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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1951

Page

2

Buchtel Boy Neil Brown Aims for World O Fun Trip

Neil Brown a sixth grader in Buchtel has 41 points in the World O Fun Messenger carrier contest. He needs 50 points to win a trip to Coney Island Cincinnati by promoting four magazine selections with Messenger subscriptions. He delivers to 90 homes, maintains good grades, and is active in Youth Fellowship and Sunday School.

Neil Nelsonville Coney Island Cincinnati Messenger Buchtel

Nelsonville Social Notes and Club Gatherings Briefly

Nelsonville circles of WSCS meet at Mrs. Carl Coakley's Friday at 7 30 pm to elect officers for the coming year led by Mrs. Coakley and Miss Irma Wilson. TCL Club held a recent meeting at Mrs. Jack Landis home with ten members. prizes awarded and a kitchen shower given. upcoming meeting to be at Mrs. Bernice Gettle’s home. Also notes on local visits as Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sowers return from Cincinnati and Covington, Miss Marcella Long'sBaltimore trip and Mrs. Marian Barney visiting relatives in Chicago.

Circle 4 WSCS Methodist Church Carl Coakley Coakley Irma Wilson Gay Aumiller Harry Ball Mabel Barnecut Emma Beard Elizabeth Bell O. P. Bingman Bessie Bland Willa Brown Maude Bryan George Call Mildred Carlin Lenna Cranmer Ray Dean Bertha Fischer Edith Hanley Irah Hanning Ethel Kinneer Mabel Lancaster Regina Miller Ruth North Frank Oakley Victor Oakley Lucy Shafer Dorothy Shearer Gertrude Sniffen Mary Stout Hattie Voigt Cliff Wallace Helen Weaver Pearl Williams Thomas Wilson TCL Jack Landis Watkins St Lulu Williams Cecil Adkins Faye Bumgardner Betty Watkins Flossie Green Daisy Kesterson Mae Ennis Dorothy Green Hazel Bean Mary Hartley Landis Adkins Bernice Gettle Clarence Sowers Cincinnati Covington Bob Booth Memorial Hospital Jack Philmont Scout Ranch Cimarron N. M Marcella Long Dayton J. A. Long Baltimore Sallie Noble Garrison Forest School East Marian Barney Chicago Jennie Lehman Canal St

Gray Announces City School Salary Increase

Nelsonville Supt. L C thaw announces city teachers will receive salary raises from 290 to 400 dollars annually if Governor vetoes Amended Substitute House Bill 48 passed June 19. The bill sets a state minimum scale from 2000 to 3200 for teachers based on experience and education. The City Board will act at the July 9 meeting and notify all teachers of their 1951 52 salaries thereafter.

Nelsonville City Board of Education Gray

Definite Action Is Taken By Council on Sewage Plant

Logan city council, in a lengthy session, moved toward building a sewage disposal plant after revising cost estimates to 330000 including the disposal system and trunk line. The plan, tied to a potential reservoir and city expansion, involves 15 year bonds, 3 percent interest, and funding from sewer assessments.

Logan Burgess & Niple Columbus Clayton C. Bull Bull Council Ohio Ohio Health Dept John Owens City Frank Mantor Wood St Old Town Bridge Market St Walnut St W. Hunter St West Logan Hocking Valley Brick Co Hubert Lappen Athens Nelsonville Water Works Department Harry Shaw Ralph Helber Bob Fickel Midland Place

Four Children Return for Anniversary

Logan remembers the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cushing Work who visited June 24. They joined relatives for a dinner honoring the couple’s Golden Wedding Anniversary on June 12. Hosts included the Work family and several Logan area relatives.

Logan Robert Cushing Work M. M. Smith New Matamoras William F. Smith Stephen Linda Marietta Harold Nixon Bill Meredith Sumner Work Columbus Isabel Work Athens Eric Schonberg Lake Hayward Colchester Howard Dieckow Nancy Peggy Eastlake Jack Wright Richard Judy John Westlake Robert H. Work Bobby Marilyn Ferndale Michigan

Local Man Nelsonville Undergoes Appendectomy

Ralph Woods of Nelsonville, recently treated at Dayton Veterans' Hospital since December, underwent an appendectomy on Father's Day. His condition is reported as fair.

Nelsonville Ralph Woods Veterans’ Hospital Dayton

Persistent Moslem threat to Europe spans a millennium

The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that from Muhammad's era to the 1683 siege of Vienna, the danger of Moslem conquest of Europe persisted.

