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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1957
Page
3
Miss Janice Faye Schultz became Mrs. Roger Allen at a Saturday ceremony in Glouster. Attendants were Miss Kathryn Miller and Mr. Roger Barber. The bride’s parents and the Allen family attended. The couple resides at 101 May Ave and he pursues a master’s degree at Ohio University.
Cub Pack 71 will meet at Glouster stadium at 6 p.m. Friday where District Commissioner Charles Randall of Athens will present the charter. All Cub Scouts and families are invited and asked to bring a picnic lunch for a park gathering after the presentation.
The world's most celebrated whooping crane family is back together at Audubon Peak Zoo. Baby No. 1 hatched days before Baby No. 2 and was kept separate to avoid clashes with a larger chick but grew homesick. The two chicks, shared parents Jo and Cripp, were united after a minor incident where the smaller chick fell.
Local notes recount travels and visits in Columbus and Canada. The Garden Club will hold its annual picnic July 2 at Ash Cave, with area residents including Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Long, their children, and others mentioned enjoying weekends at cabins and with relatives in Blacklick and Lake Johnson.
Mrs Helen Gillespie led the June Adult Bible class meeting at the Millfield Methodist Church home of Mr and Mrs Ben Simpkins with Ruth Simpkins guiding devotions. Fourteen members attended and refreshments followed.
Washington George Bender now serves as a special assistant to Secretary of the Interior Fred A Seaton promoting tourist trade and business in U S territories including the Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and Alaska He rejected four White House offers including a lobbyist post TVA appointment and GSA aide roles looking to politics again in the future.
WCHS-TV in Charleston announced it has returned to maximum power following a pause caused by cable difficulties.
Mr. and Mrs. FE Russell and Mr. and Mrs Gar land Elliott were guests of D H Wood in Gallipolis. Land Miller visited friends here. Mrs Berney Cardwell accepted a position at the Gallipolis courthouse. Mrs Alfred Hartsook and Mr and Mrs Orville Jordon came from Lima. Mrs Hartsook will spend the summer here.
In Victoria British Columbia a 96 year old parrot named Mike occupies the Wilson mansion site block owned by hotelman Doug Abrams. Mike receives an ounce of brandy daily as part of a will that leaves the aviary and mansion to be preserved until the bird dies. Wah Mong administers the daily bribe while Abrams rarely visits, hearing the parrot’s squawk and wondering how long Mike will last.
In NORTH MIAMI Filia the ten year old Wesley W Tole Jr and his father attend Municipal Court over a lawn mower powered car driven on a sidewalk outside his father's electrical store. He pleads innocent to permitting an incompetent to drive and is ordered to return Friday. The boy is charged with driving without a license not having a license plate no inspection sticker overloading the vehicle and sidewalk use.
Marian Walter, a 30 year old teller at Denon North Town State Bank in Chicago, faced a would be stickup by a tall well dressed man who brandished a pistol that looked like a toy. He fled after a brief encounter, leaving patrons alarmed.
Mrs. Philip Bailey 23 of Palmer Street died at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg from severe sunburn suffered on three occasions. She had been treated eight weeks and was previously a Meigs General Hospital patient. Survived by husband two brothers and mother. Funeral plans tentative for Wednesday.
Chicago postmaster Carl A. Schroeder warns mail carriers to beware dogs in hot weather. He cites sleeper and sneaker types as most dangerous and details precautions. Last year 106 mail carriers were bitten in the city.
Mrs. L. E. Pickens of Athens spent a weekend with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Dick Lee. Mr and Mrs John Bentz and Mrs Oma Montgomery were recent guests of Mr and Mrs Russell Rhodes at Marietta. The Rev I L Shanafelt of Athens visited Mrs Miriam Feaster. Mrs Dorothy Spencer and her son Larry spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Columbus.
The Order of Eastern Star Glouster Chapter gathers at 7 30 this evening at the Masonic hall for a final meeting before a September hiatus. Initiation planned for tonight is canceled.
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