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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1949
Page
6
Nelsonville holds the second free City Recreation dance Friday from 8 to 10 p m on the athletic field tennis courts. Bob Holloway's orchestra will perform.
City auditor Harry A. Evans reports total funds across departments at 57 233 64 June 30. June receipts 12 208 28. expenditures 13 955 92. June 1 balance 58 981 28. General fund June receipts 419 60. disbursements 2 663 96. June 30 balance 12 737 25.
Nelsonville Troop 65 holds a board of review Friday night approving Terry Lee Gilbert Simonton and Phil Pritchard for second class rank. Jack Sowers earned merit badges in carpentry home repairs safety and reading.
Nelsonville reports two picnics for girls as part of the recreation program directed by Jody Tharp. The East School hosts the first event next Monday at 10 a.m. with all community girls invited to bring lunch and join the play activities. A second picnic for the Central play group is planned for next Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Central building.
A 24 inch water main burst five feet underground, flooding a downtown Dayton section with about 20 million gallons. About 20,000 residents lost water for nearly two hours during a week of heat.
U S Dept of Agriculture figures show hogs 25 to 50 cents higher on 180-225 lb and 225-250 lb hogs with strong demand. sows steady. Cattle receipts 300 with higher slaughter cattle prices and scarce dry fed stock. heifers, steers, and bulls posted gains. Sheep steady with good lambs 26.00, mixed lambs 25.00-25.50, ewes 6.00-8.00. consumer egg prices noted from July 6 reports.
Mrs. Bessie Tolliver Hartman 71 died Wednesday at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan after extended illness. She was a Oak Grove Pilgrim Holiness Church member, born Ironton, moved here in 1900. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Warren Funeral Home, Rev. William Brown Carbondale. Burial Connett Cemetery. Survived by husband John two sons Gordon Tolliver Nelsonville and Otho Shaw Columbus daughter Carmen Fracza Chillicothe and many grandchildren.
Local society notes show Mr. and Mrs. Janus Clark of Dublin visiting Rev. and Mrs. Earl Cowen. Frank Hooper treated for back injuries at a Marietta hospital after work. Several relatives travel, visit, or spend holidays with family members in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, including Fulton, Hooper, Sinclair, Hawk, Evans, and Collins families.
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