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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1963
Page
8
Nelsonville Directors of the Board of Trade will hold a noon luncheon session at Ethel's Tea Room on Friday. The Nelsonville Eagles Aerie Auxiliary will meet at 8 p.m. Friday at the Aerie Home.
Nelsonville and Buchtel news report a November 5 vote for mayor clerk treasurer and two council seats in Buchtel with petitions due by August 6. Incumbents include Mayor John Wade not seeking re election and clerk treasurer Terry Bunting. council seats held by Ralph Wilson Robert Bunting Marey Sullivan Joe Schenz and John L Sullivan.
Nelsonville council accepts immediate applications for the Clerk of Council post after the resignation of Mrs William A Mechem effective August 12. The position pays 40 dollars monthly and applications should be sent to Council in care of President Ward Phillips.
Nelsonville Community Garden Club sponsors a flower show and exhibition in Wolfe Furniture Co windows on Washington St during Women's Day Parade of the Hills. Entries may be floral arrangements displays and fruit and vegetable exhibits. Deliver displays to Wolfe's store by 9 am on August 21.
West Hocking Board of Education postponed naming a principal for South Bloomingville School until August 6. The board met to consider a replacement for Fred Good who resigned to head Starr-Washington Schools. They did hire Mrs. Julia Fisher to teach first and second grades at Rockbridge School. Her husband teaches in Logan city schools. they reside in Enterprise with two children.
Logan Ohio reports 4H enrollment this year will top 91,000, up about 3,600 from 1962. Albert Gehres states 4H members reach 703 in Hocking County area with 61,079 girls and 30,315 boys across the state, showing girls outnumbering boys by over two to one.
Nelsonville York Grange met with Mrs Elsie Weaver presiding. The well drilling committee reported completion of the project and lectures on farm safety were given. The August 1 refreshments committee was named and an inspection by Deputy Master Waldo Poston was planned. Albany York Grange will be inspected. A Nelsonville police report notes a harmless puffing adder snake found on W Columbus Street.
Nelsonville youth V V Ogg, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Verl H Ogg, 159 East Columbus St, Nelsonville, is in a ten week basic training period at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes IN. He will take tests and interviews to decide his future Navy assignment and may be sent to a service school a ship or a shore station for on the job training in a specialized rating.
About 750 Ohio 4 H club members and 150 advisors will attend the 46th annual Ohio 4 H Club Congress at Ohio State University in Columbus from September 14 to 18. The theme is Citizenship The Key in Our Community Our World Our Government Ourselves. Hocking County may send six members and three advisors. Scheduled speakers include Jesse Owens Charles Vetter Dr Jerome Folkman and Chalmers Wylie.
Nelsonville adopts a plan to lease triangular ground west of Hocking Street from Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for a parking lot during Brooks Shoe Co. hours to ease canal street congestion at the traffic light. Negotiations began months ago and the site may be open to the public outside factory hours.
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