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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1962

Page

15

Private Rites Slated For Cains Murder Suicide

Funeral services are set for Friday at 1 p.m. at Glouster Church of Christ for Mr. Ralph Cain 41 and Mrs. Ralph Cain 36 both victims of a murder suicide Tuesday night. Burial will follow in Glouster Cemetery. Mrs. Cain a native of England was killed at her Maple Street home when her estranged husband fired three 22 caliber shots and then killed himself on a nearby hill. The couple had been separated and a divorce was pending. Cain had recently been released from Athens State Hospital with papers filed to have him committed again. In Jacksonville the WSCS meeting of the Jacksonville Methodist Church was postponed to September at the home of Mrs. Jane Wintersteen.

Mr. Cain Cains Common Pleas Court Athens State Hospital

Mrs Rothery Hosts Catholic Ladies Study Club Meeting

The Catholic Ladies Study Club met in the church hall Tuesday with Mrs Mark Rothery as hostess directed by president Miss Josephine Hedfelt Readings were given by Mrs Thomas Noon Mrs Martin Ginnan and a sacred reading by Mrs Edward Ley Games were played and refreshments served to one guest Mrs Bernice Carter of Las Vegas Nev and several members The next meeting will be Aug 28 with Mrs Ed Ley hostess A beach party for Glouster Methodist Church MYF followed at Lake Burr Oak Beach with supervision by Mrs Bonnie Wilson Kathy Wilson and Barbara Guinther A contest for the most clashiest clothes crowned Ann Hughes Senior winner and Jeannie Dew Junior winner.

Leo Smith Edward Ley Thomas Noon Norbert W. Johnston Rothery Ed Ley Glouster Lake Burr Oak Beach Glouster Methodist Church MYF Bonnie Wilson Kathy Wilson Barbara Guinther Ann Hughes Jeannie Dew

Community Notes From New Marshfield Social Visits

Local residents share visits and vacations across several towns including Tampa Columbus Ravenswood and Chauncey. Several church and lodge members attended a Willing Workers outing at Circleville and a public chicken supper was planned for August 16 at the Grange Hall.

N.G Grange Hall Jennie Collins Virginia Carter Katherine Brown Erma Clench Elsie Stephenson Ethel Elliott Delores Beal Alma Rhorick Edna Goff Laura Betts Frieda Kennard

Glouster Personal Visitors Attend Funeral Services

Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Stanley include Ernest Stanley Jackson and Margaret Norris Columbus, Jerry Lowry Ken, Bar berton, Marion Wood Athens, and others. Vera White’s relatives attended Clyde R Easler’s funeral at Hooper Ridge Church with burial at Hooper Ridge Cemetery in Glouster.

Pete Stanley Ernest Stanley Jackson Joe E. King Margaret Norris Columbus Jerry Lowry Ken Ron Nancy Barberton Marion E. Wood Don Athens Vera White Clyde R. Easler Forest Cavey Connie Tom Bertke Linda Cavey Dayton Neal White Troy James Andrews Diane Jacalyn Glouster Hooper Ridge Church Hooper Ridge Cemetery

Church potluck and Elizabethton group visit Athens Ohio

The Church of Christ held a potluck fellowship supper with a program by a group from Elizabethton Tennessee. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Sol Goff and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carter and attended a swimming party.

Church of Christ Elizabethton, Tenn Christ On Home Sol Goff Roy Carter

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