Mohammed Vienna Europe Encyclopedia Britannica

Logan High School student named Girls State Speaker

Haydenville junior Logan Vollmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vollmer, earned a Girls State appointment by high scores in American governance. She spoke to the American Legion Auxiliary about camp daily life where she served as councilman and played trumpet in the Girls State Band. New officers and installation details follow.

Logan Ronna Vollmer Charles Vollmer Haydenville Logan High School Girls State Columbus American Legion Auxiliary Myrtle Boyles Walter Huffman Lawrence Adcock Arthur Dollmatsch Jacob Keller Barton Hall Holl

Nelsonville Native Dies at Mt. Sterling Home

Mrs. Fred Wilson a Nelsonville native died at her Mt. Sterling Ohio home after years of failing health. She moved with her husband three years ago and was active in the First Methodist Church women’s department. Survived by husband a daughter Mrs Leh man a son Mal vern and two sisters Mrs Vorhes and Mrs Strass. Body to be taken to Warren funeral home pending arrangements.

Nelsonville Fred Wilson Lou Juniper Mt. Sterling Ohio Wilson Here First Methodist Church Woman's Department Wrence Lehman Sterling Wilsons Malvern Charles Vorhes Henry Strass Columbus Warren Funeral Home

Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes Admitted List

Mount St. Mary Hospital records show admissions including John William Miller Shawnee Route 1 Oscar Oakley Exline Glouster Mrs Benjamin Kirkendall Nelsonville Mrs Helen Wilson Murray City Howard St. Clair Union Furnace Mrs Arthur Hupp Trimble Louis Hicks Athens Keith Hutchinson Nelsonville Mrs George H Sims Nelsonville Andrew Takacs Glouster Route 3 George Wend Nelsonville Dismissals include Leah C Guy New Lexington Linda Joy Mace Carbondale Albert J Hahn Glouster Mrs Donald Moore Athens and daughter Mrs Charles Cobella Jacksonville and daughter Mrs Goldie Moore Athens Mrs Bertha Schoonover Nelsonville Frank Fillinger Nelsonville.

John William Miller Shawnee Oscar Oakley Exline Glouster Benjamin Kirkendall Nelsonville Helen Wilson Murray City Howard St. Clair Union Furnace Arthur Hupp Trimble Louis Hicks Athens Keith Hutchinson George H. Sims Andrew Takacs Albert J. Hahn Donald Moore Charles Cobella Jacksonville Goldie Moore Bertha Schoonover Frank Fillinger

Cubs And Parents Meet At Rachel Macher Park

About 100 Cub Scouts and parents attended a Monday Pack meeting at Rachel Macher Park in Nelsonville. After a picnic dinner a Court of Honor awarded merit badges including silver and gold arrows and bear and wolf badges. Den chiefs received den cards, prizes were given for top ticket sellers, and a fathers versus sons baseball game capped the event before ice cream and departures to Nelsonville.

Nelsonville Rachelmacher Park Logan Lester Hartman Mickey Young Vincent Lechleidner James Hellyer Tommy Cox Bobby Crombie Terry Tigner Jimmy Iliott Billy Carroll Ted Voigt Robbin Gardner Tommy Pyle Keith Butts Tommy Carroll Den Orva Atkinson Dick Donahey Terry Lee Igner Bobby Manson

Drummers Schedule Fry And Barbecue In Nelsonville

Nelsonville VFW Post 3467 announces two events. A Friday barbecue and fish fry at the Post Home on Riverside will feature the newly organized Drum Corps with games and entertainment for members social members and guests. The summer wrestling program opens July 11 with a ladies match as the main event.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Post Post Riverside VFW

Logan Brief News Notes

Mrs. Arthur Dollmatsch left for Norfolk Virginia to visit son Malcolm in the Navy. Mrs. Clayton of Child Welfare Society visited her nephew Otis Watts on Lake Logan Road Sunday. Mrs. H W Harden to New Plymouth for two weeks with sons in law and daughters. Mr and Mrs Arthur B Smith and son with Mr and Mrs Robert Smith of Millersport visited Harold Ruggles and friends. Mrs D A Rannells fell from a telephone stool Friday and was taken to Mt Carmel Hospital after pain. Mrs Ella Kuhn King joined Fannells at the hospital.

