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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1964

Page

14

Funeral services set for Mrs. Bessie Nicholson in Chauncey

Services will be held at 1 p m Sunday at Chauncey Methodist Church for 81 year old Mrs Bessie Nicholson of Chauncey who died Thursday at Mount St Mary Hospital. Burial is in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the family home on High Street Chauncey. Grave side services for Katherine Musser 52 will be held at Green Lawn Cemetery 230 pm Saturday. She died in Florida two years ago and served in the Womens Army Corps. She is survived by brother John Musser Flint Michigan.

Nelsonville Bessie Nicholson Chauncey Mount St. Mary Hospital Chauncey Methodist Church Lillian Wright J. A. Long Green Lawn Cemetery High St Katherine Musser Florida Paul E. Ertel Woman’s Army Corps John Musser Flint Mich Logan Theodore Proctor Columbus Doctors Hospital Abraham Alice S. Proctor Timken Roller Bearing Co Wilma Marjorie Williams Claude Casselberry Fla Eva Brill Cleveland Leonard Funeral Home Mary Wahl Meldrim Cemetery Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home Merle Platner Chesterhill Cemetery

Laurel Cliff Social News Highlights From Local Families

Mrs. Pearl Parker reports visitors from Marion and Columbus including Ed Bauer Polly Ann and Polly Karr. Fritz Stahl and Norman Schaefer visited Charles Karr Sr and family. Lawrence Smith and Dan Smith visited Mount Carmel relatives. Cora Renshaw hosted Olin Rife from Columbus. Paul Archer stayed with Len and Charles Diehl. Lester Brookover spent a week with Sandy West Virginia relatives.

Pearl Parker Laurel Cliff Ed Bauer Polly Ann Marion Polly Karr Columbus Charles Karr Fritz Stahl New Marshfield Norman Schaefer Lawrence Smith Dan Smith Mount Carmel Olin Rife Cora Renshaw Paul Archer Len Diehl Charles Diehl Lester Brookover Sandy W. Va

Death Notices From Gallipolis Area Obituaries and Services

Death notices for Rev. Thomas S. Jones 71 Perry Two former WWII veteran and carpenter funeral 2 p m Walnut Methodist Church burial Neal Cemetery. Theodore Proctor 58 Columbus died Doctor s Hospital after illness survived wife daughter grandchildren burial Meldrim Cemetery. Charles O Gifford 88 Chesterhill longtime farmer burial Chesterhill Cemetery funeral Sunday 2 p m Faw cett Stone. Gerald Emrick 42 Logan draftsman Dayton Veterans Hospital after three-year illness services Monday 2 p m Oak Grove Cemetery.

Joppa Social Roundup Notes Nearby Visits

Eileen Brannon and Bill Kirkbride of Rio Grande join Jimmy Brannon of Mansfield for a weekend with Harold Brannon. Elizabeth Buchannan, a student nurse at St. Joseph Hospital, visits family including Mayford and Thelma Buchannan. Attendees at the Reed home include Vernon Reed and family, Gene Wilson, Marvin Barnhart, Vern Green, George Sellers, and Colman Windom. Harold Brannon and Eileen and Bill Kirkbride attend a YPMB meeting in Junction City.

C. Baker Joppa Eileen Brannon Bill Kirkbride Rio Grande Jimmy Brannon Mansfield Harold Brannon Elizabeth Buchannan St. Joseph Hospital Mayford Buchannan Buchannan Thelma Eagle Hobart Day Shade Winnie Bailey Vernon Reed Waldo George Reed Reed Gene Wilson Marvin Barnhart Vern Green George Sellers Colman Windom Tanner, W. Va Eileen YPMB Junction City

Spa's Days Numbered Harrogate Faces NHS Cut

Harrogate’s historic Royal Baths ailing as the National Health Service plans to stop funding spa treatments after March 31 1968. The NHS will redirect patients to hospital based services for rheumatic cases, leaving the town to decide next steps with a special committee. War debris also mars Micronesia island beaches.

