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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
6
Athens County Selective Service Board 2 issued two pre induction examination calls for colored men this week. One call was issued Tuesday February 29 and a second on Wednesday March 1. Recruits reported to Columbus for the examination and those accepted will be placed in the induction pool.
Local Elks will host a dance for members and their ladies on Saturday night March 4. Ford R Weiss a longtime Cincinnati Symphony violinist died at age 68 after 49 years with the orchestra.
Funeral services were held at 3 pm at the grandparents home for Patricia Ann Miller six day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lowell Miller who died Wednesday at Marietta Osteopathic Hospital. Rev W M George led the service with burial at Greenlawn. maternal grandmother is Mrs Flossie Taylor of Cleveland and great grandparents Mr and Mrs Arthur Taylor of Buchtel.
Mrs. Sarah Davis aged 87 died at the family residence on Canal St in Nelsonville. Survived by four children Silas Joseph Etta Schoonover and Sarah Risley with two half brothers George Holcomb and Robert Holcomb. Husband Charles C. Davis preceded her in death. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Friends may call at Stout Funeral Home after Friday morning.
Circle No 4 of the W S C S of the Methodist Church meets tonight at 7 30 at the home of Mrs Jack Pritchard Washington Street. All members are urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Carl Parry entertained Paul Rust and Miss Leora McDonald of Canton Ohio. The G T Club meets at Georgia Foughtys home Friday at 7 30 pm with potluck.
Pomeroy clubs hold spring plans at Miss Barbara Scholl home with a April formal party and May picnic. Mary Martha League meets after Lenten service at the Federated Church to bless war relief and church funds. Residents visit relatives and prepare for military training as local women and families support community efforts and news from Camp Polk, Navy and the War effort.
Obituary notes the death of a former York resident at Plains. The deceased is identified among local obituaries as a person with ties to the area and a history of regional residence.
Carol Sue Haskins celebrated her first birthday on Tuesday February 29 with friends Caroline Knight Emily Evans Robert Danner Sammy Hamilton Harriette Clendenin Jimmy Haskins Martha Brown Barbara Wise Janet Cornwell Kay Ruland Barbara Lutz Mary Ann Lusk Roger Hood Phyllis Ann White Lewis Edgar Gates Lois Lee Roberts and motion pictures after which games and cake with four candles decorated the table. Mrs Alice Keeler will have a 93rd birthday March 6 with a tea March 5 at 1211 Harvard Boulevard Dayton. Riverside Study Club met for luncheon with a talk on the Seven Wonderlands including Yellowstone Yosemite Crater Lake and the Grand Canyon. Local residents including Charles McGinnis and daughter Pat visiting en route from Texas to Cleveland and Elza Champer of Seattle visiting Mr and Mrs John Unroe with Champer recently retired from rail service are noted. Marriage announced of Mrs Ethel Morris to Harry Nicoklin at 1075 Second Avenue with nuptial service by Justice Robert Queen.
Murray City Band Boosters Club hosts a benefit party at 8 PM in the high school building. Proceeds aid the band program as community members gather for an evening of music and fundraising.
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