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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1961

Page

13

City council approves emergency Resolution 840 funds transfer plan

Nelsonville council adopted an emergency measure authorizing 25 transfers across 12 funds. Transfers totaled 1627 from Reserve Contingency to new car and maintenance funds, with 5251 intradepartmental transfers to balance year end. Discussion followed on extra costs for repairs at the Town House shared with the township trustees.

Reserve Contingency Fund General Safety Police Finance Committee Gilbert Courtney John Brooks Ward Phillips

Postponed Christian Women’s Fellowship Meeting

Nelsonville group 1 Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church postpones its regular meeting to January 8. The hostess and meeting place will be announced later, an officer said Thursday.

Nelsonville Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church

Logan Family Holiday Visits Share Logan Highlights

Logan residents document a family gathering season with Harold Obie Wolfe Helen Canty of Marion visiting relatives. Houseguests include Ambrose Primmer and Leo Canty. Wilford Kitchen hosts extended family meals before returning to Kalamazoo Michigan and Olivet College students Jack Edwards Judy Kitchen enjoy Christmas recess.

Harold Obie) Wolfe Helen Canty Marion Logan Ambrose Primmer N. Warener Ave Wolfe Leo Canty Eber Wolfe Mr. Wolfe Nelson Wolfe Rutgers Fred Jurgensmier Wilford Kitchen Kalamazoo Mich Earl Kitchen E. Main St Kitchen William Woodard Alta Burgoon Harold Heigle Earl Junior Mrs. Kitchen Charles Kitchen Mr. Kitchen Earl Kitchen Jr Jack Edwards Judy Kitchen Olivet College Kankakee Jil Floyd Kitchen

Hospital notes list new arrivals and transfers

Mount St. Mary Hospital notes show a newborn daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Yates of Millfield and multiple admissions and transfers including Miss Linda Showborn Glouster Route 3 Grover Corbin Zaleski Harry Winefordner New Straitsville Cecil Maust Columbus and more. Blood used 1 unit.

Jerome Yates Millfield Linda Showborn Glouster Grover Corbin Zaleski Harry Winefordner New Straitsville Cecil Maust Columbus Jeffrey Sels Shawnee Teresa Bumardner Nelsonville Debra Riggs Albert Burns Mary E. Roederer Lena Cunningham Athens Opal V. Steele McArthur Annie Wetzel Victoria Hale Murray City Hazel Godenschwager Riverside Methodist Hospital Carl Thorp Thornville

Offices To Close In Nelsonville Saturday

The Department of Public Service Water and Sewer office at the city building will be closed all day Saturday. Announcement made by Mrs. Bertha Ashby, clerk.

Nelsonville Department of Public Service (Water and Sewer Bertha Ashby

Young Driver Fined in Logan Court

Logan Route 2 youth Jer ry B. Gerken age 17 faced a Hocking County Juvenile Court hearing on a failure to stop within an assured clear distance charge. After pleading guilty he was fined $5 by Judge Rhea Bangert Brown for an accident cited December 18 by city police in Logan.

Logan Hocking County Jerry B. Gerken Rhea Bangert Brown Gerken

Republic Declared as Upper Volta Proclaims Nation Status

Upper Volta declared a republic in August 1960 marking a key step in its transition to an independent nation. The move established a new constitutional framework and formalized leadership, peaking interest among regional observers.

Upper Volta

Record migration: 1.5 million left the South in the 1950s

Census Bureau reports nearly 1.5 million non whites left the South during the 1950s, a record for any decade. Mississippi sent the most non whites northward with 323,000 departures, while California led in migration into the West with 354,000 arrivals.

Washington Census Bureau Mississippi Alabama South Carolina North Carolina Georgia Arkansas Louisiana Virginia Tennessee Hawaii West Virginia Texas Oklahoma Kentucky California New York Illinois Ohio Michigan New Jersey Florida Pennsylvania District of Columbia Indiana Connecticut Maryland Wisconsin Missouri Massachusetts Colorado

Sam Jones Family Welcomes Baby Michael Thomas

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones of Glouster announce the birth of their third child, a son named Michael Thomas, born December 26 at Mount St. Mary Hospital in Nelsonville. Grandparents Evangelo Pappas, Juanita Shaw, and Eddie Jones. great grandparents Sam Withem and Myrtle Weaver. great great grandmother Christine Withem.

