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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1951
Page
3
West Virginia farmers may pay up to 10 million in farm automotive taxes this year. Le land Booth of the Farm Bureau warned of growing burden from property registration and gasoline taxes on each car and truck and urged farmers to keep fuel records for tax purposes.
The fifth birthday for Dona Jean Mills was observed at her parents home in Carbondale. Guests included families and friends from Carbondale and nearby towns such as Utica Kentucky. Mrs. Ovid Scott returned to Columbus after visiting her parents with her husband.
First Lieutenant William C. Safford departs Point Pleasant Sunday for Charleston to join the annual National Guard summer encampment. He will work with the State Selective Headquarters and serve with the Headquarters Company. Safford is a five year guards veteran and WWI veteran.
Two people were seriously injured in a head on collision near Arbuckle Ohio along Route 35. Walter H. Ferrell, 49, of Vinton Route 1 suffered a broken leg and jaw with chest injuries. Mrs Brady Duncan, of Buffalo, was treated for a concussion chest injuries and arm lacerations. Both were reported out of danger. The Ferrell car driver may have fallen asleep prior to impact. The Rev Brady Duncan conducted a funeral in Buffalo earlier and was returning home to Nitro with his wife and J R Jackson as passengers. The crash occurred around 535 PM on a hill near a curve. Damage to both vehicles high.
The fourth annual Kapp reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Quillin on Ohio River Road. A noon picnic lunch followed by a list of attendees from Poca Nitro Dunbar Huntington and Dayton. Also, Friendship Circle members met at 2125 Jefferson Ave with secret sisters revealed and a dessert service after the meeting.
A surprise birthday gathering for Pau Rairden was hosted by his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Rairden at their Leon residence. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Sayre Sr and Jr and their children Arbuckle Buffalo Dunbar and Leon residents.
Mrs C E McCulloch of Winfield Road will host Thursday evening for the SCS group at Vaught Memorial Methodist Church.
The Past Noble Grands Club of Orpah Rebekah Lodge will meet Monday evening at the home of Mrs. C. D. Ball on Kanawha Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gibb of Columbus Ohio return home after visiting relatives here. Mrs. Wilma Melrose and Mrs. Marcelline Bradshaw of Main St visited relatives in Beckley. Miss Dee Wolf of Dayton visits Mrs. G E Mitchell at 2228 Mt Vernon Ave. Franz Darst, guard at the State Penitentiary in Moundsville, visits his family at 511 Tippett Place. Mrs. Paul Rairden of Point Pleasant leaves Monday from Charleston for Cleveland to visit her sister. Holiday guests at Jefferson Ave include Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tiemyer and daughter Janice of Cincinnati and Mrs. Edith Roush of New Haven.
The Jordan Baptist Church Gallipolis Ferry held its first wedding since opening in 1905. Rev S D Rexroad read the ceremony on Saturday night as Patricia Ann Farley and John Gordon Bowles exchanged double ring vows.
Mr and Mrs Darsel Greenlee and their daughter Audella spent last week visiting relatives in Akron Ohio The trip highlights family ties and regional travel activity.
Mrs Ora Me Kinney releases details about her infant daughter in Point Pleasant. J C Pauley Jr is listed from Point Pleasant and Larry Wittington from Buffalo among those named in the clinic notes.
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