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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1957
Page
10
Congress man Tom Jenkins praised 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence at Arnold Field in Nelsonville. He urged continued Independence Day observances while noting Washington’s unsettled times and the global spread of communism.
Funeral services for Flora A. Schaal 85 formerly of Nelsonville will be held Monday at 1 p m in Columbus at Evens funeral home Livingston Avenue and Kimball Place Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery Nelsonville with graveside services Her death occurred June 30 at Grant Hospital Columbus She was born April 19 1872 to Clarence and Effie Browne Her husband Henry B Schaal died November 2 1926 She survives a daughter Mary Virginia Schaal and son Mansfield Schaal both of Columbus a sister Aver y Longworth Felicity Ohio a brother Harry H Randolph New York and a grandson Gary Schaal Columbus
Mrs Anna E Fink of May Ave Chauncey dies at Sheltering Arms Athens after days of treatment She is a native of Lawrence County widow of Jacob Fink survived by three daughters five sons a sister 33 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm Chauncey Pilgrim Holiness Church burial The Plains Cemetery and the family home in Chauncey open for calls.
Mount St. Mary Hospital notes several births and admissions. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. John H. McDade of Carbon Hill. a son to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Wood of Kimberly. New admissions include Miss Georgann Willison of Crooksville and Mrs. Sally Dishong of Nelsonville among others. dismissals include Mrs. William Seaman of Columbus and son and several other mothers and infants.
State Highway Patrol charged Leonard A. Hill of Millfield with permitting an unlicensed driver to operate his car in Nelsonville. Mayor Earl Hilleary presided as Hill pleaded guilty and received a $10 fine plus costs.
Mr and Mrs F W McCall depart for a vacation trip to Canada traveling via New York and Niagara Falls. They will visit Petersboro Can to join their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs G C Fuller for two weeks of fishing before returning by a Canadian route.
Funeral services for Mrs Hattie E Hooper 70 longtime Pennsville resident will be held Saturday at 2 p m at Pennsville Methodist Church with the Rev Kenneth Road presiding Burial will follow in Pennsville Cemetery She died Tuesday night at White Oak Convalescent Home Canton Ohio survived by her husband Harry three daughters six sons 32 grandchildren and four great grandchildren plus three sisters and a brother
A ministers meeting last week outlined a summer series of Sunday evening services among downtown Christian Episcopal Methodist and Presbyterian churches. The first service is Sunday at 7 30 p m at the Presbyterian Church with public invitation to join the fellowship.
Local contestant Jerry Grimm will perform in the piano section on Gene's Canteen TV show Channel 6 at 2 p.m. Saturday, with votes by card submission to Gene's Canteen Station WTVN-TV Columbus. A separate notice states a 1955 Rome Canaan School District budget hearing set for 6 p.m. July 16, 1957 at Stewart High School and bids for 200 tons of coal due by July 16 1957 at the Stewart office.
Local churches in Nelsonville list service times, pastors, and events. Denominations include Methodist First, First Presbyterian, Epiphany, Christian Fort and Short, Dorr Run and Doanville, Pilgrim Holiness, Evangelical United Brethren, Church of the Nazarene, and Latter Day Saints with worships, Sunday schools, youth activities, and midweek prayers.
Nelsonville city police cite Lawrence Reeves Jr of Logan for operating left of center on a public street and set arraignment in Mayor Earl Hilleary's court at 6 p m. Larry Pruden of Carbon Hill arrested on intoxication complaint and pleads guilty, fined $10 and costs.
Administrator Guy Morrison seeks sale of decedent Elisha Dickson estate real estate in Albany village Athens County Ohio to pay debts. Petition filed April 19 1957 in Probate Court Athens County. parcel includes Inlot 239 Holmes Addition and adjacent land described. defendants must answer by July 6 1957.
George Montgomery and Richard Denning star in Battle at Rogue River in Technicolor as the second feature. Jerry Moore and Johnson present Mighty Joe Young as the main film at VE Friday and Saturday.
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