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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1953
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Howard Nolan left Tuesday for Columbus to attend the Ohio State Fair. They were accompanied by Miss Ada Hosking and Miss Mary Dye who will model in the style revue at the fair on Wednesday afternoon.
A Lean Moore family reunion was held at Portland Park with a picnic dinner. Attendees included multiple Moore households from Pomeroy Syracuse Minersville and guests. Phillip Collins sustained a fractured arm from a fall at the rink.
The Pomeroy Garden Club will meet at Mrs. Lydia Ebersbach’s home on September 14 instead of September 7 due to the Labor Day holiday, an announcement said.
Eight guests joined thirty attendees at a Federated Church skating party in Point Pleasant. Drivers arriving with guests were noted among the attendees, outlining transportation to the event.
Sunday at the summer cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Whitehead in Reedsville hosted a group including Mr. and Mrs. Denver Weber of Toledo and Grace Pickens. Mr. and Mrs. William Meredith and sons Chuckie and Roger of Glenshaw. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sauer of Middletown. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Pickens of Reedsville. and the hosts plus daughter Jeanie.
Mr. and Mrs. Bur Ashley return to Delaware Ohio after a visit with Ralph D Ash ley and daughter Jeane at Letart Falls. They wed August 15 in Lebanon Missouri and stop here en route to.Delaware where he will join the Forestry Service.
Pomeroy April Shasteen spoke on What Makes Me Want to be a Christian at the Federated Church youth gathering. The session at 6 p.m. Sunday was supervised by Reverend Dale H. Ratliff.
Local residents and relatives from Columbus Letart Falls Pomeroy Uhrichsville Parkersburg and Cincinnati are cited in a round of visits and trips. Mr and Mrs Carl Bilikam and party toured the West including Washington State Salt Lake and Denver. Marilyn Grueser plans a Florida vacation with relatives. Other stops include Parkersburg Morgantown and Cincinnati for family events.
Bokar leaves Wednesday for Columbus to attend the Ohio State Fair and an evening showing. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Custer were in Columbus Saturday for the fair. Several relatives visit Holzer Hospital patient Mrs. Maxine Arnold in Gallipolis and assist at home. Families name travels between Mason West Virginia Breezy Heights and Minersville.
Ethel M. Martin filed for divorce from Joseph E. Martin in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday charging extreme cruelty. She also asks to resume her maiden name Ethel M. Bush.
B and B taxicabs operator Russell Bailey moves offices from headquarters to the Lyons Pool Room front office in Middleport. The former taxi office location from years ago is noted as the new site for the business.
B and B cabs will be equipped with The Athens Miro’s Gms 7 radios to improve dispatch efficiency and service speed. The move is scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, September 2, 1962.
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