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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1937
Page
11
Chauncey-Dover schools announce the rehire of A B Prior as superintendent. The action follows district review and signals continuity in leadership for the district's educational plan.
At Chauncey-Dover Board of Education meeting the high school district renewed Alexander B. Prior’s contract as superintendent for another year. Prior, hired last year, resides with his wife in Chauncey on Jacobs Avenue. Board members listed include Andrew Jackson, Daniel Johnson, Karl Gardner, Clarence Sanders and Frank Daugherty. Mrs. Clara Hartley and others will conduct the annual enumeration, continuing from last year.
Chauncey Young People's Society of the Church of God entertained at Mrs. Alice Kelzenberg’s home in Chauncey on Lexington Ave. for Jacob Way's birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Tim Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kelzenberg Jr., and Rev. H. C. McClanahan of Middletown, among others.
Members of the Chauncey Townsend Club plan a Saturday 1:30 p m meeting in the K P Hall. E J Adams secretary says officers will be elected and other matters discussed. All interested invited. Also Morristown Holiness Church holds prayer meeting Friday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Hueston Bailey Run
Hollister A B Church marked Mother's Day with a program of songs, readings, prayers, scripture, and gifts for the oldest and youngest mothers. About 118 attended, with five visitors and many distant relatives visiting from Zanesville Jacksonville Mansfield Columbus and Marietta.
Chauncey ends its annual clean up campaign on Saturday May 15 with trucks provided to haul rubbish to dumping grounds. Residents should place debris in containers and place in alleys for collection as Mayor W D Hines urges cooperation.
Chauncey residents gathered at Mill Street to honor Mrs. Henry Osborne with flowers plants and gifts on Mother's Day. Attendees included E L Bingman Vivian Bernard Jean Bingman Vore Ridge Harry Noble Billy Frances Noble Albany Dane Osborne Florence Ann Osborne Alva Everett Nell Rupe Betty Rupe Ethel Sweeney Homer Shields Jr Beulah Peggy and others from Chauncey.
Chauncey residents spent the weekend with friends and relatives in nearby towns. Baltimore Ohio saw Earl Pyle visiting while Nel sonville hosted Mrs Gertie Robinett and guests. Federal Valley and Millfield were included in Sunday visits by Bullock Heuston and Bullock families. Columbus and Nelsonville hosted several travelers, and Lieut J W Hickman from Carlisle Kentucky CCC Camp spent the week in Chauncey with family.
Mrs John Bullock was surprised at her Bailey Run home on Mothers Day as her children gathered for a dinner. Present were Ernest Bullock and sons Johnny and Ernest Lee. James Bullock and daughter Wanda. Floyd Bullock and baby. Jewell Manning and children Earl Dalmus Roy Erse and Elaine. and John Bullock.
Mrs. Watt Ferrel died at her Chauncey home after an illness of heart trouble and pneumonia. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Joe Bridgewater reports Wynona Bridgewater, her daughter and a God's Bible School student, attended Mother's Day services in Newport Kentucky.
Advertisement claims Mohawk Indian Medicine cures poisons in the system for stomach liver bladder issues and headaches. Big 1 size bottle with two weeks of treatment offered at 49 cents with full refund if not satisfied. Sold at Gallaher Drug Store 16 Court Street or by mail 15 cents extra.
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