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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1960
Page
2
The maximum gross weight on Route 216 from Nel sonville east to the Hocking Athens line drops to 58 500 pounds from 78 000 and axle limit to 14 250 pounds from 19 000 due to thaw and moisture. The restriction remains during thawing or until further notice by the Director of Highways.
New Plymouth volunteers raced 15 miles in under 20 minutes after an alarm at the Lawrence Weaver residence Route 56 New Plymouth Vinton County. Fire Chief Loyd Gill says the blaze due to a defective flue caused slight damage. Two pumpers dispatched. In Nelsonville patrolman Clarence Wolfe aided a family emergency after his wife reported their youngest choked on a toy wheel lodged in the mouth. Wolfe performed the extraction. The alarm was relayed from Logan to McArthur due to shared protection.
GLOUSTER The Glouster Board of Education set entrance ages for kindergarten and first grade at a special session. Kindergarten to be five by Sept 1 and first grade six by Sept 1. children with birthdays after Sept 1 and before Dec 31 may enter first grade by scoring a mental age of six on a school test. The next meeting is Tuesday, March 8.
Cub Scout Den 1 met at Mrs. Arthur Moore's home for a spaghetti dinner hosted by the den mother. Den Chief John McAllister and Cubs Paul Moore Pete Moore Tommy Hook Darrell Dugan Joey Mesaros John Savel attended. Mrs Edward Moore to be new den mother. next meeting Monday at 5 30 in the Scout Room City Building.
Nelsonville announces the approaching marriage of Eleanor Alrige to Kenneth Bumgardner. The ceremony will be performed at the bride’s home in Lancaster with immediate family present this Saturday.
Pvt. Roger Newman of Ft Campbell Ky has finished Army jump school on Feb 18 with five jumps in training. He serves with the 101st Airborne Division the Screaming Eagle unit, and can deploy within two hours of an alert. He is the son of Mrs. Eline Newman and has a wife Shirley who lives in Nelsonville Route 1. His address is Pvt Roger Newman RA15525970 Co E 1st ABG 327th Inf Ft Campbell Ky.
The Mount St Mary Hospital reports admissions including a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bateman of Buchtel and several patients from Nelsonville Glouster Millfield and Athens areas. Dismissals include Mrs Alfred Bush and daughter, and several others from Logan Athens Nelsonville and surrounding towns. Blood used lists two units.
Robert Birt of Deanville is in Lancaster Hospital Lancaster recovering from surgery in Room 124.
Mrs Richard Williams and daughter Debbie of Maple Shade New Jersey and Mr and Mrs Herman Humphrey of The Plains with Miss Teri Ann Williams of Athens attended a George Washington Birthday dinner at the Williams home. The Humphreys stayed a week visiting relatives. Miss Donna Rogers of Columbus visited. Mr and Mrs Mike Sharlike of Glouster and Mr and Mrs L V Zimmer of Chillicothe returned from a 12 day Florida vacation.
Snow spreads northward across the state with four or more inches likely. Extreme southeast remains mixed with rain. Friday brings diminishing snow to flurries, temperatures hold steady then turn colder. In West Virginia clouds linger with several inches of snow, changing to rain north and snow flurries south, then colder Friday.
Nelsonville forms Firemen Relief and Pension Fund. Fire Chief Clarence Hall chairs the commission with secretary Bob Matheny and treasurer Mabel Tignor. Members include James Dishong Violet Hollenhaugh Carl Young Sheldon Powell. By law firemen contribute 3 percent of wages to the fund.
A farewell party for Mrs. Garnet Trace of Glouster was held Tuesday with a 6 o'clock dinner at the Hotel Gordon. She worked four years in the Do m estics Department of Luckoff Store and received a gift from coworkers. The Traces live near Hollister with daughter Janet, a Glouster High School junior.
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