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Athens Messenger (Newspaper) - August 10, 1955, Athens, Ohio Sex Athens messenger l wednesday aug to. 1988 City Telephone discussed for rotarians m in Tami 11 Straits Ville resident Dies Al jams we Kew Arnii Tsiu r a new Straits Ville a Andrew shuttle Orth of. Died tuesday of ? . Of i Home in new Trai Uville. He had annual Flower Shote features 12 categories a. N. Ward Dies tuesday Nei. So Xvi Bijj there will be try be wild Flower Pillow in Eph Raf category Tea for con of Flower a Mas of Flower in t Catan la in the annual Flower either yellow blur or Reda Nijs Ontville members of this Branch of the Nelsonville rotary club be Telephone co. Ter Day noon heard a discussion i he told the on the Telephone situation in could remember Nelsonville by Clyde c. Calhoun. There Weie two Zanesville Genera manager of change in Nelsonville i St ate Telephone co Quot Mai Poeih my a Mem a How to he held sept. 8 n con Trade of the highs hospitality any. N Street Kao Tutt nation with the Parade of the design it Colden Harvest fruits b Rich the Knight is Hilla revival. And vegetables. Miniature Are he Ohio Bell pie stated they had trouble with a and Fth vol a Lister the Flowers fruit and vege Range menu specimen arrange t Tablet their party lines. Surviving Are his wife Han will Rte displayed in Ibe Orient a Choice of any one Flower rotarians he with the Best operator there nah Fyk daughter Helen Law Hoh dining room Ltd in Quot Container Hobby col a mss Llu Tawdi Tiow a Central Union Bell sett in to St a Athena of a Twat Raj. 3-1aii we Mimir Kin. Mrs Currie Urie Fri he received net Ween 8 Lection Flower and vegetable Stacey and j a a shut Haworth of and Harn. Of the Day of judging Junior girl arrange washing ton of. Cmary shuttle-1 a a it one menu by Chi Wren 12 it ear and Worth of the Home of vim mar intr it my category Al con older and Flowers in antique he said Ai Telephone suffers during Peak Hickman of Nev Strait-1 ail up t0 marked with on Tamer and Driftwood a k o Tham mme no th9 exhibitor names Ort the Bottom Range ments la committee will not tie re a door prize will he awarded n 1922 when has never been a system de Telephone is Vised that is completely fool the Ohio proof a Calhoon said he said and the Ervle on both manual and dial that time Frere were 5oo tale Load phones in the Cit a year later the chief problem since 1948, their companies were merged Calhoon remarked is to stay on which did away with the duh top of the problem. He said in cation of service 1940 there were 40 Telephone per Calhoon told the club that no too resident population while to Ilalio ends Bosi Neas put Forth More Effort Day there Are 88 phone for the All Ivie tin info a a satisfy its customers than the same number of people. He said i of thursday Telephone Compart a a in told of keeping up v ill. Of a preen i _ Quot Quot w # i Quot a. S it Nufi Tiv tar Emst which showed that the or rent a been a problem. Anthony a in. The same Day by an out of old so week we do of the Nelsonville residents were in 1948 Nelsonville had 1123 Fred Kisor dr., 64, of Vancarter. Tow n judge a a at fied with their Telephone telephones while a it in it a died unexpectedly on aug 7 at citizen from the surrounding Arrie hire hum picnic a ervice another que Don showed 2248. He said a recent Survey he Lancaster City Hospital. Most communities Are invited to Din that 312 per cent of the people showed that 95.7 per cent of a1 of his lifetime was spent in play their Flowers fresh fruit members of or re a 5 o the Aid the service had improved Call in Nelsonville were an ens county and for Many years and vegetable unman society of Christian and that 31 per cent of the pen swered in in than to second he was employed by the Hocking the 12 Cia fir aborts Are a 1of the first methodist he said Ainee 1948 Ohio Bell a Valley Brick co. Follows grandmother crazy Church he picnic hipper in the i Ville Home and Jack of Washington. I. C and eight grandchildren. A. F. Kisor riles set Asp Ombie for any per Ona i prop and prize Money or ribbons will erty during the show according be Given the first thre places in to or. Wesley Hawk chairman