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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1948
Page
7
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Virginia Kozma hosted the Millfield Thursday Night Bridge Club at her mother's Millfield home. Three tables played with Ruth Omen high, Frances Wallace second, Helen Sanders traveling, Bertha Sanders low. other members present included Mabel Smith Grace Border Elizabeth Willis Edith McDaniel Elizabeth Patton Louise White Georgia Nagle Bertha Sanders Helen Sanders Ruth Omen Frances Wallace.
Doris Eisen naugie Zimmie Smith Wiley Eisenaugle Merle Feuerhelm and Cheryl Lynn, former Chauncey residents from Wonderland Ohio, stayed in Chauncey visiting Luther and Leslie Cruikshank Jennie Courtney and De Witt Walker family. Chevy Lynn visited grandparents Luther Cruikshank. Doris Fisenaugle also stayed a week with relatives.
Local church notices list multiple congregations and service times across Chauncey Millfield Greens Run Trimble Taylor Ridge and The Plains. Denominations include Methodist Church of Christ God Seventh Day Adventist Pilgrim Holiness Free Will Baptist Nazareth and Work Ridge with pastors named Lafferty Courtney Wilcox Tatman Pidcock Brandenberg Buck and others. Services span Sunday schools worships and midweek prayer with additional youth programs and basket dinner events.
The Chauncey Dover High School Band will conduct a marching drill at 7 p m today at the Athens County Fairgrounds. Grace Hoffman says the drill targets Chauncey Veterans of Foreign Wars Post members and families but is open to the public. The VFW post helped fund the camp at the fairgrounds.
Mr and Mrs George Lovelace and children Victor Lee and Nancy Sue relocate from The Plains to Columbus after previously living in Michigan. Mrs Lovelace is the former Mildred Graham daughter of the Reverend and Mrs Gus Graham of near Chauncey.
Miss Betty Jane Courtney daughter of Rev and Mrs Gilbert Courtney spent Monday and Tuesday in Chauncey at the parental home while serving as assistant pastor of the First Church of Christ Salem Ohio and student at Yale Divinity School Hartford Conn during the summer.
Representatives of the American Bible Society will show pictures at the Methodist Church next Wednesday evening. The public is invited. Candlelight and dedication services were scheduled at the Methodist Church at Letart Falls Sunday evening. The parish here is invited to attend the services. Mrs. Harry Hayman is convalescing from a recent illness. -Mrs. Earl Shank.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Feuerhelm Ruth Cruikshank and daughter Cheryl Lynn returned from a two weeks visit with Merle's parents in Trent South Dakota. They also visited his sisters in Sions Falls South Dakota and a brother in Minnesota.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Cruikshank and son Tom from Summit Station Ohio visited Chauncey to see the Cruikshank family on W Main Street with Mrs Luther Cruikshank and Leslie Cruikshank listed among the relatives.
Jack Cobert and daughters Helen and Virginia of Akron spent a week in Chauncey as guests of Mr and Mrs Thomas Oliver of Converse Street. They will visit Omar West Virginia to see Mr and Mrs Francis Oliver and plan further trips to Parkersburg Bluefield and Charleston before returning home. Seven eighths of Ceylon population lives in small agricultural communities.
The reading suggests a day of high variability with major planetary alignments. Personal relationships may see surprising, dramatic developments while ambitious projects receive vigor and potential profitability with discreet planning and strong allies. Birthday insights urge tactful, forthright action amid unusual factors.
Nelsonville defeats the Upholsters 3-1 in a pivotal City Softball League game at OU battleground. The win tightens the race for the Hocking Valley crown as Athens and Glouster chase with two weekends remaining. Nelsonville leads by two games with New Marshfield and Logan upcoming.
James Sunday Fagles travels to Athens for a Sunday football schedule with stops at Nels Logan New Marshfield and other local sites. The text lists matchups including at Athens and New Marshfield and potential travels across the league.
About 25 drivers will contest seven events at the new one mile calcium treated racing ring on Route 50 east of Parkersburg. Trials begin around p m with opening heat to follow about an hour later. Notables include Doc Sibbaugh of Dayton and Harry Comstock of Iron, among others who have raced at Pomeroy.
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