Glouster Sam Jones Ellen Pappas Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville Michael Thomas Evangelo Pappas Juanita Shaw Eddie Jones Jacksonville Sam Withem Myrtle Weaver Trimble Route 1 Christine Withem Jones Kimberly Lynne Samuel Joseph II

Sacred mustache litter used by Ainu men drinking

The Ainu, indigenous people of northern Japan, carry a sacred mustache litter used during drinking ceremonies. The item embodies cultural ritual.

Japan

Queen Esther Class hosts meeting in church social rooms

Mrs Martha Fick Mrs Mary K Tignor Mrs Barbara Downhour and Mrs Margaret Benner will be hostesses for the Queen Esther Class of the First Methodist Church meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the church social rooms.

Nelsonville Martha Fick Mary K. Tignor Barbara Downhour Margaret Benner First Methodist Church

Elks Dance Planned in Nelsonville New Year’s Eve

Bob McGlothlin and his orchestra will play at the Elks Club in Nelsonville for dancing from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. Elks members and invited guests will attend.

Nelsonville Bob McGlothlin Elks Club the Elks

Anthropologist Proposes Nuclear Shelter For Newlyweds

Margaret Mead urged bomb proof shelters for newlyweds to ensure human survival in nuclear war. She suggested a UN backed, internationally financed system housing all newly married couples for two weeks twice within the first six months after marriage, to preserve reproduction and continuity of humanity.

Denver Colo Margaret Mead Meade American Museum of Natural History United States United Nations Mead

York Local Board Approves Bond Sale and Measures

NELSONVILLE The York Local Board of Education sold 145000 dollars in bonds to the McDonald Co of Cleveland and arranged for S P Mount Printing Co to print them. The board tabled 50 dollars offer for Kimberly School building and agreed to sell Happy Hollow school grounds to Mrs Kettel.

Nelsonville York ITI Nellie Hamer Southeast Ohio Jean Lewis Murray City

Roger Williams Park Highlighted as Finest City Park

Roger Williams Park in Providence Rhode Island is praised as one of the country’s premier city owned parks. The feature notes its prominence among urban green spaces and its status as a top municipal recreational asset.

Roger Williams Providence R. I

Eagles Lodge New Year Dance at Nelsonville with Nite Beats

The Eagles lodge in Nelsonville hosts a New Year’s Eve dance for members and guests. Dancing starts at 10 p m and ends at 2 a m with music by the Nite Beats.

Nelsonville Eagles Lodge Nite-Beats

Wolf Pen Celebrates Christmas Visits from Neighboring Families

Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Murphy and family of Logan joined Mr. and Mrs. Har ley Johnson for Christmas. Howard Thoma, Sharon Thoma, and others from Bloomington and Lincoln Heights visited relatives for the holiday. The Robesons and Hatfields, Cottrills, Thompsons, Smiths, Kaspers, and Elams shared Christmas gatherings with local families.

Wolf Pen J. R. Murphy Logan Harley Johnson Howard Thoma Sharon Thoma H. D. Robeson Bloomington Ind Gary Barnitz Carol Ann Mary Ruth Lincoln Heights D. H. Robeson Chester Morris J. B. Hatfield South Carolina Joe Hatfield Nancy Floyd Cottrill Bob Mansfield Eugene Thompson Gina Cynthia Eagle Ridge Glenn Thompson Roy Smith Linda Donald Amanda Kasper

The Bantu Languages and Swahili Across Africa

Swahili is one of the Bantu languages that blanket much of southern Africa. The family to which Swahili belongs forms a wide linguistic continuum across the region, shaping communication and cultural exchange.

Africa

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