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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1947
Page
9
York Mayor Oral Daugherty spoke at Nelsonville High School on February 5 urging student help to curb delinquency and keep streets clean. He introduced Service Safety Director Vern Coakley who outlined his duties and the need for a two way radio.
Nelsonville Elks host a Friday night euchre party at 8 o clock at the Elks club. A floor show, prizes, and lunch are planned for Elks and their ladies only. Robert Patton and Jack Tharp carry flags and lead pledges and prayers as the band plays two selections.
Nelsonville high school music program directed by James Carter featured six student performers at the Rotary Club meeting. Clarence Woody sang a baritone solo with Rosemary Reynolds at piano, Libby Riley and Patty Mender performed a flute duet, Lois Jonas played trumpet with Jane Hickman at piano, and Ralph Helber of Logan attended as a club guest.
NELSONVILLE The East PTA schedules its February meeting at East School Friday at 3 p.m. The gathering is held one week earlier than usual.
In Athens County Selective Service Board 2 during January 1929 most new registrations were girls. Only four boys turned 18 that month, including Kenneth Eugene Marshall Carl Joe Bush Robert Lewis Meseher and Dale Willes Rice, marking the lightest registration since the board’s establishment.
Miss Dessie Marie Davis and Miss Jane Anne Stone tied marriages in a Hartford First Methodist Church ceremony officiated by Rev. W. S. Fiber. Dessie Marie Davis becomes Mrs T Harland Richards, with reception and plans to reside in Gallipolis. Jane Anne Stone weds Merrell Johnson.
The Tri Pst Sorority held a Valentine Party in the sorority rooms on W. Washington St Monday evening. Mrs. Wilma Gardner chaired the social committee. Contests highlighted the program with winners Margaret Warren and Kathryn Shields. Miss Mary V. Thomas was chosen Sweetheart of Tri Pst. Refreshments served to 24 members.
Mr and Mrs Albert Romines took Mary Hill to Wilkesville while visiting Mrs Mina Curry and Mrs E A George of Columbus. The Davises and Nelsons visited in Dexter. Homer West moved to Ravenswood with plans to settle near Langsville. Betty Lou Harvey stayed with Tom Turner in Old Dexter. Gerald Minor seeks treatment in Marietta. Douglas Danny, Ohio University student, visited grandparents W R Halliday. Wade Halliday installed a metal barn roof.
Murray City The Murray City Band Boosters held a pie social in the school gym Thursday evening January 30. The band in new orange and black uniforms performed a 30 minute concert directed by Ray Wood. Afterward pie and coffee were sold, netting 35 dollars for instrument repairs. The boosters thanked participants and the public for cooperation.
Funeral services for Bell R. Drake, who died at her home, will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in Drakes Methodist Church with Rev. Owen Plumley officiating. Burial follows in Maplewood Cemetery, New Lexington. Friends may call at the residence after 7 p.m. tonight.
Sgt. Max Lent of the Third Army arrives at Bremerhaven on New Year’s Eve after sailing Dec. 20 from New York. He is stationed at Marburg near Frankfurt and hopes his wife Mary Virgene and son Max Jr. will join him this summer.
Murray City Eagles sponsor round and square dancing on Friday night February 7. Music by Guy Leonard and his Ramblers. Admission paid at the door per Ed Donson, entertainment committee chairman.
During World War I northern Ireland produced nearly 100 million yards of airplane linen and shipped much of it to the United States, aiding Allied aviation manufacturing.
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