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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1941

Page

3

Mount Enlists at Great Lakes Navy Training Station

Nelsonville youth Howard Earl Mount of Asbury Ridge recently enlisted at the Fast Camp Barry Navy Training Station in Great Lakes Illinois. He joined the Navy a week ago and is now in training.

Nelsonville Howard Earl Mount Kella Mount Asbury Ridge Barry Navy Training Station Great Lakes Diinois

Lightning and Thunder Put On Christmas Weather Show

A wild pre holiday storm in Nelsonville brought spectacular thunder and lightning, high wind in a rush, heavy rain turning to hail and sleet, and no fog or sleep as the event unfolded last night.

Nelsonville

Santa Claus Gifts and Christmas Dinner in Nelsonville

More than 200 Nelsonville children attended a Christmas dinner at the Elke club rooms Tuesday noon. The Ragies distributed candy to all under 12 at their home this afternoon. The menu included roast beef mashed potatoes celery jelly rolls and milk. Two boys helped serve a large spread with candy nuts oranges and apples. milk and food totals were extensive.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Elke

Kimberly Social and News Notes

Local parish notes recount Christmas service at the chapel and Sunday entertainment. Details mention residents and families in Fort Knox area, Ky, with partial names and addresses.

Kimberly Rives Reserrees Bari Athens Kinterty RFD Fort Knes Ant Copeee Adams

Nelsonville Alleys tourney update from flawed OCR notes

Fragmentary lines show scorers and totals from a Nelsonville Alleys tournament, including names like Haffner Galvin and WRUscsmer TM. The text contains mixed numbers and illegible segments, offering only partial game and player tallies with no clear outcomes.

Hounds Drop Two Games

The Hounds lost both games in a back to back stretch. Errors and slow starts doomed scoring as opponents pulled away early in the contests.

Hounds

Mrs. Ida Hoskins Dies at Connett Rt 2

Mrs Ida Hoskins longtime resident of the community dies at home after years in the area. She and her family moved here from New Straitville and had lived on Connett Route 2 for many years.

Ida Hoskins Connett Hawkine

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