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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1956
Page
5
A list of improvised uses for clothesline rope from Puritan Cordage Mills. Several household hacks include binding joints with cord and making DIY supports. Suggestions cover stairway dividers, glue applicator cords, and decorative lacing for safety and style.
Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. plans a masonry new store at the southeast corner of Mill street and routes 12 31 and 15 in New Lexington. The 100 by 100 foot storeroom will be air conditioned with a parking lot for several hundred. An Oct 15 occupancy target is stated.
Nelsonville four representatives attend the grand Assembly in Cleveland with Gray Sue Adkins and Mrs Victor Oakley listed. Anna Belle Lanning and Daniel Pancake Jr. wed at home with attendants, followed by a Smoky Mountains and Florida motor trip return for David and Donna.
In Lexington area notes list Mrs Dora Potter Route 3 Sohn Lavely Union Furnace Carlos Parks Glouster Route 1 Mrs Irene McKinley Logan Mrs Addie Headley Nelson Iwi Walls built on the new 4H FFA building at the Perry County fairgrounds with help from the New Lexington Jaycees and local families installing a roof and working on the structure.
Nelsonville introduces a new telephone book by Mrs. Dave Van Duren featuring a green convalescing telephone on a black background. The red Nelsonville title appears on a grey stripe across the cover, with Ted Winig noted at 216 W Washington St. The thicker volume reflects a post surgery edition, following Mount St. Mary Hospital pages and a home care theme.
James E. Danner, longtime Gallipolis Tribune advertising manager, leaves the French City paper after 26 years to join The Messenger in Athens. He will run display ads and plans to sell his Gallipolis homes and move his family to Athens.
Nelsonville public library will close until July 9 to move from the old quarters to the Start Opera Building. Laurence Solomon says the remodeled building will host the Nelsonville Branch Library on the first floor with basement quarters, funded by Baird Stuart, and the library will be part of the Athens County Library system.
Miss Hall daughter of Mrs Roy Hall of Pleas View Ave was presented a scholarship in Athens. She is a National Honor Society member and participated in choir for four years a cappella choir for two years band for four years Triple Trio for two years musical for one year and acted in junior and senior plays. She served as Saga editor won first in senior achievement tests and earned the DAA good citizenship award. She also earned the GAA 1000 point trophy and belonged to Future Teachers of America.
Nelsonville community meeting scheduled with Robert P. King, field representative for the Social Security Office, to discuss Your New Social Security. Open to the public. SHOE COMPANY CLOSED Nelsonville About 200 workers at the William Brooks Shoe Co on summer vacation starting Monday. Plant to resume operations July 5.
NELOUNVILLA residents mapped the Parade of the Hills plans at a meeting of the parade committee. Chairman Bart Milleary and others named Watson Wolfe Woody parade marshal. The parade will start in the East End and move downtown. A contact list for floats and units was drafted and the group will meet again July 1.
Nelsonville endured the heaviest showers of the year Saturday afternoon. Officials report rainfall totals around 0.45 inches as the storm drenched the town. Wolfe, the city waterworks superintendent, noted the impact on runoff and local drainage systems.
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