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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1948
Page
2
Robert Simpson of Dayton spent the weekend in Chauncey visiting his mother Mrs Myrtle Simpson and sisters Miss Lois Simpson and Miss Ruth Simpson of High Street. The note mentions that friction matches were first made in England in 1827.
Weekly cottage prayer meeting of the Morristown Oliness Church will be held in Chauncey at the home of Mrs. Mabel Hiles on High Street with Mrs. Andrew McKinney as leader. Also notes that brick was first made in Virginia in 1612.
The body of Staff Sergeant Kenneth Joe Stalder 26 killed in Germany was returned to Chauncey for funeral services and burial. He is survived by Mila and Grace Stalder, two sisters Mrs Tribe and Dorothy, and three brothers. Funeral at First Christian Church Athens on Sunday at 2 p.m. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery Athens.
Doris Fierbaugh Cordray is reported to be satisfactorily recovering from major surgery at Grant Hospital in Columbus. Her mother Angie Fierbaugh and sister-in-law Helen Fierbaugh of Truetown visited her recently.
When kidney function falters toxins remain in the blood causing backache pains low energy and nighttime swelling. Doan's Pills are a stimulant diuretic used for over 60 years to help flush waste from kidney tubes and provide relief.
Chauncey Pilgrim Holiness Church members gathered in Logan for the Pilgrim Holiness Church Zone Rally. There were 231 total in attendance with N L Russell presiding and Harry Dickerson leading devotions. Special music featured choirs from Nelsonville Bethel New Marshfield and Logan. New Marshfield won the attendance banner with 37 attendees. The next rally will be at Nelsonville Pilgrim Holiness Church.
Funeral services for Roy Lewis aged 27 will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the First Christian Church Chauncey. He died Tuesday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after surgery. The service will be conducted by Pastor Gilbert Courtney. Friends may call at the parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Lewis, corner Converse and Lexington Chauncey.
Chauncey-W Davis superintendent of Chauncey-Dover schools will travel to Columbus Saturday for an executive committee meeting of the State Exempted Village Superintendent Association. The tentative district reorganization plan and the general legislative program of the Ohio Education Association will be considered.
Chauncey reports Mrs Bess Bradfield Mutchmore. Logan, who has been visiting in Pasadena, California, is now in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a three week visit with Will and Lily Hughes, formerly of Logan, before returning home.
Chauncey choir rehearsal at Millfield Church of Christ Thursday 6 30 p m followed by Bible study at 7 30 p m Womens Council meets Friday 7 30 p m at the church
Representative Jenkins and State Highway Inspector Abele visited Bert Baker at his home with a large group from Huntington Gallipolis and Proctorville. The page also notes a U S Branch Atlas Assurance Company certificate of compliance and financial figures for 1947 from Columbus Ohio Inspector W Lee Shield.
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