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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1956
Page
4
Bids for the nurses home and a residence for the medical director at the State TB Hospital in Nelsonville will be opened Sept 5 at 2 p.m. in Columbus. Estimated total cost around 175000 with 142000 for the nurses home and 33000 for the director’s residence. Equipment budgets include 15000 and 5000 respectively.
Chauncey Dover has entered three girls Lynn Barry Arlene Lester and Kay Kollister to compete for Miss Hocking Hills in this month's Parade of the Hills festival in Nelsonville Athens Logan and Glouster entering for the first time. The coronation parade surrounding the crowning is touted as the biggest ever with Chauncey having previous crown winners including Jean Matson.
The Retta Howe class of the Methodist Church plans a cook-out supper at Johnny Appleseed Park Thursday at 5 p.m. to honor John Herrold on his 80th birthday. Catherine Herrold hosted an open house at 62 Grover Street Sunday afternoon with many local friends attending. Mr Herrold worked in mines 11 years then in railroad service with C&O until 1942 and served as custodian at the First Presbyterian Church for 104 years. Chancellor Commander William Cox says important lodge matters will be discussed at the next meeting, urging membership and float committees to attend.
The Order of the Rainbow for Girls will initiate candidates at 7 p m Wednesday at Girl Scout Little House. The meeting will be formal and refreshments will follow. All Masons and Eastern Star members are invited.
Valley Lodge Knight of Pythias will hold its annual watermelon feed Wednesday night after the regular lodge session continuing an observance begun several years ago and drawing members and guests to the hall for a social gathering following the meeting.
Mrs. Dix Powell awoke to a glow near the First Presbyterian Church on E Washington Street in Nelsonville. Her husband Dix grabbed a dangling cord from a large round inflated object about four feet in diameter and brought it to earth. The best explanation given at the moment is a weather balloon.
A bridge on Route 680 near Dar win just south of the Athens Meigs County line collapsed under a truck Monday evening according to the Athens State Highway Patrol. The truck driven by William H. Pigh 29 of Middleport Route 1 fell through the bridge into a stream. No injuries were listed and only light damage to the truck owned by Clarmont Henry of Gallipolis.
A city limits sign on N Madison Street Route 278 was struck and knocked down Monday at 3:30 p.m. by a car owned by Don Blair of Carbon Hill driven by Sherman Ray Hartman of Nelsonville Route 2. The car slid into a ditch after skidding into the sign. Hartman and the driver escaped injury.
Births list Harold Smith Nelsonville a son. Cletus Smathers Buchtel a son. Admitted David Johnson Nelsonville Route 1 Anita Holden New Lexington Melda Vasco Murray City John Smith New Straitsville Frank Lowry Nelsonville Fred Quinn Corning. Discharged Philip Losey Glouster Route 1 and daughter Wayne Guess Logan Route 3 and daughter Lena Klinebriel Nelsonville Route 2 James Craig Corning John Flick Nelsonville Route 2 Marjorie Burdette Glouster Route 3 Hugh Dalrymple New Lexington Phyllis Keels Nelsonville Verna Lower Robertsville Ohio.
Funeral services for R. R. Ben Stalter well known Nelsonville citizen who died Sunday will be conducted at Warren North funeral home Wednesday at 2 p.m. by Rev. F M Wentz pastor of the First Methodist Church. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
Directors of the Nelsonville Board of Trade will hold a regular meeting Thursday at 7 p m at City Hall announced by Mrs Fried rich, president.
Guy Fellem of Nelsonville pleaded guilty at arraignment before May or Earl Hilleary in the local court. He was fined ten dollars plus costs for intoxication charges.
Nelsonville Elks plan a lodge session on Hocking Street with lunch served after the meeting.
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