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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1967

Page

18

Eisenhower May Tour Far East After Vietnam Talks

Ike, 76, hinted at a Far East visit after discussing Vietnam with Gen Westmoreland. He said militarily Vietnam is improving but needs more tactical reserves. He called the war the nastiest and insisted we must win despite policy differences. He praised most antiwar demonstrators as misguided. He said he feels well after illness and received a good overall exam rating, though one part remains unfinished due to intestinal upset.

Vietnam William C. Westmoreland Westmoreland

Graduation Set June 1 At Laurelville High

Laurelville High plans its commencement for Thursday June 1 at 8 p.m. with baccalaureate services May 28 at 8 p.m. Dr. Arthur C. LaFollette of Ohio University will be guest speaker. Valedictorian and salutatorians include Catherine Reynolds Ruth Roth and Cheryl Schaal with a long list of graduating seniors.

Laurelville Laurelville High School Arthur C. LaFollette Ohio University Ruth Roth Lester Roth Logan Rt. 1 Cheryl Schaal Glen Schaal

Six Seniors To Get Bibles From Church

The First Christian Church in Nelsonville will honor six seniors this Sunday. The Rev. Thomas Stockdale will present Bibles to Mike Ennis Mark Mechem Vangie Burchfield Paul Lash Courtney Haning and Mike Brooker, provided by the Berean Men's Class.

Nelsonville First Christian Church Thomas Stockdale Mike Ennis Mark Mechem Vangie Burchfield Paul Lash Courtney Haning Mike Brooker Berean Men’s Class

Rio Grande humanities convocation features college choir

Rio Grande College hosts an 8 p.m. Sunday humanities convocation in Community Hall with music by the college choir and band and an art exhibit. John Lisle and Dave Anderson sing, Robert Bostwick plays trumpet, and The Ballad for Americans will be performed. John Graham chairs humanities, Dr. John Epling Gallia County prosecutor attends, and students Howard Hudson and Martha Music participate.

Rio Grande Rio Grande College John Lisle Dave Anderson Robert Bostwick America John Graham Division of Humanities John Epling Gallia County Howard Hudson Martha Music

Lightning Strikes McArthur Church Prompting Quick Fire Response

McArthur villagers reported a lightning strike on the McArthur Presbyterian Church around 10 30 am during a thunderstorm. Neighbors and bystanders saw smoke in the nave and basement as McArthur volunteers and an electrician inspected the site. Firemen remained on scene checking for hidden flames while the steeple and roof suffered damage. A second note records Garland Hawk of Carbon Hill being admitted to University Hospital Columbus with room 801.

Mcarthur G. C. Frye Wrightsel Nelsonville Garland Hawk Carbon Hill University Hospital Columbus

Nelsonville Tour Plan Altered for Papago Visit

A scheduling change for Papago Indians visiting Nelsonville on Saturday shifts tours to the forenoon after a phone report from Charles Pedigo. Chairman Raymond Foughty said the group preferred an afternoon for visiting and shopping, prompting the adjustment to the planned itinerary.

Nelsonville Raymond Foughty Charles Pedigo

Cook Rolls '7', Seagram Wins Price Hike

Ohio state liquor director Donald D. Cook announced approval of a Seagram price increase after prolonged negotiations. He said the extra 28 to 30 percent markup will fund education, with offsets in discounts to permit holders. Seagram items listed include Seven Crown Calvert Extra and Canadian VO with varied per fifth and per pint increases. The move follows other states’ acceptance and aims to balance consumer access with higher costs.

Columbus Ohio Donald D. Cook Seagram Distillers Seagram Cook Seven Crown Calvert Extra Four Roses Canadian VO Chivas Regal Department of Liquor Control Joseph E

Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes

Birth in Mount St Mary Hospital details a daughter for Mr and Mrs Earl Kitchen Jr Logan. Admitted list includes several individuals from Albany Nelsonville Glouster Haydenville and McArthur. Dismissals and transfers noted to Children’s Hospital Columbus. Royal Hartman and others listed. Nelsonville church dinner meeting May 26 at Ethel's Tea Room with Dr Richard Kelley speaking. Nelsonville High selling porch items. band concert start time moved to 8 pm due to a pony absence.

Earl Kitchen Jr Logan Jeffrey Adams New Straitsville Alice Stanley Albany Forrest B. Lent Nelsonville Otto E. Canter Glouster Lulu Burns McArthur Freda Matheny Haydenville First Christian Church Ethel’s Richard Kelley Xenia Cameron Brooker Charles Kerr

Area Death Notices Highlight Logan and Athens Losses

In Logan Route 1 Mrs. Eura E. Davis 91 died Thursday night at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. Survived by husband Joseph, son Ernest, 11 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. Heinlein Funeral Home Oak Grove Cemetery Logan. Also mourning Martha M. Bradbury 38 of Athens Route 3 Strouds Run who died Thursday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after two weeks illness. Funeral arrangements private until Sunday 2 p.m. at First Apostolic Church. burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery.{"background":"static"}

