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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1962
Page
6
In Nelsonville stockholders heard Wilbur Brooks Shoe Co and U S Brooks Inc posted 1961 sales of 3 013 000 up 20 percent from 1960. Lord Nelson and Young Brooks lines added with plans to carry large boys shoes to size 12. Officers and directors listed. spring orders solid. 1962 outlook brighter. Also WSCS meeting at First Methodist Church discussed Glimpses of a Fast Moving Society.
Nelsonville Garden Club met Monday evening in the First Presbyterian Church social rooms after a six o'clock dinner served by local ladies. Twenty-one members answered roll call and were told a spring clean up campaign would be led by Mrs. Roy Snackenberg. Demonstrations included color in flower arranging by Mrs. Hubert Humphrey and terrarium making by Mrs. W. W. Warren. In the same town, Leonard Dean Pidcock of Athens Route 2 pled no contest in Mayor Hoffman's court to failing to obey a traffic signal, was found guilty, and fined $10 plus costs.
NELSONVILLE Bernard F. Bruce 67 of Buchtel died Wednesday evening at University Hospital Columbus after a 10 day admission. He was a WWII veteran and retired coal miner. Survived by four brothers and three sisters. Services set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Johnson funeral home with burial at Soldiers Circle Green Lawn Cemetery.
The sheriff received reports of a stolen car radio from a 1953 auto parked with locked doors near the Burley home. Lloyd Cox said hay bales were taken from the Brown farm on Liverly Creek with 20 plus bales stolen to date, with two or three more removed Saturday night.
The ad promises refund options for only first quality goods with a bold sales claim. It presents a straightforward guarantee aimed at reassuring shoppers.
Congregation and visitors at the First Christian Church will receive cards at Sunday worship to update the church rolls. The Rev. Ted G. Faulconer will preach How To Judge Our Actions.
Mr and Mrs John Kemper announce the birth of a daughter on March 18 at Mount St Marys Hospital Nelsonville Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charles Kemper and Mrs William Trader of Oroville Mr and Mrs Edward Lawson of Columbus visited relatives here over the weekend.
Group 2 of the First Christian Church CWF will meet at 7 30 p.m. Monday at the home of Mrs. Alonzo Figgins 61 Mill Street. Mrs Dix Powell will lead the program and Mrs James Cope will be the devotional leader. Mrs Gertrude Mills visited her daughter in Logan recently.
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