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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1950
Page
2
A 1950 Red Cross drive opens throughout Athens County with a $1250 quota for Nelsonville and $12,500 for the county. Mrs. Daugherty notes strong local interest in Red Cross Blood services and the need to meet the campaign goal to sustain services over the coming year.
Wilkesville Chapter 207 hosted the eighteenth annual District 24 session in Wilkesville High School Auditorium. Notable guests included Kathryn Wyre of Cuyahoga Falls and Della Dolby of Groveport with other Ohio officers and dignitaries present.
Shawnee school posts honor roll with thirty eight students across grades one to twelve. Notable names include Elaine Burns Virginia Dishon Emaline Giffin Bobby Dishon Earlene Jounston Eileen Garlinger Marjorie Sorrell Clarence Thompson Clarence Colvin Jean Davis Edith Davey Velma Garlinger and more.
1950 motor vehicle license plates go on sale March 1 statewide. In Nelsonville new tags will be sold from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 164 West Washington Street with noon closing Saturdays. Plates feature black numerals on a canary yellow background and must be displayed after March 31. The local office closes Feb 20 for registrar instruction in Marietta.
Mrs Lin F Hill, 88, of Columbus, died Tuesday after an extended illness at Mercy Hospital. She was the sister of Mrs E W Allen of Nelsonville. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Columbus with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr and Mrs Allen and family and Mr and Mrs W R Dixon of this city plan to attend.
Grange officers will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday February 16 at Alfred. The notice outlines the meeting time and location for scheduled officers.
The Viking Quartet from Akron had been set to perform in Alfred on Saturday evening February 18 but the appearance has been postponed.
Seventy members attended the Degree of Pocahontas at Eagles Hall Monday. Eight candidates received the degree and a kitchen shower was held. The next meeting is scheduled for February 27 with a pot luck and requested sandwiches and a covered dish.
Mrs Elizabeth Tignor hosted the Other Class of the Christian Church for a Monday evening pot luck serving 16 members. J A Long led devotions on A Union of Diversity with Edna Scott and Velma Pritchard assisting. A valentine exchange and candy heart favors completed the gathering. next meeting at Mrs Bertha Bowers home Madison Street. Members present include Velma Pritchard Agnes Cox Anna Linton Lillie Bland Marie Hall Ora Bowers Bertha Bowers Bess Long Edna Scott Jennie Oakley Madge Evans Mayme Fisk Hazel Dabritz Bertha Lawson Flora Powell Elizabeth Tignor.
At Tuesday’s meeting Eudora Chapter 72 set Thursday April 13 for the annual inspection with Miss Marion Reil of Chesterhill as inspecting officer. Dinner plans and other details will be announced.
Mrs. Rose Cook will host a 7 30 p m gathering Friday at her Poplar Street home for Popolitan Club members with Mrs. Willa Brown assisting.
Circle 5 of the WSCS at the Methodist Church will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at Mrs L E Butts home. Mrs Hattie Voigt leads the group.
Mrs Charles Anderson entertained W W W Club members at her home on February 8. The next meeting will be at Mrs Lawrence Newton’s home on Myers Street February 22.
Fred Martin Ossman 56 of Nelsonville died Feb 6 at his Findlay home after three months of illness. A former music educator and band leader, he worked in the Republican Courier sterreotype and press department in Findlay. Survived by wife Clara Sohn Ossman two sons Paul and Eugene three sisters and one brother. Funeral and burial held in Findlay.
Nelsonville chef? actually Judge John F. Newcomb of Athens County Probate Court will speak at a joint PTA meeting of High School East and Central at the high school Monday at 7 30 p m. The event, held for Founders Day, will include a musical program.
Mary Sands Outland aged 79 dies in the western states. A former Sherwood Rebekah Lodge and Pythian Sisters member, she leaves daughter Mae now Ida Mae Yost, two sons, and husband. Community notices report visits and gatherings at local homes including Mae Rodgers on E Main and Mothers' Club hosted by Gail E Wallace on S Valley St.
Mrs Homer Warehime departed Tuesday to spend the rest of the week in Groveport visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Roger Higgins.
The Cross Co. at 463 Poplar St. in Nelsonville, known for selling and installing venetian blinds and window shades, expands to a general real estate agency. Mr. Cross, a Franklin County native, runs a real estate office there while Mrs. Cross is linked to local residents Mrs. Bill Courtney and Everett Hewlett.
NELSONVILLE Two residents faced fines in Mayor Earl Hilleary’s court. Robert Johnson of Car bondale pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 10 dollars plus costs and jailed until payment. Robert Monroe of Nelsonville forfeited a 20 dollar bond for intoxication arraignment. Buck Warren of Deanville pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and was fined 10 dollars plus costs.
The Laurel Women s Bible Class of the Church of Christ has been postponed to next month. The original meeting was set for Thursday at the home of Mrs Durg Johnston 49 Converse St.
Millions of sufferers in the last 40 years found relief from itching and smarting piles using a cooling astringent formula. A user testimonial praises nightlong sleep after applying Peterson's Ointment, which offers a money back guarantee if not delighted.
Nelsonville group Mt. St. Mary Hospital Guild asks purchasers to claim Ruth Lyons 50 Club Show tickets for Friday at 8 p m in Presbyterian Church social rooms. Esther Verity notes tickets should be claimed by late tonight.
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