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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1961

Page

3

Ladies Auxiliary officers installed in New Straitsville

Gladys Lines reports community events in New Straitsville and nearby towns. Attendees at the American Legion Auxiliary Convention in Lancaster included Lena Grandy Lena Butterfield Anna Mae Lanning and Ona Dell Wilson among others. New officers installed for the coming year at Margaret Sherrard home: president Anna Mae Lanning chaplain Margaret Sherrard treasurer Ona Dell Wilson secretary Lena Graney. Others present were Myrtle Wallace Margaret Boyle Sarah Redds and Delphus Fitzgerald.

New Straitsville Betty Orndoff Edna Rawlins Ona Dell Wilson Erma Pierce David Jimmy Pierce Columbus American Legion Auxiliary Lancaster Lena Grandy Lena Butterfield Anna Mae Lanning Margaret Sherrard Myrtle Wallace Delphus Fitzgerald Bobby Ladies Auxiliary American Legion Post Lena Graney Lucy Webb Creta Fink Iva Dishon Margaret Boyle Sarah Reddis Logan Grafton Shively Florida Julius Eiselt Peter Lillico Gary Huston Levi Guysinger Guysinger Murphy Rest Home Rushville Charles Evans Delphus_ Fitzgerald Nelsonville Charles Essex Buckeye Lake Elizabeth Mills Hannah Phillips Chicago Leonard White

Hope Furnace Ceremony Set at Lake Hope Sunday

The Ohio Society of Professional Engineers and partners dedicate a historical marker at Hope Furnace near Lake Hope. OSPE leader Robert Loveless will present to state officials. Merrill Weed and Frank Morrow speak on historic engineering works and charcoal iron furnaces. The event starts 1 30 p m with Dean E J Taylor as master of ceremonies.

Hope Furnace Lake Hope Buckeye Furnace Jackson County Ohio Historical Society The Ohio Society of Professional Engineers Ohio Ohio Division of Parks Buckeye Merrill Weed Engineering Society Frank Morrow Wellston Weed Morrow Robert W. Loveless OSPE Herbert Eagon Department of Natural Resources Erwin A. Zepp Historical Society Route 278 Ruhr

Albany social guests visit region families

Sunday visitors to Miss Florence Brown included Mrs. Esther Bourgeois Mrs. Bernice Rice Miss Harriet Malone of Columbus and Mrs Maude Coe of Milford Center. Other engagements featured Mr and Mrs Howard Walsh visiting near Jackson and their son and daughter in law Roy Walsh.

Albany Florence Brown Esther Bourgeois Bernice Rice Harriet Malone Columbus Maude Coe Milford Center Howard Walsh Near Jackson Roy Walsh Don Harvey Huntington W. Va Sam Scott

Hazel Miller Visits Nelsonville Noted in Local Social

Hazel Miller visited in Nelsonville recently. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Leever and children of Columbus spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Burgess.

Hazel Miller Nelsonville Delbert Leever Children of Columbus Laurence Burgess

Local News In Tuppers Plains At Hospital And Home

Mrs. Mabel Duvall was taken to Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg with pneumonia. Mrs. Pearl Koehler returned home from Holzer Hospital after major surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Brickles visited Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Heiney in Whites Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Watson and family were Sunday guests of the Robert Longennetts.

Mabel Duvall Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg Wayne Brickles Emmett Heiney Whites Chapel Pearl Koehler Holzer Hospital Everett Watson Robert Longenett

New York State Thruway Links With Major Highways

The 553 mile New York State Thruway connects with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Connecticut Turnpike Garden State Parkway and the Massachusetts Turnpike through extensions and other major highways.

Garden State N. J.) Parkway

Murray City Social Notes

Murray City WSCS of Jobs met at the church with Mrs. Merle Gears presiding and a potluck supper. Attendees included Mrs. Mahala Johnson, Mrs. Clara James, Mrs. Helen Abahazie, Mrs. Garnet Powell, Mrs. Opal Lanning, and Elsie and Isie Huntly. Various visitors and relatives were noted from The Plains, Detroit, Seattle, Lancaster, St Petersburg Fla, and Columbus during a long list of social visits and hospital posts.

Murray City WSCS Merle Gears Mahala Johnson Clara James Helen Abahazie Garnet Powell Opal Lanning Elsie Isie Huntly John Mullens Emer Gears

Travelers Visit Kin Across Michigan and Ohio

Mrs. Jenny Shunkwiler returned home after three weeks with relatives in Michigan visiting her son Gene Shunkwiler and daughter-in-law. Mae Thomas of Detroit joined her on the trip. Saul Johnson and family visited in Carbon Hill and Rodney Wilson’s family. Dan Wolfe Sr and the Sorrells plus Frances Sale were in Logan. Oscar Alexander returned from Columbus relatives.

Jenny Shunkwiler Michigan Inkster Mich Gene Shunkwiler Mae Thomas Detroit Thomas Shankwiler Saul Johnson Carbon Hill Rodney Wilson Dan Wolfe Sr Lester Sorrell Mary Kay Alan Frances Sale Logan Oscar Alexander Columbus

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