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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1962
Page
2
Nelsonville council committee recommends buying a used car under 1000 for court trips prisoner transport and routine duty to relieve cruiser wear while awaiting mayoral direction on broader police issues.
An 11 year old boy from The Plains had to run 100 yards to a neighbor for help after two party line users refused to relinquish the line needed to call the fire department. The fire, believed to start from a defective flue, caused about $1500 in damages.
At Mrs. Jack Haffner’s Washington Street home the Pandorian Club began its season with Christmas music. Mary Jane McKinley played two piano solos, Jerry Frank sang with Phyllis Hartley, and a quartette including Anita Hall, Hartley, Evan Wolfe, and Frank performed in red flannel gowns. Mrs. Richard Hubbard joined as a new member and twelve members were present for refreshments.
York School PTA officers say the meeting will occur on the first day attendance is possible after heavy snowfall closed schools. The program remains unchanged. Nelsonville Band Boosters also announce a 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday at the high school with Mrs. Mary Guess available for details.
Nelsonville superintendent Lloyd C. Gray outlined enrollments and finances for a proposed merger of Nelsonville Glouster Chauncey Dover Trimble Two and York Local districts. The plan would require up to 5.6 mills to retire existing bonded debt with a $1 251 622 operating budget and a new consolidated high school offering 66 units of coursework. The board also hired a part time female janitor at 20 hours weekly for the junior and senior high schools.
Mr and Mrs James L San welcomed a son at Mount St Mary Hospital in Lancaster. The list includes admissions of John Vickrey New Straits ville Route 1 Jesse R White Logan Mrs Dora Conley Nelsonville Route 1 Lewis Mingus Glouster Route 3 Albert Phillips Murray City Mrs Ruth Kuhn Nelsonville Mrs Elsie Heller Crooksville Route 2 Mrs Leah E Smith Nelsonville Billy Ray Riley Glouster Miss Regina Auflick Nelsonville Mrs Mattie Stanley Nelsonville Route 2 Master Joseph Figgins Nelsonville Dismissals include Ruth McDaniel Union Furnace and William Blake Nelsonville.
The Harmony Class of the First Christian Church will hold its Christmas meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at 101 Williams Street, the home of Mrs. Wilbur Morman. A potluck dinner and gift exchange are planned and members should bring donations for the Christmas basket the class is preparing as its holiday service.
Nelsonville report from Mayor William Hoff man court shows Anderson Elswick Jr forfeiting a $35 bond for excessive speed. Alvin Powell Jr. pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined $10 plus costs by Mayor Hoffman.
The Golden Rule Sunday School Class of First Methodist Church in Nelsonville plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting at 642 Poplar Street hosted by Mrs. Orlando Howson. A 50 cent gift exchange is planned with hostesses Mrs. Darrell Figgins Sr. and Mrs. Carl Knowlton assisting. Mrs. Harry Stage will give the devotional and Mrs. James Weaver with Mrs. Cecil Brown will lead the program.
Bertha Mansfield 81 of 38 W State St McConnelsville died Monday at Mark Rest Center after months of illness. Born in Meigs County she lived in South Canaan and Athens after her husband Gerve died in 1950. She belonged to First Christian Church. Survived by foster daughter Pattie Ott Columbus and three brothers Eugene and Vern Dixon Columbus and Edgar Dixon Coolville. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Hughes funeral home with Rev Joe B Maffett. burial South Canaan Cemetery.
Gerald Johnson The Plains Clarence Nichols Glouster Mrs Nancy Bolen Athens Mrs Raymond Ayers Athens Route 3 Michael Martin Athens Route 1 Mrs Joseph Watkins Athens and son Woodrow Kalklosch Logan Blood used two pints.
Keith H. Anders Jr. aged 22 fled from city hall after a Municipal Court appearance and fingerprinting. A 17 inch window was left open enabling his escape into the alley. He allegedly rode a taxi to Canaanville then hitchhiked east on Route 50 in a 1958 Chevrolet.
A motorist, Jerry Johnson of The Plains, was pinned by a passing driver in the post office parking lot after alighting from a two door sedan. Johnson suffered a bruised back and leg abrasions and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Frank Dickens, a postal employee, was the other driver. he skidded into Johnson after braking. December meeting of the West Millfield School reunion group planned for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Yale party Thursday. The Nelsonville Young Matrons Group of the First Christian Church will hold its Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mrs. Arthur Kep lar's home with a one dollar gift exchange.
Seventeen members of the auxiliary to VFW Post 3467 attended the annual Christmas party in Logan on December 5 at Glenview Party House. Mrs. Edna Reynolds presided and read letters from Chillicothe Veterans Hospital thanking the group for magazines puzzles and books and for helping at the veterans party held by the American Legion.
Miss Jean Rutter a 16 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs H C Rutter 153 Morris Ave slipped on the ice and fell on the Athens High School grounds at 10 27 am Tuesday She suffered a possible fractured right ankle and received first aid from the fire department emergency squad before being taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital
Murray City says the American Legion Post 420 auxiliary meeting set for Tuesday night is postponed due to sickness and bad roads. The next gathering will be in January.
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