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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
7
Chauncey McKinney and Paul McKinney families with Paulette and Ruth Ann visited Point Pleasant and Leon in West Virginia along with Rev W H Strausbaugh and wife of Redtown on a Saturday trip.
Chauncey J. S. Channell, brother of the late William C. Channell, died Saturday in Senecaville Ohio. Funeral services were held there Monday and the body was moved to Jackson for Tuesday services at 10 a.m. with burial in Jackson cemetery. Relatives from the area attended, including sister-in-law Mrs. Carrie Channell and nephews and nieces Mr. and Mrs.
Improvements are underway at the Church of Christ parish house funded by church laymen. The basement will host Boys and Girl Scout meetings while the enlarged auditorium and added kitchen support social and Brotherhood activities. A Friday white elephant sale to defray costs will feature donated nuts dishes ornaments linens and household items with Sabra Armstrong auctioning Friday night selections.
Chauncey Mr and Mrs Charles Sanders Millfield entertained Sunday night for the birthday of Mrs Clarence E Sanders Millfield A decorated cake served as centerpiece gifts given honored guest attended by Clarence Sanders Mrs Lewis Sanders and daughter Liewanne Dr C N Sanders and sons Bob and Bill Mr and Mrs Charles Sanders and children Sandra Joe and Keith all of Millfield
Mr and Mrs Albert Russell and son journeyed to Newark Tuesday evening to spend the night with Mr and Mrs Marion Elliott and daughter Kathy Sue. They then drove to Dayton to visit sons and daughters in law Harry Elliott and Charles Elliott with their children Michael Sherry Steven Donnie. Additional Sunday guests included Charles Stiers Doyle Columbus and Fred Hughes with Tommie Johnnie Xenia, and William Lanning Jr of Columbus, vacationing with Burr Oak relatives.
Mrs. John Dunfee and Barbara Sharon and Gene join Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gleason and Bessie of Powhatan Point. The Ladies Club and Happy Stitchers held a cake walk and quilting at the school on Friday with a pot luck chicken dinner. The Women’s Council of Millfield Church of Christ will meet Friday at 7:30 p.m. led by Mrs. Myrtle Wilcox.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl South and son Belford of Dayton visited Jacksonville due to the illness of Mrs. Ida South, who has been ill a year. Mr. South returned Tuesday. Mrs. South stayed to care for Ida at daughter Mrs. Charles Hoisington’s home, with guests Mr. and Mrs. John Knight of Dayton.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Carpenter Keirns, who died Saturday morning, were held Monday afternoon at Hooper Ridge Church led by Rev. Gilbert Courtney. Mrs. Courtney, Mrs. Saunders and Charles Bradfield sang three numbers. Burial followed at Hooper Ridge Cemetery.
The Crooksville council reappoints Robert Brannon as pool manager and selects Miss Georgene Leasure as senior lifeguard for the coming season. No jobs are cut, but mail deliveries will drop to one per day. Graduation notes include valedictorians and salutatorians in New Lexington and Somerset. A divorce suit is filed in common pleas court, and a compensation suit against the Industrial Commission continues unresolved. A church prayer meeting is announced for Morristown Holiness.
Chauncey relatives and friends honored Mrs. Kelsa Lowery at a birthday party. She was presented a gift and received two decorated cakes. Potluck refreshments served to 20 persons.
Ervin Channell and relatives from The Plains Canaonville Athens visit Mrs. Emma Rice in Jackson, sister of the late Mr. Channell, who could not attend the funeral.
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