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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1962

Page

5

Nelsonville School Board Accepts Four Teacher Resignations

Nelsonville city board of education accepted resignations of four elementary teachers Mrs Ailes Blosser Umberger Jones and one high school teacher Don Goode. Replacements were hired for elementary and high school English vacancy. The board also approved contracts and discussed land sales and a Wall of Knowledge award. An adjourned meeting set for April 26 follows.

Nelsonville Nelsonville City Marjorie Ailes Mildred Blosser Nancy Umberger Margaret Jones G. K. Jewell & Associates Ohio

Last Words Theme for Nelsonville Easter Service Plan

The Nelsonville Ministerial Assn. sponsors Union Good Friday services at First Presbyterian Church with Terry Timson opening from 12 to 12 10. Meditations cover forgiveness pardon love loneliness human need triumph reunion ending with closing by Rev. John Lloyd Evans and special music by First Baptist Church choir.

Nelsonville Ted G. Faulconer John Minsker F. M. Wentz R. A. Bridges Langley Gullett Eugene Whitmer Raymond Loring Sturm John Lloyd Evans

Mount St Mary Hospital Births and Admissions Notes

Births list includes Ronald Sikorski and David E. Smith with sons. Admissions record Hobart Stanley and others from Athens Glouster Nel sonville and nearby, with names such as Tamie Losey and Audrey Niceswanger. Discharges include Lynn Johnson and Frank Pochis among others. Jacksonville mayor announces April cleanup days with trash and container rules.

Millfield Needle Club Hosts New Member and Meetings

Mrs Henry Heff ken hosted the Millfield Needle Club with new member Mrs Marjorie Bennett joining. Members present included Mrs Sam mong Mrs Viva Sanders Athens Mrs Mabel Sisson Mrs Bessie Pettit Trimble and others. Next gathering on May 8 with hostess Kathryn Mc Daniel. Mr and Mrs Charles Lehman spent the weekend in Parkersburg visiting Mr and Mrs Earl Brookover and attended Eli Brookover s 92nd birthday with forty eight relatives. Martha Class quilting party attendees included Mrs Grover Patton Charles Lehman John Theisen Elizabeth Robinette and Ollie Brookins. Richard Dunkle and grandson Gary visited Franklin Ohio relatives. Mrs John Theisen was an evening guest of Mrs Doris Theisen and Lyrus Theisen Athens.

Millfield Henry Heffken Needle Club Marjorie Bennett Sammong Viva Sanders Athens Mabel Sisson Bessie Pettit Trimble Nellie Brookins Chauncey Kathryn McDaniel Circle Hill Ollie Brookins Elizabeth Robinette Bertha Sanders Charles Lehman Parkersburg Earl Brookover Eli Brookover Grover Patton John Theisen

Thieves Sought By Sheriff Wilson and Local Notices

Sheriff Tom Wilson seeks thieves who hit two businesses and a school Saturday night. Money was stolen from Schenharts Dairy Mart and Vernon Stoneburners Sohiol service station. Bearfield School cafeteria items removed. Herbert Nye fined $10 and costs for unsafe operation. Local 876 union meeting set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Elks Building.

New Lexington Perry County Tom Wilson Schenharts Dairy Mart Vernon Stoneburner Sohiol Six Mile Turn Bearfield School Nelsonville Herbert Nye Millfield William Hoffman United Brick and Clay Workers Elks

Haydenville Birth Announcement for Jeffrey Charles

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayden announce the birth of a son at Hocking Valley Hospital on April 6. He is named Jeffrey Charles. Grandparents are Mrs. Cuba Hayden of Haydenville and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wood of Columbus. Father is stationed in Baltimore and recently visited. Weekend and recent guests include families from Cincinnati Buckeye Lake Lake City Tenn and Columbus.

Haydenville Charles Hayden Hocking Valley Hospital Jeffrey Charles Cuba Hayden Albert Wood Columbus Baltimore, Md Charles Vollmer Robert Gardner Cincinnati W. J. Seel Buckeye Lake Martin Williams Robert Harp Lake City Tenn Henry Williams Robert Campbell Baltimore Elmer Queen Kenneth Doolittle Logan

Athens Area Man 76 Dies After Attack

Clyde Sedgwick 76 of Athens Route 3 died after a heart attack at home and was pronounced at Mount St Mary Hospital. He retired from mining and is survived by Grace his wife Elva Coulson in Columbus a sister and brother in Columbus and six great grandchildren. Services set for Friday at Johnson funeral home with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.

