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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1957
Page
8
Nelsonville reports a new June pumping record with 10,810,000 gallons processed at the city station surpassing previous Junes by two to three million gallons. Superintendent Watson Wolfe notes swimming pool demand and new taps plus installed air conditioners as factors while mains leaks remain undetected.
Nelsonville high school announces two Monday rehearsals for band members. Junior band meets at 9 a.m. and senior band at 7 p.m. in the band room. A summer rehearsal schedule will be announced.
The tract occupied by Trinity Church and its churchyard in New York City’s Wall Street district is valued at 25 million dollars, highlighting the property's significant value in the financial district.
Nelsonville officials said plans for a consolidated elementary grade school are finished and will be presented to the city board of education Monday night. Architects Joseph Baker & Associates of Newark will seek final approval, after which bidding and construction steps will be scheduled. The site near Adams Street in the west area was purchased earlier by the board.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Windle welcome a son at Mount St Mary Hospital Athens Route 4. Other admissions include Junior Dowler Athens Route 2 and Mrs. Viola Wilson New Lexington. Several births and admissions list names and towns: Lillie Hood New Marshfield Jerry Colmer Pomeroy Henry Edslenkamper Gloucester Mrs Hamil Zlatkind Nelsonville and daughter William Drury Nelsonville Route 1 Elizabeth McLaughlin Logan James Barrett Corning Charles Jarvis Trimble Mattie Dane Nelsonville Ruth Williams Nelsonville Myrtie Palmer Trimble Della Shafer Nelsonville Kathryn Brunton New Lexington Frank Risley Athens Elsie Young Carbondale.
Mr and Mrs I W Sheets and others from Huntington and Blue Lake joined the Blue Lake 4 H Club at Harold Steger home for a Sunday picnic. Attendees included Judy Ralph Lawrence Charles Steger Ronda Skeens Dun kin Walters Vienna Young McGuire and the Stegers. They played ball fished the pond and heard Rev Harley Brucker preach at Elizabeth Chapel on Blue Lake Drive.
In Nelsonville at First Methodist Church Miss Jeri French daughter of Mrs Guy French and the late Mr French married Jerry Smith son of Mr and Mrs Richard Smith in a 7:30 p m ceremony. The bride wore a white organdie gown with blue cummerbund and carried a white orchid on a white Bible. Attendant Mrs Jesse Patterson wore pink and carried pink roses. A reception followed at the bride’s family home and they will reside on Scott Street after a brief honeymoon.
City officials remind residents leaf and trash burning is banned on public streets at all times and limited to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. within the city limits. Fires must be contained and extinguished to prevent damage or nuisance.
The 1957 Queen contest will feature fourteen communities from the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys with a scholarship and a Washington DC trip for the winner. Contestants must be 16 by January 1 1957 enrolled in school by May 1 1957 and 20 or younger. The schedule lists visitations in Haydenville Logan Murray Kesee Carbon Hill The Plains New Marshfield Amesville Buchtel Chauncey Glouster Corning Union Furnace Nelsonville and more with times each day through July 16 1957.
Nelsonville arrestees appear in Mayor Earl Hilleary's court on July 4. Cecil Heatherlin of Akron pleads guilty to unsafe operation and pays a 20 dollar fine plus costs. James Dodgen of Akron forfeits a 15 dollar bond for crossing a yellow line. Lawrence Reeves Jr. of Logan pleads innocent to operating left of the center line and posts a 20 dollar bond for a July 10 hearing at 8 30 p.m.
Funeral services for Mrs Anna E Fink of May Ave Chauncey will be Sunday at 1 pm at Chauncey Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial at The Plains Cemetery Friends may call at the home of daughter Mrs Homer Shields 75 Converse St Chauncey
A Nelsonville notice adds son David H. Schaal to a obituary for Flora A Schaal from Columbus. Nearby items report a $15 bond forfeiture in Mayor Hilleary’s court, a Korea era infantry instructor assignment, a long awaited homecoming for Mrs Inman and Major Pritchard, and birth and family details for Dr. and Mrs. Roger Johnson. Reverend Ludlow and family plan a Cape Cod trip with Bishop and Mrs. Theodore Ludlow.
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