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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1957
Page
5
Jaycees meet at 8 tonight to finalize the fourth annual horse show at Rock Springs Fairgrounds on May 19. The event features 15 classes with cash prizes, ribbons, and entry fees, plus a pancake barbecue from 11 to 1 and gate charges of 25 cents for children and 50 cents for adults.
Mary Elizabeth Boring 75 died at the home of Clarence McKee in Racine on Tuesday morning. She is survived by husband James W. Boring and children James R. Compton California William Chicago Henry Pomeroy Charlie Columbus Leona Sowers Circleville a sister Louise Manley Cheshire a brother David Venant Cheshire and two grandchildren. Funeral services at Ewing's funeral home Thursday at 2 p.m. Rev O H Cartin charge. Burial Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
The state of Ohio files an action in Common Pleas Court against Chester Wigal of Cheshire seeking a $125 claim.
In Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery, fewer than 50 mourners attended the quiet rites for the Marshall McCoy family. Charles McCoy and grandmother Mrs. Pearl McCoy sat with relatives as Rev. Sherley Woods conducted the service. The wreck on Route 7 near Harrisonville killed Marshall and Mrs. McCoy, their children Nancy 15 and George Ray 4, and Dorothy Judith, wife of Machinist Mate Marshall McCoy. Ruth Ann Halley, 8, survived with injuries.
Three Rocksprings Troop 247 boys earned a July trip to the Jamboree at Valley Forge under Dr John Moore. Richard Clark Lee Reed and Bruce Stalnaker will travel 14 days for about 135 dollars each with tours of Washington D C and Mt Vernon. They earned the trip by selling junk bottles and flags and by Scout participation. Virgil V Brown is the Explorer adviser for ages 12 to 17.
POMEROY Densell Ray Hudson, 25, native of Hartford West Virginia, escaped Meigs County Jail two weeks ago. Recaptured by West Virginia authorities, he left for California with San Bernardino County Sheriff Herbert P Sweeney at 4 a m. Hudson faces a felony warrant in California and has three times attempted to escape. Authorities searched the jail for tools after his latest recapture and extradition papers were signed.
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