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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1955

Page

7

New Athens Residents Begin Official Service Roles

Three new residents assume duties in local service bodies this month. Robert V. Taylor becomes YMCA district field secretary, transferring from Cleveland YMCA after five years on staff. Joe C. Hawkins, field executive for the Boy Scouts, hails from Pennsboro West Virginia and comes from the National Training School for Scout Executives at Mendham New Jersey. Samuel S. Gilmore serves as Red Cross field representative, previously directing the unit at the Naval Air Center Patuxent Maryland.

Red Cross Naval Air Center Patuxent

Marriage License Records Mention Multiple Couples

A fragmented notice lists marriages in Indianapolis including Robert Shaw 22 of Jacksonville and Barbara Penrod 21 of Trimble along with John I. May 34 of Columbus and Imogene Six 31 of Athens Route 4, indicating license activity. The unreadable text suggests additional couples or details.

Robert Shaw Jacksonville Barbara Penrod Trimble John I. May Columbus Imogene Athens

World War I Veteran James R Rowland Dies in Indiana

World War I veteran James Roy Rowland aged 61 died Tuesday evening in Sheltering Arms Hospital after three weeks at Huntington Veterans Hospital. He served as a gas casualty in WWI. his two sons Samuel and Elmer were killed in action. Survived by wife Ethel Lowry Rowland and siblings across Indiana, Kansas, and Ohio. Funeral services set for Thursday at 7:30 pm at Jagers funeral home Indianapolis burial Friday.

James Roy Rowland Brown Ave Sheltering Arms Hospital Veterans Hospital Huntington Rowland Samuel Elmer Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled American Veterans The Moose Lodge Mr. Rowland Ethel Lowry Rowland Malta John Cincinnati Indianapolis Annabelle Lightner Goodland Kans Max Mabel Droege Evaneville Ind Nellees Jagers NL. Russell

City Adds Six New Homes in Year’s Total Reaches Forty-Seven

The service safety director notes six new residences bringing the city’s new-home total to 47 this year. Valuation totals rise to about 583,400 with several permits issued for remodeling and two new houses in the John-et Good-Rutherford subdivision and the Northwood-Columbia area.

Service-Safety Fred Johnson John-et son-Good-Rutherford Northwood Peter B. Sel Inc David

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