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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1926
Page
8
De Gruster Nov 13 officers of the American Legion will be installed at Frank McCann Post at the club rooms on High Street next Tuesday evening at 7 30 o'clock. Major S M Johnson of Athens will be among the speakers. All Legionnaires and their wives, mothers and sisters are invited, with a special invitation to the Ladies Auxiliary. Refreshments will be served.
In Glouster on November 18 three Redtown citizens appeared before Justice M. H. Christman of Trimble. Walter Wisecup and Andy Thompson pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and were fined one dollar and costs each. Joe Windle pleaded guilty to drunkenness and fined five dollars and costs. Arrests followed a 3:30 a.m. call from Redget to town. Fred Worden of Trimble suffered a fractured right wrist from a motor backfire while cranking at mine 267, not an employee of Ohio Collieries.
Fragmentary notice in Urdu hints at an obituary or memorial in the Apt area. Readable items mention a person of interest and a locality, but details are incomplete.
Feeble OCR fragment hints at a sports item with names and results, but readable details are limited. The text suggests a heat event and varied outcomes, yet essential entities and scores are missing, making precise reconstruction impossible.
Mrs Hodney Reeves nee Gladys McHarg of Chauncy dies from muscular rheumatism. Funeral at Turst Christina church Nelsonville this afternoon, burial in Greenlawn cemetery. She leaves husband J N McHarg and two children Janet and Joe, plus parents and four sisters. grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Fiske in The Plains. Her family includes a Plains resident and a brother killed in World War.
The Plains PTA regular meeting will be held next Wednesday evening in the auditorium of The Plains grade building. Mrs Robert Graves will lead the business session and a speaker is arranged. Pupils from the grades will present a program. All parents and patrons of the schools are invited.
Funeral services for Thurston Matheny, a former Plains resident who died at Athens hospital, were held Friday morning at The Plains Church conducted by Rev. J. P. Day. Burial followed in The Plains cemetery. He leaves a wife and sister, plus two brothers in The Plains area. The funeral party came from Nelsonville. Chauncey road work moves forward as crews build from Garver farm to Wemmer farm north of Millfield. completion date not yet set.
Mrs Chloe McKee dies at The Plains after a year of illness. Funeral services set for Sunday morning at The Plains home of Mr and Mrs James Starley with Blackwell-Lawson style rites. Local church Ladies Aid met all day Wednesday with members listed and guests in attendance.
A_junior class event at The Plains high school honored Miss Myrtle West who left Friday for her home in Chillicothe. The candlelight or bon-jonet was hosted by junior members including Myrtle West Dessie Daley Bud Cone and Helene Laverty with class members Frances Hamer Neva Hawk Beulah Hawk Thelma Nida Opal Hale Captain Whitstone Stella Gabrieaeons Charmy Willow Dartea.
Local fragments report guests at Miss Ruth Powell home in Nelsonville and at Miss Phillipowell in Miss Stayler Ridge. Mentions Pearl Henry Milith’d, Ruth Racer, Marcella Dow and a guest list amid Millfield life with talk of nourishing qualities and new meat additions to pemmican. Includes brief notes on deliveries, Navy service, and travels from Philadelphia to Nome Alaska.
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