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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1964
Page
9
Reverend R Edsel Wilcox urges renewed faith in God, fellow citizens, and freedom to preserve the United States. He recalls the founders and the Declaration of Independence, calling readers to renew brotherhood, courage, and commitment to liberty for future generations. AMEN.
Reedsville editor Mrs. Lyle Balderson reports a string of visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Dwain Durst and family including Ada Beckley Columbus Carl Barnett Cottageville W Virginia Bill Durst Torch and Virgil Holsinger. Rev Kenneth Riggs Long Bottom also visited along with Eber Hall Cleveland Chester Shahan Portland and John Grace. Mrs Laura Ruth has received word of further news.
Weekend guests of Mrs. Charles Vaushy included her sister Mrs. Edward Huffman and daughters from Indianapolis. Other visitors came from Columbus, West Rushville, Prattsville, The Plains, and St Paul Minnesota to see family and relatives, with several returning home after visits.
Peggy Goldwater observed her fifty fifth birthday in Phoenix on Wednesday. The item also notes other small family and local social updates including birthdays and visits among residents in Stony Brook New York and Columbus Ohio with mentions of Navy serviceman Ronald Cashdollar and families visiting relatives. The group includes Mrs Ruth Barthlemous and daughter and billings from Lorain West Virginia and Beverly Ohio. Local social notes cover travels and visits among the area.
President Johnson signs a bill to turn Campobello Island Roosevelt summer home into an international park with a US Canada commission to accept the property and shared funding. The plan covers the home and a 10.5 acre tract just north of the border.
A scan of Athens Nelsonville and nearby commerce lists many businesses including Huffman Transportation and Willie's Mobil Service offering 24 hour emergency aid. Other firms include Foster Drug & Jewelry, Harris Furniture, Bob Hess Chevrolet Oldsmobile, Ray Riggs Inc, English Ford, Lochse Texaco, and Slater Brothers Ready Mix Concrete. Local contractors such as L E Yoho Co and Prose operate in Athens and Nelsonville with addresses on Court Street and Union Street.
Local churches list weekly worship times Sunday schools and services for Lower Plains Zion Free Will Baptist Stewart Methodist The Plains Reorganized Church First Wesleyan Methodist Zion's League Carthage Presbyterian Graham Chapel Albany Baptist First Church of Christ Scientist and other groups. Services cover Sunday 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. and evening hours around 7:30 p.m. plus midweek prayer, Bible study and youth activities.
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