Harrogate England Yorkshire National Health Service Health Service Royal Baths

Shawnee Elects Fire Department Officers for 1959

Shawnee volunteers elected new officers for the coming year. Fire chief is Harry Oppeman Jr with J D Gaddis as assistant chief and Fred Musick as captain. Lawrence Hatem liesutenant Roy Brown ing secretary treasurer Paul Stickhorn captain of the emergency squad. Burns Electric Co. owner Lawrence Burns was named field inspector and supervisor for the state. He will inspect wiring in nursing homes and other electrical units in the southeast district of Ohio, covering 22 counties with 220 rest homes, based at Nelsonville.

Catherine Hoy Shawnee Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department Harry Oppeman Jr J. D. Gaddis Fred Musick Lawrence Hatem Roy Browning Paul Stickhorn Lawrence Burns Burns Electric Co Ohio Burns Nelsonville

Cheshire Notes Social Gatherings and a 60th Wedding Anniversary

Mrs Bert Hern hosts visiting relatives from Jackson and Lancaster while guests from Akron stay with Mr and Mrs Hart Hood in Point Pleasant. Mr James R Rife visits Columbus and Betty Folger resumes work at Horn Restaurant after vacation. James Thomson and wife celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.

Bert Hern Cheshire Otto L. Hoffman Jackson G. F. Lee Mark David Akron Hart Hood Mary A James R. Rife Columbus Betty Osler Horn Restaurant James Thompson

Taylor Ridge Church Social Notes and Local Visits

The Taylor Ridge Church of Christ in Glouster hosted a Ladies Aid Society gathering at Mrs. Dixie Blower’s home with prizes awarded to Nancy Drake Murriel Drake Florence Chalfant Mary Tolliver and Bernice Smith. The June meeting will mark the anniversary at Mrs. Bertha Heffken’s home. Recent area visits include Capt Michael Eailey and family leaving for Omaha and other relatives visiting from Portsmouth Glouster Athens Amesville Carroll and Lancaster.

Dwight Smith Taylor Ridge Ladies Aid Society The Nancy Drake Murriel Drake Florence Chalfant Mary Tolliver Bernice Smith Bertha Heffken Bartels Michael Eailey Germany Omaha Neb Marilyn Dailey Jed Portsmouth Bessie West Glouster Debbie Blower Chauncey Lena Leake Ada McConkey Athens Richard Powell Sue Jeff Lancaster Taylor Ridge Church Robert Snyder Terri Lynn Lockbourne Air Force Base Basilmore Margaret Heffken Coshocton Fred Heffken Perry Chalfant Blaine Chalfant Carroll Ernest Chalfant Trimble Audrey Nagle Amesville Ronald Smith Trimble Two High School William Bulstrom Zanesville Bulstrom Marie Dyer Adamsville Walter Leffler Joe West Adem Quimm

Bootlegging Thrives After Prohibition in Kentucky Town

In Central City Kentucky the repeal of Prohibition did not end bootlegging. The county remains dry under local option and the Chamber of Commerce president denounces illicit liquor sales as a thriving bootlegging industry.

Central City Kentucky Chamber of Commerce

Zaleski Native Edith Eckleberry, 79, Dies in Indianapolis

Edith Nelson Eckleberry of Indianapolis, 79, wife of Orland Eckelberry and native of Zaleski, died. Several visitors stop by to see Miss Cleire James and others, including Lisle Diles, Lilith of Columbus, John Hayman of Crooksville, and Mrs. Rufus Thomas.

James McKibben Zaleski Edith Nelson Eckleberry Orland Eckelberry Indianapolis Lisle Diles Middleport Lilith Columbus Cleire James John Hayman Crooksville Rufus Thomas Emily Good Robert Martin Barberton Vista Tripp H. L. Atkinson Athens Son Merrill Logan, W. Va

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