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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1950
Page
9
Chauncey garden club members will be entertained Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Mildred Pendergrass Jacobs Avenue with a social program and refreshments.
Ninety one-year-old William A. Glenn of Columbus and a Vinton native observed his birthday at his son Wallace Glenn’s summer cottage near Hockingport. About 65 relatives attended as Glenn, a retired railroader, remained mentally keen. He was born May 23, 1859 and spent most of his life in Vinton and Gallipolis.
Miss Elva Cooper counsels Plains group at Wayne Kerns home detailing garden record keeping. Members received program books and a flower seed exchange with Patsy Bryan Sue Daugherty Millard Bryan Ava Kettle Ralph Kettle Jean Tipton Jimmy See Bernita See among attendees.
Mr and Mrs Frank Cunningham announce the birth of a daughter on May 24 at McClelland Hospital Xenia named Mary Florence Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert Beckler Kimberly and Mr and Mrs B B Cunningham Detroit
Ad promises rapid soothing of itchy raw skin including eczema chafing rashes and pimples. Claims Resinel ointment calms irritation and improves skin condition quickly with home use and immediate relief.
Nelsonville High School Alumni Association announces ticket sales for the annual reunion and banquet. Tickets are available at Fred R Beasley Inc Cookson Clothing Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co office Kuhns Clothing Ohlinger Wolf or from committee members James Knight George Barrows Mary Sharp Ben Adamson Elsie Wolfe Joe Galvin Jack Wilson. The banquet occurs Friday June 2 at 6 p m in the Christian Church social rooms followed by a dance at the Elks Hall from 9 to 1.
Alfred Guthrie and family attended a spring concert in Columbus where their daughter Maxine Guthrie participates in the Women’s Chorus. Other locals visited relatives and attended funerals as listed, including Norma Jean and Bobby Robinson and Bernard Sturm.
In Pike Circuit Court on Wednesday a jury acquitted Lon Moses of murder in the June 27 slaying of 17 year old Muriel Baldridge in Prestonsburg Kentucky.
NELSONVILLE Semester examinations run all week and conclude today as teachers plan promotions Friday. Commencement week begins with a baccalaureate service Sunday at the high school. Memorial Day holiday May 30 suspends classes. school resumes Wednesday. Commencement is June 1 at 8 p.m. and the alumni banquet and dance follow June 2.
Mr and Mrs Leo Paquette and son Tommy of Springfield Ohio and Mrs Ruth Warner The Plains were in Chauncey as guests of Mr and Mrs Roger Boling and son Richard 29 Mill St They attended Chauncey Dover commencement exercises Richard Boling a member of the graduating class.
Greens Run Church of Christ plans Family Night Friday at 5 30 p.m. with a program and pot luck dinner. A reception for new members will follow, with Richard Wilcox in charge.
Mrs. Minnie McKee of Columbus visits Chauncey to see her son Ancil McKee and daughter in law and their son Ancil Jr. She also visits daughter Darlene Agin and granddaughter Nellie at 7 High Street.
An old advertisement promotes FASTEETH denture powder asserting it keeps plates firmer and more comfortable. It claims no gummy taste or nausea and that it is alkaline and helps control denture odor. Available at drug stores.
At Sunday services the Millfield Church of Christ presented Bibles to Chauncey Dover graduates Bob Sanders and Tom Border. Four former graduates Violet Theisen Carolyn Hillen Barbara Willis and Richard Mingus also received Bibles. The pastor Richard Wilcox conducted the presentation.
The state Church of Christ convention was held this week at the First Christian Church in Canton. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Courtney of Chauncey, Richard Wilcox and his mother, Myrtle Wilcox, Edith McDaniel, Etta Hart, Garnet Blower, and Olive Brookins of Millfield.
Trimble Grange observed Church Night at the Grange hall Sunday night. Richard Wilcox of Milfield Church of Christ spoke. The Parish Junior choir from Chauncey Millfield Trimble and Green's Run Churches of Christ sang.
Mr and Mrs George Moyer announce the birth of a daughter at their home in Barberton Ohio. They are former Greens Run residents. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Hanley of Greens Run.
Mrs Dorothy Cunningham wife of Hollis Cunningham Chauncey is in Osteopathic hospital Marietta for surgery today.
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