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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1951
Page
9
The Nelsonville Circle of Ruth picnic venue changes from Da Farm, Kimberly, to 16 Je Street in Nelsonville for Monday at 6 30 p m.
Tom Williams, Betts Cut-Rate, was elected president of the Nelsonville Merchants Association. Lowell Miller wins vice president. Charles Lechleidner remains treasurer. A board of directors will be named later. Walter Wolfe received a leather traveling bag in honor of his long service. A related Athens County road meeting was announced with Daugherty urging highway fixes and a good roads committee formed. York Grange to meet Friday.
Rotary members in Nelsonville viewed a film and tape program highlighting Southern Ohio’s natural resources. The showcase toured the Ohio River Valley with sites from salt brines to coal mines, lumber, reforestation, dairy farms, and cement plants, stressing local wealth and future development potential.
Mrs. Alice Morris hosted the Ladies Bridge Club with top scores by Mrs. Florence Pontious and Mrs. Amy Grattidge. Mrs. Howard Egan hosted another club where Mrs. Madge Young and Mrs. Edna Dennison led high. Guests included Mrs. Freida Lappen and Mrs. George N Armstrong. A Canada sight seeing trip involved Florence Stahr, Mary Frances, Linda Kay Poling, and Rosemary Hitt. Various visits tied to Dallas, ChilliCothe, Logan, Lancaster, Columbus, and Indianapolis are noted along with a note on the word diamond tracing to Greek origins.
Mr and Mrs Phillip B Weller and their daughter Martha have returned to their Nelsonville home after a vacation at Lakeside Lodges Lake Junaluska North Carolina.
A string of short visits and weekend trips ties together names from Toledo Vernon W Va Middleport Chillicothe Camden Ashland Hunting ton Charleston Inglewood Gallipolis Ferry and Charleston as relatives and friends share time across Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia. A closing remark notes about 1500 Lincoln biographers.
Nelsonville resident Ed Stufflebean received emergency care at Mount St. Mary Hospital for a scalp laceration from a wood chopping accident. Nearby, Robert Brooks of Glouster was treated for a lip laceration after a fall on home steps.
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