Logan Eura E. Davis Hocking Valley Community Hospital Joseph W. Davis Ernest S. Davis Matthias Harriet Coaltrap Smith Vinton County Fairview United Brethren Church Davis Heinlein Alfred Tripp McArthur Oak Grove Cemetery Athens Martha M. Bradbury Strouds Run Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens County First Apostolic Church Harry A. Bradbury Stephen Patton Homer Ellis Vivian Bosworth Dixie Fletcher Mary Jo Boggs Columbus Oden Ellis Max Ellis Paul Alden Pleasant Hill Cemetery Hughes Funeral Home

Mrs Phyllis Rosser Athens Resident Dies After Illness

Mrs Phyllis Rosser 57 of 140% West Union Street died Thursday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband Ernest three sons Donald Athens Rt. 4 Dennis Amesville Eugene Akron two daughters Sue Ann Collins Flushing Mich Carol Rosser five sisters Helen Bethel Athens Olive Welling Miamisburg Pauline Brown Akron Jane Beatty West Carrollton Alice Randolph Fairborn two brothers Otto Bethel Zanesville Orville Bethel Miamisburg and a niece Pam Bethel Athens seven grandchildren. A brother and sister preceded her in death. Services Sunday 2 pm at Pilgrim Holiness Church burial Maplewood Cemetery. Friends may call after Saturday noon at Jagers and Sons Funeral Home N Congress Street.

Athens Ernest Phyllis) Rosser Union St Sheltering Arms Hospital Donald Athens Rt. 4 Dennis Amesville Eugene Akron Sue Ann Collins Flushing Mich Carol Rosser Helen Bethel Olive Welling Miamisburg Pauline Brown Akron Jane Beatty West Carrollton Alice Randolph Fairborn Otto Bethel Zanesville Orville Bethel Pam Bethel Pilgrim Holiness Church Froman Gollihue Maplewood Cemetery Jagers and Sons Funeral Home N. Congress Street

Perry County Court Notes

Perry County court records list Michael R. Lacey facing charges of gross neglect extreme cruelty and wilful absence in a divorce action against Jacqueline Ann Lacey a minor of Charleston Spear. The couple married March 21 1966 and separated in 1966 after he left. Other items include marriage licenses issued to Walter E. Chalfant and Arlene R. Pargeon, to Terry L. Dupler and Pearl Crain, and realty transfers including A E Maxwell to A C and Minnie F Maxwell and various guardianships and property deeds in Crooksville Hopewell and Salt Lick townships.

Michael R. Lacey New Lexington Jacqueline Ann Lacey Charleston Spear Walter E. Chalfant Somerset Arlene R. Pargeon Terry Lee Dupler Chester F. Emch Hopewell Elsie George Crane Saltlick John Donna le Sea Sin

Servicemen News From Vietnam Unit Assignments

Pfc Thomas P Russell 19 son of Mr and Mrs Maurice A Russell Somerset assigned to the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Emmett M Spiers 22 son of Mrs Emmett J Spiers Thornville Route 3 promoted to Specialist Four in Vietnam with US Army Strategic Command. Seaman Apprentice Robert L Wolfe son of Mr and Mrs Ivan B Wolfe Athens is in Vietnam aboard USS Montrose anchored in Vung Tau Harbor. Fireman Stephen J Hamill son of Mr and Mrs John P Hamill Albany attends engineman school at USCG Training Center Groton Conn. Pvt Gregory T Hoffman son of Mr and Mrs Harry H Hoffman New Haven W Va assigned to US Army Training Center Armor. Robert A Marcinke son of Mr and Mrs Robert S Marcinke Tuppers Plains Route 7 promoted to airman first class at Loring AFB Maine. Pfc Ronald L Trainer 19 son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth V Trainer McArthur Route 2 arrived at Pleiku Vietnam base camp of the 4th Infantry Division. Trainer a 1965 Allensville High School graduate entered the Army in 1966 and was last stationed at Ft Gordon Ga. Staff Sgt William L Waugh 29 son of Fred Waugh Logan arrived at Pleiku base camp of the 4th Infantry Division. Sgt Waugh wife Mary lives at 3914 Franklin St Nelsonville. he entered the Army in 1958. Pfc Forrest J Farley 24 son of Mr and Mrs Watha Farley Ewington Route 1 arrived at Di An Vietnam base camp of the 1st Infantry Division. Farley wife Mary lives at 477 Garden Heights Columbus. he is a rifleman.