each classification. Of the Flower show committee. A a she said none of the displays to i 11 can be removed until after the j. I Fyk i Sou v i i of show is concluded. He judging la mated to Tak place at i pirate adventure Stow Eker filmed in cinemascope Locking Suver it or of suss j w8ct Newton sit Uno a Cornu . Hut operation deep Freer in of the world a pin Ai. Tonight a Haet , a the i in i no desert re Skelton a Tali a hero Robertson a Keyes a Lovejoy ton Ite i ill a z technicolor lists Teh it la a n Uli r a Mai keen of Hara Quot War Arrow Quot Tiu. La \ Ltd i Hihi a Anthon i Iii atm Quot capt. Kidd amp the slave girl Quot wet sem a 4<�ei tomorrow amp Friday two riotous Hitt a double fun show she slept in hit hit pyjamas thin ii Mally took Voitl Dick Powell Debbie Reynolds Susan slept. Here Anni Francis a v plus Claudette Colbert a Fred Macmurray a the egg and i Quot my mrs Ltd a a a starts today warn fat Bros Happy filming of the most loved most laughed with play of our Day i As enema scope pm scr Cosof ii wry James Fonda Cagney William Jack Powell a Lemmon a pent $216,000 in Nelsonville in surviving a i wife three quilt mixed Flowers it Good Central office equipment and Bons Fred. Jr., of Columbus morning Early morning Flowers other equipment needed in this thrive end Rodney at Home two sweetness Mother Garden old installation. He maid then Are a daughters or. Sylvia Houri of of whined Flower along Crainville Exchange handle 8200 Dally i Dayton and or. Arvella Bur a a a a a a a it of Columbus pc framed i Minnied a question a raised from a Dren and one brother and five member a to Why when two sister. I la station wife to Calls were placed one after an Friend May Call at the Baker Garden of mrs. Anna Riley Home on Short St. Monday evening or. Adda net Kirk gave the devotions or. Ida Dusky program chairman anal ted by or. Pearl Williams presented a play let. Mrs. Oct fillet the Leader prelude during a Blini be aes Nelsonville a. N Ward. 72, former Nelsonville resident died Early tuesday morning in a Dayton Hospital. He had been in ill health for some time. Coming to Ohio from Westfir Ginia he was superintendent of the new York farm at flood Wood Ifor 30 years during which time he was Active in the York Grange. Following his retirement he owned and operated a Small grocery in Athens before going to Dayton in the Early Isho. The Eon of the late Hall and Melvina Ward he was a native of Mingo w. A surviving Are a son. Clarence of Dayton and a daughter. In. Fima Duteil also of Dayton two Lister mrs. Nora Chappelear of Athens and mrs. Sam Thomas of Nelsonville a brother. Walter of adult Are darned about Selling ammo Nelsonville a police chief a Lim Copeland today issued a warning to ail adult hat there is a state Law and local ordinance against the Sale of 22-caliber Rifle shells and by shot to minors. He said he has had several complaints in recent Days about youth firing air rifles near the swimming Pool and exploding Rifle shells he said this i a dangerous practice and he would take action against adults making sales to the juveniles of it persisted. Waverly two granddaughter and several nieces and nephews i wife three brother and a sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at i . Friday in the Johnson funeral Home. Burial is to be in Green i Awn cemetery. Friend May Call at the funeral Home at any time _ wednesday amp thurs. Shows at 7 00 and 9 00 Wyto Ere a plus news and cartoon Aion. It was decided to Hod an ice it her it was hard to reach the a Boering funeral Home in Nelsonville. A when one App Rhi at operator for the second Call. Cal Thornville today from 2 until to introducing 7 30 aug 19. Or. C. U. Dun. Boon said there was one of two . A in from be i Ann Ville it in chairman of h Gawers either of was faulty of funeral services will be con Hiow of kit it we it on 127 Televiak. _ Erat Ion. Tor which he said there ducted at the Pilgrim holiness including Fairbanks i n u vv7 is no a ruse or else it happens Church in Feaster. Thursday at not. ?tch0rl"f, Aja a Hll Tex j. It that a time of Peak Load. He con to am. Burial will he in Banbury of Twat and Iam wil1 Host elves thurs. Amp Fri. R re Ion