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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1956

Page

5

Nelsonville Council Hears Recreation Plan Denied Utility Rate Change

Nelsonville council discussed plans to buy the city pool and tennis courts, fund dressing rooms under the stadium, and install new playground equipment with donations. The utilities committee considered contract changes with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co, while talks continued on street improvements and a measures to raise funds for engineering fees.

Nelsony Mae Evonvue Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Everett Carroll Nelsonville Athletic Association Board of Education Lake Burr Oak Lake Hope Logan Fd Phillips Phillips’ Municipal Promotion Committee Nelsonville Council Del

Martin Sends Thanks On Welk TV Show Nelsonville

Jackie Martin honored on Welk Show for receiving the city keys in Nelsonville. He thanked the crowd, thanked the Welk cast, and sang a number during a televised homecoming. Also notes on city finances, street sweeper cost study, and council discussions on water works and committee duties.

Martin Welk Nelsonville Jackie Mar Lawrence Jackie Martin Day Matt Adkins Auitor Kuhn Ad Womande General Contingency Fund Brooks Glenn Arthur Kennedy Council

York Grange 2436 to Host Meeting at Oak Grove

York Grange 2436 will hold its regular meeting at 145 Friday evening in the Grange Hall Oak Grove. A lecture program includes a demonstration titled alm on the heart. Hosts and hostesses are Mr and Mrs Adelbert Patton Mr f and Mrs Ted Winigman Mr and Mrs Floyd Fuller and Mrs Gertrude Nixon. Rainbow Girls from Nelsonville Assembly Order of Rainbow for Girls will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Girl Scout House.

York Grange Grange Hall Oak Grove Adelbert Patton Ted Winigman Floyd Fuller Gertrude Nixon Rainbow Nelsonville Assembly Order of Rainbow Girl Scout House

Hospital notes list admitted and discharged patients locally

St Mary Hospital notes show admissions for John Snyder Murray Theodore Able and others from Amesville Nelsonville Nelsonville Logan and Carbon area with several named patients. discharges include Frances Kelly Maggie Christian and James Shafer. Also notes that the American Mooney League caps unassisted goals at eight, credited to the late Johnny Holota for Cleve in 1946-47.

John Snyder Murray Theodore Able Amesville Garfield Wheeler Glawster Fred Goodin New Lexington Rose Alichney Nelsonville Roger Conner Ben J. Primmer Logan

Nelsonville School Board approves raises and clock winding

Nelsonville board approves $200 yearly raise for head coach and non teaching staff. A $5 monthly increase for clerks, $10 monthly for the two secretaries, custodians $20, substitutes $5, and bus drivers $20. Winding the town clock to resume, a sewing machine purchase for home economics, and changes to kindergarten age rules. Court to decide on millet element ary site and relocation terms. Board to discuss pool and tennis court exchange for stadium dressing room.

Nelsonville Lowell Cole Charles Wyda Sonville Board of Education First National Bank Ohio School Board Associa Central Lloyd C. Gray Athens County Common Pleas Court Charles Evans Everett Carroll Nelson Vilel Athletic Association

Fire Victim Believed Ex Reporter Galliurinio-auss nana Er vin

Edna Ervin, 49, a former Gallipolis reporter for The Messenger until about 1947, burned to death in a Marietta rooming house fire. The blaze near Third Street caused total loss and killed one other person. Ervin had moved to Marietta from Stockport last September and previously worked in Washington County, McArthur, and Lorain.

Galiuirunio Nana Ervin Marietta Edna Ervin Gallipolis the Messenger Stockport Third Miss Ervin Lorain Journal

Carbondale Man Fined On Assault Charge

Carbondale man was fined ten dollars and costs yesterday on an assault charge filed by his wife Mary Davis in the court of Magistrate George Schoonover. He was arrested by Constable Ma Byers.

Shello Yville Ray Monage Carbondale Mary ‘Davis George Schoonover Ma Byers

Man Fined Then Rearrested on Same Charge in Nelsonville

Nelsonville man Guy Fellem paid a $10 fine in the afternoon then was rearrested hours later on the same charge of disturbing the peace. He is to appear tomorrow before Mayor Earl Hilleary. Charles D. Watson of Columbus and William Dishong of Nelsonville were also fined in Mayor's Court for unsafe operation and related offenses.

Nelsonville Guy Fellem Earl Hilleary Charles D. Watson Colum William Dishong

Danville Visit Highlights Marion Couple and Club Meeting

Mr. and Mrs. Ray George of Marion visited their farm in Danville. The Danville Home Demonstration Club gathered at Mrs. Everett Colwell’s home. Mr. and Mrs. James Emmons of Richmondale and Mrs. Alva B. Swick of Jacksonville Route 2 faced fines and costs for speeding.

Danville Ray George Marion Everett Colwell James Emmons Richmondale Alva B

New Method Claimed to Shrink Painful Piles

An advertisement announces a new approach to reducing painful piles with claimed neural shrinkage and pain relief. The offer promises money back if results aren’t achieved, attribute-fitted to a druggist, and emphasizes complete results.

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