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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1943

Page

6

Fourteen Injured as Truck Overturns Near Canal Winchester

A Nelsonville and Kimberly group riding to a Columbus church meeting were injured when their truck overturned on U S 33 one mile south of Canal Winchester. Driver Dean Burch lost control after being sideswiped by a coal truck. Three residents, including Mrs Isa McCray, Mrs Vesta Lehman, and Mrs Electa Davis, were seriously injured and hospitalized in Lancaster.

Nelsonville Kimberly Columbus U.S. 33 Canal Winchester Louis McCray High Isa McCray Vesta Lehman Electa Davis William H. Davis Lancaster City Hospital Davis Bertie Lou McCray McCray Esther Tremain Lloyd Patton This City Vera Hutchinson Oliver Carsey

Loyal Women's Class picnic honors church group

Nelsonville reports the Loyal Women's Class of the Methodist Church held its annual picnic at the church on Tuesday evening. A 6 o'clock supper preceded a short program presided by president Mrs Bess Bland with devotions by Mrs Josie Green. Twenty two members and six guests attended. plans for the August meeting were announced by hostesses Mrs Bessie Warehime, Mrs Margaret Wooley, and Mrs Fanny Rel ford.

Nelsonville Loyal Women's Methodist Church Bess Bland Josie Green Agnes Woodard Bessie Warehime Margaret Wooley Fanny Relford

Tri Psi Sorority Party At Club Rooms

Twenty five members and several guests enjoyed a Monday July 19 party sponsored by Tri Psi Sorority at its club rooms. Games and contests provided entertainment and a refreshment course was served. Committee members were Wilma Gardner Helen Stewart Ruth Kelch and Dorothy Barber.

Nelsonville Tri Psi Wilma Gardner Helen Stewart Ruth Kelch Dorothy Barber

Special Mid July Sales Allowance For Certain Shoes

Civilian Defense permits two week period in July for reduced price sales of odds and ends of broken stock and obsolete shoe lots. Quantities limited by class with percentages from April 10 inventory. Regular line shoes still require Stamp No. 18. Also instructions on signing license numbers for A gasoline coupons and handling tire inspection records with the new A book.

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Return to Detroit by Mrs Af feldt after Chauncey visit

Miss Betty Af feldt returns home to Detroit after visiting her aunt Mrs Grace Crabtree and family in Chauncey and another aunt Mrs Mamie Chadwell in Sand Ridge. Guests include two Ferndale nieces Doris Jean and Frances Everett for an indefinite visit.

Chauncey Betty Affeldt Detroit Grace Crabtree May Ave Mamie Chadwell Sand Ridge

Visiting Parents Chauncey Mrs Grinstead and Betty Lands

Chauncey Mrs. Floride Grinstead and daughter Betty Lands of Columbus visited the former's parents Mr and Mrs John Shafer. Mrs Grinstead returned Monday. Betty visits her father Kenneth Lands and aunts Lucinda Vanmeter and Allie Bingman in Athens. She will return with brother Johnny Sands to Columbus for a visit. The Devil's Tower is a volcanic rock formation in Wyoming.

Chauncey Floride Grinstead Betty Lands Columbus John Shafer Grinstead Betty Kenneth Lands Lucinda Vanmeter Allie Bingman Athens Johnny Sands

Youth Fellowship Members Spend Week at Camp Grounds

Nelsonville youth fellowship members spent a week at Lan caster Camp Grounds with the largest Nelsonville group at Law Ona Lodge. Highlights included winning diving and swimming, track and tennis events, a birthday party for Phillis Barber, Holy Communion, diploma ceremonies, and a Talent Night clown act.

Nelsonville Methodist Youth Fellowship Lancaster Camp Lawona Lodge Memrs

Blue Lake Social Notes Drift Amid Travels and News

In Blue Lake a string of social items and local updates recount furloughs and visits. Harold Stigers spends a 10 day fur lough with Eddie Stigers. Raymond Walters visits his sister Gladys Brucker and father John Walters in New Mexico. Charles Moore convalesces. Numerous residents travel, host guests, and deal with illness or home improvements. A wind uproots 25 large trees on Orin Roush Sheets property. Cadmus Hill tract sold to Liston Halley. Halley family plans to move by September. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. R. Beaver. William L. Boston and Mary Marguerite Burdette wed recently and held a belting at the Boston home.

Blue Lake Harold Stigers Eddie Stigers Raymond Walters New Mexico Gladys Brucker John Walters Charles Moore Blue Lake Hill Orin Roush G. W. Ellis Nebraska China Everett Saunders Elmer Holcomb Huntington W. Va Eleanor Irene Sheets S. A. Cottrill James Hazlett Peggy Nina Murial Doston Gallipolis Bert Patterson Paul Craft U.S.N.R Hobart Craft Edward Cottrell Seabee George Mink R. Beaver William L. Boston

Funeral for Mrs Mayme L Myers Campbell Held at Fairview Church

Nelsonville friends attended the funeral of Mrs Mayme L Myers Campbell at Fairview Church Enterprise. She came from Meigs County and lived here with her husband Walter Campbell after marriage. Active in First Presbyterian Church she had many local friends. Repair ships in the U S Navy are named for characters in Roman and Greek mythology.

Nelsonville Mayme L. Myers Campbell Fairview Enterprise U. S. Navy

Nelsonville servicemen listed in local notices

Mr and Mrs Amos Collins announce their son Bob Collins has arrived safely overseas He is a 1942 Nelsonville High School graduate and welcomes letters from friends Loren Warner son of Mr and Mrs H D Warner has finished boat training at Great Lakes Naval Station and is on leave He will be assigned to a new station Lewis Calvin Keplar 17 has enlisted in the U S Navy and leaves for Great Lakes Training Station next Monday Mrs Danny Langley Jr has been notified of her husband’s safe arrival in England with the American Air Forces U S Panama Line notice appears in this column.

Nelsonville Amos Collins Bob Nelsonville High School Loren Warner H. D. Warner Great Lakes Naval Station Lewis Calvin Keplar U. S. Navy Great Lakes Danny Langley, Jr Mill St England

Canal Zone Line Marks US Headquarters Border in Panama City

A white line on the pavement marks the boundary where United States headquarters in the Canal Zone meets Panama City. The marker emphasizes the border dividing the US facility from Panama's capital area.

United States Canal Zone Panama City Panama

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