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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1956

Page

13

Amateur Thieves Enter Nelsonville High School

Nelsonville police investigate a break in at Nelsonville High School described as unprofessional. Intruders ransacked offices and the chemistry lab but left little valuable items, with fingerprints recovered. The break likely occurred Monday night and was noticed by a bus driver and reported by a school worker.

Nelsonville High School Nelsonville Everett Hewlett Hewlett Frank Downhour Industrial Arts Department Lloyd C. Gray Kenneth Kinneer James Standall Carl Coakley

Tanguy to be chief of Sylvania Nelsonville plant

Nelsonville's Sylvania plant promotes Charles Tanguy to superintendent succeeding Carl Albrecht who transfers to another Sylvania facility. Tanguy arrived in 1951 from Warren Pennsylvania to help start the Nelsonville plant and has served as general foreman this past year with twelve years at the firm. He and his wife Jane have four children and reside in Pine Grove Addition. He chairs the Nelsonville recreation commission and is a member of the Athens Council of C.

Nelsonville Charles Tanguy Sylvania Monday Carl Albrecht Sylvania Tanguy Warren, Pa Sylvania Company Albrecht Jane Joan Ray Dan Ann Pine Grove Adda Athens Council of C

Ohio Superstitions Collected By Western Reserve Professor

Dr. Newbell N. Puckett of Western Reserve University gathers and publishes Ohio folk beliefs. The collection includes omens about owls, horseshoes, cows and weather, with hundreds of entries from Ohio and other cultures. Copies of the checklist are available by writing to Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Buckeye Newbell N. Puckett Cleveland Western Reserve University Puckett Ohio Wyandot County

Nelsonville Explorers Hold Social and Paper Drive Plans

Crew 64 members met Monday at 7 30 p m at the former West School building. Several badminton games were played then a wiener roast followed. They discussed plans for their paper drive set for April 7.

Explorers Crew West School

GEG Club Meeting Set For Thursday Evening

The GEG Club will meet on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Juanita Wallace to discuss upcoming activities and plan the year’s events.

GEG Club Juanita Wallace

Chal lenge of the Cross Easter play at Nelsonville

Nelsonville Methodist Youth Fellowship rehearses for an Easter sunrise service play titled the Chal lenge of the Cross. Cast includes Phillis Barber Mary Ann Kinneer Judy Pendergress Janet Howson Jim Hellyer Barbara Bond and Tom Cox. Directors are Rev F M Wentz Mrs Jeannette Grim with Jerry Grim at piano and Carolyn Elliott as prompter.

Nelsonville Methodist Youth Fellowship Phillis Barber Mary Ann Kinneer Judy Pendergress Janet Howson Jim Hellyer Barbara Bond Tom Cox F. M. Wentz Jeannette Grim Jerry Grim Carolyn Elliott

Mason Club Hosts New Members and Charity Gifts

Mason Mothers Club met at Mrs. Dorothy Schwab’s home with co-hostesses Mrs. Ruth Ryan and Mrs. E A Schaekel. The group donated 10 to the Red Cross and 10 to Mason Methodist Church kitchen fund. New members Mrs Kathryn Mc Gow an and Mrs T A Hewittson were introduced. Wahama Dixieland Minstrel at Point Pleasant High School and talks by Capt Glenna Rummell highlighted community events.

Mason—Mason Mothers Club Dorothy Schwab Ruth Ryan E. A. Schaekel Red Cross Mason Methodist Church Lilah Zerkle LaVera Yeager Kathryn McGowan T. A. Hewittson Phyllis Barnes Red Cross Fund Mason County Wahama Wahama Glee Club Alice Nease Point Pleasant High School

Veterans to Donate Soup Bowls for Post Meeting

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3467 urges members to bring soup bowls to Thursday night’s meeting. Vegetable soup will be served and the bowls will stay in the kitchen inventory for future events. Commander Roland Pierce notes members may donate more than one bowl.

Nelsonville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3467 Roland Pierce

Rotarians Honor Carl Albrecht At Nelsonville Sendoff

Nelsonville Rotary Club held a farewell party for Carl Albrecht who departs to manage the Sylvania plant in Naugatuck Connecticut on April 1. Albrecht praised Nelsonville friends and pledged to be a goodwill ambassador. A large cake was shared, and gifts of shirt tie and cufflink were presented as Charles Tanguy prepared to take over the Nelsonville plant leadership.

Nelsonville Rotary Club Carl Albrecht Albrecht Sylvania Naugatuck Conn Charles Tanguy Ethel Matheny P. R. Baird Tanguy

Football Prospect Breaks Leg in Practice

Nelsonville report states Robert Lee Hitchings, a top Greyhound freshman prospect, suffered a broken leg during last night's practice. Head Coach Lowell Cole cited a bad angle block as the cause. Hitchings is brother to Danny Hitchings, co captain of the varsity team this fall.

Nelsonville Robert Lee Hitchings Nelsonville Greyhound Lowell Cole Hitchings Ohio Danny Hitchings Greyhound

Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes newborns and admissions

Mount St. Mary Hospital notes list a new birth for Mr and Mrs Ronald Morgan of Haydenville and multiple admissions including Eugene Hankison of Nelsonville Route 1 Henry Searles of Logan Mrs Bertha Grose and Everett Dowler both of Nelsonville and others. Discharges include Mrs Max Malone of Nelsonville and son William Ridge of Logan. Also listed are Mrs Doris Carpenter Mrs Fannie Spencer Aldona Aaker William Earl Cable Elizabeth Sabo and a few more residents by town.

Eugene Hankison Nelsonville Henry Searles Logan Bertha Grose Everett Dowler Goldie Blackford New Marshfield Robert Lee Hitchings Max Malone William Ridge Doris Carpenter Fannie Spencer New Straitsville Aldona Aaker New Lexington William Earl Cable Corning Elizabeth Sabo Buchtel

Red Buttons on mental fishing and TV comeback plans

New York communist Red Buttons describes 10 months of loafing and thinking as mental fishing that brought peace of mind and clearer perspective. He returns to Studio One in The Tale of St Emergence and clarifies he not abandoning comedy for drama.

Charles Mercer New York Cbs-Tv Buttons St. Emergency Studio One Jackie Gleason CBS

William T. Snowden Rites To Be Thursday

Final rites for William T. Snowden, 82, of Poplar Street, who died Tuesday morning, will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in Johnson Funeral Home. The Rev. J. A. Long will officiate and burial will follow in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.

Nelsonville William T. Snowden Poplar St Johnson Funeral Home J. A. Long Green Lawn Cemetery

Union Lent Services To Be Held Tonight

Union Lenten services will be held at 7 30 p m in the Methodist Church with Rev F M Wentz in charge His topic is A Helpful Soul Music will be provided by the choir.

Nelsonville

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