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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
2
Final plans were made by colored Republican leaders from Athens Morgan Hocking Meigs and Vinton Counties for an Emancipation Day celebration in Nelsonville on Tuesday September 22. The program at the city playground will run from 9 a.m. to midnight with continuous activities.
Personal mention records Miss Phyllis Fithian of Columbus returning home after visiting the Francis household last week. She was accompanied by Miss Mary Francis who plans to visit relatives in the Capital City. Miss Marceline Wallace of Ithaca New York is spending a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Wallace.
In Nelsonville local communities organize a full day of events including racings, bingo, contests, and a 1 pm basket dinner. At 2:30 pm the Zanesville Armces face the Hocking Valley Giants, with Bricker as guest speaker at 4:30 pm followed by a dance with Percy Lowry and His Royal Entertainers in Sprays Hall.
The Legion holds a bingo benefit tonight in the basement with registration prize offered. Proceeds support the Legion activities and community projects.
Craig Kinney son of Mr and Mrs Robert Kinney is recovering after a tonsil operation performed by Dr J L Webb on Wednesday in Nelsonville.
Johnny Mize looms large for the Cardinals and hits home runs against the Chicago Cubs, fueling three wins in a recent nine day stretch. He ascends to the NL batting lead with a .376 average, supplanting Jimmy Collins at first base.
In Nelsonville Mayor's court three double parkers, Chester Mc Daniel Andy Hallett and Clifford Bryan were fined one dollar each. The city will continue traffic enforcement through August and may pass a time limit on parking if improvements do not continue. Police aim to reduce congestion and urge drivers to leave spaces clear.
The Nelsonville audit by Examiner Co. W. Booth found $52.08 recoverable and $240 to be credited to city accounts. It identified $3,277.12 in illegal payments, including two $23.25 insurance payments to Oakley and Oakley. Half of that amount was restored.
Nancy McNabb 74 wife of Aaron McNabb died at her home on M E Street after a long illness. She leaves husband seven children Retta Thompson Gertie Betchwoth Alvin McNabb all of Columbus Zern Hamilton Ohio Billa Brown of this city Bert Glouster and Everett of McConnsville and three brothers and three half sisters. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
Nelsonville Mrs James Bayliss wife of James Bayliss former Nelsonville resident died last evening at the home of her son Jack in Columbus She is survived by husband daughter Edith Briggs and son Mose of Williard and sons Jack in Columbus and Charles Match of Nelsonville plus three grandchildren The body was taken to Warrens Funeral Home and funeral arrangements are pending North American orchids depend for food on a microscopic organism inside their roots aiding soil nourishment.
Nelsonville plans to re lay the Public Square with new brick in the next weeks as part of a city wide street overhauling project. Adams Street paving nears completion and crews clean and remove old brick on West Columbus Street while improvements extend east to the square. Other streets to be improved include Madison from Columbus to Washington Franklin from Cable's Alley to Jefferson Monroe Walnut and Harper from Poplar to Walnut. The program, begun under the CWA, aims to overhaul all paved streets in the city.
A gas well drilled by the Kachelmacker Estate on Johnson Hill about three-quarters of a mile north of Nelsonville produced a little over 200 000 cubic feet and a second test location is planned for the area. Russia’s second five year plan includes colonization of Far East Siberia.
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