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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1946
Page
2
Nelsonville Mt Zion Ridge Church announces services ahead of tonight's RPA A Bs Nelsonville Vet Housing Campaign event. Sunday School is at 10 am and Young Peoples meeting follows at 6 30 pm led by Mr and Mrs Frank Alien.
Nelsonville officials announce a room drive for veterans planning to attend Ohio University this fall. Donald Shafer says the effort is funded by VEW and American Legion with four other civic groups. A Legion Building meeting sets the schedule for next week and data collection.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oakey Murphy Hamley Run for their infant son James Waller conducted by Rev LeMasters Burial was in Salem Cemetery The parents have eight other children.
A farewell reunion Sunday School rally in honor of Rev B A Awe, departing for Columbus, will be held at Pilgrim Holiness Church's Men’s Class Room. Rev Awe will preach at 10:30, with 9:30 Sunday School, 6:30 Young People meeting, and 7:30 evening service. Public invited. Cottage prayers at 7:30 tonight.
Nelsonville notes record the Rev C M Ford of Shenandoah Virginia as guest speaker at the 10 30 morning worship of the Church of Christ. Mrs Ford Mae Adamson and sister in law Mrs Jeff Adamson are visiting. Robert Jack, nephew, will be soloist with Miss Sigrid Love. Bible School classes begin at 9 30. Union evening service at the Presbyterian Church features Rev W M George.
Mrs. Bob Williams hosted the TCL Club for a lawn picnic with a birthday gift to Mrs. Maude Evans. September meeting set at Mrs. Mae Ennis home with Evans as hostess. Guests at the Butterworth home included Ingram and two sons Haydenville Detroit Dayton locals and others from Logan Curahoga Falls and Columbus. Names and places reflect a busy social week with travel and family visits.
Trimble services for the Mission Church in Trimble list Sunday School at 9 30 a m and church at 10 30 a m John Taylor to preach Also bids invited by The Plains Board of Education for coal for the school year with lump coal quality and right to reject all bids Probate Court notices list several estates with accounts first and final filings set for September 9 1946 and related executors and administrators named Warning written exceptions due five days before the date of estate proceedings
Harley Run Circle met at Mrs Elbert Brewers Nelsonville Route 1 for a potluck dinner. Guests included Mrs George Brewer Miss Margaret Dishong Mrs Sam Thompson Mrs John MacClain Mrs William Adams Mrs Grover Young Mrs George Dishong Mrs Ruben Pierce Miss Clara Perry Mrs Knowles Martin and the hostess Arden L Allyn dean of the College of Commerce Kent State.
NELSONVILLE The pastor announces the Sunday schedule with Sunday School at 9 30 a m led by Mrs Goldie Brunston followed by a 30 minute devotional and the 11 a m sermon by Rev B Z Hall titled Positive Profits and a Sad Loss.
Yesterdam afternoon showers cleared just in time for the weekly Recreation Night in Middleport hosted by Feeney Bennett Post American Legion. A tire race started the festivities followed by street entertainment. Councilman Harold Chase received an award. Charles MrMaster promises another costume party with prizes and an ice cream treat for all costumed children.
Chauncey personals report dinners and visits among residents. TEY Mrs Nettie Hert farg Tow CHAM Shields Delbert Shields and Russell Meyer Plains hosted guests. Carl Wilson Athens and George Gabriel Lower Plains visited Lizzie Barber and family. Frank Cook and daughter Sharon Lynn of Cleveland vacationing with F B Cook family. Lower Plains Mrs William A Hartley Gloucester formerly Chauncey visited here. Marriage licenses issued to Paul Hannan Riffie Jr and Flo Ann Jackson Point Pleasant and to Paul Bryant Bumgarner and Mary Lorada Lieving Leflart Route 7.
Haydenville brief notes the Kings Daughters Sunday School class held its first postwar annual picnic at Rachelimaecher Park Logan with Family and Woman's Bible Class guests. Attendees include the Ginthers, Pattons, Vollmers, Skivers, and numerous local families. September meeting planned at Mrs C H Patton's home.
Ohio University appeals for housing amid shortage as Chauncey residents volunteer to house 17 veterans. Led by Rev Giloert C Courtney the effort aims to canvass the area over several days. Mrs QO KK Parrett plans to take five veterans and provide meals, with Mrs Frank McDonald housing four. university bus service may run to Chauncey and Nelsonville for campus transport.
Wesleyan Methodist Church schedules Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. A children’s service is set for 6:45 p.m. Evening worship is 7:30 p.m. Prayer meetings occur Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
The Nazarene Church on Adams Street lists Sunday School at 9 30 a m morning worship at 10 30 a m PS 6 45 p m preaching 7 30 p m by Rev T H Arnott A prayer meeting is set for Thursday at 7 20 p m The church is described as the church with a big welcome
Nelsonville city schools will require smallpox immunization for all first-time entrants for the fall term. A physician's certificate showing vaccination has been attempted and pupil found immune is accepted. The rule covers kindergarten and first grade entrants and aligns with state law. The term begins September 3.
Two Methodist Guild members were honored at a Tuesday church meeting in Nelsonville. Miss Florence Cook, soon leaving for California for a year, and Miss Blanche Moorehead, a local high school teacher returning to Logan, were presented gifts by the class. Dinner was served.
Nelsonville reporter notes Harry Young displays a Colossal tomato from his vegetable garden this season. The prize fruit measures 18.25 inches in circumference and weighs 2.25 pounds, highlighting a standout specimen at local horticultural displays.
An Ohio advertisement touts Vigene as a miracle medicine for stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders and other ailments. It claims a Good Samaritan Award of Merit and offers a free full size bottle by mailing a postcard to Vigene Specialist in Dayton.
Postmaster J B Preston announces unused leave pay forms for World War II veterans to claim settlements under the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946. Forms are now available at the local post office for eligible applicants.
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