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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1955

Page

5

Mother Bernice Danley Named Mount St Mary Hospital Administrator

The Mount St Mary Hospital in Nelsonville announces Mother Bernice Danley will serve a three year term as superior and administrator. She has worked at the hospital since 1950 as record librarian and is a Niagara Falls native and long time Sister of St. Francis.

Nelsonville Bernice Danley Mount St. Mary Hospital Lidwina Stella Niagara N. Y Durance M. Gonzaga Holy Name Stella Niagara Seminary Military Cadet School Martha St. Anne's Hospital Columbus Mount St. Mary Bernice Niagara Falls Sisters of St. Francis of Penance Christian Charity

Tightening Credit Tests the Housing Boom in Year End

The long expected tightening of housing credit by the FHA and VA will curb demand and raise monthly payments as no down payment and 30 year terms fade. Builders split on timing but warn higher costs and potential inflation in materials. some loans remain in process. Veterans and builders react to tighter rules.

Sam Dawson New York Federal Housing Administration Veterans Administration Washington

Ex-Resident Grace Peacock Dies at 70 in Barberton

Grace L. Peacock age 70 a former Nelsonville resident died Thursday at her Barberton home. Survived by husband Costell son Wilbur daughter Mrs Lucille Wilson two sisters Mia Alice Carr Millfield and Mrs Mary Hartley Nelsonville three grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 1 p m at Johnson funeral home Rev J A Long Christian Church officiating burial Green Lawn Cemetery Friends may call after 7 p m Saturday.

Nelsonville Grace L. Peacock Barberton Costell Wilbur Lucille Wilson Mia Alice Carr Millfield Mary Hartley Johnson Funeral Home J. A. Long Christian Church Green Lawn Cemetery

Hospital Notes List Additions and Admissions

Holzer Hospital records new admissions and births including Mr and Mrs Albert French of Addison for a son. Entries name Kathryn of Clifton medica and several patients from Gallipolis Bladen Vinton Racine Middleport Mercerville Centerville with medical surgical and other status.

Albert French Addison Kathryn A Clifton W. Va John Withee Bladen Joyce Kidney Vinton Dwight Stevers, Jr Gallipolis Alice Blaker Middleport Richard Wilson Mullins Zoeves Racine Mercerville Ben L. Jones Centerville J. W. Phillips Robert F. Snowden Ruta Medical C. L. Bowen Surgical Clarence E. Boyles Middle Price Point Hobart M. Stitt Wendell Adrian Payne Bidwell

Thumb Injury Sends Teen to Holzer Hospital

Fourteen year old Ben L Jones of Thurman Route 1 was treated at Holzer Hospital for a thumb injury after it was caught in a hay baler on Thursday. He is the son of the County Schools Superintendent and Mrs B Lewis Jones. First arrival In 1840 the first boat reached Akron Ohio via the Ohio Pennsylvania canal connecting Akron with Pittsburgh and Beaver Pa.

Gallipolis Ben L. Jones Thurman Holzer Hospital B. Lewis Jones Akron Ohio Pittsburgh Beaver

Births and dismissals at Mount St Mary Hospital

Birth announcements list several families receiving newborns at Mount St Mary Hospital including Mr and Mrs Mike Lucas Corning Rt 1 a son and Mr and Mrs Arthur Koon Nelsonville a son plus other families in Athens Glouster Nelsonville and Murray City. Dismissals note Mrs James Barnes and daughter Shawnee and Mrs Wanda Spicer New Straitsville among others.

Mike Lucas Corning Arthur Koon Nelsonville Darell Witham Glouster Wolfhard Baumgarter Athens Kenneth Davis James Barnes Shawnee Wanda Spicer New Straitsville

Nelsonville church listings and service times

Local congregations on Chestnut and Jefferson streets show Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship around 10:30 a.m. Denominations include Pilgrim Holiness, Christian Church, Methodist, Episcopal, Latter Day Saints, First Presbyterian, and Carbon Hill and Liberty Hill charges with midweek prayers and studies.

Pilgrim Holiness Cherth Chestnut St Raymond Simpson St Gustin Christian Church Fort and Short J. A. Long Thuy Methodist Jefferson St F. M. Wentz Devine Charles Powers Church of the Epiphany Gerald Priser Kenneth Davis Jackson St D. O. Norris Zion League First Presbyterian Church John Lloyd Evans Carbon Hill Herbert Harris Liberty Hill

Nelsonville Bowling League Meet Planned

Nelsonville social notes report a Womens Bowling League meeting set for Sunday at 2 p m at the Midnight Inn. All interested women bowlers are urged to attend to discuss fall league arrangements.

Nelsonville Midnight Inn

Circle 2 Methodist Women to Meet August 8

Circle 2 of the Women’s Fellowship of the Methodist Church will meet Monday August 8 at 7 30 p m in the home of Mrs Treva Redmond Assisting will be Mrs Bess Bland.

Women's Fiocioty of Christian Service The Methodist Church Treva Redmond

Couples Club Swimming Party at Nelsonville Pool

The Couples Club holds a swimming party Monday at 7 p.m. at Nelsonville pool. Tickets are available from Ruth North, Jean Richards, or Mary Tignor.

Nelsonville Ruth North Jean Richards Mary Tignor

Tri Pi Sorority Meet At Johnny Appleseed Park

The Tri Pi Sorority will meet at 6 p m Monday at Johnny Appleseed Park. Members should bring their own refreshments. For transportation needs contact Beverly Rooker Donna Hickman Mary Matheny Nina McKnight or Nancy Hoskins. A business meeting will follow.

Johnny Appleseed Park Beverly Rooker Donna Hickman Mary Matheny Nina McKnight Nancy Hoskins

Mrs Dixie Graham Returns From Cambria Visit

Mrs Dixie Graham of Route 1 Nelsonville and her sister in law Mrs Neva Griffin of Columbus have come back from a five week visit in Cambria California with Mrs Graham’s son in law daughter and grandson Mr and Mrs Tom MecMannis and son Michael

Dixie Graham Nelsonville Neva Griffin Columbus Cambria Calif Graham Tommy MecMannis Michael

Cranberries in Early America and Native Sauce Use

The text notes wild cranberries grew in America before Europeans arrived and that Native Americans prepared cranberry sauce using maple sugar.

America

Snake in sack avoids attack after car strike

Nelsonville residents recall a startling incident when Safety service director Homer Adams handed a paper sack to Fire Clarence Hall. Hall opened it to reveal a live three foot eleven inch rattlesnake that had been injured by a car near Carbon and driven by Clyde H. Arnold. Arnold stopped, killed the snake with a brick, and the event ended swiftly.

Nelsonville Safety Service Homer Adams Clarence Hall Hall Carbon Clyde H. Arnold Adams St. Arnold

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