Grace Elva Coulson Columbus Mary Carson Nora Jackson Gladys Hopper Linnie Donahue George Sedgwick Johnson Funeral Home Charles Hook West Union Street

Easter Program Set At First Presbyterian Church

Nelsonville Easter activities start with a 6 30 sunrise service at First Presbyterian Church led by Rev John Lloyd Evans with a sermon titled Surprise to Everybody The choir sings two anthems and Sunday school opens at 9 30 a m followed by Easter Worship featuring two anthems reception of members infant baptism and Holy Communion Rev Evans will preach Disciples Discuss the Surprise The Arunta Australian nomads have no metals agriculture pottery numbers writing or wheels.

John Lloyd Evans Evans

Rothwell Club to Tour Burr Oak Lake Water Plant

Murray City visitors and local families noted as guests in Logan. The Rothwell Club meets at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hotel Gordon then tours Burr Oak Lake water treatment plant after a general business session.

Gordon Burr Oak Lake

Tuberculosis group in Nelsonville tackles editor agency ties

About 40 women from 13 Southeastern Ohio counties met at the tuberculosis hospital in Nelsonville to discuss editor agency relations for the Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association. John Lewis and Pat Gray directed a day of seminars, with Jack Gilbert urging closer ties to newspapers and editors.

Nelsonville Ohio Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association John Lewis OTHA Columbus Pat Gray Jack Gilbert Messenger News University Lewis

Congregations Invited To Good Friday Rites

Murray City invites all local church congregations to Good Friday services at 7 p.m. led by Rev. Robert Miller. A candlelight sunrise service at 4 45 a m on Easter Sunday features youth pantomime, readings and singing with Sunday school at 9 a.m. A unified service followed by baptism will be conducted by Rev. Miller. A unrelated line mentions a lightning bolt heating air to 50 000 degrees centigrade.

Murray City Evangelical United Brethren Church Robert Miller Miller

Also Mentioned on This Page

Nelsonville School Board Tve Bernadine al Len, Byron Andrews, Kathleen Bara Hemsworth, Marguerite Ger and Betty Lou Taylor Gerald Hoffman Robert Penrod Louise Wolfe William Lavelle City Safety Service Kenneth Orwiler Mary Sharp Alice Kunzman Wall of Knowledge First National Bank Roy Morris Washington, i. A the Union Good Friday Services First Presbyterian Church The First Baptist Church Mount St, Mary Hospital Ronald Sikorski Glouster David E. Smith Corning Hobart Stanley Tamie Losey Mrs Audrey Niceswanger Mary L. Barber Carbondale Orpha Jane Scott Mary Ellen Hartman John Smith Lynn Johnson Frank Pochis Jacksonville Barbara Smith Robert Guffey Bertha Hanson Kathleen Bartimus Gerald Parker Juanita Baker Dorothy King Charles Cheatham William Swartz Charles Williams Richard Dunkle Gary Dunkle Clifford Dunkle Franklin, Ohio Doris Theisen Lyrus Theisen Wilson United States Mein'st. Logan Bernice Carter Edward Amos and Archie Amos Vinton Brent Spence D-Ky Clare Hoffman R-Mich John Taber R-N.y Noah Mason R-N Walter Judd R-Minn Congress John Marshall Butler Oren B. Long Hawaii House Senate Athens Area Clyde Sedg Wick Mount St. Mary Hospital Mr. Sedgwick Athens County James and Adeline Sedgwick Earle Hall Buchtel Thomas J. Leake USN Floyd T. Leake Earle B. Hall John F. Kennedy Norfolk Belle Belk N. Court St First Presbyterian Belks Belk’s William James Opal Lanning Betty Sabo Francis Mrs. Aves Ann Smith and Chil Dren Peggy Jane Joe Paul Berry Family of Rothwell Club TB Group Ohio University Health Association
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