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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1954

Page

3

Mack Sauer to Speak at Nelsonville Old Timers Day Banquet

The Old Timers Day committee announced Mack Sauer of Leesburg Ohio will headline the Eagles banquet after the parade finale on September 12 1954. Sauer a writer entertainer and radio commentator has hosted Breakfast at Sauers a 30 minute daily program and has spoken across 35 states Canada and Cuba. The banquet follows the Old Timers baseball events at City Playgrounds with Clarence Kinsley All Stars Columbus and a Nelsonville Eagles Albany combined All Star team as guests.

Nelsonville Committee On Mack Sauer Leesburg Ohio Leesburg Citizen Lynchburg Sauer’s Middletown States Canada Cuba England France Mexico Country Gentleman Colliers Butler Ohio Township Eagles Old Times Estel Crabtree Ward Phillips William Mechem Clarence Kinsley All Stars Columbus Nelsonville Eagles Albany Mechem

Carbondale Man Pleads Guilty to Intoxication in Nelsonville

Harrison Johnson of Carbondale pleaded guilty at arraignment in Mayor Earl Hilleary’s court in Nelsonville. He was fined ten dollars plus costs after being charged with intoxication.

Nelsonville Harrison Johnson Carbondale Earl Hilleary

Aura Ackley Rites Planned

Funeral services for Aura Ackley 60 Columbus who died in White Cross Hospital will be held Wednesday at 2 p m in Ewing funeral home. She leaves mother Elfa Sloan Hawk Hemlock Grove brothers Emmett Hawk Hemlock Grove Ross Shade and sister Mabel Adkins Phoenix Aziz. Burial Cherry Ridge Cemetery Hemlock Grove.

Pomeroy Aura Ackley Columbus White Cross Hospital Ewing Meigs County Ackley Elfa Sloan Hawk Hemlock Grove Emmett Hawk Ross Shade Mabel Adkins Phoenix Aziz Cherry Ridge Cemetery

Poston Area Social and Birth News Highlights

Mrs Ollie Hillyer and others visited in Cleveland at the Ramos home while Robert Hillyer Sr hosted relatives in Crown Hill West Virginia. A baby boy Michael Clarence was born to Mr and Mrs Dewey Hunter. 4 H Girls from Poston held a skating party at Chesterhill and Susan South reported on local visits and a Camp Lejeune furlough return.

Poston Ollie Hillyer Nancy Smith Larry Simms Cleveland Paul Ramos Robert Hillyer Elizabeth Budoff Painesville Ruth Collins Glouster Nelsonville Crown Hill W. Va Willie Hillyer Michael Clarence UMWA Chauncey Buckeye Lake Mildred Handley Susan South Rhoda Oliver Pansy Lanning Myrtle Tippie Jessie Johnson Lena Bailey Lascille Showalter Iva Hill Ver Hazel Perry Chesterhill Lydia Robinson Athens

Cubs Scout Pack 64 Seeks 8 to 10 Year Old Members

Nelsonville community invitation asks any boy aged eight to ten to contact Mrs. C. D. Crawford secretary of Cub Scout Pack 64 at phone 854 to arrange enrollment in a Cub Scout program.

Nelsonville C. D. Crawford

Pool Closes Cole Readies Grid Plans

Nelsonville pool closes for winter as LoWell Cole resumes duties as high school coach. Pool staff drained and stored equipment after season end. Football practice at Nelsonville High deferred to Sept 1 with first rehearsal at the stadium Wednesday at 9 am and daily sessions at 9 am and 5 30 pm.

Nelsonville LoWell Cole Nelsonville High School Cole

Boy from Buchtel Injures Heel Wading Glass

Donald Dear ing, six, of Buchtel, cut his right heel on glass while wading on Monday. He was treated in emergency at Mount St. Mary Hospital.

Nelsonville Donald Dearing Buchtel Mount St. Mary Hospital

Nelsonville Polio Drive nets $325 for emergency fund

Nelsonville residents contributed about 325 dollars to the emergency Polio Fund in a voluntary drive by the Business & Professional Women's Club. Collection tables operated at four Public Square corners and at local stores. Quarantine actions affected two families on West Washington Street Mechem, and a polio case in Athens prompted gamma globulin treatment for two visiting children.

Nelsonville Business & Professional Woman's Club Public Square Columbus St Kroger Batie’s Canal St Verna Hand Peoples Bank Mabel Haffner Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co W. Washington St. Mechem Athens

Emblem Club Rummage Sale In Elks Hall

The Emblem Club plans a rummage sale Saturday in the Elks dining hall on Hocking Street. Activities begin at 9 a.m.

