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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1959
Page
9
Nelsonville Logan column essays travel musings weather and local life. Notes about highway lines decorations Churchill memoirs and a year end reflection on 1959 with well wishes for 1960.
Virginia forecast shows cloudy skies with snow flurries today tonight and Thursday. Highs in the 80s with lows around 22 in the south and cooler conditions elsewhere. Continued cool forecast through Thursday with northerly winds and scattered flakes.
Two Nelsonville lodges announce New Year celebrations. The Veterans of Foreign Wars offers 9 pm dancing with Rhythm Teens, favors, hats, and breakfast with $1 admission. The Nelsonville Elks host a 9 pm dance with Night Beats Orchestra led by Miss Mary Jane McKinley, favors, hats, and breakfast. admission $2.
It seems one birth recorded for Mr and Mrs Richard Fidler of New Straitsville. Other entries include births to Miss Deborah Hankison Wells ton and Mr Richard Van Bibber Hayden ville. Dismissals list Mrs Clyde Stanley Nelsonville Route 2 and daughters Mrs Lester Smith Nelsonville daughter and Mrs Diana Blair Logan. Additional names: Mrs Muriel Dowler Nelsonville, Roger Smith Glouster, Mrs Emma Evans New Straitsville, Donald Powell Nelsonville Rt Steven Levering Nelsonville Rt, Mrs Ruth Christman Glouster, Miss Martha Glenn Hayden, and others.
Mrs Elizabeth Starrett 67 of 584 Walnut Street Nelsonville died Tuesday afternoon after an extended illness. Born in Athens County she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Mary Sheridan. She was the widow of Andrew Starrett. Survivors include son Leslie Starrett and five daughters Wilma Devol Ruth Stevenson Madeline Dinger Mary Jones and Vivian Syx a sister Gladys seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The body is at Johnson funeral home with services incomplete.
Nelsonville residents host visiting relatives over the holidays. Mr and Mrs Robert Myer of Lorain bring their sons to stay with Mrs Moyer's parents, Mr and Mrs Ed Rosser. Miss Vernon Bush from New York City visits her mother Mrs Thomas Bush Sr. Cornelia Scott a Miami Florida teacher visits her mother Mrs Florence Scott. Robert Postichel a student at Ohio University visits Philadelphia with his parents Mr and Mrs Robert Postichel. The Oakleys spend the weekend with Dr and Mrs Perry G Oakley and their children in Lowell Ohio.
The Rev and Mrs Everett McKibben hosted Christmas dinner with children and grandchildren present. Families from Zaleski Albany Columbus Toledo and Xenia shared meals and weekend visits. Nora Egleberry and Etta Egleberry returned to Columbus. other guests included McKibben and Burley families and relatives from The Plains Delmas Peters and Watts Giffin.
Mr and Mrs David Thomas of Proctorville visited over Christmas weekend with Mrs Thomas’s parents Mr and Mrs James McKibben. Guests included Mrs H L Atkinson of Athens and son Merrill of Logan W Va and Mrs Ida Lemley of Athens, daughter of Mrs George Pierson of Cincinnati.
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