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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1963
Page
3
Nelsonville area memorials note the deaths of Smith Ridge 61 of 333 Poplar Nelsonville at Mount St Mary Hospital. George Clark 81 Racine and Thurman Frank 74 Shawnee also pass, with service details and burial plans.
Logan dealer Logan offers the lowest bid of 18 689 55 for three 60 passenger school buses from W and H Chevrolet of Logan. The York Local School Board also accepted the resignation of veteran teacher Cleo Whitmore for health reasons and awarded Adams Bakery the broad cafeteria servicing contract.
Mr and Mrs Richard L Potts Malta Route 1 welcome a son. Admissions list includes LaDonna Freeman Haydenville Mathew Wright Glouster Route 3 Harold G Lewis Nelsonville Electa Teal Nelsonville Route 1 Betsy A Howard Nelsonville Route 1 Betty L Brown Logan Route 4 Lavina McDaniel Nelsonville William McNabb New Straitsville John Moody Glouster James Smith Corning Gail Fouty and a son Union Furnace Bernard Walker and daughter Glouster Route 2 James Dearth and daughter Nelsonville James Dixon McArthur Route 2 Alvira Rutter Glouster Mathew Wright Glouster Route 3 Opal Wolfe Wollfe McArthur Route 2
Eudora Chapter No 72 Order of the Eastern Star will sponsor a rummage sale at the Legion Memorial Building in Nelsonville on Friday beginning at 8 am. Donors may bring items after 4 pm Thursday or call Edith Hardy or Pearl Williams for arrangements.
Nelsonville reports Police Chief Max Valkinburg left Sunday for a Yellowstone motor trip with family. Water Plant Supt Watson Wolfe and Mrs Wolfe started a vacation to Reseda California last week. Weekend visitors to Front Street include the LeRoy and Franklin families from Columbus and West Jefferson guests with the Stephenson and Stephenson families. An ice cream social and bake sale is planned by the Church of Latter Day Saints on Jackson Street Saturday at 5 p.m. Call PL 383-2698 for baked goods pickup.
Nelsonville hosts a joint vacation church school August 1 to 10 from 9 to 11 each morning except Sundays. Fourteen year olds and younger attend with 40 teachers and helpers. Activities include motion pictures slides film strips and crafts under the theme Widening Relationships.
The Pomeroy Bend Citizens Band Radio Club auxiliary met at Mrs. Freeman Enoch’s home with Mrs. Theo Neutzling presiding. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Eugene Hawkins Mrs. Robert Harden Mrs. Nathan Biggs and Mrs. George Carson, with traveling prize won by Mrs. Harold Hysell and additional prize by Mrs. Hawkins. Refreshments followed.
Sergeant Ard M Layne arrives at March AFB California for assignment with a Strategic Air Command unit as a jet engine technician. He previously served at Westover AFB Massachusetts and is the son of Charles L Layne of Crown City and Mildred, daughter of Mrs Bessie Clark of Crown City.
Gladys Lines reports a flurry of visits and travels across towns including Derby England by Gary Walker of Cooper Bessemer Co. Mt Vernon and gatherings involving the Mills and Denny families in Columbus Reed City Butler and Logan. A veterans benefit dance is planned in Nelsonville on August 10 with Earl Stevens orchestra. A 14 year old Logan Route 8 boy was cited for riding a motorized cycle without a license and faces Juvenile Court.
Nelsonville announces August 7 as deadline for Parade of the Hills Queen Contest entries. Early entrants include Rebecca Jo Stuart Logan Marcia Maxwell Athens Judy Sams Glouster. The winner receives a trip to St Petersburg Florida to represent the Hocking Valley at the Festival of States pageant.
Gene Grate entertained Saturday night with a dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. James Weber of Fort Lauderdale Florida. Guests included Mrs Amy Schaub who traveled from Fort Lauderdale with the Webers John Will and Earl Lyndon. The Webers and Mrs Schaub were en route to Crystal Lake Michigan for a monthlong vacation and would visit again before returning to Fort Lauderdale. The Webers also visited with Mr and Mrs Avery Nelson in Hemlock Grove.
Logan and Mrs. Rob inson and family from Alliance visited Mrs. Rob inson's parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Heinlein. Miss Charlotte Blake left to spend a month with relatives in Sunny side Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Heinlein returned from a Colorado vacation visiting Dexter Ia and Greeley and Colorado Springs before returning by Springfield Mo.
Mrs Magdalene Skinner receives survivor's benefits for herself and her triplets after her husband was injured and died last fall. Disability payments were paid before his death, and widow's benefits begin at 62. The triplets are nine years old and will continue to receive survivor's benefits until they turn 18.
Nelsonville planners outline Parade of the Hills events starting August 17 with the Bond Dance at the Elks Lodge. Music by Mary Jane McKinley and the Night Beats. Proceeds fund the festival. A call for antiques and exhibits circulates from Mrs Charles Corrigan with contact options. The Queen’s Ball debuts this year at the Elks Lodge with Ray Cincione Orchestra.
George Baum, known as Mrr. Bauum le Honored, celebrated his 90th birthday at home on Sunday with a potluck gathering. Attendees included the Baum and Baker families from Three Rivers and St. Albans, plus relatives from Columbus, Logan, Pomeroy, and Lancaster.
Hocking County extension advisory panel meets in Courthouse Auditorium at 8 p.m. to review steering committee reports and study the proposed 1964 budget, announced by county extension agent Donald G. Young.
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