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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1950
Page
12
At 9 a.m. the junior class conducts a rummage sale at Central Citizens with clothing donations accepted through Mrs. Wiseman at the high school before Friday. In the Philippines tiny fish an inch long are used in batter baked into small cakes.
Miss Leola J. Bowles and Robert V. McQuilkin married in a Worthington church ceremony on Friday December 8. The altar featured white mums snapdragon spikes and seven branch candelabras. The bride is from Columbus, daughter of S. H. Bowles of Nelsonville, and the groom is also from Columbus, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. V. McQuilkin of Baltimore. After a short wedding trip the couple will reside at 1127 E Main St. Columbus.
Nelsonville appoints Paul Shearer civilian defense director after a mayoral meeting with Athens county officials. He is an ex Navy ensign and currently serves as assistant superintendent for construction and maintenance at Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. A five member civilian defense group will be appointed to oversee various phases of the program.
Nelsonville postoffice reports rising holiday mail and parcels by J B Preston. Last year’s Christmas season sales topped records. this year slight growth expected. Tables in lobby aid mailing. office open all day Saturdays Dec 16 and Dec 23 for patrons.
Nelsonville prepares a Christmas charity program with a new headquarters in the former Kreppe building on West Columbus Street. The site will open around December 21 under general chairman Homer Adams as volunteers stock candy, groceries, meat, potatoes, and clothing for baskets distributed across the expanded Hocking Valley Festival area. Citizens may donate at City Hall or arrange pickups for canned goods toys and damaged clothing.
Nelsonville resident 732 Regen who ran a dry goods store on W Washington St. is dead in Newark Ohio. He previously operated in the Hickman block before World War I and later in Zanesville for many years.
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