Thomas P. Russell Maurice A. Russel Somerset Vietnam Emmett M. Spiers Emmett J. Spiers Thornville U. S. Army Strategic Command Robert L. Wolfe Ivan B. Wolfe Charles St Athens Montrose Vung Tau Harbor Saigon Stephen J. Hamill John P. Hamill Albany U. S. Coast Guard Training Center Groton Gregory T. Hoffman Harry H. Hoffman New Haven W. Va 16Th Battalion U. S. Army Training Center, Armor Usatca Robert A. Marcinke Robert S. Marcinke Tuppers Plains U. S. Air Force Loring Afb Maine Army Ronald L. Trainer Kenneth V. Trainer McArthur Pleiku 4Th Infantry Division Trainer Allensville High School Ft. Gordon William L. Waugh Fred Waugh Church St Logan Waugh Mary Franklin St Nelsonville Forrest J. Farley Watha Farley Ewington di An Farley Garden Heights Columbus

Rev Sydney Browne Dies at 54 in Mexico City

The Rev Sydney James Browne 54 former area rector who led churches including Church of Good Shepherd Athens from 1946 to 1949 died Wednesday in American British Cowdray Hospital Mexico City He was born December 16 1912 in Belfast Ireland and served as Army chaplain in World War II earning two Purple Hearts Bronze Star and a Presidential Citation Funeral services were held in Mexico City with memorials planned for San Miguel de Allende Venice Florida and Fort Myers Florida He is survived by his wife two daughters and a son-in-law.

Mexico City Sydney James Browne Church of Good Shepherd Athens Mexico Belfast Northern Ireland United States Mount Hermon Mass Hobart College Episcopal Theological Seminary Cambridge All Angel’s Church Spearfish S. D St. James Belle Forche All Saints Newell S.D Hocking Valley Nelsonville Epiphany Church Logan St. Paul’s Church Episcopal Ohio University Diocese of Southern Mr. Browne Attleboro All Saints Church Wheaton College St. Marks Episcopal Church Venice Fla St. Hilarys Fort Myers Sarasota Diocese of Southern Florida Southern Florida Justine Kendall Price Browne Elliott Dayne Ann) Trommald Blairstown N. J Karen Jane Browne Roanoke Kirsten Kendall Irene Browne Clement Donnelly Harold Stead Rhode Island Christ Episcopal Church Bob Jones St. Paul’s Episcopal Church San Miguel de Allende St. Marks St.Mark’s Episcopal Church

Planning Under Way For Queen's Contest

Nelsonville prepares for the 1967 Miss Parade of the Hills Queens Contest with co chairs Mrs. Lillian Haffner and Mrs. Mary V. Linscott. A 300 dollar scholarship or 250 dollar savings bond awaits two entrants from each community. age 16 to 21, unmarried, with personality as a key criterion.

Nelsonville Hocking Valley Lillian Haffner Mary V. Linscott United States Mary Lee Kalklesch Logan Linda Kay Parsons Corning Shirley Kern Deborah Baker

Hocking Valley Hospital Births Report List

Mr. and Mrs. David Bauman Logan Route 4 welcome a son. Mrs Alma Ruth Brown Logan Route 4 Kenneth L. Bickel Laurelville Route 1. Mrs Edith Ellison Logan Mrs Charles Chaffen Logan Tim Kilbarger Rockbridge Miss Donna Elaine Braun Logan Clarence E Lehman Haydenville Miss Mary B Robinson Mrs Louise Miller Francis F Kuhn.

Hocking Valley Community Hospital David Bauman Logan Alma Ruth Brown Kenneth L. Bickel Laurelville Edith Ellison Charles Chaffen Tim Kilbarger Rockbridge Donna Elaine Braun Clarence E. Lehman Haydenville Mary B. Robinson Louise Miller Francis F. Kuhn

Ohio grain prices and probate request noted in Logan County

Ohio Department of Agriculture cash grain prices show No 2 red wheat mostly 1.47 to 1.49 per bushel No 2 yellow corn mostly 1.21 to 1.25 No 2 oats 68 to 70 cents and No 1 soybeans 2.66 to 2.68. Logan County Probate Judge Rhea Bangert Brown applied to the county commissioners for expenses to attend the national meeting of the Association of Juvenile Court Judges in Fort Lauderdale Florida in June.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Dept. of Agricash LOGAN Rhea Bangert Brown Hocking County The Association of Juvenile Court Judges Fort Lauderdale Fla

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ike Eisenhower Laurelville High Sharon Kay Beil Cathy J. Brown Belinda Lee Cox Georgia M. Dennis Elnora F. Diebennett Janet Sue Ebert Janice Anita Haynes Brenda Sue Huffman Donne Jean Hunter Rebecca McClelland Catherine Eileen Molds Alice Jean Robinson Carlotte Eileen Robinson Ruth Eileer Roth Chevyl Marlene Schoal Regay Ana Shoeffer Hope Ellen Stewart Deborah Low Wagner Merlek Catherine Williams Robert Gary Ash Teddy Leedels Muda Seagram Co Messenger Pde Valley Forge the Messenger Athens, Ohio Mount St. Mary Hospital Charles Stover Kenneth Riley Kara Reeves Melissa Spencer Children’s Hospital Royal Hartman Ida M. Conley Irene Williams Nelsonville High School Mary Jane McKinely Mrs Martha Bradbury Phyllis Rosser Perry County Rev Sydney Browne Sondra Hoce Dianne Hoff Deloris Nixon Mary Dewhurst Marguerite Stage Jean Whitlatch Martha Friedrich Leota Barrows Phyllis May Marilyn Shanklin Kate Mechem Jean Gilliland
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