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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1939
Page
2
The Buchtel Girls meet Dickinson Shoe Girls at 7:30 PM in the high school gym. Covert Ice Aulas Glass of Zanesville will start at 8:30 PM Thursday evening.
Nelsonville schools recess until Jan 2 with 3 40 pm dismissal Thursday. Junior class raised about 13 dollars from a rummage sale to aid the Prom fund. Basketball tickets similar to football plan will be sold for home games. Le Cercle Francais hosted a Christmas program with French readings and carols. Monday PTA meets Thursday at 1 pm with a school Christmas program.
Ida Laura Thornton age 85 died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Survived by son James Henry Mann four grandchildren and half sister Mrs Cynthia Carter Columbus. Body to Warren Funeral Home. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at A M E Church Poplar Street. Burial Greenlawn.
Nelsonville pupils will help assemble Christmas baskets for needy local families with help from the superintendent teachers and community groups. Produce will be collected Saturday at Buckeye Building then baskets will be assembled there and delivered starting Monday morning.
Nelsonville authorities pursue two men from Jackson County in a grand larceny case involving turkeys and chickens. A license plate led to a parked car and a suspect's rooming house. a pursuit ended with shots fired as one man fled. Police and patrols combed the area until 2 AM.
Tonight at the Church of Christ the young people present The Songs of Christmas assisted by the Junior and Senior Choirs. Miss Sigrid Love at piano, Mrs. Orville Steenrod directs songs, Catherine Wolfe and Jane Verity handle costumes. Rev. Lawrence Crawford Butler arranges tableaux. A silver offering supports the summer Conference program.
Nelsonville pages recount Mrs. Oral Daugherty hosting a Women’s Garden Club Christmas dinner with assists from Mrs. Ralph Parks and others, plus church class parties and a PW club gathering. Out-of-town relatives attend Moray Blaine Pedigo’s funeral as local residents share holiday greetings and social news.
Nelsonville reports all retail stores including groceries will stay open until 9 pm on Thursday Friday and Saturday nights this week. Other stores have followed the later closing hour throughout the week to date.
In Nelsonville 1940 the Eagles proposed a special baby fund. The first Nelsonville baby of 1940 would receive 25 dollars. The plan was approved at a meeting with 106 members present.
Dewey Cava naugh charged with making menacing threats pleads not guilty at arraignment before Mayor C G Dew. Bound over to grand jury under $50 bond. Guy Fellem pleads guilty to intoxication with $5 fine and costs suspended if he leaves town for one year. James Smith Chestnut Sr. fined $10 and costs on intoxication plea.
Nelsonville Elks host Eddie Camden and his Shuffle Rhythm orchestra for the annual Charity Ball on Friday Dec 22. The return engagement follows a November appearance and proceeds support the lodge charity fund. Dancing runs 9 to 1 with public admission.
Kenneth Maynard Keiffer, three months old, died yesterday at his parents Foster and … Keiffer’s body was taken to Stout's Funeral Home. Friends may call and funeral services are set for Thursday at two o'clock conducted by Rev. L. C. Butler. Burial at Greenlawn. Survived by parents one sister Frances and grandparents Pearl Keiffer and Andrew Kep lar.
Members enjoyed a Christmas gathering Tuesday evening with dinner for 14 at the Colonial at 6 pm and a gift exchange at Mrs. Rebecca Hartley’s home. Prizes went to Freda Hellyer and Lucille Steenrod. Mrs. Nutter will host the next meeting.
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