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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1935
Page
2
A Nelsonville community rally linked to the Better Housing program under the Federal Housing Administration will be held in the high school auditorium Friday night March 15 at 730 o clock. The local committee announced the event following weeks of school activities.
More than 600 essays by public school students on Better Housing Beautifying and Improving the Home were judged by Mayor H G Holland Superintendent EB Arnold and Principal L T Powell. Awards Friday night include seven cash prizes and 12 honorable mentions. A Roosevelt letter on the program will be read and M EB Corpus, district state director, speaks. The German Band will perform as the town of Nelsonville supports a broader home repair push.
E. L. McVey of Columbus pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle without lights after arraignment before Mayor G. Holland. He was fined 10 dollars and costs. Harold Price’s charge was withdrawn. Police said McVey owned a truck parked with lights out on State Route 31 near the city, causing damage to two cars from Lancaster and driven by Prof. C. C. Robinson of Athens.
The writer urges immediate highway progress on State Route 31 from Nelsonville to Athens and a broad, well built road connecting neighboring towns. He argues civic unity hinges on tangible road construction and calls for community action to press state authorities for overdue highway funding and work.
A dinner at Mrs Mary Hick’s Nelsonville home marked her 74th birthday with family and friends from Columbus Mt. Zion and local areas. Guests included Clintom Hick Lillian May Grant Fannie Shields Eva Jane Shipley Walter Shields Mary Catherine Heinstein Weaver Essex John Herrold and others. Greenup Ky issued a marriage license to Joe Patton and Cora Crane both of Nelsonville. Central PTA meets Friday at 3 with L T Powell as speaker and music.
Nelsonville Glenford Dugan Post No 229 hears D R Johnson of Southern Ohio Electric discuss the Electrical Age. He explains rate structure, labor costs, and how electricity lowers family budgets while heating and cooling homes. Robert Mann performs a songaphone solo with Margaret Galvin at the piano.
The American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps will travel to Haydenville Thursday for a community program under the National Tile Company. Next Wednesday they join a celebration in New Lexington with a talk by State Legion Commander Ronald. James Berry head of the State Mining Department will speak at the Haydenville meeting.
A notice announces a Club 10 meeting in Nelsonville at the Cosmopolitan Club with Mrs. Heimer hosting. The event is scheduled for an evening gathering.
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