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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1957
Page
5
A vintage style guide urges boat owners to inspect seams for dry or cracked putty and replace or sand as needed. It warns against overpainting and promotes marine paint. It covers midseason hull checks, careful painting, and proper outboard motor servicing, emphasizing professional overhaul if rust or ignition damage appears.
Funeral services for George A. Webster who died in St. Josephs Hospital Parkersburg will be held Thursday at 2 p m He was 67 a lifelong Bartlett resident and retired carpenter Surviving are his wife Alice Michener Webster three sons Fred Marietta Harry Vincent and Gage Bartlett a daughter Mrs Hazel Way Vincent two sisters Miss Jessie Webster Parkersburg and Mrs Mary McPeak Bartlett and 18 grandchildren Burial will be in Bartlett cemetery with services by Rev Lynn Clawson Friends may call at Fawcett Stone funeral home until 9 a m Thursday and then at the Webster home.
The final Royal Air Force Sunderland waterborne fighter has been retired. In World War II German U boat commanders nicknamed it the Flying Porcupine for its heavy gun armament.
The column states that a household automatic washer must not be used for dry cleaning as flammable fluids could cause a deadly explosion and even non flammable fluids could damage seals and components. Mr Fix cannot answer individual reader questions but hosts FIX IT FORUM for weekly inquiries.
The notice lists multiple couples with ages and parental lines: Frank Jennings Riffle 19? of unspecified, son of Ernest and Evelyn Riffle, and Dorcas Jane Burgess daughter of Thornton and Clara Louise Burgess. Robert Lee Morgan 26 of Ripley West Virginia son of Granville and Berta Morgan and Pauline Dave Braniff 21 Mason City daughter of Samuel Porter Braniff and Anna King Braniff. John J. Crawford 32 son of R. R. and Minnie Boardman Crawford and Nancy Jane Bush Hayman 27 daughter of Carl Bush and Rachel Denney Bush. Paul Adnigh Rollins 19 of Leon and Mary A Maureen Kapp 16 of Leon Route son of Clyde Rollins and Lucille Brown Rollins and Delbert Kapp and Bessie Farley Kapp. John D. Rogers 31 Viand Street and Phyllis L. Crutchfield 28 Seventh Street son of John W. and Venna Waugh Rogers and daughter of Ray and Dorothy Collins Crutchfield.
Miss Frances Scott director of special education services of the Department of Education Charleston will address the principals meeting March 14 at 7 30 p m in the Point Pleasant Senior High School Library with Charlie Carr presiding She will discuss Help for the Mentally Retarded in Schools All principals teachers and Mental Health Association members urged to attend.
Gene Crooks son of Walter and (late) Fruth received the festival’s sole superior rating in Athens on Saturday. Crooks leads the G-Notes dance band and has performed at Point Pleasant Moose Club. Nearby, guests visited English Road residents D. G. Wilfong and Marmet visitor Inella Allen. Dr. J. A. Shinn and wife vacationing in Alabama and Florida. Mrs. William H. Reynolds 87 of Charleston area hospitalized after a hip fracture at Holzer Hospital. later her daughter Mrs. Stone injured a wrist.
Linda Lee Ebert three and a half died after illness Tuesday night at Kanawha Medical Clinic. Born August 15 1953 in Point Pleasant she was the daughter of Charles A and Gwen dolyn Ebert of Arlee. Survivors include two sisters Donna and Carol and brother David all at home. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Zion Baptist Church Gallipolis Ferry Rev Billups officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Thursday at home. Arrangements by Lawrence Mohr Funeral Home.
Long visitor list includes Mr and Mrs Grover Bink ley and family Betty and Jerry plus Mrs Treacy with daughter Mary. Others listed are Fred Stuart Grover Carpenter Clarence Green Ralph Flowers and Wave line Barney along with Ethel Goss Eliza Kline and several Lancaster and Woltz visitors. Effie Woltz notes.
Funeral services for 70 year old John R. Denny who died in a shotgun accident will be held Thursday at 10 a m at Beale Chapel Church Apple Grove. Rev Charles Kinnaird will officiate and burial follows in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Estate matters include Helen Bateson and Elsie Cannon inventories with values around 1800 and 1000. Teresa Marcetta will probate in New Lexington, witnessed by Lollo and Underwood. A damage suit by Marjorie May seeks 50000 against Charles Miller, filed in New Lexington. Limestone allocations to town trustees approved by county commissioners. Dismissal entry in Lantz-Strain case. costs paid.
A motion filed in Probate Court asks to set aside probation of the will of Lawrence L. Hambel deceased alleging improper notice to all statutorily entitled heirs. An entry with the clerk of courts shows the matter was dismissed.
Arnold Braglin of Corning was jailed for reckless operation and resisting an officer at Corning. Mayor Willis Wright fined him $50 and costs, and in default of payment he was held.
Chester Ray Hartshorn of Junction City files for divorce from Ellen Hartshorn of Bremen Route. The complaint seeks a dissolution of their marriage and related relief in the local court system.
Attorney John C. Ferguson filed suit alleging gross neglect of duty related to the island of Trinidad off Venezuela's coast. The article notes Trinidad was once named lere meaning Land of the Humming bird and was discovered by Columbus in 1498.
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