Owen a me to Murti inv my is in Percy a flus a a five guns West 1 an action netted a color it Ahring. John la in lured by Felling the group that cemetery where Short graveside if it Hadnot been for the War. Service also will he held. Ohio it la would have had Auto. Magic a Ervle throughout the flt Kain Siu. State by thin time me added a no 01,1,1 a it a 7, Ivow wants dial service More than la Dopita Ohio in 11 r following the rotary meeting Calhoon. John Koch manager of a thu of a i if a it rum f a la it cd. A 0<h or ,8 it a United states a hurry this information was received in a letter addressed to Quot dutch be Sori a Parton Ali Shafer and the new St and gang from Martin. Birth 11he Nelsonville Exchange whose office i in new Lexington met with a committee from the mayor Cut Sens committee in Council Chambers. Present were the Rev John Lloyd Van. Mayor far Hilleary or w. Of. Hyde r b. Stuart and far Steep or Evans spokesman for the group told the Telephone men they had in complaint about the toll service hut the problem of local erne was another thing Calhoon said if there a evidence of floor Telephone service Floyd huh of Zanesville spent Martin Hail probably done More Sund it a Nelsonville and a com than anyone else in recent veers he who of publicize the name of Nelson it a a Here a the or. And or Roy Keiffer. Xvi jj11 of Ying for Many years with it of Garnet Nellle route i. A daughter. By ser and preen by with Bennett. Fayette St. Lawrence Welk. He appears weekly on a television hmm Origi Junior Deputy leu use be rating from Californi Are ,. Shafer and the newsstand gang meeting set i aniline recently sent Martin a Telegram ,. Or Musette Randolph. Albany a a a Ling Bim How they enjoyed the null on a the jul a ,., a 2kffi still Kiwi in a in in , .�?z4 . Two i acid. pm a Quot a Bull Dan to Quot Athens route 3. Thursday . Specials customers wanted a no experience necessary 36-in unbleached la Muslin. 5 is 29c value. On _ admitted Caroline Mckee Glouster or Gretchen Sherbum son Vilie. Wayne Mitchell Newark the people were entitled to an route 2 mrs. Luella Brooks it Ogan. Vincent Hui Ift new i Islington or Ruth Hatfield near Nelsonville Ira elem Worth. Nelsonville Harold Johnson Nelsonville National convention ski Sony it. Of Ca Dei James meeting a originally called for thursday night hut a moved ahead to wednesday. Membership card Are available Maurer son of or and mrs. John Al the City building and the Maurer Nelsonville and Cadet league is still open to members cd Hamer son of in. Nell from Nelsonville and the nearby Homer Murray qty Are attend communities. Nel service become so Good he could Isonville will a conducted at 8 brag about it. . Thur Dav Hamden social notes Ham born to or and or. Robert Holtz of Mcarthur a a non Bobett Timothy at Bullock clime grandparents Are or. And mrs John Churm of Setia Papol. Calif and or and or John la Holtz of Hamden or and or Robert Sorrell visited in Columbine recently. Or. And or Harry Mesick were guests of Ruth Narr at i Ancaster Camp recently. Or. And in. Curtis bum had As guest or. And or. Grover Mulligan of Al any or Russell Dye and children of Lancaster and or and in. Sam Vandyken of Flint. Mich. Barium and Ruth Burns who had Iteen visiting their grandparents. Returned to Flint Mich with the Vandyke no or and or Homer Here and family of a Anion visited or Pierce a Mother or. Pearl Pierce. Or John Shifflett visited or. And or. Re Shifflett or. And or. Or. Bias and daughter Karen of Columbus were guests of mrs. Bias Mother. Or Lima Huston recently. Or. And or. Cedi mortis of Orient called on or. And or a non Ratcliff recently. Or. And mrs Herbert Miller of Chillicothe visited in Hamden recently. Clarence Jewell or. Of Bucyrus. W As a guest of i Parent. Or. And mrs Clarence Jewell or or. And or Robert Burna and children of Belview recently called on or Burna Mother or Margaret Burn. Or. And or. John a Thompson. Or. Celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary and mrs Thomi on a 63rd birthday the same Day. Allio of their children i and their families were Home for the picnic dinner served on the Lawn of the Thompson Home those attending were Azalia