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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1961

Page

5

Suburb May Oust Kenyan Woman In Housing Dispute

In Grandview Heights a Kenyan mother Elizabeth Masingila and her five month old child reside with Mr and Mrs Gierman while her husband attends school The city cites zoning violations but church leaders and the family insist the issue is not race and vow to contest any eviction The Boulevard Presbyterian Church aided foreign students and refugee families in the past adding support for the family from the clergy and community.

Columbus —Jp Grandview Heights Elizabeth Masingili Paul Gierman Grandview Giermans E. Bert Bonte Boulevard Church Maxson

Club Holds First Fall Meeting in Trimble Township

GLOUSTER Trimble Township Home Demonstration Club held its first fall meeting at the home of Mrs. Lavada White in Trimble. New president Mrs. Eva Zimmer led the session with a devotional by Mrs. Louis Jewell and prayers. Members discussed future meeting dates and reviewed programs. Guests included County Extension Agent Mrs. Florence McBride and local members.

Ship Home Demonstration Club Lavada White Trimble Eva Zimmer Louis Jewell Donna Russell Broad Street Florence McBride Home Economics Athens Boudinot Deem Evelyn Meurer

Turner Rites Saturday for Mrs Viola Turner

Funeral services for Mrs. Viola Turner who died Wednesday evening will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev. John Minsker officiating. Burial will be at Green Lawn. Friends may call at the family residence 649 Chestnut St. at any time.

Nelsonville Viola Turner Pilgrim Holiness Church John Minsker Green Lawn Chestnut St

Hemlock Social Notes Span Week of Local Visitors

Fairborn residents Mr. and Mrs. Bull Davis and Leslie and Ervin Wright spent a week end with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis. Thursday guests were Mr. and Mrs. Tom George and daughter of Fairborn. Friday visitors were Mrs. Jennie Tom, Columbus, and Mrs. Edna Tom and grandchildren, Perrysville. William Murray, former Congo residents, is a surgical patient at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus.

Hemlock Bull Davis Leslie Ervin Wright Fairborn Charles Davis Tom George Jennie Tom Columbus Edna Tom Perrysville John Francis William Seaman Shawnee John Powell Walter Dennis W. C. Berry Somerset J. A. Flowers Nial Dennis Dillard Higgins Mere Lake N. J W. A. Eayle Lancaster David Hel Nt and Sons Wirs Ketchan Corning Congo Helmuths New York City New Straitsville Richard Lanning Eleanor Congus Cleveland Isablle Murray Mary Jane George Higgins Vance Beachville Congus William Murray Mt. Carmel Hospital

Eastern High Vault Entry I: Seventh Break-In In Four Years

CHESTER Eastern High School in Meigs County was broken into overnight Friday for the seventh time in four years. Entry came by smashing a rear door glass and a ventilator was removed from a door bottom. Investigators reported cement blocks removed from around the vault door but no entry yet.

Chester—Eastern High School Meigs County J. S. Davis Davis

Drake Family News and Local Visits

DrakesMr and Mrs George Drake hosted visitors from Delaware and Columbus while relatives from Hemlock and Columbus made greetings. A Columbus couple announced the birth of a son on Sept 17 with family grandparents listed. Misses Williams Dudash also visited family during the weekend.

H. B. Drake Columbus George Drake Cora Williams Donald Wiliams Donald Sware Agnes Swaro Ralph Fitzer Hemlock Jean Dudash

Higgins Family Hosts Overnight Guests From Two Cities

At Campbells GLOUSTER Mr. and Mrs. George Higgins and son Rusty of Ashville and Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Cash of Dayton were weekend guests of Mr. Higgin s aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell. Rusty remained for the week with the Campbells.

Glouster George Higgins Rusty Ashville Ronnie Cash Dayton Mr. Higgin George Campbell Campbells

Bake Sale Planned by Poston Elementary Eighth Grade

The eighth grade of Poston Elementary announces a bake sale starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. Proceeds will be raised in front of Maurer’s Store on the Public Square and in front of the Kroger on W Columbus St in Nelsonville.

Nelsonville Poston Maurer’s Public Square Kroger W. Columbus St

Daughters of the American Revolution Rummage Sale

The D A lodge will hold a rummage and home made candy sale in the Hyde Building on West Washington Street beginning at 8 30 a m Saturday.

Nelsonville D. of A. Lodge Hyde Building W. Washington St

Eagles Auxiliary Card Party Set for Sunday

Nelsonville event at 3 p.m. will be held in the Eagles Hall for members and guests to enjoy a card party hosted by the Eagles Auxiliary.

Nelsonville Eagles

Births at Mount St. Mary Hospital record local families

The Mount St. Mary Hospital notes list numerous births and names from Murray City, Shawnee Route 1, Nelsonville, Logan, Corning Route 1, The Plains, Athens and other nearby areas. Names include the Snyder and Reed families and several new arrivals in the region. Blood used-i unit.

Glenroy Snyder Murray City Ralph Reed Mary Bunting Buchtel Anna Merz Wanda Lynch Gore Ruth Hook Nelsonville Etta Weed McArthur John Krivesti the Plains Wiliam Buchman Glouster Clara Buckles Logan Ira Hillyer Hillcrest Rest Home Athens Charles Glens

Nel sonville Business Women Hold Fall Meeting

Twenty six members and one guest attended the Nel sonville Business and Professional Women's Club fall dinner and meeting at the First Methodist Church. Tanya Reynolds reported on Buckeye Girls State experience. Nettie Nan Carlin and Irma Hoffman were admitted. A joint meeting with Athens club was set for Oct 4 at Ohio Fuel Gas Co auditorium in Athens. Fall district meeting to be in Gallipolis on Oct 15. UNICEF sponsorship continues.

