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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1961
Page
18
Long Bottom social column reports visitors and guests including L D Pierce and family hosting and traveling to Columbus and Columbus area friends. Recurring mentions include families such as the Pierces Newluns Cur tis and Riggs, plus visitors from Vienna W Va Syracuse Syracuse and Parkersburg.
Reedsville Mr. and Mrs. Tom Collins and their son from Belpre were Sunday guests of the L. B. Sisson family. Also, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Buckley of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania were here last week visiting relatives.
A series of probate notices from Meigs and Athens counties announces Lana O Gibson as administratrix of the Gibson estate. Dorothy Roller appointed executrix of Susie T Taylor. Wm Parker Walker named administrator with the will annexed of Ohio. Virginia C Pritts appointed executrix of Ernest C Pritts estate. Creditors must file claims within four months. Also council resolutions name Greenbrier Drive in Athens and appoint three disinterested freeholders to report sewer district assessments.
Racine reports social happenings including a Sunday School covered dish dinner led by Mrs. Guy Neigler and a devotional theme of prayer. Members and guests joined a card shower for Edith Dunfee’s birthday, with several locals attending and hosting at multiple homes in the area.
Airline Mr and Mrs Vaughn Ross visited Athens and Logan on Friday calling on Mr and Mrs Orris Glidden former residents near Athens. James Roush and daughters of Johnstown were weekend guests at Floyd Sams home. Marguerite Scott stayed in Columbus with son Ronnie and returned with Helen Scott and daughter. Harry Ross and Lois Swartz visited Otto Swartz in Shade. Lois Swartz from Washington DC also was a guest. Sunday visitors at Henry Swart home included Charles Sheppard Columbus Lester Taylor and children Nelsonville Laird Llewellyn and five children New Marshfield James Jewell and daughters Knox Twp Dean Arnold and son Athens and Gene Swart.
St Louis tops the Golden Gloves point tally with 14 as five fighters reach the semifinals next Wednesday. Cincinnati, Denver, Chicago, and Fort Worth trail at 11, with finals set at Stadium and Chicago to select a team for the March 29 intercity bout with New York. George Foster and Leotis Martin win their rounds to advance.
N Straitsville and W Davis attended the 93rd anniversary Elks Lodge and district convention in Athens last weekend. Davis, age 82, has 27 years of Elk membership with life status. He sang two numbers During the event. In Columbus, Mr and Mrs Charles Duffy and Hazel Miller visited Thursday.
A reader endorses Erle Bridgewater and the citizens committee opposing obscene literature as a local, brain-centered moral defense. He argues prevention beats court rulings, citing Christian values guiding youth from Athens and urging broader support nationwide.
Classified ad lines invite readers to place ads in The Messenger with local phone numbers in Logan Gallipolis Point Pleasant and Glouster. The notice emphasizes high readership of the classifieds and provides contact numbers for each town.
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