Arthur Dollmatsch Norfolk Malcolm Navy Clayton Child Welfare Society Otis Watts Lake Logan Road H. W. Harden E. Hunter New Plymouth James Cremean Dwight Harris Arthur B. Smith Robert Smith Millersport Logan Harold Ruggles Wood Bowen D. A. Rannells East Hunter St Mt. Carmel Hospital Ella Kuhn-King Fannells

Nelsonville Garden Club elects officers at picnic meeting

The Nelsonville Community Garden Club held its annual picnic and business session at Rachelmacher Park Logan. Fifteen members and three guests attended. Mrs C E Whitmore was elected president for the coming year and Mrs J D Adamson named treasurer. Thelma Starkey reported on the 13th Rose Show at the Seneca Hotel Columbus on June 3. Committees were announced for program nominating executive membership finance flower calendar devotions and more with several named members.

Nelsonville Community Garden Club Rachelmacher Park Logan C. E. Whitmore J. D. Adamson Thelma Starkey Journal Seneca Hotel Columbus Ed Cranmer Leonard Myers Bertha Nixon William Siddle W. W. Warren Florence Cook James Beard Malvern Wilson Jack Pritchard Oral Daugherty P. G. Oakley Frank Oakley Tames Beard R. 4. Snackenberg Miles Howe Victor Oakley R. A. Snackenberg Delbert Patton Art Fisk Flower C. D. Shafer Wesley Hawk E. E. Bell Wesley

Logan Visitors Honored At Birthday Party

The Rev. Warren Bright pastor of Clifton Ave. Methodist Church Cincinnati and family were guests of relatives Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Ackers and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bright in Logan. A birthday party at Rachelmacher Park honored the clergyman and his brother Kenneth Bright whose birthday was Wednesday. Barbara Bright, a Kentucky college student, plus several children attended. The Brights planned to depart for a summer cottage near Waverly. Sally would stay with her grandmother.

Logan Warren Bright Clifton Ave. Methodist Church Cincinnati Sally C. F. Ackers Kenneth Bright Rachelmacher Park S. C. Bright Lewis Graham Sam Bright Barbara Columbus Kenneths Bright Barbara Bright Kentucky Steven Bright Julia Ken Bill Karen Morley Mr. Bright Waverly Mrs. Ackers

Degrees Conferred On Grange Candidates

Logan The third and fourth degrees were conferred on 10 candidates when Antioch Grange 269 met in the hall Monday evening. Crash Grange of Fairfield County and Walter North and Irvin Krinn, Masters, assisted Mrs. Clayton Sater, director of the degree team, with the work. A boat trip down the Ohio River July 14 was discussed along with a picnic supper.

Rotary Club Holds Final Current Session

Nelsonville Rotary Club held its weekly dinner at Lake Hope Lodge Tuesday marking the final session of the current year. New officers take over July 1 with John Koch succeeding James Shumaker as president and William Friedrich replacing Dix Powell as secretary. The club plans a joint session with Logan Club for a tour of the Hocking Valley Brick Co. plant in Logan next Monday.

Nelsonville Rotary Club Lake Hope Lodge James Shumaker John Koch Dix Powell William Friedrich Logan Club Ohio Hocking Valley ‘Brick Co

Unsafe Driving Charge Brings Fine of 50

Nelsonville Dor Cavote pleaded guilty to unsafe operation of a motor vehicle in an affidavit filed by city police. He was fined 50 dollars and costs at arraignment before Mayor Earl Hilleary. Logan resident Dick Morgan pleaded guilty to operating an overloaded truck on state highway. total fines and costs 89.70 with an alleged rear axle overload of 6000 pounds.

Nelsonville Dor Cavote Earl Hilleary Dick Morgan Logan State Highway Patrol

Wonder Salve and Soap Help Skin Troubles

An army developed remedy claims Wonder Salve and Wonder Medicated Soap relieve itching from eczema psoriasis infections and athlete's foot. The ad promises results or money back and notes safety for children and greaseless formula. Also promotes Pylax rectal treatment with applicator and key sold by local Athens drugstores.

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Neil Brown Willa M. Brown Nelsonville Social Notes General Assembly Majestic Theatre Wed. & Thur Pana O'Connor Ato Orpheum Theatre Sara Pais Sullivan Prandwene Girls Mount St. Mary Hospital James H. Wilson First National Bank Quick, Gallaher Colgate Jergens Serutan Pinaud Cologne Rea the Store of Friendly Service
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