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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
6
WELSONVILLE The Flag Day parade and program sponsored by the VFW and the Elks Lodge, set for Friday June 14, has been canceled due to inability to secure services of a horse. The plans included a huge flag display and the Forest Rose Motorcycle Club of Lancaster and World War I and II veterans in uniform. The committee urges all business people and residents to display flags on June 14.
Young people of Mt Zion Ridge met Monday June 10 at Betty Robey home and elected officers for three months. President Maxine Nicholas vice president Charles Robey and secretary treasurer Jessie White. Next meeting set for Sunday July 8 at 6 pm at the church.
Nelsonville police and fire departments appeared today in new blue uniforms ordered months ago. The equipment includes coats, toppers, trousers, and four shirts tailored to individuals and intended for fall and winter wear. New caps arrived earlier. Sam Browne belts have not yet arrived. The gear was purchased from funds raised by the Policemen's and Firemen's Ball last winter.
The Orpheum Theater will be closed this week for interior and exterior redecorating. After repairs and painting are completed it will reopen. The Majestic also plans a brief redecorating period. Guests include Rev Ralph Parks and family, and Mrs Harry Lose with her daughter Sue, visiting Chauncey and New Marshfield relatives.
Nelsonville First Baptist Church held a baptism and afternoon service with Rev. C H Tiguer officiating. 20 new members were welcomed, including presentations by local church leaders and the Gloucester choir under Mrs Ota Viney. The celebration honored Mrs Elizabeth Paddock with a Pocahontas Lodge event in the lodge’s birthday observance.
Chicago report says the rolled oats industry may shut down in about two weeks unless producers can obtain larger oat supplies. The sector stocks cereals for humans and by products for livestock, and despite record oat on farm stocks and a strong 1946 crop outlook, a shutdown threat grows similar to past issues in corn refiners and flour mills.
The Young People's Christian Endeavor of the New Marshfeld Church of Christ plans an outside meeting and potluck dinner on Sunday, June 16 at 3 pm. Charles Russell will lead with the topic reported. Twenty-six attended the group's second meeting last Sunday. England interned twenty four thousand five hundred enemy aliens within its borders at the armistice in 1918.
Ravenswood social notes cover community events and obituaries. Rosa Meer and Jane Stone noted. Mrs Cora Steppers, Mrs Flossie Come and others shared condolences. Funeral services for Stone and discharge of a veteran are mentioned. Visits, church events, and local business news round out the Ravenswood item.
Wilkesville residents share updates of moves and visitors. Mr and Mrs Dwicr McLaughtin moved to a Radcliff area home. The Massillon Shilting family visited, the Wilkins family stopped by, and Mrs Lena Cray hosted a Garden Club meeting. Thomas McCumber has returned home from Navy discharge. DeVault injured his left hand unloading logs and is in Holzer Hospital.
Nelsonville league standings after the first round end of play on June 16 show Thomas Jewelry leading with 22 2 666, followed by VeW and Miller Produce. Several matchups and forfeits are listed, including Thomas Jewelry 16 to Nye Chevrolet 4 and Miller Produce 12 to Thomas Jewelry with multiple results from the first round.
NELSONVILLE Mrs Lille B Trowordge 71 wife of Robert Trowondge died early this morning at the family residence Union Furnace. Friends may call at the home. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 pm at Union Furnace Presbyterian Church. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Logan. Survived by husband a son Howard a daughter Mrs Gladys Weed both of Union Furnace three grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also mentions Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck as a note.
Nelsonville reports a Guest Night by the Past Matrons and Patrons Association of Eudora Chapter with 30 attendees. Peggy Green sang solo with Edith Stets. mass Juddy Betts accompanied by Rosemary Matin sang vocal numbers. Bessie Warehimre gave a reading. Ned Jones, son of J E Jones, Nelsonville, received his discharge after 22 months of service, 12 in the Pacific theater.
Mrs Anna Allen welcomed WCTU members for a June Flower meeting at her Chestnut Street home on Tuesday. Devotional leaders were Mrs Fay Howard and Mrs Sam Starkey. Memorial for Mrs Laura Spencer was held.
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