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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1973

Page

5

Saunders life marked by service and family ties

Mercerville James Everett Saunders 76 died in Huntington Veterans Hospital after 10 months of ill health. A Gallia County native and World War I Army veteran, he was a retired Mercerville grocer and longtime educator. Surviving wife Helen and six children plus siblings and grandchildren. Burial with Legion rites at Ridgelawn Cemetery.

Mercerville James Everett Saunders Veterans Hospital Huntington Gallia County James Monroe Rebecca Sheets Saunders Siloam Baptist Church Gallia

POMEROY Infant Jeffrey White Graveside Rites Held

Jeffrey Allen White one day old son of William Edward and Carolyn Parker White of Pomeroy Route 3 died Thursday at Pleasant Valley Hospital Point Pleasant. Graveside services were held Friday at Chester Cemetery at 3 p.m. Survivors include Diana Lynn White sister and extended family. arrangements by Ewing Funeral Home.

Pomeroy Jeffrey Allen White William Edward Carolyn Parker White Chester Pleasant Valley Hospital Point Pleasant Diana Lynn White Thomas L. White Long Bottom Robert L. White Mary Carr Coolville Ray F. Parker Pomeroy Route 3 Maggie Rosencrance The Ewing Funeral Home

Athens League of Women Voters to Present Candidates and Issues

The Athens League of Women Voters hosts a broadcast meeting Sunday at 7 30 p m on WOUB TV channels 20 and 2 and WOUB AM. Viewers can call in or attend in Studio A to question candidates for city council treasurer and city school board and learn about state constitutional issues levies and zoning. Moderators are Karen Harvey and Carolyn Murphree with John Harnack as producer.

Athens League of Women Voters Woub-Tv Woub-Am Radio-Tv College Street League Athens Karen Harvey Carolyn Murphree John Harnack

Shade PTA Square Dance at Shade School Gym

The Shade PTA sponsors a square dance at the Shade School gym Saturday night from 9 p.m. to midnight with Frog Stack and the Greenhorns providing music. Admission is $1.50 for adults, $1 for students, and free for children under 12. Refreshments will be sold.

Shade — the Shade Pta Shade School Frog Stack The Greenhorns

Glouster Man Sentenced for Probation Revocation

Delbert Skinner Jr of Glouster was sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory after probation was revoked in Athens County Common Pleas Court for failing to be a law abiding citizen. He pleaded guilty to concealing stolen property and had been released earlier this year. Prosecutor Michael Nolan said Skinner faced several misdemeanors in Glouster mayor's Court since his release.

Delbert Skinner Jr Glouster Mansfield Reformatory Athens County

O'Bleness Hospital Birth Announcements Highlight Local Families

A string of birth notices from O'Bleness Memorial Hospital lists new sons to families across Athens, Nelsonville, The Plains, and nearby towns. Names include Mr and Mrs Kenneth Perry, Nelsonville, and Mr and Mrs Joseph Gallagher, The Plains, among others.

Kenneth Perry the Plains Joseph Gallagher Nelsonville Daniel Almashy Athens

Party for Former Members at VFW Post Saturday

Nelsonville event for former Nelsonville Motorcycle Club members starts Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on Lake Hope Drive with guests and live music. New Haven hosts a Gospel Sing Sunday evening at 7 30 p.m. featuring the Eevee Quartet from Oak ail.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Motor Cycle Club Veterans of Foreign Wars Lake Hope Drive New Haven First Church of God In

Marie Dearth and Robert Evans Jr. Listed in Dismissal

The notice from Hocking Valley Community Hospital states that Mrs. Marie Dearth and her son Master Robert Evans Jr. have been dismissed from the hospital’s patient roster. The document lists their names in the discharge section.

Hocking Valley Community Hospital Marie Dearth Robert Evans, Jr

Burr McArthur 80 dies in Arcadia Nursing Home

McArthur Route 2 resident McArthur Edwin Burr aged 80 died Thursday afternoon at Arcadia Nursing Home in Ilesboro. He was born in Vinton County to Alvin and Flora Burr, a retired Dayton Board of Education purchasing agent, and a member of East Gate Lodge 603 F&AM Temple Chapter 155 Royal Arch Masons and the Central Church of Christ in Dayton. Survived by daughter Anna M Cassill Burr, granddaughter Henry E Burr, four brothers Clifford Fred Alfred William, and sister Mrs Zella Ouser. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at James N Blower Funeral Home, with burial in Shilo Cemetery Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

McArthur Francis Edwin Burr Arcadia Nursing Home Ilesboro Vinton County Alvin Flora Nicol Burr Dayton Board of Education East Gate Lodge F&am Temple Chapter Royal Arch Masons Central Church of Christ In Dayton Anna M. Cassill Burr M. Genevive Burr Chillicothe Henry E. Burr Palo Alto Calif Clifford Greenfield Fred Washington Court House Alfred Jeffersonville William Granville Zella Ouser Wellston James N. Blower Jerry Griffith Shilo Cemetery

Mount St Mary Hospital Notes Local Residents

Mount St Mary Hospital notes William Wintersteen and Linda Edwards of Glouster, Master Tom my Dicken and Nelsonville, Master Randy Decker of Murray City, William Rife and Mrs Norma Bartlett of Albany.

William Wintersteen Linda Edwards Glouster Tommy Dicken Nelsonville Randy Decker Murray City William Rife Norma Bartlett Albany

Transfer List Includes Multiple Names

A notice lists Mrs Rose Millican Mrs Viola Six Mrs Elizabeth Stanley Samuel Gordon Mrs Mary Pollock Mrs Beulah Foreman and Clarence Campbell as transferred to new assignments or locations per the latest personnel update.

Rose Millican Viola Six Elizabeth Stanley Samuel Gordon Mary Pollock Beulah Foreman Clarence Campbell Veterans Hospital Huntington

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