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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1968
Page
7
The article extols Thanksgiving as a time to express gratitude for democratic rights and national strength. It honors service members in Korea Vietnam and Europe and acknowledges families who have sacrificed loved ones for freedom while urging awareness of those in distress and turmoil.
Chester residents note visits from Charles Deem and Arlie Marks with Tina Marks, and Lucille Smith staying with sister Mrs John Reuter in Akron. Rollin Hawk moved to Five Points from the C N Jones property. Vernon Cleland discharged at Ft Eustis and spent a week in Florida. James Chadwell enlisted in the Navy.
The Club 64 met at Mrs Susan Phoenixs home with Mrs Phoen ix and Mrs Bess Davis hosting a dinner. Dwight Baker and wife plan to spend winter in Brownsville Texas. Rev R L Malcomb becomes minister at Shawnee New Straitsville United Methodist Church. Ralph Wallace and Marguerite Spicer visit relatives in Baltimore and Columbus. Bridges data notes top 2024 traffic figures for George Washington Triborough and Bay Bridges. Gulf Stream naming myth debunked tracing water origins to the Caribbean.
Alexander High School will start an out of school training program in vocational agriculture for 1968 69. The program, coordinated by John Hamill, begins Wednesday night December 18 and runs bi monthly on Wednesdays for seven months. Participants may attend any session. for more information call Hamill at Alexander High in Albany 698 2241.
Brandeis biochemist Dr. W Farnsworth Loomis argues science and technology bolster belief in God and the Bible in his new book The God Within published by October House. In Ohio notes, Jim Hawkins of Springfield is discharged after brain surgery in Columbus following a head injury. He and his family visited relatives there and at home, with others from Belpre and Pomeroy visiting Springfield and Columbus.
Garnet Russell Porter-Wayne Swick has returned to his home following hospitalization in Huntington. Mrs. Ralph Coburn of Huntington visited her mother, Mrs. G. W. Gullett.
Robert V. Cassells of Nelsonville says he has been cleared of all charges in Cincinnati related to breaking and entering and auto larceny. He was detained by Logan police and then turned over to Springfield authorities, who learned the store owner misidentified him. Cassells noted he and a companion were in Cincinnati the night of the incidents and his car later failed. Firemen were summoned to a separate Middleport alarm at Story's Run Residence of Ray Fife. Fife admitted to Holzer Medical Center as a patient.
Guiding Star Council 124 Daughters of America at Cherry Street hall elected Ada Slack as junior past councilor Leola Enoch associate junior past councilor Eileen Clark as counselor Pauline Morarity associate councilor Jean Hall vice councilor Thelma Greuser associate vice councilor Edith Hood conductor Kathryn Johnson warden Myla Hudson inside sentinel Jane Lawson outside sentinel Trustees named Margaret Eichinger 18 months Myla Hudson 12 months Pauline Morarity six months A potluck December 12 meeting and a 16th anniversary observed Gifts and committees named for decorat ing planning and program Refreshments served and birthdays of Mrs Clark Mrs Eichinger and Florance Potts noted.
Vinton notes show the Vinton Friendship Garden Club meeting at Mrs. Pearl George's home with 11 members and 5 guests in attendance. Also referenced are visits among local residents including Mrs. Harold Cott rill of Langsville spending a night with her mother.
The Past Matron's Club of Evangeline Chapter 172 of the Order of Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple in Middleport. Virginia Neutzling and Emma Clatworthy hosted. Members planned gifts for Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center patients and noted gift- wrapping due by December 8.
Members of the Ladies Aid of the United Methodist Church held a birthday dinner at the recent meeting in the home of Mrs. Helen Dame good. Those having birthdays were Mrs. Lara Crooks, Mrs. Christena Grimm and Mrs. Margaret Eichinger.
Dr. C S Baldwin superintendent of the Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital spoke to the Rotary Club at Ethels Tea Room about early experiences as a physician. President Jim Parsons introduced visiting Rotarians Albert Seabright and George Utley and guest David Crane from Tri-County Technical Institute.
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