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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
2
Disjointed OCR text references council figures such as Logan and 139,204.30, mentions percentages and thousand figures. It notes a committee process and a motion in the council, with references to a public entity and an order. The fragment hints at a finance matter and a proposed contract or report.
Nelsonville report notes John E. Reed receives provisional re appointment by the state board of liquor control after Nelsonville store service this year. Daughters of America plan a benefit party at the I.C.C.F. Hall Friday night at 8 o clock with July tickets. G T Club will meet Friday evening with Mrs. Marie Carpenter on West Washington Street.
Nelsonville Buchtel defeats Brooks Shoes 11 to 2 as Jones limits the Shoemen to six hits and two runs. Murray City will play Carbondale at 5 30 tonight. Box score lists Buchtel and Brooks players with scattered figures from the game.
Ted F. Silvey Columbus secretary treasurer of the Ohio CIO Council will speak at the Industrial Labor Council meeting in the Nelsonville American Legion building Friday July 26 at 7 30 p m. Delegates from 16 local unions are notified and W B Morris council president will oversee the session.
Orbiston softballers defeated Nelsonville squads 24 2 on Tuesday and 14 0 on Wednesday. Sikora hurled the big win as Orbiston piled 12 runs in the pivotal sixth inning while Adamsons errors fueled the losses. Dugan led Orbiston with two hits while Dugan or Bruce starred for Sinclair in the defeats. Rhode Island led traffic safety in 1939 with four deaths per 100 million vehicle miles.
Twenty two members answered roll call as the Reta Howe Sunday School Class of the Nelsonville Methodist Church met at Rachelmacher Park Logan. Officers elected include Edna Dodds president Gay Circle vice president Hazel Katzenbach secretary and Pearl Williams treasurer. Installation set for September and August picnic planned.
Nelsonville Troop 66 Senior Scouts Parry Bateman Floyd Barber Eddie Amos Edward Cheeseman Don Jonas Carl Windle Raymond Juniper Max Linton Bob Sowers form a reorganized patrol with Don Lancaster as counsellor and Bill Barber Charles Pedigo as assistants. They vote to join the Region 4 Explorer Expedition at Crane Hollow Aug 30 to Sept 1 with West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky groups.
George Earle Jr., son of the U S Minister to Bulgaria, said he would renew attempts to join the British Air Force if it could be done without risking his American citizenship while traveling from Cairo to Karachi en route to the United States.
Funeral services were held in Marysville Tennessee for C A Davis who died Monday. He was born at Carbon Hill and later lived in the south. Survived by five children and one sister Mrs Flossie Crawford of this city. Mrs Crawford and her daughter in law Mrs Henry Crawford of Cleveland attended. Also noted is a twin insurance scheme from New York stores offering duplicate outfits for twins with one store supplying 76 layettes in one year.
The timetable lists BALTIMORE & OHIO and CHESAPEAKE & OHIO passenger trains with east and west bound departures and arrivals, plus NEW YORK CENTRAL services and Athens Airways connections. It notes sunrise to late evening daily patterns and special daylight charter flights to any city with an airport.
James Mann, a local garbage collector, showcases a vine bearing both tomatoes and potatoes from the same root. The plant, found on the McCollough farm near Nelsonville, holds two of each variety and has drawn attention as a strange horticultural curiosity.
Nelsonville Harry Young of Walnut Street suffered a fracture and dislocation of his right ankle when his foot turned while picking up an object in his yard. He has been crippled since 1926 from a left hip fracture at Backus Lumber Co.
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