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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1951

Page

8

Kimberly Bridge Repair Addition Sought by Farm Bureau Council

Nelsonville areaFarm Bureau Advisory Council urges Ohio State Highway Department to add Kimberly bridge rehabilitation to the 1952 program. Plan calls for extra south side spans and widening flood channel to prevent closures and economic disruption for workers at Poston Generating Station and local mines.

Kimberly Farm Bureau Council Nelsonville Hocking River State Highway Department Advisory Council The Farm Bureau Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Hocking Kimberly Bridge Athens E. M. Poston Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Piqua Columbus Ohio Poston Highway Department of State of Highway Department Robert H. Lutz Gerald Bentley J. G. Johnston O. W. Davis Oral Daugherty John Johnston Ed Howard Dewey Ruscoe Robert H. Lu

Van Bibber Rites Saturday

Nelsonville obituary for Judson E. Van Bibber 84 a retired miner who died Wednesday at his daughter Lydia Arnold’s home on Nelsonville Route 2 He also leaves three other daughters a son nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p m at Asbury Church with Rev Carroll Chesser burial at the adjoining cemetery Friends may call at the Arnold home.

Nelsonville Judson E. van Bibber Lydia Arnold van Bibber Sarah Arnold Pearl Johnson Alice Walker Betty Hickman New Straitsville Fred of Buchtel Asbury Church Carroll Chesser

Births and dismissals at Mount St Mary Hospital

Birth notices list a son for Mr and Mrs Joseph Wilkinson Logan and names of several newborns including John Porter McCunesville and Pearl Wend Nelsonville Route 1. Discharges include Mrs Oliver Shuttleworth Enterprise and daughter and other patients such as Mrs Burrell Steele New Lexington and Mrs Lillian Stevens Logan.

Joseph Wilkinson Logan John Porter McCunesville Sarah E. Murphy Nelsonville Elmer Finsterwald Athens John Snyder Murray City Frank Rife Buchtel Oliver Shuttleworth Enterprise Burrell Steele New Lexington Raymond Peyton Shawnee Pearl Wend Sam Turner William Taylor Bayenens Burke New Straitsville William Allen Fletcher Lillian Stevens John R. James

Dew Dies Local Hotel Proprietor In Nelsonville

Stanley J. Dew 73, proprietor of the Rew Hotel in Nelsonville, died in Mount St. Mary Hospital after a brief illness. He was a SpanishAmerican War veteran and former baseball catcher and outfielder with Saginaw Lancaster and the Nelsonville Grays. He leaves wife Virginia and daughter Jane Clements with five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements included burial at Greenlawn Cemetery and services by the Warren funeral home.

Nelsonville Stanley J. Dew Rew Mount St. Mary Hospital James Dew Margaret Chariton Dew Columbus Saginaw Lancaster Nelsonville Grays Cuba Co. 1 San Juan Columbus Camp Dew Order of Eagles The Elks Lodge Virginia Dew Jane Clements Wadsworth Ohio Audrey Dew Athens Wheeler Dew

Private Howard Stump Home on Furlough

Pvt. Howard Stump, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stump, is on furlough at home. He will be reassigned to duty in Germany after his leave. While home, he is visited by his sisters Mrs. Gladys Holly and Mrs. Faye Reeves and their families.

Carbondale Howard Stump Charles Stump Germany Gladys Holly Faye Reeves

July court cases total 38 with 13 from State Patrol

A July arrest report shows Mayor Earl Hilleary’s court heard 38 cases. State Highway Patrol contributed 13 cases. Nine arrests were for intoxication with four unsafe motor vehicle charges and two for being under the influence in operation or control. Six were sent to Athens County jail and four to the city jail. Two citizens remained under investigation.

Nelsonville Earl Hilleary James Cope State Highway Patrol Athens

Disturbing the Peace Fines in Nelsonville Court

Nelsonville residents Hazel E. Ritter and Clifford Dowler reported guilty on arraignment before Mayor Earl Hilleary. Dowler and Coleman fined ten dollars and costs. Coleman also jailed until settlement.

Nelsonville Hazel E. Ritter Cliford Dowler Earl Hilleary John Coleman

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