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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1947

Page

6

PTA Members Attend Activities at Athens

Nelsonville reports East PTA members attended the Institute of the Athens and Mechanicsburg PTA and the Founders Day dinner in Athens on Thursday. Named attendees include Ruth Knight, Ruth Barber, Etta Whitlatch, Hazel Pierce, Eva Sanborn and Violet Carroll.

Nelsonville East Pta Institute of the Athens and Mechanicsburg Pta Athens Ruth Knight Ruth Barber Etta Whitlatch Hazel Pierce Eva Sanborn Violet Carroll

Nelsonville Garden Club Sets Meeting at Colonial Dinner

The Nelsonville Community Garden Club will meet Monday with dinner at 6 p.m. at The Colonial. Afterward the group will visit Mrs. Cecil Shafer for the business meeting. Hostesses are Mrs. Shafer, Mrs. Bertha Hoskinson, Mrs. Arley Fiske and Mrs. H. E. Cranmer. Miss Bertha Nixon will speak.

Nelsonville

Nelsonville Reorganization creates mixed school board appointees

Nelsonville announces a re organized City Recreation Commission to meet legislative requirements. New makeup includes Estel Crabtree as chairman and Mrs. Bessie Ball, school board member, replacing Byron Eby as playground director. Members serve five to one year terms. The panel, funded by tax sources, plans a complete outdoor program using school athletic field facilities and the city playground.

Nelsonville Bessie Ball Barber Daugherty Estel Crabtree Glenn Thomas L. E. Butts Shelby Barber

Vision of coal oil aging district revival amid Karrick tests

In the Hocking Valley coal region, chemist L. C. Karrick reports tests proving a ton of local coal can yield 1500 pounds of smokeless fuel, 30-38 gallons of crude oil, and 2000 cubic feet of natural gas. He urges public and private investment to reindustrialize with processing plants, oil byproducts, and refineries.

Hocking Valley E. M. Poston Hocking L. C. Karrick U. S. Bureau of Mines Nelsonville Karrick Sunday Creek Congress Ohio Wyoming Colorado

Minstrel Show Scheduled Monday in Murray City

The Minstrel Show by the B P W Club of Nelsonville comes to the Murray City school gym Monday at 8 p.m. A 7 30 p.m. band concert opens the evening with Ruth Cunningham directing. Featured acts include Mercedes Taylor Roberta Barstow and three Nelsonville high school boys with Jack Oakley on piano.

Murray City B&pw ‘Club Nelsonville Ruth Cunningham Mercedes Taylor Roberta Barstow Buchtel Gardner Margaret Johnson Blanche Newman Helena Kirmvin Gay Circle Pearl Hartley Jessalyn Mahew Jessie Shafer

J. D. Smith Hospitalized After Stroke in Logan Area

J. D. Smith payroll clerk for Carbondale Coal Co. is confined to his home near Logan after suffering a stroke Thursday. His status places him away from work as the community learns of the health setback.

J. D. Smith Nelsonville Carbondale Coal Co Logan

Hickman Family Guests Mark 94th Birthday in Nelsonville

Mr and Mrs W J Hickman and children Martha and Bill of Worthington Ohio are weekend guests at the Hickman home here. They came to observe the 94th birthday of Mrs J W Bates the grandmother.

Nelsonville W. J. Hickman Martha Bill Worthington Ohio

Watch Shop Opens in Chauncey by Blackford

Chauncey clock and watch repair shop opened by Clarence Jimmy Blackford at his Mill Street home. He recently completed an apprenticeship in Gallipolis.

Chauncey Clarence Jimmy) Blackford Mill St Gallipolis

Markets Cincinnati Produce Prices

Market report from Cincinnati lists egg grades and prices for US AA large 47s to B large 41, standard and wholesale eggs, fowl prices with weight ranges, turkeys, butter prints and butterfat, and potato prices from 3.00 to 3.60 per 100 pounds. Includes notes on egg classifications and current receipts.

Cincinnati U. S U. S.B

Cincinnati Hog and Cattle Prices Shift With Week’s Strength

Hog prices rise to quotes near 27.75 for 160-250 lb hogs and 27.85 for 200 lb decks. Cattle and calves show tight early supply with steady to lower trends. steers and heifers mostly 20.00-22.00, cows 11.00-12.00, cutters 10.50 down. Sheep receipts around four decks west bred lambs 92-96 lb at 23.50 with odd ewes down to 7.50.

Cincinnati

Ex Navy Man Re-Enlists At Local Board Meeting

Nelsonville area residents gathered as eight discharges were approved by Selective Service Board No. 2. William Lee Bateman of Nelsonville re-enlisted for a new term in the U S Navy. Others named as honored veterans include Leonard L. Woodrum Sharpsburg James W Jolley Carbondale Gilbert E Cross Coolville Route 1 James R Hubble 289 W Franklin St Gilbert F Buckley Miner Eldon McCombs Nelsonville Route 1 and Joseph L Austin Jr Columbus formerly Nelsonville.

Nelsonville Athens County Selective Service Board No. 2 U.S. Navy William Lee Bateman E. Columbus St Leonard L. Woodrum Sharpsburg James W. Jolley Carbondale Gilbert E. Cross Coolville James R. Hubble W. Franklin St Gilbert F. Buckley Mineral Billy E. Monks Mound St Eldon McCombs Joseph L. Austin, Jr Columbus

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