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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1959

Page

5

City Water Sale For New School Approved By Council

Nelsonville city council approved selling city water to the new York Township High School to be built in Sayers Basin. The utility committee suggested raising outside corporation rates in light of a 100 percent sewer tax while keeping the deal with the school, with all outside-party costs paid.

John Ward Nelsonville New York Township Sayers Basin Utility Committee of Council Corporation of Utility Commission Council Marietta Rd James Lee

Births and Admissions at Mount St. Mary Hospital

Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Connor of Logan a daughter. List includes Ada mised admissions Elma Leadinghouse Trimble and Sharon Keiffer Nelsonville etc plus transfers Susan Tolliver Nelson to University Hospital Columbus and other patients at Glouster Nelsonville The Plains Athens New Lexington and surrounding routes.

Jerry Connor Logan Elma Leadinghouse Trimble Sharon Keiffer Nelsonville Susan K. Irvin Murray City Agnes O. Bernard Glouster Frank Anderson Edna Hartman James Dodd John Whaley University Hospital Columbus Burgess Christman Mary E. Hemsley James Bailey New Lexington Ollie Hillyer Athens Fred Leake

Former Area Resident Gertrude Fauss Dies in Columbus

Gertrude Swaim Fauss 83, a former New Marshfield resident and widow of John Fauss, died in Columbus Monday. She is survived by several cousins. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Denton Donaldson and Kuhn Funeral Home 1203 E Broad St Columbus. Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus.

Nelsonville Gertrude Swaim Fauss New Marshfield Columbus John Fauss Fauss Denton Donaldson and Kuhn Funeral Home E. Broad St Green Lawn Cemetery

Health officers caution on door-to-door health claims

Health officials warn that untrained salespeople promise cures for diseases with vitamins and health supplements. They urge consumers to obtain vitamins only from pharmacists and follow a physician's prescribed use after diagnosis.

Convention Set by GOP To Pick Slate At Point Pleasant

The GOP will hold a municipal convention at the courthouse at 8 p m Thursday to nominate candidates for the May 16 city election. The slate includes mayor city clerk 12 councilmen and ward committee members. Incumbents Krodel Rothgeb seek re election. Cheesebrew Hushion Bradshaw lead party posts.

Point Pleasant Republican Party B. W. Krodel Claude Cheesebrew John Hushion Junia Jo Bradshaw Republican Walter Sommer Walter M. Windsor Otis Noble Barbee Rothgeb

Grand and Petit Jurors to Be Drawn in Gallia County

Gallia County Common Pleas Court will draw 75 jurors for the May term at 10 a.m. next Monday. Jury commissioners Dan Notter and Roy D. Roth geb will conduct the public drawing in the clerk of courts office. 15 names become the grand jury and 60 become prospective petit jurors.

Gallipolis Gallia County

Local Residents Gather for Dinner Guests and Hospital Return

Mrs. James Call and son Lance Hite returned home Monday from Holzer Hospital. Sunday dinner guests at Ohio River Rd. included Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Plymale and Pam of St. Albans, Mr. and Mrs. Don Brown and daughters Lynn and Becky of Nitro, Mrs. Elmer Plymale and Nellie and Sharon McAlister of New Haven.

James Call Lance Hite Holzer Hospital W. S. Hyre Ohio River Rd Ervin Plymale Pam St. Albans Don Brown Lynn Becky Nitro Elmer Plymale Nellie Sharon McAlister New Haven

Haynes divorce granted in Logan Common Pleas Court

Berneda Haynes is granted a divorce from James Haynes on gross neglect of duty. Custody of three minor children awarded to the plaintiff with support set at 35 dollars weekly. Marriage dated October 4, 1947.

Logan—Common Pleas Berneda Haynes James Haynes

Girl Scout Cookie Drive Planned in Nelsonville

Nelsonville Girl Scout troops will conduct a two week cookie drive with direct door to door sales by the girls. No prior orders will be taken.

Nelsonville

Logan and Hunt Teens Noted as At Home in Lancaster

Logan Charles R. Anders aged 18 a glassworker from Lancaster and Carole Louise Hunt aged 16 are recorded at home in Logan in a brief local notice.

Logan Charles R. Anders Lancaster Carole Louise Hunt

Wake Up Read Slogan Marks Liberty Week At Glouster Library

Glouster Library promotes National Library Week with the slogan Wake Up Read from April 12 to 18. The branch offers fiction and nonfiction. requests may be made for unavailable titles. Librarian Jean Beshara heads the staff with three years in service, assisted by Marie Jewell the assistant librarian and local club leader.

