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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1956

Page

9

Michigan Couple Plans Luxury Six Month Yacht Cruise

Mr and Mrs William A Engel of Adrian Michigan depart Toledo Yacht Club on a six month cruise aboard a thirty foot yacht. The pair plan coastal routes toward the West Indies with television in cabin rooms and wall to wall carpeting. Engel pilots the craft while Adolph Bierline serves as crew. They aim to reach several legs of the voyage and expect to be away until April while hoping the trip beats winter.

William A. Engel Toledo Yacht Club Michigan Toledo Wil West Indies Coast Guard Adrian Mich Adolph Bierline Engel

State of Nation and Local Figures Mixed in Murky OCR

A fragmentary newspaper item lists scattered phrases about maps and rivers, then shifts to Engel owning the Oro Manufacturing Co with plants in Adrian and St. Marys Ohio. It mentions Trimble family members visiting in Washington DC and Mrs. Miner in Walter Reed Hospital after ill health while abroad, with incomplete phrasing and broken names.

Chicago Illinois River Gulf of Mexico Engel Oro Manufacturing Co Adrian St. Mary's Ohio

Homecoming at Pratts Fork draws large crowd

A large turnout attended the Pratts Fork homecoming with a basket dinner and program speakers including the Rev. Earl Cowan Carlton and the Rev. Miller Shade. Vernon Sloan of Athens and Shelia Ashcraft of Columbus were present, while Mrs Archie Dorst of Coolville visited her parents and Miss Mattie Mae Whaley recuperating from surgery also called on relatives. Lulu Bell Durst spent time with Evelyn and Mattie Mae Whaley.

Pratts Fork Earl Cowan Carlton Miller Shade Vernon Sloan Athens Shelia Ashcraft Columbus Archie Dorst Coolville D. A. Whaley Mattie Mae Whaley Kate Sinclair Miss Whaley Anna Gillen Guysville Harley Whaley Lulu Bell Durst Evelyn and

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