Gettler and children. Or and mrs Albert Weikh and or and or. Appt abet of Seneca. Iii., or. And or. Dele Hull and Joan Row of Wellston or. And or. Ralph Martin and mrs Virginia Moore of Mansfield. Or. And mrs. Wendell Donahue. Or and or. Calvin to Home a on and family. Or and mrs j. W to Hompton and family and mrs Huxley All of Hamden. Or. And mrs Robert Miller of Senecaville and Virgil Kern of err Leville or. And or. Flan Collin were Columbus visitors recently. Or. And or. Marvin tedrow and daughter. Joyce and Janet of Middletown Are visiting or. Tedrow Mother. Mrs. A o. Tedrow or. And mrs Robert Kibbey and children and or. I Measle id they visited relative in chess to Eake recently. Bom recently at holier Hospital a girl to or and or Donald Souder of main St., Hamden. Grandparent Are or. And mrs. Cherie Hughes of Jackson and or. And or. Tiny Snider of Hamden or and or Max Newman of Columbus visited Hamden relatives and friends or and or. Harry vat Lillge of Logan visited or. Mary Nixon recently. Or. And or. Ralph Ratcliff and children were guests of met. Ratcliff Parent or. And mrs Howard Weyand or. And or Ferrte Harvey of column i railed on or Harvey Mother mrs Etta Kisor. Or. And or. Melvin Jayjohn and children and mra Bruce Jayjohn attended Homecoming at Oregon. Or. And or. John Thompson and children and or. And or. Carl Sorrell and children visited or. Alta Saultz at the stouts-\1lle Camp ground recently. Or. And or. Pet Gas Kilt of Mcarthur called on or. Gas lit and or Catherine Crown recently. Hirth or and mrs Dwight Miller. Oak his a daughter. Admitted Melvin i be Mamie Northup. Medical. Charles Allen Walter. Gallipolis. Medical. Or. Carene f. Stephenson. Ironton medical. Quentin w White. Bidwell. Medical. Barie w. Buck 3rd, Rutland medical. Mrs Charles Brady. Jr., Jackson medical. Ihm la arg id mrs Alfred French and Ann. Or Barie Guy Young and daughter or. Richard Slone mrs. James l Pulins and daughter mrs. Ellsworth la pole. Wayne copies mrs. John Williams w. A fund or. Con Phillip. Isaac Shupe or. Absten. Herbert Welker in Fred Ashworth. Charles Aeiker. Mrs. Myrtle a Tep. Bobby Faulkner. Clarence Boyle or. Gayle Hya Elf Robert Hoover. Leonard Jewell c. T. Gilkey Cherie Cartwright. Resurfacing starts Nelsonville work is underway by the l. P. Cavett co. On the resurfacing of route 278 from the Veteran of foreign wan building to route 80. Testing engineers have Learned that the total number of typing operations performed by the average typist each year is 14,745. 000 half the people of Formosa Are Farmers say the National geographic society. Explanation. He said he would i in. Charles Ringhiser and ton. Mph Quot National convention of a special program a been Check into the problem of the a Gan route 3 Arnold air society this week planned. The business session will Quality of service and made note wre Bassie Cunningham. In a Francisco. Calif. They include the election of officer throughout the meeting. Or. Chauncey to sunday by plane for Oal for Evan told Calhoon that any a. A a Cha both men Are students at thing that could lie done by the bpm Tal \ Kwh election Ohio University. Company to better the service a a special a a. Would he greatly appreciated he election of one trustee at the vet. In7i>r Lliott Nikul Voles Aid he would like to be thee an of foreign War in n 9, la of Imp of 9 seeing St the problem Good grades in school require Good vision ii your child handicapped in school work because of faulty vision be sure her tight it right. Bring her to our office for in examination before school starts. Or. J. H. Wilson optometric Eye specialist first Natl. Bank bldg. Nelsonville Ohio Tel. Tai Sam As a new Jet fighter. Tom As a Sherman tank Star brands Are built to Taka it and not show it. For school for sport for dross up. See this new Sebec Tion today. Open All Day thur toy. Arcade shoe store 62 East main St. Logan. Ohio Nett to Kroger s super Market savings for truckers Stock clearance $65.00 $62.00 $37.50 these Are Brand new Tak off of in National Brand prices include Federo Tat Nye Chevrolet co. . Arnold sri it manager Nelsonville. Ohio

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