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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1952
Page
3
In Indianapolis an 85 year old man, Fred Parker, says someone stole a paper sack of money he tied to his artificial left leg before he went to sleep in a rooming house.
Rochester Ohio residents Mr. and Mrs. George Ward visited relatives here while Mr. Ray Riggs and Billy Young planned a Western states trip. Colleagues and relatives from Toledo Cleveland Columbus and Liverpool gathered at local homes as Mrs. Linnie Adams and others branched out. Beginning Sunday September 7 the Methodist Church will hold evening services every two weeks instead of mornings.
An administrator’s account shows receipts of 2055.45 for Patrick T. Crowe’s estate while sales to pay debts are sought for Lucinda Uhing’s estate. Final accounts report 18118.51 in Vernon W. Boley’s estate. other divorces include Blosser, Sorrel, Skeens, and Taylor cases with custody, support, and alimony notes. Marriage licenses and realty transfers also listed across New Lexington and surrounding townships.
Community updates show Rev. L R Poole leading the last evening service at Reedsville Methodist Church before January. Visitors include Geneva Nolan and Ruth Waggoner with several relatives, while residents travel to Niagara Falls New York City Cleveland and Tulsa. An auction in Centralia Illinois nets five dollars for a two story brick Smithton school built in 1888, with removal required in 45 days.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives during weekend trips across Ohio towns. Corporal Jerald Lewis traveled from Camp Chaffee to Camp Atterbury en route, while others stayed with families in Columbus Painesville Willoughby and Akron. A Naomi Class auction was moved from Sept. 12 to Friday in front of Clover Farm Store.
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