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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1938

Page

2

Abraham High School Names George Abraham Summer Coach

Nel sonville announces a summer program with outdoor supervision and leadership led by Coach George Abraham. Public access to the new athletic field and playground is planned. tennis courts opened recently with high usage. Field activities for softball and baseball begin after June 1 to allow grass maturation. The city emphasizes facilities serve both the public and the school.

Nelsonville George Abraham

Buchtel Mayor Warns on Loose Dogs

Buchtel Mayor Max Krotche issues a second and final warning to residents who release dogs. He states the town will enforce the dog confinement ordinance and may order dogs killed on sight by the town marshal if complaints continue.

Buchtel Max Krotche

Annual Alumni Banquet Set for May Twenty Seventh

Nelsonville High School Alumni Association announces its annual banquet at the M. E. Church on Friday evening May 27. Reunions planned include classes 1898 1913 1918 1923 1928 and 1933. Officers are Don Johnson president Paul Wright vice president Arlene Betts secretary Margaret Johnson treasurer with an executive committee including Helen Shaw Helen Stewart Joe Spray and Dwight Kuhn.

Nelsonville Nelsonville High School M. E. Church Don Johnson Paul Wright Arlene Betts Margaret Johnson Helen Shaw Helen Stewart Joe Spray Dwight Kuhn

Nelsonville Social Notes and Club Activities

Nelsonville social items include a regular benefit party planned by WBA for tonight at 8. Reports on bridge club guests E J Kessinger, R R Stalter, and F Freer with host P W Hickman. Updates on visits, meetings, and Mizpah Class social with devotions and a reading.

Nelsonville WBA

Nelsonville High Music Festival Friday Night program features band and choirs

Nelsonville High School Music Department presents a Friday 8 o clock festival with band orchestra girls glee club and junior chorus under directors Faith Cordray and Brooks Franks. tickets are sold by participating groups. featured pieces include Second Norwegian Rhapsody Ah Lovely Meadows For Music The Damozel Daybreak Tales from the Vienna Woods The Galway Piper Country Gardens The Snow Legend and more with vocal trio sextette and glee club.

Nelsonville Nelsonville High School Faith Cordray Brooks Franks Don Sanders Louise Duskey William Parks Christiansen Ah Lovely Meadows Franz Novello Lillian Huddy Cuthbert Harris Virginia Awe Ruth Patton Bale Vienna Woods Strauss Bridge Clokey Girls’ Glee Club

Mountain Work Lecture In Nelsonville Church

Mrs Lillian Ogden of Ashland Ky will present Mountain Work Among Mountain People at the Church of Christ in Nelsonville on Friday at 7 30 PM Illustrations show mission work in Kentucky and Tennessee She is a former Ashland teacher and Transylvania College graduate A free will offering will be collected The Bible Class of Pilgrim Holiness Church meets at 7 30 PM with a music program

Nelsonville Lillian Ogden Ashland Church of Christ Ogden Kentucky Tennessee Transylvania College of Lexington Ohio First Christian Church Canton Pilgrim Holiness Church

Good Letter Writing Made Easy booklet offer

A 32 page booklet titled Good Letter-Writing Made Easy offers sample letters for invitations sympathy and other occasions. Send 10 cents to The Athens Messenger Home Service 635 Sixth Ave New York NY with your name address and booklet name.

Peg Dorothy Newcomer Bridge Club Athens Messenger Home Service Sixth Ave New York N. Y

Secret Service Budget Raised in London Estimates

The British Secret Service budget increases by 500000 dollars, bringing total civil and revenue department spending to 2250000 dollars for the coming fiscal year.

Secret Service London British Secret Service Civil and Revenue Departments

County Scholarship Test Set For Saturday at Ohio University

The county elimination test to select the Athens County Scholarship Team will be held Saturday May 7 at Ohio University. The exam starts at 8 15 a m on the Athens Junior High School Building second floor with 32 students to be chosen from multiple subjects. Kenneth C Ray county superintendent oversees the test. The commercial contest runs alongside but uses a separate ranking and awards structure. Readout lists numerous participating students by consolidated, township, and town names across Albany Ames Greens Run Hollister Jacksonville Trimble The Plains Rome Shade Coolville Waterloo Buchtel and other areas.

Athens Athens County Ohio University Kenneth C. Ray Ohio

Absent Voters Asked To Cast Ballots

Persons absent Tuesday can vote by going to Athens to cast ballots at the board of elections office or by requesting an absentee ballot. Absentee ballots must be returned to the board of elections before Tuesday noon to be counted.

Nelsonville Athens Board of Elections Office Board of Elections

Eagles Scout Troop 64 Forms in Nelsonville

Second new Boy Scout troop registered in the Hock Hocking District this week is Troop 64 sponsored by the Eagles Lodge Nelsonville. Twenty first district troop has eight scouts registered under Scoutmaster Francis D White. The group meets in a lodge hall room with a committee chaired by Joseph F Wein assisted by Floyd Steenrod and John Brown.

Nelsonville Hock-Hocking Eagles’ Lodge Francis D White Joseph F. Wein Floyd Steenrod John Brown

Nelsonville High Plans April 28 Physical Education Carnival

About 300 pupils from grades seven to twelve will take part in a carnival at Nelsonville High School Gymnasium on Thursday April 28. Activities include tumbling apparatus clown boxing mixed volleyball recreational games group rhythms junior varsity basketball tennis techniques pyramids corrective exercises demonstrations of first aid and bandaging. A number of stunts and clown acts will be featured along with marble statues built by the boys for the final act. A medal will be awarded to the healthiest boy and girl in the high school with tickets sold by any high school student.

Nelsonville Nelsonville High School

Nelsonville Merchants to Meet at Legion Friday Evening

Retail Merchants Association gathers at the Legion building Friday at 7 30 oclock to discuss important business for city retailers. D of A postpones weekly benefit party from April 22 to April 29 due to inspection concerns.

Cosmopolitan Club Nelsonville — A The Retail Merchants Association Legion Building Nelsonville D. of A

Waiters to Be Organized in Nelsonville Area

A local union council for bartenders, restaurant waiters and waitresses plans to organize after a meeting notice. The first gathering is set for Sunday April 24 at 2 PM in Red Men's Hall Nelsonville with workers from Athens and Hocking Counties expected to attend under a CIO charter.

Nelsonville Athens Hocking Red Men’s Hall John Cope Industrial Labor Council Sunday Creek CIO

Townsend Club Plans Nelsonville Meeting

Nelsonville Townsend Club No. 1 will hold a get-together at Oak Grove on Sunday April 24 at 2 PM. Speakers include Rev J Dix Boye of Corning O, J Kleffner of Jackson and Rev Nye of McArthur with music by a string band. R H McCary is secretary.

Nelsonville Townsend Club Oak Grove J. Dix Boye Corning O. J. Kleffner Jackson Nye McArthur R. H. McCary

FastEeth Dental Powder Ad

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Lodge Inspection To Be Friday Night

Nelsonville announces the annual inspection of the D of A will be held Friday night April 22 at 7 o'clock in the I O O F Hall with Mrs Lucile Pearhs Middleport as inspecting officer. Members urged to attend and bring sandwiches or a dish for the covered dish dinner after.

Nelsonville D. of A I. O. O. F. Hall Lucile Pearhs Middleport

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