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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1956
Page
5
Nelsonville council plans a special session to ratify a land lease with the school board for the athletic field and to request $2500 from the county to start a municipal park. The agreement covers the swimming pool tennis courts and lower field for 20 years with a possible 20 year renewal.
Nelsonville student Robert Higgins son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Higgins will travel to Columbus to represent Nelsonville in the 18th annual Citizen Spelling Bee at Ohio State University. He was the eighth grade champion of the Nelsonville bee and will face winners from other Central Ohio cities.
Detroit Michigan maintains a small mounted police unit as part of its city security. The city notes a tradition of patrols by horse officers amid urban policing challenges. In a separate ecological fact, the region reports more trees die from insects annually than from wildfires.
Nelsonville Melody Circle WSCS will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in the church social rooms with Mrs Ruth Call and others as hostesses and a movie on the program. The Nelsonville Community Garden Club met for a 6 p m dinner with 22 members and spring floral décor. Roy Snackenberg presided as they donated to the cancer society and heard on the clean up campaign. Reports covered garden club events in The Plains Albany and Coolville. pictures of formal gardens in Williamsburg and Wilmington were shown by Mrs Jessie Shafer. A Methodist Youth Fellowship bake sale is planned for Saturday at 9 30 a m in front of the Dew Hotel.
The Loyal Workers Sunday School class of the Methodist Church met in April at the home of Mrs. Maude McClain on St. Charles St with Bessie Warehime assisting. Fourteen members and two guests attended. Fannie Williams led devotions. The program celebrated Estella Betts’s 90th birthday with a cake baked by Anna Riley as the class sang.
Nelsonville police investigated a Wednesday crash at E Franklin and Kantner involving Bruce C Hartman 17 Nelsonville and John E Forrest 34 Nelsonville Route 2. Hartman lost control while turning from Kantner onto Franklin.
The Ladies of St Patrick's Church in Buchtel sponsor a Sunday benefit party at the parish hall beginning at 7 30 p m. Committee members include Mrs Ann Erdy Mrs Elizabeth Kotchis Mrs Elizabeth Simmons Joe Erdy Jr and Steve Kovach.
Mary Scott installed the new officers of VFW Auxiliary Post 3467 in New Marshfield. Edith Cochran is president, Edna Reynolds senior VP, Daisy Reed junior VP, Leora Barrows chaplain, Lucy Pierce conductress, trustees Wilma Lanning Leora Riley Pauline Cox, secretary Rita Woody, guard Helen Mohney, color bearers Wilma Lanning Pauline Cox Leora Riley Betty Jean Midkiff, and musician Marie Glenn. Nola Gilham served as installing conductress. Gifts were given to retiring president Rita Woody and musician Marie Glenn.
Fort Oglethorpe Georgia resident Homer Parris built most of his house from wooden yardsticks. The exterior uses weatherboard sticks and interior walls ceilings and floors consist of thousands of yardsticks in varied woods. He stacked three yardsticks for floors and two for walls while noting the insulation value and four children as quiet witnesses.
Wilton Wilkesville senior class hosts a Friday square dance at the high school auditorium. Music by Clovis Strausbaugh Raccoon Ramblers. Proceeds fund a field trip for trips to Washington DC and New York.
Nelsonville Athletic Association reported 522 tickets sold for tonight's 8:30 dance at the High School auditorium and expected sales to exceed 600 by eight thirty. Frank Pierce and his Jiven Five provide music for the benefit event featuring round and square dancing and cake walks. Any surplus after hospital expenses for Bobby Hitchings, a freshman football player with a broken leg, would fund insurance for next fall’s squad.
Mrs. Rouse 82 of Stockport Route 3 died Thursday night at a daughter's home near Pennsville. widow of James C. Rouse she was born February 13 1874 in Palmer Township Washington County. Survived by two daughters Mrs Inez Hilaman and Mrs Catherine Bachelor a son Harry a sister Mrs Lizzie Eldridge five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at Dale EUB Church with burial in Dale Cemetery. Friends may call at Fawcett Stone funeral home Chesterhill after noon Saturday.
Boy Scout Troop 6n plans a Friday evening session from 7 to 8 30 to instruct in packs and knapsacks. Scouts should bring pack frames handbooks and bedrolls if available. The group meets on the Knights of Pythias third floor and has reserved July 15 at Camp Kootaga West Virginia.
The Elizabeth Chapel Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs. Alta Shaw. Miss Gloria Wallace of Columbus spent a weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wallace. Miss Marlene Logsdon left for the Philippine Islands to serve as a Baptist missionary. Rev. Kenneth Betz will preach at Elizabeth Chapel at 11 a.m. next Sunday.
The Broad Run PTA held a school supper with soup sandwiches coffee cake ice cream and drinks to raise funds for school equipment. Mrs. Fred Kaylor chaired. The Hill Billie 4H Club hosted games and a song leader Gerald Rood led. A public meeting at the White Church followed a potluck at 7 and meeting at 8 with next gathering May 8.
First Presbyterian John Lloyd Evans ministers a 9:30 Sunday school and 10:30 morning worship with a sermon Be Not Afraid Youth Presbytery trip to McConnelsville 1 30 May Day dinner Tuesday 6 p.m. Others include First Methodist and Church of the Epiphany with multiple services and speakers.
Nelsonville police chief James Cope issued a final warning to dog owners. He stated the warden will pick up stray unleashed dogs and owners will be fined when they reclaim them. Cope noted many residents have gardens started and emphasized city enforcement.
Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva invented the autogiro. The first successful flight occurred in 1923 marking a milestone in aviation history.
A list of names associated with Mount St. Mary Hospital and nearby towns appears, including Katherine Davis Nelsonville Route 1, James Auer Gloucester Route 1, Ancel McKinney Shawnee Route 1, Vern Vorhees Nelsonville, Laura Sherick New Lexington Route 2, Gertrude Edington Nelsonville, Beshara New Lexington, William Mesaros Gloucester Route 3 and daughter, Jerry Hickman Nelsonville Route 2, Nicholas Campbell Murray City, Melissa Bateman Nelsonville, Frank Rivers Chauncey, Edward Pyle Millfield Route 1, William Howell Athens, Mary Day Buchtel, Dinah Davis Nelsonville, Flo Stoner Nelsonville, Thomas Catchpole New Lexington, Rheda Bing Shade.
Nelsonville notices the death of Mrs. James T Sheppard 84 of Bexley who died at home Thursday. Widow of former Nelsonville postmaster James Sheppard she leaves a daughter Mrs Walter Millis of New York a grandson Sheppard Black a sister-in-law Mrs Harry Edington and a brother-in-law Charles G Sheppard. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 p m at Carrol Weir funeral home in Columbus.
A children's matinee is set for Saturday at the Nelsonville carnival on Baird's Lot. Nelsonville Volunteer Firemen sponsor the event with rides at half price for children with special tickets from the city building. Proceeds support the municipal park swing set project, costing over 300 dollars.
The TCL Club holds a rummage sale on Saturday at 8 am in the Cookson Building on West Washington Street the former Bob Wilson Studio rooms.
Nelsonville Recreation Commission warns that applications for swimming pool attendants lifeguards and pool manager are due by May 15. Send to city building or Mrs Bessie Ball secretary. Concession stand lease also offered per Charles Tanguy chairman.
The Rev. Chester Marquis of the Westminster Foundation at Ohio University will preach in Doanville chapel Sunday at 7 30 p m.
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