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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1946
Page
5
Preliminary work to install parking meters in Nelsonville's business district will start Monday Feb 4 if weather permits A representative of M H Rhodes Mark Time Meter Co Hartford Conn met with E W Allen 413 Chestnut St to arrange construction details
The city plans 235 meters to be embedded 18 inches from the curb and 8 inches below the surface. A temporary meter will operate for six to ten days before the Perfection model replaces it. Rhodes Co. will install and maintain the meters under a trial with monthly rental and a $59 unit removal option if the city ends the trial. Meters will cover Pan Nam Square and surrounding streets with 5 cents per hour and 1 penny per 12 minutes.
Logan society notes report a bride’s honor party held at a home on Friday with guests from Athens Amesville Mechanicsburg and Ashfield. Gifts and candles featured, with several attendees sending regrets from New Marshfield and other towns as hosts kept the evening informal and festive.
Nelsonville notes report the marriage of Bruce Mercedine and Jo Warren on Saturday January 26 in Athens officiated by Justice J W Bailey. Gerald Warren and Pearl Warren attended. The couple will reside in Deanville. Also in notes Janet Bay Reed Jones and daughter Reeda visited Elmer Baw and family in Nelsonville before returning home to Norwood.
Logan area report says Mt Carmel Hospital in Columbus treated Logan Farrar, former chemistry instructor at Lagano High and now Defiance High principal, after a fall that led to spine surgery. He had been dismissed ten days earlier but returned for care as family joined him in Columbus.
Nelsonville police report a car parked at 544 Jackson St. was sideswiped around 11 pm Tuesday. The other driver fled the scene. left rear fender and bumper damaged on the Luckey vehicle.
A turkey dinner in Nelsonville honored Pvt. Charles Skiver on 15 day furlough from Camp J. T. Robinson Ark. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Luster Skiver Haydenville and several relatives and friends from Logan Haydenville and Gary. Sunday was also Mr. Waugh's birthday.
The Redipuglia site in Italy holds about 30,000 World War I soldiers buried there with tombstones marking each grave and commemorating a vast battlefield loss. The cemetery is described as unusually stark and solemn in the article.
A large Nelsonville turnout is expected for a Polio Fund benefit hosted by the B and P W Club at the Elks Club. Door prizes and game pits will aid the drive, with all proceeds to stay in town. Hyperion Club meets Feb 1 at 2 PM for a program review and guest speaker Mrs. Orat Daugherty leads the planning for a record polio drive.
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