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swan and Mrs. Clar Mee Price from Portland joined relatives here, with Mr. Mary Jo Moser from Glendale. Clyde Lawrence of Portland stopped by Columbus to see M. W. Stewart, who will turn 90 in September. Kessel Ferrell and son Freddie and Larry Bennett of Medway visited kin and assisted with care for Mrs. Cora Swan.
Chauncey Church News lists Sunday school at 9:00 am and preaching at 10:30 am. Children’s services run at 7:00 pm. Friday cottage prayer meets at Mis iles on High Street. Methodist and Church of Christ host guest minister Rev. Charles Powers of Nelsonville at Chauncey 10:30 am daily worship leads in Trimble Millfield Greens Run Taylor Ridge areas.
Ohio Press Photographers Association holds a two day summer session in Marietta with Judge Carlos Riecker of McConnellsburg presiding. Riecker, former Toledo lawyer and Morgan County prosecuting attorney, urged photographers to study law and public service during the event. The report also notes guests from Jackson, Bellaire, Chauncey and London as part of the gathering and highlights political and regional news from Ohio and nearby states.
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