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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1937
Page
2
Nel sonville is building a new Post Office that likely will not be ready for occupancy until after May 15 due to material delays. The contractor originally aimed for March 15 to April 1 completion, with cement walks laid on W Washington Street and tile roofing planned next week. Interior fixtures have arrived and await installation.
Mrs Frances Stage entertained Ohio Bell Telephone Co operators at her Monroe Street home Thursday evening. She displayed her pictures and spoke of a Arizona trip. Guests received favors. Ruth Butts and Charlotte Hubble won prizes in hostess arranged contests.
Mrs. J. W. Stanley entertained in Nelsonville after school to celebrate the 10th birthday of her daughter Blanche. Sixty guests attended games and contests, a large cake with ice cream, and favors including Easter chicks and candy corn. Blanche received numerous gifts.
The Pythian Sisters plan a Saturday benefit at the K of P Hall in Nelsonville to raise funds for local need. The event features a program of entertainment aimed at community support and charitable assistance.
Albany seventh grade pupils lead the six week honor roll with twenty three students named. The list includes Mary Alice Patrick Evelyn Oxley Eula Beatty Selma Nelson Margaret Pearman Zelia Bolin Junior Dinsmoor Robert Mitchell Bonnie Mathews Kesse Smith Robert Elliott Harry Hoffee Lloyd Stanley Doris Moore Mazie Johnson Davis Greene Elder Brooks Emory Allen Dana Barnhouse Aldena Woodrum Opal ja Helen Thomas Aldine Radcliffe.
Mr and Mrs W C Poston have returned home in Nelsonville after a week's visit in Columbus.
Little Kenneth Turner who has been ill several days at the home of his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tignor near Doanville is improving. CLASS PLANS PARTY NELSONVILLE Class No 21 of the M E Church will have a social party Monday night at 7 30 o'clock at the home of Mrs Mary Binea Kontner St.
Mr and Mrs Jesse Hiles of this city are the proud parents of twins born at a Columbus hospital on Thursday. The children are a boy and a girl with no further details provided.
One hundred fifty residents of Deanville and neighbors gathered in Nelsonville for the dedication of the Doanville Community Center. The former saloon and dance hall was transformed by donors Oral Daugherty and a trustee board, with plans for similar centers across the valley and a Chauncey parish house coming soon.
TCL Club members gathered at Mrs. Granville Green’s Nelsonville home on Wednesday for games and contests. Prizes went to Mrs. James Kuhn Mrs. J W Stanley and Mrs. John Kesterson before lunch, with plans for St Patrick’s Day hosted by Mrs Kuhn. Birch Hollow Grove in Carbondale leased by Carl Frank for picnics and outdoor events with the ball diamond being cleared.
Rev Leland Goodman will preach at morning worship on The Challenge of the Unfilled and again at 7 pm on A Pledge of Immortality at the Church of Christ in Nelsonville. Young People's League meets at 6 pm for discussion on An American Caste System. Choir solos by Mrs Glen Allen and Miss Wilma Scott.
Miss Evelyn Mc Donald, titled Miss Buckeye Lake, will appear on the floor show at the Grotto Garden Saturday night with acrobatic, tap and rhumba dances. Dancing at the Garden continues until 2 a m.
Doanville Primary Class met Saturday afternoon at teacher Mary Ellen Covert’s home. Eighteen members and one guest Louise Ellen McGuire joined in juvenile games and contests. The group sang the Happy Birthday Song for Walter Meredith who marked his third birthday last week.
Nelsonville Business and Professional Women's Club invited by Rev. Leland Goodman to attend the First Christian Church at 10 30 Sunday morning as National Business Week runs March 14 to 20. Members gather at 10 15 inside the side entrance for the service.
The Athens County Union Class meets at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon March 14 at New Floodwood Pilgrim Holiness Church announced by superintendent Amy West. Special music and songs planned. Public invited. Miss Mable Campbell is now satisfactorily recovering at home after illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Violet Fiske wife of Art Fiske will be at the family residence 181 W Columbus St Sunday at 1 30 PM conducted by Rev. Leland Goodman Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery
Abbott R. Davis of Nelsonville R F D died Thursday night at White Cross Hospital Columbus after a two week stay. He leaves wife Mary three children and three stepchildren six siblings and is survived by several relatives. Funeral services are set for 8 pm at Pilgrim Holiness Church Chestnut Street burial in New Marshfield. Under a 1930 law new plants may be patented.
The group met Wednesday night at Betty Pierce home with talks by Margaret Barber Maxine Midkiff and Betty Pyle. Sixteen members attended played games and enjoyed refreshments.
Short funeral services were held at Greenlawn in Nelsonville for Stanley Newell a former prominent Black resident. He died at his home in Cambridge Ohio on Wednesday with burial and local notices following the service.
Nelsonville report of the Wednesday Bridge Club entertained by Mrs John Edington. Guests Mrs Frank Freer and Mrs John Lawson joined to make three tables. High scores were won by Mrs W B Méchem Mrs Wallace Glenn and Mrs Freer.
The Nelsonville local office will close at noon on Saturdays starting March 18, as announced by The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. The change applies to its Saturday hours.
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