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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
7
A discourse asks how a society can be seized and rebuilt into a so called perfect order. The event features Rev Paul Miniswander and Ted Thomas with district governor plans announced for Sept. 13, amid other local oddities and an advertisement corner.
The VFW service officer announced forms for special National Service Life Insurance will be available on and after August 29 Delbert Kuhn will stock the forms at Adamson Clothing Store and assist in filling them out A supply of blanks will also be at the local VFW home No forms issued until Monday August 20 per Veterans Administration instructions.
Nelsonville fans heard new coach John P. Abel stress that success hinges 75 percent desire and 25 percent mechanics. He urged hard work, conditioning, running and passing, and said a junior coach will help in future years. The meeting highlighted booster support, school administration duties, and the lack of a local gymnasium.
Nelsonville reports the Christopher Wolf family reunion is Sunday at Rachel Macher Park Logan with a noon basket dinner. Circle 3 WSCS of the Methodist Church led by Mrs. Ruth Patton and Mrs. Mary K. Backus plans a Friday meeting at Mrs. Patton’s Walnut Street home and asks members to bring sales tax stamps.
Russ Morgan of McArthur captured a praying mantis and it rests in a jar in the L. E. Murphy window for public viewing.
Nelsonville funeral services for John A. Galentin age 83 who died Wednesday at his home Longstreth will be held Friday at 2 p m at the Monday Church by Rev William Maffin. Burial in Buchtel Cemetery. Friends may call at the family residence.
Mrs Ramon Puckett and Mrs Carroll Lines hosted a stork shower for Mrs Frank Stan dall at their home Monday evening. Twenty guests attended including out of town visitors Mrs John Roscoe and Miss Helen Roscoe from Lancaster and others from Columbus and Cuyahoga Falls.
Miss Joan Shafer and Mr Jim E Lee wed in a First Methodist Church ceremony in Nelsonville with glow of ferns and white xiadioli. Rev. Paul M. Niswander conducted the ring ceremony at 8:30. The bride wore white satin with lace, pearl buttons, and a heart tiara, carrying stephanotis and a white orchid. Best man Charles H. Green and maid of honor Lelia Davis. Reception in church parlors, post ceremony trip to Houston.
Tuesday eve, Mr and Mrs Charles Shafer hosted a rehearsal party for the Shafer Lee wedding. The ceremony took place Wednesday night at First Methodist Church. Seventeen guests attended with flowers arranged at 64 E Franklin St. and a potluck program planned for September.
Miss Peggy Ann Green entertained at her Kentner Street home with a stork shower for Mrs. Bill Fisk. Attendees included Mary Maurer Rose Marie Martin Judy Betts June Cox Billie June Foughty Ruth Johnson and son Danny Lois Gibbons Virginia Barber Lucille Cheeseman and daughter Jennie Allen Riley Virginia Riley and son Joey the honor guest Mrs June Fisk and the hostess. Peggy announced the engagement of Peggy to Clarence Nelson of Nelsonville. The bride elect attended Nelsonville schools and works at The McBee Company Athens. Clarence Nelson attended Buchtel school and manages Nelsonville Auto Supply Store. No wedding date has been set.
Mr and Mrs Carroll Sines of Cleveland are staying two weeks with their parents Mr and Mrs W L Cooley and Mr and Mrs L R Sines. Also visiting were Mr Clark Biggins and Ed mond Okla formerly of Athens who spent last weekend with Mr and Mrs Will W Powell at 69 E Columbus St.
Ohio Bell Telephone Co prepares a ready reference directory for farmers with crop varieties seed sources livestock and farm orgs. It includes laws affecting farming, seeding dates and rates, and contact lists of agricultural agents and county agents. Distribution spreads via business offices fairs and farm groups.
Mayor John Crow fined Clyde Pendleton ten dollars and costs on an intoxication charge. Ottie L. Downs of McArthur was fined ten dollars for illegal parking on the highway and committed to jail.
Decay resistant wood charcoal differs from ordinary wood by its heightened resistance to decay. The material, often produced by charring wood, inhibits fungal growth and moisture intrusion, extending durability in harsh environments.
Mr and Mrs Donald Gulley announce the birth of a daughter Elisabeth Deane at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan on Tuesday. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Joe Gulley and Ed Bateman. Great grandmother is Mrs Agnes Parry.
Dr Joseph M Shumaker of Jackson Tennessee spoke to the ee Club at the Shafer residence on Franklin Street Tuesday evening. A history and government instructor at Lambeth College he argued that governments are never fixed but fluid and reviewed shifts in ideas education and governance from ancient Greece to modern times. He noted ongoing changes in how ideas influence public policy.
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