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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
6
James Crabtree of Nelsonville pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Mayor Earl Hilleary's court. He was fined $10 plus costs. affidavit was signed by his wife, Minnie Crabtree.
Tentative plans for a Hocking Valley Festival and Homecoming set for September 11 to 16 in Nelsonville were announced. The event is hosted by the Christmas Charity Basket committee with profits going to the basket fund and cross-town cooperation from Buchtel, Carbon Hill, Murray City, Haydenville, Union Furnace, and Nelsonville.
Funeral services for Virginia Hughes 29 who died unexpectedly in Helsinki Finland will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Charles Pomeroy. Friends may call until 10 a.m. then body will be taken to the family home on S Second Ave before burial at Riverview Cemetery. Miss Hughes was a secretary in the United States legation in Finland.
Harvey Wilford of Elyria swept the state wide chicken of tomorrow contest at Ohio State University winning first and second prizes in the senior division and sharing third in a joint entry. He earned a three foot gold trophy and a dozen White Cornish birds averaging 4.42 pounds dressed weight. Contests were held last week in Nelsonville for Southeastern and North Central divisions.
The Rev. Ernest Barrett aged 57, pastor of Gettysburg Methodist Church in Darke County, died Monday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while at the Ohio conference in Lakeside. He had moved to Gettysburg two years ago from Roseville Ohio. The Tangerine is a mandarin variety, not a hybrid.
Agnes Drain 77 of Carbondale died after seven months illness. She is survived by son Herbert Perry of Goulds Florida four daughters Lena Blackford Edith Stump Hazel Stump and Marie Shover a brother Jasper and two sisters Violet Pickett and Stella McBride. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p m at Carbondale Methodist Church with burial in Conner Cemetery. Friends may call at home.
Mount St Mary Hospital notes admissions including Aves Ann Thompson Murray City Floyd Moshier Carbondale Floyd Sargent New Plymouth Michael Frazier Logan and several named patients in Haydenville Glouster Athens Max Kelly Adkins Ivan Wolfe Ruth Simpkins Robert Hardy Ida Darbyshire Helen Hopstetter and others.
Nelsonville story reports James Cope chief of police urging motorists to inspect vehicles for safety. He warns brakes lights tires and steering must be in order, noting July 1949 tests found about one in six cars failed. He stresses timely repairs and June Car Safety Check cooperation.
Mrs. Walter Floto ended a visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Vern H. Vorhes in Nelsonville and returned to her Steubenville home after several days there as their guest.
POMEROY Wendel Meinhart 83 of Pomeroy died last night in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis where he had been since June He lived in Pomeroy all his life and ran a landscaping business 25 years He was a Federated Church member Surviving wife Eva Schoenlein Meinhart a son Walter Huntington a daughter Mrs Guy N Martin of Pomeroy two grandchildren two great grandchildren a brother Leonard Meinhart and a sister Mrs Rosa Fisher of Pomeroy Friends may call at Trevey Finsterwald funeral home where rites are planned.
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