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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1953
Page
3
Nelsonville Ohio University student John Carran explained radio reception to Rotary Club members. He showed coil and tube models and described converting AC to DC and how a detector decodes air wave signals. Guest Gerald Baird from Logan club attended the session.
Reports indicate the arid region could receive only about one inch of rain over two decades. Meteorologists warn the drought threatens water supplies and agriculture as climate patterns persist.
A May 10 special Sunday School program in Alfred featured students and leaders presenting poems, readings, and songs for Mother's Day. Geraniums were given to the oldest and youngest mothers, Mrs Emma Findling and Mrs Doris Dillinger. The program included a MYF meeting led by Johnny Taylor and a later event with themes on growing up and child guidance.
The WSCS will meet at Nellie Parker's home on Tuesday May 19 with new officers to be installed. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swartz of Ravenna. Several families and friends from Columbus Millstone Parkersburg and Marietta are noted visiting locals over Mother's Day and weekends.
Former Mayor Paul Galvin charged opponents with partisan politics after a council motion to discard awards and re bid two street projects. He defended the two mapped programs and contested Fenton Construction claims about black topping Fort E Franklin and Jefferson streets. Galvin questioned bid procedures and urged reliance on Brewer as the low bid.
Nelsonville Ohio Domain Knights of Pythias chancellor Leo Shenke will address Valley Lodge 169 and visiting Pythians at 7 30 p m. Lodges from throughout the district will attend. Refreshments follow.
State Highway Patrol charged Woodrow W. Lowe of West Virginia with operating a truck on a state highway without mud flaps. He posted a $10 bond for appearance in Mayor Arthur Kennedy's court, but the bond has been forfeited according to records.
Nelsonville reports James Cope son of the local police chief and a Denison University junior has been elected president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in Granville. He has served as house manager for a year and Mother’s Day featured his mother visiting him with Ralph and Mrs Orr, former Nelsonville residents.
Hospital notes show dismissals from Mount St Mary including Miss Helen Reynolds Nelsonville Miss Mildred Cevele Glouster and others such as Helen Starr New Straits ville Mrs Jeannine Coakley Hayden ville Mrs William Barrowman Jacksonville Mrs William Powell Nelsonville and Mrs Mary Crane Nelsonville Route 1.
In Roman era Britain, red deer were widespread across the landscape, roaming extensive tracts of the island. Archaeological and ecological findings indicate large deer populations in open woodlands and countryside during this period.
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