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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1950
Page
3
Nelsonville Troop 66 will meet at 7 pm Tuesday in the Pythian Building. Scouts should wear uniforms for inspection. Members with totem poles should bring them. Junior Leaders Gilbert Simonton and Jack Sowers will instruct on first aid topics.
Nelsonville plant No 2 of National Fire Proofing Co Haydenville converts kilns from coal to gas. Five of 14 kilns to be ready by May 1 with rest planned this year. Ohio Fuel Gas Co lays six inch main to supply fuel. Company aims lighter color ware and uniform quality for structural tile used in schools and public buildings. About 350 workers employed at Haydenville sites.
In Nelsonville, three men arraigned in Mayor Earl Hillearys court for blocking a right of way through an alley. Lewis R. Meighen Gene Staley and Jack Bricker pleaded guilty and were fined 10 dollars plus costs. Additional Guilty pleas included Elmer McDonald for failing to yield and Charles E Young for an overloaded truck with fines.
Pauline Burney died at Grant Hospital Columbus. She is survived by her father Harry Burney of Rutland and her mother Viola Brown of Columbus, plus two daughters Hazel Mann and Lonnie Pice of Columbus. Friends may call at Chase funeral home Rutland until 2 p.m. Tuesday for services at First Baptist Church Rutland. Burial will be in Miles Cemetery.
Mrs Earle Heinlein is convalescing from mumps. Evalyn Turner and daughters Maralyn and Theresa, and Addie Huntley and daughter Jean Ann visited relatives at Akron. C H Jones and children Larry and Kay of Hamilton stayed with Earle Heinlein relatives in Logan. WSCS meets March 29 at Mrs I R Haas with a pot luck lunch. Earle Heinlein attended a musicale at the Christian Church in McArthur.
Funeral services for Joseph Edward Brown six year old son of Mr and Mrs Gentle Brown will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at Naomi Baptist Church. He died Sunday afternoon at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Surviving are five sisters Helen Lee Cleveland Mable Columbus Ord Idora and Viola and five brothers Gentle Elisha Detroit James Wright Henry Wright and Jacob Wright all residing in West Virginia. Friends may call at the Ewing funeral home until services.
American savers boosted deposits and investments in government bonds by over 6 billion dollars in 1949, pushing year end total to 168.73 billion, up from 162.4 billion in 1948, per the Home Loan Bank Board.
The Mizpah Class of the Methodist Church will meet at 433 Jackson Street in Nelsonville on Tuesday evening. Members are asked to bring sales tax stamps to the gathering.
A general meeting of the Woman's Council of the Christian Church convenes tonight at 7 30 in the church. Mrs Pearl Hartley is devotional leader and the program theme is Easter.
Miss Wilma Herrold was taken to Hocking Valley Hospital in Logan for treatment Saturday. Mr and Mrs Jack Goodwin of Akron are visiting Mr and Mrs Oral Daugherty and Emma Daugherty. Miss Katherine Herrold of Jackson Michigan is visiting relatives in Nelsonville.
Valley Lodge 169 of the Knights of Pythias will meet at 6 30 p m led by Chancellor Commander El mer Gulley. Knights will proceed to Logan for the Hocking Valley League gathering with Grand Chancellor Kenneth Hess expected. Those unable to attend the early session may go straight to Logan lodge as the league meets at 8 p m per secretary Ray Patton.
Nelsonville Athens readers will find Cambridge papers featuring Dr Michael R Deddish surgeon at Memorial Hospital New York City renowned cancer specialist who spent time in Cambridge to care for his ill father He interned at Athens State Hospital and has wartime service as a cancer consultant at Bethesda MD He leads the tumor clinic at Alfred Smith Memorial Hospital and is a prolific author and diplomat of the American Board of Surgery.
About 800 members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship will assemble in Columbus April 21 22 for a conference on the theme Being A Christian In Our Day.
Nelsonville American Legion Post No 229 meets at 7 45 tonight in the Legion Home. Refreshments follow the business session. Members who have not renewed their 1950 memberships are urged by Vice Commander Frank Keyes to do so at once.
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