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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
2
Nelsonville officials announced that $90,000 of mortgage revenue bonds for upgrading the municipally owned electric light plant will go to a November general election. Mayor S. G. Holland said the issue will be decided by voters after a petition with 901 signatures prompted a referendum.
Nelsonville social notes list visits from Ina Hall Pauline Donley and others while a city light plant improvement plan faces delays. Officials propose a $90 000 self liquidating bond issue with civic leaders urging careful vote in November amid possible legal challenges and an uncertain mayoral race.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sines celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a Tuesday dinner in Nelsonville. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Sines and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Sines with Carroll Lee, Mrs. Redempa Goodrich and her baby, and Mrs. Charles Williams. The couple wed in 1887 in New Straitsville, Ohio.
The message urges every voter to determine the most desirable candidate to serve the next two years and to vote at the August primary. Mayor S. G. Holland thanks the city council for cooperation and expresses hope voters will select his successor at the next election.
Mr and Mrs Albert Inman and son Darrell join Mrs Carl Coakley and Mr John Mooney on a two week motor trip visiting Richmond Virginia Washington D C and other eastern points of interest.
Mrs. Charles Mitchell is moved home from Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens with the loss of an 11 pound infant born July 13 to Mr and Mrs Mitchell. The baby named Charles Neil lived only an hour and is buried at Greenlawn Nelsonville.
Retta Howe Sunday School Class of the Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs. Hubert Mender in Nelsonville. After devotional and business led by president Miss Bessie Stephenson, plans were made for the annual picnic and lunch was served to 15 members.
Roy Andrews, previously en route to Manila, lies seriously ill after a fall on ship in heavy seas, with a fractured spine. He is under care at the English Hospital in Yokohama, Japan, and is expected to remain hospitalized for some time. replies can be sent to him via the Bureau of Education in Manila.
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