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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1946
Page
2
Mayor Oeal Daugherty told the Rotary Club that Nelsonville may build a 100 bed hospital. Official hospital builders have been contacted and site surveys conducted, with ongoing progress and encouraging prospects for the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kerr announce the birth of twin sons James Ray and Joseph Howe at University Hospital Columbus on Good Friday. Grandparents Ralph Howe and Eva Kerr and great grandparents Frank Murphy and Chris Brown of Nelsonville are cited in the notice.
A car owned by Donald Betts parked on Fayette Street in Nelsonville Tuesday afternoon was recovered wrecked near Athens about an hour later. The theft was reported to City Police and the State Highway Patrol notified. Two boys from a federal institution in Washington, D C, were apprehended.
Valley Lodge No 169 postpones its special meeting from April 27 to May 4. Raymond Patton report shows a degree work night with a full Franklin Lodge drill team joining from Columbus to present page and esquire ranks and knight candidates. A Columbus degree team will exemplify with invites extended to Lodges in Logan Glouster Gallipolis Circleville Jackson Canal Winchester Ashville Lancaster Mount Sterling and knights across the district. Program starts at 8 o'clock.
Nelsonville reports 25 years of effort by the Community Garden Club to clean and beautify Canal Road. The group notes progress with ash piles removed and trash hauled away, urges residents to whitewash black sheds, and plans a clean-up campaign with Mayor Daugherty and city officials.
A public meeting will be held at the high school auditorium in Nelsonville on Thursday evening, April 25, at 7 30 o clock. Speakers will explain the proposed bond issue to voters who will decide at the May 7 primary election. The High School band will perform a short program, and all citizens are invited.
Nelsonville Presbyterian Missionary Society will meet Thursday April 25 at 2 pm with Mrs. John Saitz to conclude the study book The Cross over Africa. Members bring the April issue of Women and Missions. Misses Miriam Betts and Sally Jackson return to O W U Delaware as freshmen after Easter at home. Mr and Mrs Robert Myers Dunbar WV guests of Ed and Mrs Rosser. Mr and Mrs G D McDaniel Nelsonville Route 2 report their son Pvt Glenn S McDaniel arrived in Korea after sailing March 26 on the USS Admiral W S Sims and arriving April 11.
Funeral services for Miss Blanche Moorehead longtime Nelsonville resident of the First Methodist Church will be held Friday at 2 o clock in Logan Methodist Church with Rev W M George and Rev Clinton Swengel officiating. Burial follows in Oak Grove Cemetery Logan. Friends may call at 384 B Hunter Street Logan until 1 p m Friday.
A grey fox acting oddly at the City Dump prompted police to respond. Patrolman Charles Thompson shot and killed the animal to settle the matter. Nearby notices include a postponed Circle No 4 meeting due to a death, a Mineral speaking event by Rev B A Awe, and a legal notice inviting sealed bids on land tied to the Worley Zimmerman estate in Athens County Ohio with bid deadline May 1 1946.
Funeral services for the late Mrs Edna Dyson who died Monday at her home in Murray City will be held at the family residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by the Rev Morgan Burial will be at Greenlawn. The Golden Rule Sunday School Class of the Methodist Church in Nelsonville has postponed its meeting from Thursday April 25 at the home of Mrs P B Weller to a later date.
Logan notes report of minor injuries from fishing and work related incidents. Joe Nihiser treated for a right foot cut after using an axe. Robert Rider needed physician care to remove a fishing hook embedded in a finger from the Hocking River.
BUCHTEL Mr and Mrs James Odenthal announce the marriage of their daughter Helen Louise to Pvt Robert G Bookman U S Marine Corps at Pomeroy home of Rev Albert Buiters Methodist minister The wedding was Wednesday April 17 at 4 o clock The bride wore a white wool dress with a corsage of rose buds Pvt Bookman a Buchtel High School graduate and the bride a member of this year’s graduating class will live with her parents for now and he will report back to Parris Island S C
Mrs Denver Edgar hosted the United Brethren Church Co-Educational Class at the Edgar home on Bowen Street with Miss Helen Funk and Mrs Earl Arnette assisting. Rev A N Grueser led the discussion on the Good Shepherd from St John, plans for the future were shared, and refreshments were served. Attending were Mrs Wesley Cannan, Mrs Robert Shaw, Mrs Walter Durr, Mrs Ted Kennedy, Miss Ruth Goodwin, Mrs Robert Hanssley, and Mrs A N Grueser. May hosts will be Mr and Mrs John Hamilton.
The Church of Christ holds a mid week meeting Wednesday at 7 30 PM and the second pre revival cottage prayer gathering Thursday at 7 30 PM in the Roy Barron residence on Pleasant View Avenue. Open to church members friends and neighbors in the area.
Clifford Pickett of Happy Hollow pleaded guilty at the mayor’s court of Oral Daugherty in Nelsonville on Tuesday. He was fined 75 dollars plus costs and jailed for nonpayment, marking his third appearance before the current mayor. A committee member Fred B. Burchfield of the Ohio High School Principals association will meet in Columbus Friday and Saturday.
Logan social notes list numerous family visits and travel. Phil Connor surprised his parents on a weekend trip from Philadelphia while John and Zita Connor and others arrived from Dayton and Columbus for Easter dinner. Officers and relatives call in from Day ton, Dayton, Columbus, and elsewhere for meals, leaves, and visits.
Mrs Richard Brandt hosted the Junior Tourist Book Club season end gathering at the Brandt home on M High St. Noel Houston's The Great Promise was reviewed by Mrs Rheinscheid. Ruth Goodwin was elected president with Miss Garverick as vice president and Mrs Brandt as secretary treasurer. An August picnic was planned with refreshments by the hostess and guests.
Mrs Judson Shriner hosted the Pastime Bridge Club Monday evening with Mrs Charles Achauer posting high scores. Mrs Jacob Keller placed second as other players, including Mrs Clinton Webb and Mrs Jess Frasure, enjoyed refreshments. Webb to host next.
Funeral services for Charles Meldrim were held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist Church with Rev. Clinton Swengel officiating. He died Sunday noon at his sister’s home on Church Street. Music was provided by Mrs. Raymond Lanning Mrs. R. B. Hansel and organist Mrs. Walter Prather. Pallbearers included Paul Bennington Hugh Meldrim Andrew Rauber Ruby Warthman Arlie Brimner and Fred Keller. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mrs George Shaw entertained the Tourist Book Club with a six o clock dinner at Pritchards. The Shaw home on S Walnut Street hosted the program featuring Mrs Newell Grooms reviewing Lights Out by Baynard Kendrick. Members include Mrs Allen Adams Mrs Lew Graham Mrs Fred Burchfield and others.
LOGAN The newly organized Post Hocking Veterans of Foreign Wars met in Macabee Hall with Commander Keath Schultz presiding. They planned Poppy Week the week before Decoration Day and will purchase poppies from the VFW in Columbus to aid widows and children of disabled veterans. Twenty five members attended and a May 14 meeting was planned inviting all veterans.
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