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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1951
Page
10
Athens banquet honored Legion leader Commander Cocke and voiced calls for Acheson’s removal. The speech blamed economic and geopolitical failures on Leninist strategy, urged victory in Korea, and praised veterans’ benefits gains. Attendees included Ohio officials, editors, and ROTC leaders.
Florence May Moody aged 78 died at 1 a m Tuesday in Mount S Mary Hospital Nelsonville after a two year illness. She was the widow of Neeley Moody and survived by a sister Leota Wooley Athens three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A son Fred and daughter Helen preceded her in death. Funeral at Pisgah Church Thursday 1 pm by Rev John Devol. Burial Mountsville Cemetery. Friends may call at home near Ringgold.
Pvt. Victor L. Glancy 22 of Orbiston in the Third Armored Division has finished basic training at Fort Knox Ky and will travel to New Jersey then Germany. Pvt. Dick Garcia of Cleveland Texas base, son of Mrs Mirl Garcia formerly Mirl Bridget Check, is serving in the Air Force. Also mentions a Fel low Craft degree at Constitution Lodge 426 FAM and a real estate sale notice in Athens County Ohio with details of an auction and property descriptions.
A historical notice outlines how to place classified ads including blind ads limits payment methods and deadlines. It mandates using full box numbers for addresses and notes lines per column with six average words per line. It warns about cancellations and errors and lists payable items and deadlines for Sunday editions.
We extend thanks to friends and neighbors for acts of love and sympathy during illness and after the death of our father Ernest Loeffier. Special thanks to Rev Cole The Grange The New England Sunday School Dowler Ferguson and Hughes the singers and technicians and all who helped. We also appreciate the floral tributes to our loved one Jennie. Rollo and Kenneth.
Local ad lists moth spray products and cleaning agents with mentions of guaranteed performance and a phone number for inquiries. Includes references to upholstery cleaning and steam baths as relaxation items.
James Oliver Plants 61 died at 3 45 am at his home three miles east of here on the Kanawha River after several months illness. Born February 2 1890 in Mason County he was a carpenter and farmer. Survived by wife Thelma Barker Plants six sons Alfred James James Lawrence Samuel Pond Charles Carroll Dorsel and Daniel Richard at home two daughters Margaret Porter Huntington and Virginia Ann at home a sister Frances Lanier Galllis a brother Christopher Plants Medina Ohio and four grandchildren. He was a member of Vaught Memorial Church at Lock Pleven. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Concord Baptist Church with Rev C F Haney and Rev M M Malcolm. Burial at church cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm Tuesday.
May 2 AP report notes cattle calves hogs and sheep trading with uneven activity. Hogs steady to weak with light demand, weights near 160 to 225 pounds. cattle and calves mix of steady and lower bids, yearlings around 36 to 44 dollars, steers 34 to 35.50 with loads to packing, cows and bulls broadly 19 to 24. Poultry and potatoes listed with consumer grades and wholesale factors. figures fluctuate by grade and weight, with regional price ranges for butter and other farm products.
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