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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
7
Nelsonville seeks acts for Merchants Homecoming Amateur Hour next week. Talent includes hillbilly singers dancers yodelers monologuists and clowns. Contact Don Sheffield Ward Phillips or John Reed for details. cash awards will be given to winners.
Brooks Shoes beat the Nelsonville Eagles 1-0 at City Playgrounds Wednesday night as Taylor allowed four safeties and Hilleary and Ray each had two hits. Barstow doubled and Ray drove in the only run in the first inning. Dupler robbed Taylor of a hit with a shoestring catch in the fifth. Brooks and Carlton Hill-Longstreth planned a postponed game at 5 30 tonight.
In remarks on the AFL-CIO split the speaker argues the fight was mainly about control and that vertical unions were a minor issue. She cites attempts to reconcile both factions, quotes John Lewis’ stance, and notes reactions from labor groups. She favors negotiated settlements over strikes in defense industries.
The Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association holds its third annual stag picnic at Sportsmen's Lake Circle Hill on Sunday August 31. Committees meet at City Hall Wednesday night to finalize plans. Proceeds support the club's game and wildlife conservation program. Mrs Watson Wolfe recovers after appendicitis operation in Cherrington Hospital room 25.
In Nelsonville on Wednesday Mayor Co G Dew court heard four intoxication arraignments. Rudolph Bryan and Guy Fellem of the city pled guilty and were fined 25 dollars plus costs each. Jesse Hammond of Nelsonville and Pearl Edward Davis of Dorr Run pled guilty and were fined 10 dollars plus costs. The note about hat wearing for unmarried men in Korea appears as an odd addition.
Eight year old Helen Anderson of Myers Street Nelsonville escaped with minor bruises when her bicycle was struck by a car at the Hocking Canal Street intersection Wednesday. Police said C. S. Mechem of Nelsonville drove through with a green light and the girl, riding down Hocking Street, failed to see the signal. She was thrown to the pavement, then taken to a local physician and later walked home.
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