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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1962
Page
5
The McArthur Development Association backs a June clean up campaign with village authorization for mayor Jer ry Martin to hire temporary labor to clear streets alleys and repair and paint village owned buildings. The council also signs a ten year lease for village property.
The McArthur Fourth of July celebration includes a queen's contest for Vinton County high school girls. Entrants must reside in the county, be enrolled in high school, and single. Entry fee is $5 with a June 20 deadline.
In Nelsonville the Pony League season opened with a 4 4 deadlock after seven innings. Mike Whyte struck out 18 for Deeds Dairy, James started the seventh with a triple, and Whyte fanned three more to strand the bases loaded. Deeds also got triples from Steve Hubbard and Robert Cassell.
Laurel locals note visitors from Toledo Athens Racine and St Anthony as families join for church events birthdays and family visits. Residents share updates on relatives including John Story Lowell McNickle Oscar Smith and George Renshaw as they gather in the area.
Nelsonville report notes the annual Charter dinner for Troop 69 and affiliates will be Sunday at 4 p.m. with transport from 3 p.m. Families should bring their own table service. Also announced a rummage sale Friday 5:30–7:30 p.m. at the parish hall EF Washington St. plus village water rate discussion.
Boy Scout Troop 64 led by Scoutmaster Robert Lent and assistant Ronnie Elliot left Friday morning for a three day encampment at Ripley West Virginia. The event is part of the Council Camp-O-Ree with a theme tied to the national physical fitness program as promoted by President Kennedy.
Mr and Mrs John Hubev Sr marked their 60th anniversary with a solemn high mass at St Patrick's Church Buchtel offered by Rev Frank Bando. After mass the family gathered at Paris Hall for dinner with seven children 21 grandchildren and three great grandchildren attending among many relatives.
McArthur Wavyne Hutchinson of Hamden Route 1 was installed as commander of the Eighth District American Legion at a district meeting in Lancaster. The new district commander, a blacksmith at Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad car shops in Jackson, has broad Legion experience. Youth Choir social planned at First Baptist Church in Hamden with plate lunches and contests, proceeds for choir transportation and church building fund. Charles Montgomery and wife celebrate 50th anniversary at their Wilkesville home with a noon family dinner and open house. Nelsonville school repair meeting set at Poston School. Local 3905 UMWA meets in council chamber with Wesley Hawk as secretary.
A series of visits among families from Columbus Webb Summit Gore Logan and area are noted with travel to and from NELSONVILLE NEW PLYMOUTH HAMDEN and other towns. The Nelsonville entry also announces a Flag Day meeting of Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in Athens on June 14 with FBI agent Robert Rockwell as speaker. In New Plymouth Roy Cartwright survives a tractor accident with minor injuries and Lois Martin reports a stolen lawn mower and gasoline from her outbuilding near Puritan.
Local social notes diary weekends with family and friends across Covington Cincinnati and Athens. Names include Tony Hawk Scott Carter Janet Russell Agnes Cox Pauline Withers and Maud Judy among others. Gatherings feature dinners birthdays and casual visits spanning several households and nearby towns.
Jessie FE Roberts 63 of Glouster Route 1 died Friday morning at Mount St Mary Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Athens County son of Tate Daniel and Judita Levhen Roberts and worked 48 years for the New York Central Railroad. Survived by wife Regina son Robert of Glouster five brothers John Ray Worthy Dave and Jim. one sister and one brother preceded him. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Gospel Light Pentecostal Church Oakdale with Rev Farl Custer. Burial Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Wiley funeral home after 3 p.m. Saturday.
Nelsonville Lions Club elected new officers and reported a profit of 701.50 for the schoolchildren eye glasses fund from two Sells Gary Circus performances. They noted 881.26 spent since 1967 for children's glasses and commended Hubert Stage and others for fundraising success.
Mrs Frank Oakley led a group sing in the Woman's Society of the First Methodist Church gathering in the social rooms. Devotions were by Alis Marie Barton with a talk on church ecumenical missionaries. The year’s program theme was declared Called Confronted and Compelled.
A list from Mount St. Mary Hospital records shows births and newborns with parent names and residences including Mrs Clarence Onville Route 1 William Dean Nelsonville Miss Carol Jean Williams Jacksonville Master Barry Allen Balderson Corning Mrs Alice Mingus Glouster Route 3 Mrs Macy Belle Laudight New Marshfield Mrs Laura McAteer Nelsonville Master Thomas Shumaker Nelsonville Forrest Marple McArthur transferred to University Hospital Columbus Mrs Jennie Household er Jacksonville Jack Lewis Nelsonville Willam Hughes Shawnee Charles Bell Mc Arthur William Wilson Zaleski Rev. Benjamin Hall Nelsonville Baby Leri Williams Logan Mrs Nellie Haynes Nelsonville Joseph Manda The Plains Mrs Betty Lon Decker Murray City Blood used units.
Vinton County Commissioners refused to add a 2.44 mile Richland Two road linking Allensville to the Kelly church area into the county system amid concerns over maintenance costs. Commissioner Fout failed to secure a second for his motion to accept the road. Also, Gill Chevrolet won the pickup truck contract for the Highway Department with a bid of 1710 dollars, Weyand Motor Co. offered 1712, and Dodrill Ford Sales was third.
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