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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1927

Page

3

Delayed decision on Nelsonville yards abandonment

Nelsonville officials report that a decision on abandoning the Nelsonville yards is being delayed while a special group of railroad officials studies the situation. The yards once could handle 800 coal cars daily but in 1926 averaged only 34 cars of commercial fuel.

Nelsonville C. E. Jewett Chamber of Commerce Hocking Valley Columbus Fred Johnson C. C. Sharp J. L. Murphy Chamber of Commerce of the United States Washington, D. C State Highway Department Cable Tedrow Chamber Parent- Teacher's Council Jones Norton Senate State Good Roads Federation Ceramic Engineer's Association Dew Hotel Washington Street Public Square

Wedding Without a Woman To Be Held Here Soon

Nelsonville April 8 Mrs Edna Welch Stought announced the date for her daughter Leslian Stoughts wedding to Apollo Rexall. The ceremony is set for Tuesday April 26, 1927 at the Nelsonville high school auditorium in a unique womanless wedding described as elaborate by guests.

Nelsonville Edna Welch Stought Leslian Leslina Stought Apollo Rexall Nelsonville High School

Bake Sale Saturday by Methodist Sunday School Class 21

Class No 21 of the Methodist Sunday school will hold a bake sale Saturday at Wilson Brothers Grocery.

Methodist Sunday School Wilson Brothers Grocery

King's Heralds Gather for Saturday Penny March

The King's Heralds will meet at the M. E. church Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock. Members are asked to bring pennies for the penny march and sandwiches or fruit.

King’s Heralds M. E

Woman Dies in Murray City At 83

Mrs. Zenith Emmaline Stitt, 83, died at home of her daughter Mrs. Vess Hammond in Murray City after a year of declining health. Funeral set for Sunday 2 PM at the residence with Rev. Yest officiating. Burial in Carbon Hill beside husband Coston Stitt who died 23 years ago. She leaves four daughters and two sons. Teachers In Columbus Nelsonville April 8 The entire teaching staff of the city schools is in Columbus today attending the Ohio Teachers associations sessions.

Nelsonville Zenith Emmaline Stitt Vess Hammond Murray City Yest Carbon Hill Coston Stitt Columbus Ohio Teachers’ Associations

Frances Newton and H Melville Dermit Wedding in Charleston

Nelsonville friends received notices of the marriage of Miss Frances Newton of Charleston West Virginia to H Melville Dermit. The ceremony took place March 29 at First Presbyterian Church in Charleston.

Nelsonville Frances Newton Charleston W. Va H. Melville Dermit First Presbyterian Church Charles H. Newton Newton Ulysses Nelsonville Schools and Business College American Gas and Electric Company Mrs. Dermit

Athens Man Fined in Nelsonville Guilty Plea

April 8 Athens man Fred Yosten pleaded guilty to charges of intoxication and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He was fined and released following the plea in Nelsonville.

L. J. Eberle Nelsonville Norman Engh Athens Fred Yosten

County Nurses Report 1927 March Health Inspections

Athens General Health district nurses inspected 1600 people in March 1927 uncovering 242 cases including 13 tuberculosis 2 scarlet fever and 1 diphtheria. Schools kept open with daily examinations and quarantines for contacts amid efforts to limit spread. An infant with ophthalmia neonatorum went to Cincinnati General Hospital with costs covered by the Community Fund and state health department. Three patients were moved to Columbus hospitals and a crippled child also sent to Columbus.

Athens General Health District Department Health Department Cincinnati General Hospital Community Fund State Department of Health Columbus

Nelsonville appoints McClain safety director. lineman suspended

R. E. McClain named service and safety director of Nelsonville. He suspends Nick Hawk, water lineman and sewer division supervisor, on charges of gross neglect of duty and improper supervision. Hawk may respond. if upheld, he may appeal to the city civil service commission. Joe Dewhurst acts as water lineman. McClain also serves as Keystone Coal superintendent of mines.

Nelsonville R. E. McClain Ll. J. Eberle Nick Hawk Hawk Eberle City Civil Service Commission Joe Dewhurst McClain Keystone Coal Company The Plains

Community health fund aids glasses for two children

The report shows glasses procured for two children through the community fund and the Kiwanis club of Glouster. It lists counts for prenatal maternity infant welfare and school cases plus inspections and referrals including 6 prenatal cases 7 maternity 7 infant welfare 10 pre school 38 school 13 tuberculosis 11 tuberculosis contacts 10 communicable diseases 120 communicable contacts 41 school visits 65 physical inspections 1435 inspections for contagious diseases 18 teacher consultations 12 parent consultations 16 other consultations 15 juvenile court referrals 1 State Hospital 6 other agency referrals 1 county infirmary 4 reliefs 6 water samples.

Community Fund Kiwanis ‘Club of Glouster

Now You Ask One Answers From Today's Page Five

The provided text lists answers to a quiz titled Now You Ask One. It names authors and works including Edmund Spencer Dante Shakespeare Evangeline Hiawatha and The Courtship of Miles Standish and quotes a Keats line. It cites Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn and mentions Coleridge Seeger Whitman.

Edmund Spencer Dante Shakespeare Evangeline Hiawatha Miles Standish John Keats Samuel Taylor Coleridge Keats Alan Seeger Walt Whitman

Ackley Loses Case Over Abandoned School Building

Judge L G Worstell dismissed George P Ackleys petition in Common Pleas court in favor of the Lodi township Board of Education. A temporary restraining order against removing the building was declared inoperative. The board now has the right to remove the building. Probate court ordered the sale of Sylvina Wells estate. Lydia McKinley is administratrix.

Board of Education Lodi Township L. G. Worstell Common Pleas Court George P. Ackley Ackley Sylvina Wells Lydia McKinley

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