Nelsonville Emblem Club Elks Hocking St

Nelsonville Firemen Class Enters Fourth Session at City Hall

Volunteer firemen in Nelsonville meet for the fourth session of their training program tonight at City Hall at 1 p.m. The class focuses on core firefighting skills and safety procedures for community service.

Nelsonville City Hall

Nelsonville Society Meeting Postponed

The September meeting of the Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters was postponed. The evening featured a picnic dinner at Rachelmacher Park in Logan. Mrs Marie Barton and son William H Barton plan to depart for Laughlin Air Force Base Del Rio Texas for duty.

The Pythian Sisters Rachelmacher Park Logan William H. Barton Marie Barton Laughlin Air Force Base del Rio Texas Brazil Andrew William

Elizabeth Zane Chapter meets Thursday at 1 30 p m

The Dew Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will convene Thursday at 1 30 p m at the home of Mrs E F E Bell 131 Fayette Street for a regular meeting.

Elizabeth Zane Dew Daughters of the American Revolution E. FE. Bell Fayette St

Weekend Guests Bring Duncan Family To Fayette Street

Mr and Mrs Co D Duncan hosted weekend visitors from Washington DC and Columbus including Mr and Mrs Charlies Duncan and Mr and Mrs Donnal M Duncan with Donna Jean and Gary Allen joining Sunday afternoon gatherings.

Co. D. Duncan Fayette St Charlies Duncan Washington, D.C Donnal M. Duncan Donna Jean Gary Allen Columbus

Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes

Admitted patients include Mrs. Sarah Bunton Shawnee Noah Lent Nelsonville Route 2 Eugene Skivers Nelsonville Mrs Ethel Smith Chauncey Mrs Margaret Johnston Nelsonville Ovear Lewis Corning Route 1 Mrs Dora E Moler New Straiteville Route 1. Dismissed cases include Mrs John Kemper New Straiteville and daughter Mrs William Potter Athens and son Mrs John Duncan Athens and daughter Miss Delores Lax Willoughby Martin Ginnan Glouster Mrs Norma Whitlareh Nelsonville Mrs Cora Smith Nelsonville Mrs John Johnson Nelsonville George B Simms Nelsonville.

Sarah Bunton Shawnee Noah Lent Nelsonville Eugene Skivers Ethel Smith Chauncey Margaret Johnston Ovear Lewis Corning Dora E. Moler New Straiteville John Kemper William Potter Athens John Duncan Athens Delores Lax Wiloughby Martin Ginnan Glouster Norma Whitlareh Cora Smith John Johnson George B. Simms

Athens Messenger Items Note Regional Visits

In an Athens Messenger item dated Tuesday August 31 1954 mentions Mary College at Williamsburg Virginia with Dr and Mrs T F and sons Chris and Russ from Norristown Pennsylvania visiting mother Mrs Nelle Johnson. Mrs Carl Coakley and Mr and Mrs Alva Brown will return after a Fairless Hills Pennsylvania visit with Mr and Mrs Albert Inman. William H Barton Mrs Marie Barton and Mrs Bessieger spent Monday at Bainbridge and Lancaster Camp Grounds.

Athens Messenger Il Mary College Williamsburg Via T. F and Sons Chris and Russ Norristown Nelle Johnson Carl Coakley Alva Brown Columbus Fairless Hills Albert Inman William H. Barton Marie Barton Bessiegers Bainbridge Lancaster Camp Grounds

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Sauer Pete” Baird, Mgr W. Columbus St Nelsonville, Oble N. Court St R. BE Mae’ McCammon, Mer Gallipolis Court St Lewis A. Ardit, Mer W. Ind St H. L. Kidd, Mer W. Main St KR. J. Sailor, Mer Aura Ackley Rites Lucille and Jimmy Kaye McManaway Longstreth Mrs Ear Smathers and Sone Helen Hart Rita Shirley Gladys McClellan Joyce Penny Sharon Ida Beitelschies Roy Wolfe Breman Dewey Hunter Cpl Eugene Hunter Camp Lejeune N. C Mrs. Hodge Seiber Mrs. Seiber Kay Kollister Aties Wader Nelsonville Society Dar Sylvania Anders Radio & TV Adams St Nelsonville, Ohlo Maen Aan Este Lewisburg Mercury Sellivan Fing Whns-T E. State St Athens, Ohio
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