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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1937

Page

2

Nelsonville Merson Clements dies suddenly at 66

Nelsonville resident W. E. Clements 66 died suddenly Thursday evening at 353 Madison Street from a heart attack. Born in Indiana, he moved to Hocking County and later Nelsonville with sister Phoebe. He leaves twin brother Edward of Amanda Ohio and a history as a mine carpenter and county bridge office worker. Funeral at Stout's Sunday 2 pm, burial Greenlawn.

Nelsonville W. E. Clements Madison St Mr. Clements Indiana Hocking County Phoebe Edward Clements Amanda Ohio Clements Knights of Pythias Uniform Bank Stout's H. A. Rothrock Methodist Church Greenlawn

Evangelist To Stay For Another Week

Revival meetings at the Independent Holiness Church Watkins St in Nelsonville will run through May 9 led by Evangelist Benjamin Brockman and his wife from Hutchinson Kansas with Miss Cecile McGee of Wheatland Missouri directing music. Willard Seel of Haydenville pleaded guilty to intoxication in Nelsonville mayor’s court and was fined five dollars plus costs. The whippet is described as the fastest on legs capable of 200 yards in 10 to 12 seconds, about half the time a human would take.

Nelsonville Independent Holiness Church Watkins St Benjamin Brockman Hutchinson, Kas Cecile McGee Wheatland Willard Seel Haydenville S. G. Holland

Large City Honor Roll Lists Many Students by Grade

The six week honor roll for Nelsonville city grade schools names many students across West East Central and respective grades. Notable lists include West School with second to fourth grades, East School with extensive rosters, Central School with two to five grades, and numerous students such as Tommy Bateman Jack Hill Jack Hitchings Alma Bateman Mary Lou White Charles Whyte Ruth Green and Gail Bruce among others. The compiled list highlights broad student achievement across multiple schools and grades.

Nelsonville West School Tommy Bateman Ann Dresher Jack Denny Ann Gibson Donald Hill Jimmie Hutchison Norma Jean McMillin Dick Matheny Jane Smith Kathryn Warren Pamela White Jean Evans Jack Hartley Margaret Crowl Alma Bateman Florence Coffey Audrey Courtney Louise Eyre Shirley Sayers East School Grant Rhodes Raymond Ti Velma McCray Louise McDaniel Helen Odenthal Ruth Speelman Frank Standall Virginia Six Betty Taylor Bobby Butterworth Elvyra Thompson Paul Berry Gerald Blair Don Jay June Lynora Lattimer Vera Jo Pyle Charles Whyte Mary Lou White Roy Davis Max Figgins Roger Johnson George Clark Dorothy Keating Ruth Green Jack Hickman Bobby Hutchins Roland Mender Pauline Riley Richard Stone Gail Bruce Edith Cook Raymond Henshaw Betty Hickman Evelyn Hitchings Lloyd Howard Kathryn Lehman Margie McClain Glenn Pierce Donald Powell Ruth Syx Mary Margaret Wolfe Thelma Parry Samuel Landis Charles Hanning Frances Riley Billy Thompson John Taylor Central School Russell Gabriel Billie Ann Bartoe Mary Grace Virginia Bell Marcia Dexter Clara Jane Horch Richard Kelley Nancy Krieg June Lee Gayla Millholland Martha Murphy Gloria Nichols Robert Parks Rita Powell Elizabeth Riley Billy Ross Marianne Ruble Lois Jane Straits Joe Bob Stratton Jack Wilson Guy Bateman David Davis Virgene Dabritz Maxine Carter Jean Cooley June Cox Arlene Gabriel Evelyn Ross Edna Shamer Nellie Worden Dorothy Raine Beatrice Stratton Richard Arnold Robert Bateman Beverly Bonner Maxine Cope Audrey Coots Harold Keller Evelyn Smith Leora Allen Philly Rae Davis Don Harmony Herman Ogg Allen Rothrock Betty Ross Jean Matheny Marian Call Marie Davis Albert Hutchison Charles Jones Virginia

Shade Farmer Praised Vendol Quick Relief in Athens

Mr Okey J Edwards of Shade Ohio reports rapid relief from digestive gas indigestion and joint pains after taking Vendol. He cites improved bowels sleep energy and ability to move freely within a week and urges others to try the medicine through Athens Pharmacy and local druggists including Hickmans Pharmacy Nelsonville.

