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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1963
Page
5
The Nelsonville Elks across Friday and Saturday plan Charity Newsies, the Charity Ball on December 14 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. to fund Christmas baskets and dinners. They seek toys for distribution, offer toy repair, and urge community help alongside church and Salvation Army efforts.
Notice lists Brigette K Day as a party in a divorce petition filed by James K Day in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio with hearing set after December 11 1003. Included is a Sheriff sale notice for property in New Marshfield Ohio described as the west half of Lot 53 in Village of New Marshfield appraised at 8000 with minimum bid two thirds, sale to be conducted at the last door of the Athens County Courthouse on December 26 1868 at 1 36 p.m. Harold E Shields Sheriff.
Birth notices list new daughters for families in Nelsonville Logan Glouster Albany Chauncey and nearby towns. Dismissals include numerous patients from Nelsonville New Straitsville Chauncey and surrounding communities with various names and local addresses.
Seventy names appear on the York Local High School honor roll for a new grading period. Merit students include Sandra Taggert Linda Kinnison Nanette Smith Wayne Evans Don Calvert Billie Coe and others across grades 9 10 11 and 12.
Nelsonville fire department answered a 2 45 p m call at 923 Chestnut Street to Mrs Bert Reeves home where a clothes dryer was found steaming. No fire was reported. Relief firefighter Paul Hall took the call.
During the Col Charles Lewis Chapter DAR business session at the Appalachian Auditorium the decision was made to open the library of genealogical records to the public The Mansion House hours remain for hostesses on duty The chapter will place the DAR magazine in Mason County high school libraries and a Christmas program ended the meeting with prayers and readings
Nelsonville police cited two drivers Friday and Saturday for traffic violations. Elgin Lanning, 67, of The Plains, failed to yield and was ordered into the May 14 court at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14. William Leroy Handa, 22, of Glouster, was cited for passing in a hazardous zone on Sylvania Ave and ordered into Nelsonville Mayor Court at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Mrs Parnie McLaughlin spent Thanksgiving in Columbus with her children. Michael Thompson five of Radcliff was hit by a car and taken to Holzer Hospital with a broken leg and bruises. Dinner guests included Gladys Pierce and the Palmer family. John Palmer Jr of Washington DC spent the weekend in Radcliff.
Mrs Lora Davis hosted the Salem Center WSCS gathering at her home with twelve members present. Nearby visits included the Johnston and Amey families and a Marine from North Carolina, Bob Osler, staying with relatives locally. In Nel sonville, Mayor's Court fined Lester R Searles twenty dollars and costs for failure to yield.
Mr Grover Salser Sr is a patient at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg. Francis Morris and family joined by Christine Lake and son Bill visited in Columbus. Numerous relatives from Athens Buckeye Lake Gahanna Portland and Akron gathered for dinners and suppers across several homes in the holiday break.
Nelsonville Circle A (lles-Roberts) meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian social rooms with Mrs. James Green hosting and a gift exchange after the meeting. Pi Delta Pi holds a 10 p.m. Monday session at Pythias Hall seeking members for Valley Lodge No. 169. Nelsonville Pond Roosters meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the high school with candy funds due 6:30 p.m. and a project and funds evaluation planned.
Five drivers were fined Saturday by Hocking County Judge Vaughn Collins Kenneth Lee Rheinscheid Logan Route 1 and Albert A Myers Columbus for speeding with $15 and costs each. Roger Alan Seivers Rocky Ridge paid $35 and costs for speeding. Augustus Patnie Columbus was fined $20 and costs for passing at an intersection, while B E Blauser West Jefferson was assessed $20 and costs for driving left of center and passing at an intersection.
Nelsonville residents face fines after police cited 21 year old Marion Simonton for excess speed and another driver, Harry Guess of Carbon Hill, pled guilty to driving while intoxicated. Simonton was fined 15 dollars plus costs. Guess received 150 dollars, costs, and three days in jail.
Mr. and Mrs. David C. French of 1038 Chestnut Street announce the birth of their daughter Tara Juanita on December 7 at Mount St Mary Hospital. The couple also have a daughter Dara Joy, age three. Mrs. French was formerly Beverlee Loysey of The Plains.
Hocking Valley Hospital admitted Ralph St. Clair and Herbert Estep of Logan and Perry L Wood of Nelsonville Route 2. Dismissed Charles W. Kleinschmidt Logan and Miss Jane Keesee of McArthur Route 1.
Logan High School Music Department staged the annual Christmas concert in the school auditorium. The senior choir girls glee club and boys ensemble performed under conductors Minnie Bowen and Theresa Brandt with student teachers Judith Bennett Eleanor Higgins and accompanists Carol Lehman and Carol McIntire. The article notes the cotton broadwoven fabrics industry employs 242 500 people with a annual payroll of 722 million.
Freddie Ray Smith of Nelsonville age 20 was cited by the State Highway Patrol for conditional speed after losing control on the Carbon Hill Buchtel road west of Route 216. His car left the road, went into a ditch, and he is to appear in Hocking County Court on December 14.
Paul E. Brunston son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Brunston of 580 Frederick St Nelsonville serves aboard the dock landing ship USS Point Defiance with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific.
The ad promotes Boron Gasoline with Ice-gard as winter protection against frozen fuel lines. It claims first tankful protection and ongoing defense without extra cost, eliminating need for separate fuel line anti-icers.
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