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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1951

Page

9

Summer Day in Nelsonville Brings Memory Lane Trip

Local couple Mr. and Mrs. Harley Worden visited with Frank Lewis in Lathrop and toured Morgan County near the old Wrightstown Church. They recalled Worden family roots, a gold pay of 75 dollars, a picnic, and a rock sentinel by the church while neighbors remembered the Wordens. Rummage Sale notice announced by Hocking Valley Shrine for Central school Aug 18 with donation call.

Nelsonville Harley Worden State Wrightstown Worden Hocking Valley

Local Notes on Brief Travels and Legal Office Closure

Mrs Earl Baker returns from Columbus after visiting Sgt and Mrs William Cosmo and family in town. Sgt Cosmo is stationed at Fort Hood Texas. Otto Kaelin and daughter Cleveland visit Mrs Kaelins parents Amos Ailes and wife. Emma Cook returns from Powhatan Ohio after weeks with her daughter. Law offices of James F Shumaker will close Monday through Saturday next week while he attends Northwestern Law School in Chicago. Mrs Shumaker to accompany him.

Earl Baker Columbus William Cosmo Mary Joan Kourt Sgt Cosmo Fort Hood Texas Otto Kaelin Cleveland Kaelin Amos Ailes Emma Cook Powhatan Ohio Nelsonville James F. Shumaker Shumaker Chicago Northwestern Law School

Nelsonville Ends July With Fund Total Of 138117 Dollars

Financial statement shows all city funds totaled 138117.79 on July 31, versus 138513.38 at end of June. Receipts reached 9329.25 with 9724.84 spent. council moved 500 to recreation and 300 to park. Continuous balances and activity listed by fund.

Nelsonville Delbert Kuhn

Nelsonville Guests of Wallacees Honor Crandall and McGill

Mrs Clarence Crandall Fr Pierce Fla and Mrs Esther McGill Columbus visit Mr and Mrs Arthur Wallace Will Wallace Syracuse Ohio Eugene Parry and granddaughter Janet Warren Dana Massar Chillicothe join dinner guests Tuesday at the Wallace home to honor the visitors

Clarence Crandall Fr. Pierce Fla Esther McGill Columbus Arthur Wallace Wallace

Epiphany Church Picnic Set for Sunday in Logan

The annual Episcopal Church of the Epiphany picnic occurs Sunday at Rachelmacher Park Logan with dinner at noon. Open to Sunday school and church departments. Transportation calls to 900 R or 219 are requested.

Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal Rachelmacher Park Logan

Minor Traffic Mishap Reported by Police

City police investigated a minor wreck on Chestnut Street Tuesday around 11 45 p m. Jesse R White of Logan Route 2 collided with a parked car owned by Thomas H Collins of 1046 Chestnut Street. Both vehicles sustained rear fender damage and White had insurance to cover the damages.

Nelsonville—City Chestnut St Don Bumgardner Jesse R. White Logan Thomas H. Collins White

Reds suspect charity plot in Shanghai offer

A Communist news agency says the New York Society for Aid to China's Blind offered 24000 dollars to a Shanghai school for the blind. The offer was rejected as Chinese society members claimed to see through this imperialist plot.

Hong Kong China New York Society For Aid School For Blind Shanghai

Joe Cline Funeral Services To Be Conducted Saturday

Funeral services for Joe Cline 54 of Chauncey will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Chauncey Christian Church with Rev. Gilbert Courtney officiating. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Cline a maintenance man at Chauncey Mine died Wednesday at work. autopsy ordered. He leaves a wife Rose and six sons plus brothers sisters and a half-brother.

Nelsonville Joe Cline Chauncey Chauncey Mine Chauncey Christian Church Gilbert Courtney Greenlawn Cline J. H. Elias Glouster Columbus Stout Funeral Council American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Rose

Barking dog phones for his freedom in Marion

In Marion Iowa a dog answered a telephone. The operator asked for a number. the dog barked in response. A sheriff’s call confirmed the dog was the caller. The sheriff traced the line to a dog tied near a telephone in a garage. The owner unlocked the dog and freed it.

Marion, Ir Marion Ora Kirby Kirby

Dayton Grocery Sack Has Hidden Treasure

In Dayton a cashier reported a customer sack contained a stamps package worth 300 to 500 dollars by error. Police say no one has claimed looking into the correct sack.

Dayton Grocery Sack Dayton Mildred Spendling

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