Mr. Okey J. Edwards Shade Ohio Athens Nelsonville Hickman's Pharmacy Adv

Fire Danger Station Is Now Equipped for Use of Force

Fire Danger Station established at Camp Nelson last Fall uses a fan psychrometer anamometer and duff hygrometer to monitor relative humidity wind velocity and duff moisture. Readings are taken three times daily and recorded in weather memoranda and a graphic record showing humidity wind speed duff moisture and precipitation alongside total acres burned and fires.

Nelsonville Camp Nelson Fire Weather Daily Duff

Nelsonville Grocery Enlarges Quarters

Nelsonville grocery enlarges quarters at the corner of Poplar and Harper Streets. Partitions are being torn out to create a large front store room spanning the building, as announced by Ralph Howe, manager of the A. W. Antle Grocery Co.

Nelsonville A. W. Antle Grocery Co Poplar and Harper Sts Ralph Howe

GA Club Benefit at IOOF Hall Saturday Night

Nelsonville reports the GA Club plans a regular benefit at the IOOF Hall on Saturday evening starting at 7 45 o clock. This event aims to raise funds for club activities with attendees invited to attend.

Nelsonville IOOF

Local names listed for civic roll call

Louise Lowden Jack Mulligan Ada Jean Raine Rebecca Rosser Kathleen Simton Rosemary Snack enberg and Robert Wilson appear as individuals in a community roster. The fragmentary snippet names several persons likely connected to a local civic or organizational context without further context or actions.

Baseball Leaders Near End of Season Standings

The snippet lists players and stats for batting and fielding leaders. Notable names include Walker of the Tigers with 522 at bats and 30 hits, Medwick of the Cardinals with 10 hits, and Johnson of the Athletics with 3 home runs.

Walker Tigers R. Ferrell Red Sox Averill Indians Mar Bonura White Sox Mize Cardinals Cronin Johnson Athletics Lary Togiars Ncn Bordagaray Medwick Walker Tigers Angese Arnovich Phillies

New Era or New Deal? Looking Back at Economic Shifts

The piece weighs recurring cycles in American policy, from the New Era optimism to the New Deal, then conservative pushback. It notes disputes between employers and workers, banking risks, and price dynamics, arguing changed conditions require careful, case by case study rather than wholesale abandonment of past policies.

Gas mask project formed at Newmarket racecenter

A special air raid precautions committee has formed at Newmarket to devise a gas mask for horses. Newmarket, a racing center, lay in the path of air raiders during World War I as London was attacked.

Newmarket Eng U.R Great Racing Center London

Gallia Man Struck by Car Near Gallipolis

James Darst 22 of Henderson West Virginia drove into a collision at Routes 7 and 218 injuring Sherman Donnett 65 who was directing traffic for the state highway department. Donnett’s skull fracture risk prompted hospital care. Darst faces drunken driving charges after arrest by Sheriff Hatfield. Spires 18 and Gray 17 from Vinton were in the other vehicle.

Gallipolis James Darst Henderson W. Va Raymond Spires John Gray Vinton Darst Sherman Donnett Holzer Hospital Donnett State Highway Department Spires and Gray EF. E. Hatfield Eusteka Dennett

Ethel Hanning Marries Logan Man in West Virginia

Announcement from Nelsonville reports the marriage of Edith Hanning of Nelsonville to Eugene Thompson of Logan at St Marys West Virginia on Saturday April 17. Reverend J M Johnson of the Methodist Church officiated the ceremony. On the same page funeral services for Mrs Mable Juniper were held at Stouts Funeral Home in Nelsonville.

Nelsonville St. Marys W. Va Edith Hanning Eugene Thompson Logan J. M. Johnson Methodist Church Juniper Mable Juniper Donald Juniper Stouts Funeral Home Leland Goodman Church of Christ Loren North Lou Allen Beth Verity

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