Glouster Glouster Library National Library Jean Beshara Nelsonville Marie Jewell Glouster Band’ Boosters Junior Progressive Study Club Trimble Township National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club Girl Scouts

Chauncey Area Personal Notes Visit Residents

Mrs. Bessie Moore of Athens and the Russell Currey family visited Mr. and Mrs. Harry Trout. Mrs. Ott Russell is in Sheltering Arms Hospital room 110 after major surgery. The Pryors of Corning Route 1, and the Pidkcocks and Sniders hosted visitors. The Six family from Dayton frequented local households and hosted Mrs. Slisher on a weekend trip, with multiple stops and visits noted around Buchtel Nelsonville and Dayton.

Bessie Moore Athens Russell Currey Belpre Harry Trout Ott Russell Sheltering Arms Hospital Room No. 110 Russell Howard Pryor Corning Route 1 Raymond Pidkcock J. C. Snider Rolland Norman Hansen Dayton Charles Brooks Kettering Cass Dowler Lucinda Brenda George Slisher Jr Six Slisher Andavorite Harlan Cagg Maxine Burnita Nelsonville Eldon Ball

Mrs Hudson To Join Mate At Army Base

Mrs Law rence E Hudson formerly Pat ty Reynolds left Saturday to join her husband Pvt Lawrence E Hudson who is stationed with the army in this area Mrs Hudson daughter of Mr and Mrs Cleo Reynolds was accompanied by her aunt Miss Velma Neal who will return home by plane after a visit there She had worked at the Kgger Creek plant since her graduation from Point Pleasant High School resigning last Friday.

Point Pleasant Lawrence E. Hudson Patty Reynolds

Daughter Is Born To Lowell Bolen

Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Bolen announce the birth of a daughter Judith Ann on April 8 at Mount St. Mary Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Beal, all of Nelsonville. Great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles O’Neil and Mrs. Rosa Beal. The Bolens also have a daughter Martha Jean, age 3.

Nelsonville Lowell Bolen Patton St Judith Ann Mount St. Mary Hospital Albert Smith Homer Beal Charles O’neil Rosa Beal Dayton Bolen’s Martha Jean

Commission To Meet at First Methodist Church

Nelsonville report says the Commission on Education of the First Methodist Church will meet today at 7 pm in the chapel. Officers and teachers are urged to be present.

Nelsonville Commission On Education of the First Methodist Church

Eastern Star Chapter Holds Meeting in Nelsonville

OES Chapter 72 of Nelsonville Eudora will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Masonic Temple in Nelsonville for its regular session.

Nelsonville Eudora Order of Eastern Star Masonic Temple

Nelsonville braces for minimal new home construction

Nelsonville again projects a small housing year with only two homes under way. Builders cite land limits high taxes on new homes 60 percent of value and cash shortages from labor disputes and recession. Remodellng and interior upgrades appear in downtown, while York Township plans a $1.9 million school building program with modern electric heating.

Nelsonville

Books Displayed For National Library Week In Nelsonville

Nelsonville library lists titles to be on display during National Library Week. The display includes fiction, biographies, cookbooks, romances, mystery and reference works such as The Scarlet Lady The Man Who Disappeared The Graves in the Meadow and Pictorial History of American Presidents along with Dozens of other titles.

Nelsonville National Library Waverine Pritchard Madagascar Company of Players Castle Gerry Peaceful Harbor Caroline Cimarron Crossing Knight Montana Claudette Inglish Mickey Mantle The Yankees Angry Harvest Miss Plum Castor Hills March of Archaeology Mr Otis

Rainbow Girls Plan Annual Inspection

NELSONVILLE The Order of Rainbow for Girls will meet Wednesday at 7 p m in the Masonic Temple for its annual inspection. Inspecting officer will be Mrs. Mary J Harless Jackson deputy from District 19 of the Order of Rainbow for Girls.

Nelsonville Order of Rainbow Masonic Temple Mary J. Harless Jackson

Reverend Hook Recalled for 14th Annual Term at Lancaster Church

The Rev. Charles Hook was recalled to lead the First Pilgrim Holiness Church in Lancaster for a 14th annual term. His new assignment runs until August 1960.

Nelsonville Charles Hook Pilgrim Holiness Church Lancaster

Electrocution as punishment for murder in Hawaii

The article states that electrocution remains the extreme penalty for murder in Hawaii, indicating the state’s capital punishment framework and ongoing legal considerations.

Hawaii

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