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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1935
Page
4
Nelsonville railroad operations shrink as double track from Fast Clayton to Nelsonville Freight Depot and Kimber ly to Beaumont is torn up. Dismantling followed years of mine abandonments and traffic decline, with Supt. William Morgan noting current lack of industries on the dismantled side and switches spiked years ago.
Mrs Mary L Hick hosts Mr and Mrs Mark Hick Missa Lillian Hick Miss Louise Barklow and Mrs C B E Sweeney with son Tommy. Guests include Mrs C H Ruble and children Gren Junior Ann at Buck Lake cottage. Mary Shipley and daughter Jane return to Columbus after a week with grandmother Mary Lick. Mrs C R Fisher returns to Columbus after week with her parents William Morgan and son Billy. Miss Olive Manie Springfield visits Nesvillie area to spend week with Miss Helen ands. Manie, a former Nesville resident, teaches in Clark County Schools.
Nelsonville reports the Doanville Vacation Bible School ends Sunday night after a three week instruction period. Eighty students enrolled. Commencement is at 7 30 pm at Deanville Church with diplomas for perfect attendance. Supervisors include Robert Stephens and staffers Georgia Reynolds Mary Jean Nixon Mary Ellen Covert and Lela Schoonover.
Nelsonville leader C. L. Stout, a longtime member of the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, was re elected president at the Columbus meeting. The five member board met Tuesday and Stout had presided last year as well. Berlin streets are cleaned by live steam jets from portable boilers to remove oil drops left by vehicles.
Local residents share visits and travels with relatives in Cleveland Dayton Columbus and Indiana. Notable entries include Mary King returning from Indiana Beatrice Smathers joining family in Lancaster and Hazel Marie Smathers birth to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smathers with the family listing many visiting kin from Akron Columbus Nelsonville Detroit and Nelsonville.
The Lunar aspects today hint at adverse influence on business and pleasure with potential indiscretions. Employment may face friction and temper control is urged. Birthdays today lean toward pleasure over profit in social, domestic, and romantic areas. A child born now may be easy going and suited for artistic work.
Nelsonville Woman's Christian Temperance Union held its annual picnic at president Mrs. Sam Starkey's Ashton Avenue home with dinner, worship, and a business session. Sixty reports and sixteen new members joined as 52 calls on the sick and 870 pages of literature distributed.
Old Timers beat Union Furnace 8 to 0 at Buchtel. Kimble homered, Graham had three hits, Wagner two. Dr Walker led with a .715 batting average over three games. The Vet manager also excelled on base, reaching first six times in seven at bats. Upcoming: Brooks Shoe Factory vs Vet at Buchtel and Old Timers at Union Furnace. Max Linton underwent a tonsil operation at Cherrington Hospital in Logan and has returned home.
Miss Lucile Verity hosted a bingo party for the Business Girls Class of the Christian Church at Mrs. C. A. Hooper’s home in Athens. Thirty members and friends from Nelsonville attended with 25 invited guests. The lawn gathering featured bingo games, lunch, and prize awards as part of a class contest led by Miss Verity.
The Esther Clay Christian Church in Nelsonville held its monthly meeting with a dinner served and a social time after. Attendees included Max Frank Murphy and others from the Eighth District event planning group.
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