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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
6
Chauncey issued federal relief commodities to 1178 residents in a recent distribution. Mayor W D Hines and Marshal Alva Karns led volunteers in distributing 7300 pounds of potatoes 3210 pounds of corn meal 3520 pounds of pears 1800 pounds of pears 1628 pounds of prunes 1575 pounds of rice 1594 pounds of raisins and 1515 pounds of pork.
Mrs Carrie Chan nell entertained at dinner for Mr and Mrs Arthur Finney of Springfield. They visited Mr and Mrs Ervin Finney and stayed with Mr and Mrs Elmer West near Chauncey. The Finneys are en route to Adrian Michigan for a visit.
Chauncey Mazon Council and the Degree of Pocahontas announce a benefit party at the Millfield D of P Hall Friday October 25 at 7 30 p m. Proceeds support lodge activities and community service projects. Event features a program and refreshments.
Dr. Kenneth Nye and family spent a weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nye in Chauncey before departing Monday for Tullahoma Tennessee where he will practice osteopathy. Diane and Kenneth II remained with grandparents since May. Also visiting were Mrs. Nye’s brother and sister Mr. and Mrs. H W Fritts of Easton Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Nye returned to Wyoming after visiting Chauncey. Mary Nye attended Ohio University homecoming for her son Robert who is a student there.
Albany Grange meets Saturday October 26 with degree work for a class of candidates. Members are asked to bring fruit salad cookies or sandwiches. The group also sponsors a Halloween party later and notes the common white potato belongs to the Solanum tuberosum family with 1200 known varieties.
A. E. Potter and son Boyd hosted neighbors as men with tractors and wheat drills prepared ground and sowed 17 acres. Several local households visited for Sunday dinners or illnesses, including Sam Crossen and families from Zaleski The Plains New Marshfield Chauncey and Latham.
Ramsey, a Washington resident and newspaper correspondent, spoke to Washington high school students in the morning and to the full faculty at 4 p.m. at Gallia Pol is Washington Auditorium last night, drawing a comfortable crowd of listeners.
Miss Frances Harlow, first woman in Rio Grande College's student aviation class, solos at the local airport. She also teaches commercial subjects at the college.
Chauncey social items note Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Muzio Millfield at a Gulf Refining Co. dinner in Athens. Lucy Ann Muzio has recovered from mumps. The Plains visits include Mrs. Rebecca Harrison and others. Chauncey to meet The Plains in a Friday basketball game at 3:30 p m.
The Rev Gilbert Courtney of the Church of Christ officiated at the funeral of William Ray age 60 a former Glouster resident who died at his home in Uniontown Pennsylvania. The body was brought to Wallace Funeral Home for services and burial in Glouster cemetery.
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