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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
4
Mr and Mrs H T Matheny report their son Richard has enlisted in the Army Air Force and is stationed in San Antonio Texas for six weeks of basic training He expects a home furlough before further assignment
Nelsonville sees fewer unemployment claims as the local Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports a drop from about 500 last January to 150 to 200 currently. The YMCA office hours shift to 9 30 a m to noon on Wednesdays due to lighter demand and most younger workers already finding jobs in other areas amid wartime activity.
City schools across Nelsonville are being prepared for the Sept. 5 start. Janitors handle repainting and deco rating as part of rehabilitation work. The board approved bills totaling 949.46 and authorized a 10,000 advance from the county treasurer. Supt. L C Gray set a teachers meeting on opening day with time to be announced.
Logan Athens and Nelsonville squads will swim in the third and final meet of the season at Nelsonville pool tonight at 7 p.m. Senior and junior divisions feature 40 yard events and relays plus diving rounds. Weather cooled turnout. week totals show 1170 admissions and $84.03 collected.
The Business Girls' Class of the Nelsonville Christian Church will gather Thursday at 6 p.m. at Mrs. Richard Moore's home for a covered dish dinner. A Berean Bible Class group photo will be displayed at the church meeting.
Nelsonville property owners are urged by Service Safety Director Homer Adams and City Sanitary Officer George Johnson to clear weeds from premises and vacant lots. A city tour shows many delinquent properties. letters will be mailed, and if ignored the city will have the weeds cut and the costs billed to the county auditor with taxes.
Sunday at 9 30 a.m. York Grange 436 will meet Friday at Grange Hall. Harry Betts announced the agenda. Members will present a lecture hour program followed by a potluck lunch.
Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Robert Jewell and daughter Marcia from Logan. Also Mr and Mrs Robert Shears and family from Columbus, and Mr and Mrs Stanley Mihalek with children from Cleveland. Guests in Eaton ton Ga were Mr and Mrs Jack Davis, brother of Mrs Pierce, visiting Mr and Mrs Roland Pierce.
Nelsonville John Ossman 63 died unexpectedly Wednesday of a heart attack while helping his brother hang paper at 513 Chestnut Street. He lived with his brother pastor at 543 Chestnut Street. Survived by wife Mrs Leo Ossman a daughter Mrs Melvin Pack a son James and two brothers Geo Ossman and Rev Robert Ossman. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Pentecostal Church with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Stout funeral home prior to the service.
Rev Alfred Hugh es of California preached a Methodist Church sermon once led by his brother Rev H H Hughes. Local visitors included Mr and Mrs Stephen Spires Mt Union Pa and families. Several Columbus Elyria Cadiz visitors spent weekends with local residents and relatives.
Members of the Altar Society of the Catholic Church attended a picnic at Lake Hope. Albert James and his son Thomas, joined by Miss Cleire James, spent a day with relatives in Somerset.
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