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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1958
Page
5
Charleston report notes a McDowell County man wrote to the State Conservation Department requesting an elk or, if none available, a bison with the sender paying crating and shipping. The department replied no elk are for sale or donation and the bison is extinct in West Virginia.
Nancy Kay Simpson, 17, Oakland California, won the national Best Junior Achievement salesman of 1958 crown Tuesday night. Finalist Clyde Henry, 18, Canton, also sold radio advertising in the competition.
Nelsonville residents head to the polls to approve a three mill levy totaling $85,000 to fund two extra classrooms at the grade school, site improvements, and equipment. If rejected, the district faces crowding at the high school and minimal playground space and paving.
A column lists birth and discharge notices including a daughter to Mr and Mrs Noel Rose of Junction City Route 2 and several admissions and dismissals such as James Six Nelsonville Terry Thompson Nelsonville and Donald Lauderback Nelsonville Route 1. Other entries include Mrs Irene Schoonover Chauncey Mrs Elsworth Neel Murray City and son and Mrs Lawrence Richards Glouster Route 1 and son.
Lenard Keeling and Horace McGinley were fined $50 and costs in Mayor Robert Auflick's court for playing a game for money and valuables at the Nelsonville carnival. Alva Marks of Nelsonville was fined $10 and costs for disturbing the peace by making menacing threats.
Nelsonville York Grange No. 2436 will convene Friday at 8 p m in the grange hall. Dresses for the national grange sewing contest will be on display.
In 1429 Joan of Arc guided loyal French fighters against Orléans and drove the British from the city. Her leadership marked a turning point in the siege as French forces broke the English blockade and lifted morale across the realm.
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