Tanya Reynolds Columbus Nettie Nan Carlin Irma Hoffman Athens Club Ohio Fuel Gas Co Athens Jeannette Grim Gallipolis Unicef

Hollenbaugh Begins Marine Boot Training

Nelsonville son of Mr and Mrs James Hollenbaugh 167 Shepard St left Wednesday night for Parris Island South Carolina boot training camp of the United States Marine Corps He was a 1961 Nelsonville High School graduate and longtime football and track team member as well as an explorer scout He spent last summer at Camp Susquehanna New Milford Pennsylvania as assistant head counselor

Lenbaugh James Hollenbaugh Shepard St Parris Island S. C United States Hollenbaugh Nelsonville High School Camp Susquehanna New Milford

Elizabethville theater of violence grips Congo refugee camp

AP dispatch from Elizabethville reports Baluba tribesmen storming a UN refugee camp outside the city, wounding at least three Europeans and hundreds of Balubas killed or injured as Katangan gendarmes shell the camp housing 30,000 refugees. Ambulances and hospital staff faced shortages of water and power amid ongoing sniper fire and mortar attacks.

Elizabethville Katana U. N

Murray City PTA to Meet at Gymnasium

Murray City PTA will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Murray City gymnasium. Rodney Wilson president of the association announced the nominating committee report will be heard and candidates for office will be presented. He expects a large attendance for the first meeting of the current academic year.

Murray City PTA Rodney Wilson Wilson

Four Sisters United Visit Relatives in Rushville

Four Gardner sisters from Venice Florida and Columbus Ohio gathered for a reunion with Mr and Mrs Charles Strohmeyer in Rushville. It marked their first meeting in eight years and included Grace Gardner Kate Gardner and Mary Gardner among the guests.

Glouster Charles Williams Maude Gardner Daniel Cruzan Grace Gardner Venice Florida Roll Griffith Kate Gardner Columbus Charles Strohmeyer Mary Gardner Rushville

Will Meet Sunday Glouster

The Sunday Creek Valley Sportsman's Club plans a 2:00 P M meeting Sunday at the Lake Burr Oak cottage.

Glouster Sunday Creek Valley Sportsman’s Club Lake Burr Oak

Language Teacher Hired By York Local Board

York Local Board of Education hired Margaret Robinson as part time foreign language teacher effective Sept 1. Harry Stage and Harland Cagg were hired as school bus drivers. Committees named include transportation Cagg Cullison. athletic Wagner Wright. building equipment real estate Wright Wagner. non teaching personnel Cullison Wagner. teaching personnel Wright Cage. finance Cagg Wagner. Bread contract for cafeterias not decided. one bid received. Substitute cooks appointments deferred pending more applicants. Applications encouraged via board and Mrs McClain. Insurance settlement for water damage to the new building accepted. Willard Wright asked to report on saleable buildings and equipment.

Nelsonville York Cagg Cullison Wagner Wright Cage

Anna Viola James 86 Dies in Rock Springs

Anna Viola James 86 of Rock Springs died Friday morning at Meigs General Hospital She was a member of Rock Springs Methodist Church Surviving are a daughter Mrs Francis Folmer of Pomeroy a son David of Pittsburgh Pa 10 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren Preceding her in death were her husband a son John and a daughter Cora Funeral services Sunday at 2 p m at Ewing funeral home with the Rev Robert Card officiating Burial in Rock Springs Cemetery.

Pomeroy—Anna Viola James Rock Springs Meigs General Hospital Rock Springs Methodist Church Francis Folmer Pomeroy David Pittsburgh John Cora Ewing Funeral Home Robert Card Rock Springs Cemetery

Hemlock Grove Grange Elects New Officers

Hemlock Grove Grange 2049 elected officers led by master Stan ford Stockton and Leo Story as Worthy Master. One appeal for aid granted, two candidates advanced in degree. Members urged to bring a pie to the next meeting on Oct 7. Community notes list local visits and school plans.

Hemlock Grove — Grange Stanford Stockton Leo Story Carol Jones Stewart Bernice Hawk Frank Clark Nellie Smith Darsel Smith Alice Stockton Hilber Quivey Ceres Martyn Stockton Pomona Helen Quivey Flora Edna Clark Mildred Stockton Roland Eastman Doris Easton Clara Paulsen Grange

Seven DWI arrests yield fines and jail days in Glouster

Glouster police report seven DWI arrests. Darrell Morris of Glouster and Ernest Sullivan of Ravenna each receive $125 fines plus costs and three days in jail. Rees Martin of Glouster Route and Roy McConahay of Glouster fined $5 and costs. Adkins of Columbus cited for excessive speed with $15 costs. Alvin Collins of Glouster fined $50 for leaving the scene. Ralph Cain of Glouster fined $50 for intoxication.

Glouster DWI Darrell Morris Ernest Sullivan Ravenna Rees Martin Roy McConahay Thomas Adkins Columbus Alvin Collins Ralph Cain

David Davis Promoted To Rank Of Major

Capt David H. Davis of Stuttgart Germany is promoted to Major (temporary). He is among 4500 captains recently advanced to field grade. Davis has served in Germany on his third tour and earlier assignments include Formosa Iran and Fort Lee Virginia.

Nelsonville David H. Davis Stuttgart Germany L. A. Davis U. S. Army Davis Formosa Iran Fort Lee

Legion to Attend Glouster Funeral for Donald Duncan

Frederick Post 414 of the American Legion will meet Sunday at 1 30 p.m. to attend the funeral of Donald C Duncan a member of the post.

Glouster McCann Frederick American Legion Donald C. Duncan

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