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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1955
Page
18
Nelsonville reports 18 speeding arrests as city retains speed meter device. Fines and costs total $3 26.60. device aims to curb speeding in residential zones and was bought by the city. Police Chief James Cope says meter will remain in use to improve safety, not to persecute motorists.
Nelsonville society column reports Mr and Mrs Powell visiting in Marietta and Columbus for medical care. The Golden Wedding anniversary of Rev and Mrs F M Wentz is noted. Burt Powell and family return from Florida and Glenn Allen, Buckeye Lake engineer with Sunday Creek Coal Co, recovers after a heart attack.
Nelsonville section reports a Huddy family reunion held last Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Wayne Bumgardner. Attendees include J T Huddy Doris Hodge Phil Hilbert Jean Hunter and many others from Dayton Detroit Newark Logan and Buffalo. Final rites for Mrs Goldie M Simmons 60 widow of Harry Simmons will be Friday at Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial at Lawn Cemetery.
Admitted patients include Charles Howard of Vinton in surgery, Raymond Butterfield and Mrs Charles Clark of Henderson Gallipolis medical and other regional cases. The notice also mentions Mr and Mrs Earl Riegel and Mrs Willie Mullins with various medical notes. The fragment ends with an unrelated line about an avocado tree in the Laurel family.
A damaged OCR fragment lists multiple individuals with medical notes and affiliations, including Ironton Portland Cheshire and various names such as James H. Rickey Jr and Mrs Stella Mulligan. The garbled text references infants and a hospital context with scattered family and gendered names.
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