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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1957

Page

4

Nelsonville City Hikes Wages Eight Percent Sept 1

Nelsonville city employees will receive about an eight percent pay raise effective Sept 1. The council approved the raise schedule for all salaried staff and hourly workers, plus details on Pine Grove Drive being added to the city street system for school traffic. The dump ordinance and water service issues were discussed, with plans to fund Coakley water line and potential canal widening. A licensed engineer requirement for the disposal plant chief was tabled for next meeting.

Nelsonville Pine Grove Pine Grove Drive Dr. Zlatkind Charles Evans Kenneth Orwiler Adams St Evans Bessemer Wilson Brothers West End Joe Barrows Homer Adams Chestnut and Canal Sts Harper and Chestnut Barrows Canal St Coakley Ward Phillips Earl Hilleary Athens Messenger Nadine Seltzer Burgess and Niple Hilleary

Royal McBee engineers lead flexible data processing push

Royal McBee shows a team of nine engineers directing a broad product development pool for office automation. The firm touts machines from electric typewriters to early electronic computers and claims wide global reach with 12 000 employees and plants in Hartford Athens St Louis and Ogden plus international plants and 100 plus countries.

Royal McBee Royal McBee’s Hartford Port Chester N.Y Royal Electric Standard and Portable Robotyper Reytype McBee Keysort Royal Precision Electronic McBee

Nelsonville Council Advances Plans For New Elementary School

Nelsonville city council approved adding Pine Grove Drive segment to the street system to access the future elementary school. The board will meet Ike Vaughn at 3 30 p m to discuss a right of way of about 40 by 150 feet. Open school opening set for September 4 with faculty changes and insurance coverage chosen.

Nelsonville Pine Grove Drive Council Ike Vaughn Vaughn Clover Farm Miller’s, Davis, Smith’s Howe’s Johnson’s Kroger’s Shafers Brady’s Barber’s Roger Dean

Rites Set For Whittington In Baltimore Ohio

Mrs Pearl Ivy Whittington 60 wife of Orval Whittington Baltimore Ohio died yesterday at Lancaster Fairfield Hospital She is survived by her husband two daughters Mrs Thelma Marshall Lancaster and Mrs Letha Cottrill Harrisonville two sons Ronald Carpenter and Leonard Whittington Baltimore 14 grandchildren one great grandchild Her parents Mr and Mrs Mack Reedy live in Buffalo West Virginia Friends may call at A E Johnson Memorial funeral home Baltimore Funeral services set for Thursday 2 pm at Temple Methodist Church burial in Temple Methodist Cemetery follow.

Baltimore Ohio Pearl Ivy Whittington Orval Whittington Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital Whittington Thelma Marshall Lancaster Letha Cottrill Harrisonville Ronald Whittington Carpenter Leonard Whittington Mack Reedy Buffalo West Virginia A. E. Johnson Temple Methodist Church Temple Methodist Cemetery

Hockingport Bride Edith Put Marries John Henderson

Edith Put of Hockingport and John Henderson of Portland were married on July 9 at Pomeroy. They plan to live in Portland where Henderson works. Guests at the Cecil Rockhold home included Mr and Mrs Russell Rockhold and their Baltimore daughters and Mrs Lizzie Daily of Philadelphia.

Hockingport Edith Putnam John Henderson Portland Pomeroy Henderson Cecil Rockhold Russell Rockhold Baltimore, Md Lizzie Daily Philadelphia Pennsylvania

United Mine Workers Meet in Nelsonville Saturday

United Mine Workers Local Union 3905 will hold a meeting in the Red Men s Hall Nelsonville Saturday at 1 30 p m Wesley Hawk secretary said the event invites eligible members to attend.

Nelsonville United Mine Workers of America Red Men’s Hall Wesley Hawk

Redlegs Host II Athletes From Nelsonville at Cubs Game

Nelsonville residents including 120 Little League players rode to Cincinnati with 25 volunteer drivers to watch the Reds face the Cubs. About 350 in donations funded two meals for the youths, who returned after 9:30 p.m. Estel Crabtree, a trip planner, praised the boys’ behavior and performance.

Nelsonville Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Estel Crabtree

Births Reported at Mount St. Mary Hospital

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mason of Logan Route 4 welcome a son. Admitted patients include Wanda Thompson Gloucester Route 2, Miss Jean Wachenschwanz Deanville, Robert Snyder New Straitville, Charles Johnson Nelsonville Route 1, James Weston Nelsonville, Burl Stanley Nelsonville, Mrs. Jeanie Ogg Nelsonville, Nate Matheny Nelsonville, Mrs. Ethel Gamble Albany Route 1 and daughter, Mrs. Floyd Spicer New Straitsville, Eva Wheeler Crooksville, Jack Andrews Gloucester.

Homer Mason Logan Route 4 Robert Snyder New Straitsville Charles Johnson Nelsonville James Weston Burl Stanley Jeanie Ogg Nate Matheny Ethel Gamble Albany Floyd Spicer Eva Wheeler Crooksville Jack Andrews Glouster

Two Men Are Fined In Mayor's Court

Two men were fined in Mayor Earl Hilleary’s court in Nelsonville. Harold Mourn of Glouster Route 3 paid 20 dollars plus costs for speeding 70 mph in a 50 mph zone, arrested by the State Highway Patrol. Glendon Millicon of New Marshfield paid 10 dollars plus costs for unsafe operation, arrested by city police.

Nelsonville Earl Hilleary Harold Mourn Glouster Glendon Millicon New Marshfield

Nelsonville 4-H Club Holds Eleventh Meeting at Park

The Diamond Starettes 4-H Club met at Johnny Appleseed Park with Anita Wood presiding. Phyllis Leffler read minutes and roll call as members planned decorating the 4-H booth for the Hocking County Fair. Diana Welch attended as guest. prizes were awarded and refreshments served. Carole Leffler stood in as news reporter in Sharon McGuire’s absence.

Nelsonville Diamond Starettes Johnny Appleseed Park Anita Wood Phyllis Leffler Hocking County Fair Diana Welch Ruth Ann Kapple Sharon McGuire Carole Leffler

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