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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1949
Page
4
The Nelsonville recreation director Lowell Cole announced that senior life saving lessons will begin at the community swimming pool on Monday. Participants who complete the tests earn certificates, while those who received certificates two years ago must re-qualify by retaking the course to receive new certificates.
Nelsonville’s Chamber of Commerce heard C and O official E W Haessler outline plans to abandon passenger trains on the Hocking Division between Athens and Columbus citing heavy losses. The group voted to oppose the move and urged schedule changes to boost returns while exploring local truck substitutes for mail and express service.
Buchtel won 4 3 over Amesville in the first game of the final round at the City Playground. The score was tied 3 3 until the seventh inning when Buchtel scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh.
Broad Way musical star Nanette Fabray halted an outdoor Dallas performance after a bug bit her face and flew inside her blouse. She screamed mid song and was helped off stage where she cried for three minutes as the packed audience watched.
The Nelsonville Rotary Club moved its weekly gathering from Little House to 32 E. Franklin St. The meeting occurs Tuesday at 6 pm with Corwin Cookson, vice president, leading in the absence of President Harold Koker. Ernest G. Clary of Ithaca Mich was a guest.
In Nelsonville the beginners tennis tournament is played on the high school courts tonight Hubbard faces Townsend Hartley meets Coakley and Linton plays Woody at 6 p.m. and 6 30 p.m. respectively.
The Plains notes visits by Herman Kemp ton and others from Jacksonville Culver Pa Wheeling W Va and Columbus. Residents include Mr and Mrs William Oliver moving to relatives in Detroit area and a toaster fire in Nelsonville causing a non fatal call to the fire department.
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